List of fictional pansexual characters

Pansexuality is the sexual, romantic or emotional attraction towards people regardless of their biological sex or gender identity.[1][2] While pansexuality is at times viewed as a sexual orientation in its own right, at other times it's viewed as a branch of bisexuality, to indicate an alternative sexual identity.[2][3][4] One of the biggest differences from bisexuality is that pansexual people are open to relationships with individuals who do not fall within the gender binary, and do not identify as either men or women.[2][4]

This article is about pansexual fictional characters. For real-life individuals that identify as pansexual, see List of pansexual people.
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The pansexual pride flag.

This list contains characters across various forms of media that are pansexual, listed in alphabetical order by surname in each section. In the case where characters are identified with only a single name (either first or last) or by a title, that is used instead. To be listed here, characters have to either state in-universe that they are bisexual, be identified as such by either someone involved in the work they appear in, or a reliable, third-party source.

The names are organized alphabetically by surname (i.e. last name), or by single name if the character does not have a surname.

Film
Character Title Year Actor Notes Ref.
Lando Calrissian The Empire Strikes Back 1980 Billy Dee Williams [5]
Return of the Jedi 1983
Solo: A Star Wars Story 2018 Donald Glover
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 2019 Billy Dee Williams
Harry Turpin The Thing About Harry 2020 Niko Terho [6]
Wade Wilson / Deadpool Deadpool 2016 Ryan Reynolds While Tim Miller, director of the first film, described Deadpool as pansexual, this is never explicitly portrayed on-screen.[7] As with the first film, Deadpool 2 (2018) also doesn't explicitly portray his sexuality, with the character's interest in men being used as the source of humor.[8] [9]
Deadpool 2 2018

Television
Character Title Duration Actor Notes Ref.
Ali Big Mouth 2019 – present Ali Wong [10]
Kibby Ainsley Daytime Divas 2017 Chloe Bridges [11]
Crowley Supernatural 2009 – 2017 Mark Sheppard [12]
Nola Darling She's Gotta Have It 2017 – 2019 DeWanda Wise [13]
Kristina Davis General Hospital 2002 – present Lexi Ainsworth [14]
Jadzia Dax Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 1993 – 1998 Terry Farrell [15]
Edward Will & Grace 2005 Stuart Townsend [16]
Franky Fitzgerald Skins 2011 – 2012 Dakota Blue Richards [17]
Elim Garak Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 1993 – 1999 Andrew Robinson [18]
Adrian Garff The Mist 2017 Russell Posner [19]
Dorian Gray Penny Dreadful 2014 – 2016 Reeve Carney [20]
Yara Greyjoy Game of Thrones 2012 – 2019 Gemma Whelan [21]
Klaus Hargreeves / Number Four The Umbrella Academy 2019 – present Robert Sheehan [22]
Jack Harkness Doctor Who / Torchwood 2005 – 2020 John Barrowman [23]
John Hart Torchwood 2008 James Marsters [24]
Roscoe Kaan House of Lies 2012 – 2016 Donis Leonard Jr. [25]
Kareema No Tomorrow 2016 – 2017 Sarayu Rao [26]
Annalise Keating How to Get Away with Murder 2014 – 2020 Viola Davis [12]
Carlton Lassiter Psych 2006 – present Timothy Omundson [27]
Sammy Lieberman Dance Academy 2010 – 2012 Thom Green [28]
Oberyn Martell Game of Thrones 2014 Pedro Pascal [29]
Mazikeen Lucifer 2016 – present Lesley-Ann Brandt [30]
Imogen Moreno Degrassi: The Next Generation 2011 – 2015 Cristine Prosperi [31]
Lucifer Morningstar Lucifer 2016 – present Tom Ellis [32]
Even Bech Næsheim Skam 2016 Henrik Holm [33]
Eric Northman True Blood 2008 – 2014 Alexander Skarsgård [34]
Ola Nyman Sex Education 2019 – present Patricia Allison [35]
David Rose Schitt's Creek 2015 – 2020 Dan Levy [36]
Rose Quartz Steven Universe / Steven Universe Future 2013 – 2020 Susan Egan [37]
Roger American Dad! 2005 – present Seth MacFarlane The characters is specifically referred as "omnisexual".[38] [38]
Josie Saltzman Legacies 2018 – present Kaylee Bryant [39]
Rick Sanchez Rick and Morty 2013 – present Justin Roiland [40]
Sophia Star-Crossed 2014 Brina Palencia [41]
Brook Soso Orange Is the New Black 2014 – 2019 Kimiko Glenn [42]
Ambrose Spellman Chilling Adventures of Sabrina 2018 – present Chance Perdomo [43]
Sadie Swenson / Chanel #3 Scream Queens 2015 – 2016 Billie Lourd [44]
Frank Underwood House of Cards 2013 – 2017 Kevin Spacey [45]
Kieren Walker In the Flesh 2013 – 2014 Luke Newberry [46]

Video games
Character Title Year Voice actor Notes Ref.
Iron Bull Dragon Age: Inquisition 2014 Freddie Prinze Jr. [47]
Mae Night in the Woods 2017 [48]

Graphics art
Character Title / Publisher Debut / Duration Notes Ref.
Sakura Kinomoto Cardcaptor Sakura / Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card 1996 – present The creators have stated that Sakura does not see gender as barrier for her romantic attraction.[49] [49]
Princess Koriand'r / Starfire DC Comics 1980 Deriving from being raised on the culture of her homeworld Tamaran, where it's acceptable to have open marriage, Starfire's sex-positivism and free-thinking habits such as a fondness for practicing nudism, openness to polygamous relationships and acceptance of "open sex" and pansexual "free-love" with persons regardless of terrestrial species, race or gender, usually lead her into conflict with Earth's more reserved culture and customs.[50][51] [51]
Loki Laufeyson Marvel Comics 1962 [52]
Wade Wilson / Deadpool Marvel Comics 1991 [7]

See also

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