This is an overview of the regular, recurring, and other characters of the TV series S.W.A T

Main characters Overview Actor Character Position Seasons Episodes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Shemar Moore Daniel "Hondo" Harrelson Sergeant II 2223211822221322163 (All of them) Stephanie Sigman Jessica Cortez Captain 222244 Alex Russell James "Jim" Street Officer III2223211821201126 Lina Esco Christina "Chris" Alonso Officer III 2223211821 105 Kenny Johnson Dominique Luca Officer III+1 2223151120192112 Peter Onorati Jeffrey Mumford Sergeant II 145 1121 Jay Harrington David "Deacon" Kay Sergeant II 2223211820201120155 David Lim Victor Tan Officer III 2123211820201120154 Patrick St. Esprit Robert Hicks Commander1618171820201222143Amy Farrington Piper LynchLt. Detective16 521 Rochelle Aytes Nichelle CarmichaelN/A 8561712149 Anna Enger Ritch Zoe PowellOfficer III 215122251 Niko Pepaj Miguel "Miko" AlfaroOfficer III 482234 Annie Ilonzeh Devin Gamble Officer III 2020 22 23 21 18 22 22 13 22163

Hondo Harrelson

Sergeant II Daniel "Hondo" Harrelson Jr. is a native of South Los Angeles. Hondo was born in 1974 to Daniel Harrelson Sr., and Charice Harrelson; he also has a sister, Winnie. When Hondo was a kid, his father left the family after falling in love with another woman and moved to Oakland, California, where he eventually had another daughter, Briana. Hondo and his dad remained in touch, and Hondo lived with him during the summer in his teenage years.

As a kid, Hondo and two of his best friends, Leroy and Darryl, were part of a gang, but after Darryl's death, Hondo went to Crenshaw High School and eventually joined the force.

After high school, Hondo enlisted in the United States Marine Corps; he served four years (1994 to 1998) with the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines out of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton and deployed to Somalia. After his enlistment ended, Hondo joined the Los Angeles Police Department.

Hondo began his Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) career as a patrol officer with the 77th Street Area. He served as a patrol officer for six years before becoming a member of S.W.A.T. By 2016, he was serving as a Senior Lead Officer on Sergeant Buck Spivey's S.W.A.T. Team. Hondo maintains a good relationship with those in the neighborhood, leading to residents often giving him information on cases.

In 2017, Hondo was unexpectedly promoted to Team Leader after Buck was fired for accidentally shooting an unarmed black teenager during a shootout in a blatant attempt to ease the tensions between the community and the LAPD.

Four months before the series, Hondo began a surreptitious romantic relationship with Captain Jessica Cortez, which, while frowned upon, was not expressly forbidden by LAPD policy; however, after his promotion to Team Leader (which put him directly under her command), the two struggle to keep their relationship secret. Hondo ultimately ends the relationship after they are caught by Commissioner Michael Plank to protect her career. He later starts a relationship with Nia Wells, a Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney and recent divorcée. The relationship ends due to his anger after an encounter with a racist Arizona Department of Public Safety officer and the inability to prosecute the man who drugged and attempted to rape his sister.

In the third season episode "Track", when Hondo pursues of an armed robbery suspect that leads to a vehicle collision, he meets a woman named Nichelle when he aids a man in an accident. Afterward, Hondo starts dating Nichelle until they break up at the end of the season, when Hondo realizes they are on two different paths in life. They remain friends during the fourth season, and towards the end of the season, they restart their relationship after realizing how happy they make each other. In Season 5, Hondo learns that Nichelle is pregnant with their first child. In the sixth season, at the end of the episode "Whoa Black Betty", 20 Squad reveals to Hondo and Nichelle that they're having a girl. In "Invisible", after failing to secure a good foster family for Darryl Henderson, the teenage son of his friend Leroy, Hondo applies to become Darryl's official foster father.

Hondo becomes disillusioned with the LAPD after they fail to terminate a group of racist police officers despite Deacon having a recording proving their guilt. Disgusted with the LAPD's lack of action, Hondo speaks to the Los Angeles Times about the group, risking his career. Although the racist officers are finally terminated, Hondo is demoted as team leader for going to the press. Hondo then leaves Los Angeles to relocate to a Mexican village to reevaluate his life and career. He helps a family being targeted by an Irish international criminal named Arthur Novak and his son AJ. The two had kidnapped a young girl named Delfina, who is rescued by Hondo and a local cop named Charro. Delfina is brought home to her family, and Hondo returns to Los Angeles to rejoin S.W.A.T. and 20 Squad. With Hondo back on S.W.A.T. and 20 Squad reinstated, new member Rodrigo Sanchez is selected to lead 20 Squad until Luca tells Hondo that the police commissioner hired Sanchez to get Hondo to quit. This plot failed when Luca and Deacon pushed Sanchez into taking a private security job. Hondo was reinstated as leader after Sanchez departed.

Hondo once dated Elle Trask, an FBI Agent. He later dated Nia Wells, an Assistant District Attorney, but later broke up when he had threatened to go after a man, he accused of drugging his younger half-sister, Briana, at a nightclub to possibly take advantage of her. He then went on to dating Nichelle when they first cross paths helping an injured man following a pursuit of armed robbery suspects that Hondo was in. At the end of the fifth season, Hondo learns that Nichelle is pregnant with their first child. She gives birth to their daughter Vivienne in the sixth season and the two marry in-between seasons six and seven.

As a S.W.A.T. officer, Hondo drives a 2015 Dodge Charger Pursuit and carries a Kimber Custom TLE II in .45 ACP as his duty weapon.

His call sign is 20-David.

Jessica Cortez

Captain Jessica Cortez is the Commanding Officer of the LAPD Metropolitan Division. She is a respected officer who has plans to improve the relationship between the LAPD and the citizens of Los Angeles, despite some resistance from the rank and file. She is portrayed by Stephanie Sigman.

The daughter of immigrants, Jessica became a naturalized American citizen in her early 20s.

Before the series, Jessica and Hondo were in a romantic relationship; while not expressly forbidden by LAPD policy, Hondo ended it after his promotion to Team Leader, after they were caught by Michael Plank, to protect her career.

She eventually left the LAPD to accept the undercover work for the FBI.

As an LAPD captain, Jessica carried a Glock 19 in 9×19mm as her duty weapon.

Jim Street

Officer James "Jim" Street was the newest member of S.W.A.T. at the start of the series, having transferred from the Long Beach Police Department. He is portrayed by Alex Russell.

When Street was 12, future S.W.A.T. Team Leader Buck Spivey arrested his mother, Karen, for murdering her abusive husband, Street's father. Afterward, Street lived in a foster home alongside his foster brother, Nate Warren, with whom he reconnects in the show. Early on, Street acts as a hotshot cop and a lone wolf, taking dangerous risks, making Hondo question whether he is fit for S.W.A.T. Street continues to visit his mother in prison. However, his mother takes advantage of him, which leads him into more trouble with Hondo. Ultimately, in the season one finale, Street strains his relationship with the team to deal with another crisis involving his mother, which leads to Hondo kicking him off S.W.A.T.

Eventually, after learning that his mother has started using cocaine, Street cuts ties with his mother and moves out of his own house. Afterward, he apologizes to Hondo, stating he was right all along. Hondo accepts his apology and puts him into S.W.A.T. Academy. After weeks at the academy, despite not being chosen at S.W.A.T., Deacon decides to bring Street back for one day before Hicks and Hondo reveal that Street will rejoin S.W.A.T. on a probationary period for six months. Street eventually reports his estranged mother for parole violation and narcotics influence and has no choice but to send her back to prison.

Street dates Molly Hicks, the daughter of his superior, Robert Hicks, for some time. He and Chris begin a relationship at the end of season five.

In the Season 7 episode, "End of the Road", after helping the team stop a group of criminals, Street resigns from 20-Squad and LAPD to join Long Beach's SWAT team, becoming its new commanding officer after its previous leader died from injuries sustained in a gunfight. It is also revealed that Street is engaged to Chris.

His call sign was 26-David.

Chris Alonso

Officer III Christina "Chris" Alonso is the sole female officer in S.W.A.T. Before joining S.W.A.T., she was a dog handler with the Canine Platoon. She is portrayed by Lina Esco.

In "Homecoming", Chris reveals to Street that she is bisexual and later mentions that her large, extended family initially struggled to understand her bisexuality but now embraces it (with one of her younger relatives teasing her about dating both boys and girls).

In "Crews", Chris is asked by Officer Erika Rogers, a S.W.A.T. candidate, to help her prepare for joining the teams. Although she declines to help directly – believing that the only woman in S.W.A.T. helping the only current female S.W.A.T. candidate could ultimately hurt both of them – she does arrange for Street to help her on the course and Luca (who is a member of the S.W.A.T. selection board) to ensure Officer Rogers gets a fair shake from the members.

In "Day Off", when her 12-year-old cousin Tomas was diagnosed with Leukemia, Chris donated her bone marrow to save his life.

In "Patrol", Chris is offered a spot on Sergeant Mumford's team (which would come with a promotion), but she turns him down to remain on Hondo's team.

In "Sea Legs", she reveals that her mother died in a car accident when she was 13.

In "Animus", Chris reveals to Lieutenant Piper Lynch that she was kidnapped and raped by a group of men who thought she was someone else when she was 15. She never reported the incident and did not tell her family until years later. Chris decided to become a cop due to this, but never told her squad about the incident.

Chris enters a polyamorous relationship in the second season but breaks it off later. She is the godmother to Deacon's children. After starting a relationship with Street at the end of the fifth season, she leaves S.W.A.T. and the LAPD to prioritize helping and housing illegal immigrant girls seeking asylum in the United States.

Her call sign was 24-David.

Dominique Luca

Officer III+1 Dominique Luca was a third-generation S.W.A.T. officer and third-in-command of Hondo's team; his grandfather was on one of the LAPD's first S.W.A.T. Teams in the 1970s. He is portrayed by Kenny Johnson.

Luca drives S.W.A.T.'s primary transport truck, affectionately called "Black Betty." Deacon admits that Luca is a gifted mechanic, as Luca also operates various other S.W.A.T.-related vehicles. Early in season one, Luca is kicked out of his apartment by his girlfriend, and the team is reluctant to take him in, as he is a terrible house-guest despite his friendly and easy-going personality. Street was required to take him as punishment for earlier actions. In "Miracle", Luca mentions that the top of his bucket list is getting a picture with Beyoncé, which he achieved after winning a game of S.W.A.T. tag with Chris.