Characters of Brotherhood

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The following is a listing of fictional characters from the Showtime TV series Brotherhood.

[edit] Starring cast

Actor	Character	Notes
Jason Isaacs	Michael Caffee	A lifelong criminal who has returned home to Providence, R.I., after a self-imposed seven-year exile when a hit was put on him, he's hoping to pick up where he left off. At the end of the first season, Michael is attacked and severely beaten by Declan. At the start of the second season, Michael is suffering from brain trauma and blackout, and has no memory of who attacked him, but he tries to prove to Freddie that he is ready to go back to work for the mob.^[1] Inspired by and modeled after Boston's legendary Irish mob boss, Whitey Bulger^[2]
Jason Clarke	Tommy Caffee	Husband, father, brother and ambitious member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives who is not above bending the rules. The second season finds him still married, but shows bitterness towards his wife after she reveals about the drugs and affairs. He is currently seeking re-election at his position.^[1] Presumably inspired by Whitey Bulger's brother, former Massachusetts Senate President Billy Bulger.^[3]
Annabeth Gish	Eileen Caffee	Tommy's lonely wife who tries to fill the void in her life with drugs and an affair with the mailman. At the start of the second season, she and her husband are still living together, although they remain distant after she revealed everything to him.^[1]
Fiona Erickson	Mary Rose Caffee	Tommy and Eileen's eldest daughter.
Fionnula Flanagan	Rose Caffee	The highly manipulative mother of the Caffee brothers and sister Mary Kate, and overbearing mother-in-law to Eileen.^[1]
Ethan Embry	Declan Giggs	A Rhode Island state trooper who is investigating the Caffee brothers despite having known them since childhood, who often blurs the line between investigating them and protecting them. At the beginning of the second season, it is revealed that he has a fallout with his girlfriend Cassie and is now separated from her. Disgraced, his police captain gives him one more shot at redemption: becoming a mole for Freddie Cork's activities and tie them to the Caffee brothers.^[1]
Kevin Chapman	Freddie Cork	An Irish-American gang leader and Michael's very stern, no nonsense boss; he is frequently in conflict with Michael and he often blackmails Tommy.
Stivi Paskoski (2006)	Pete McGonagle	A recovering alcoholic who quickly makes himself Michael's partner when Michael returns to town. Michael's return drives him to drink again, and Michael goes so far as to almost killing him. He is not seen in the first two episodes of the second season, but is told that he lands a job through Michael. It is revealed that Pete into trouble with Italian mobs, and he is killed and his body dumped right across the Caffee's households at the beginning of the third episode.
Brian F. O'Byrne (2007)	Colin Carr	The Caffees' cousin from Ireland who joins the cast for the second season, as he tries to help both sides of his family business, while mother Rose still thinks he's trouble and up to no good. It is revealed that he is searching for his father, who turns out to be Senator Judd Fitzgerald.