Cast & Characters in Prometheus

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Below is a list of the cast in Ridley Scott’s Prometheus as well as the characters they play.

	Michael Fassbender Plays an android named “David” – who gets exposed to the “Grey Matter” found in the mysterious urns while investigating the “Ampule room”.
	Charlize Theron Plays “Meredith Vickers”, a company representative from Weylan who overlooks the Prometheus mission.
	Noomi Rapace Plays “Elizabeth Shaw”, a strong female heroin, much like that of Ellen Ripley from the original Alien films. Elizabeth is one of the main characters in Prometheus and plays a very important role in the film’s plot.
	Idris Elba Plays “Captain Janek”, of the Prometheus vessel.
	Rafe Spall Plays the role of “Milburn”.
	Logan Marshall-Green Plays the character “Holloway” in Prometheus.
	Sean Harris Plays “Fifield” in Prometheus.
	Emun Elliott Plays the character named “Chance” in Prometheus.
	Kate Dickie Plays the other female role as “Mudow”, the crew member responsible for acclimating the rest of the Prometheus crew after their 5 year hyper-sleep. Mudow is savagely attacked and eaten by an Alien not too long after her character is introduced.
	Benedict Wong Plays “Ravel” in Prometheus.
	Guy Pearce Plays “Stannison” in Prometheus.

Other Cast Include:

Patrick Wilson is listed to play a “Cocooned man” in Prometheus, suggesting that the “cocooning” process introduced in the Alien films is being re-used in prometheus. However, on January 22, 2012 IMDB updated their cast list for Prometheus and began listing Patrick Wilson to play the role of Charles Weyland – a fairly substantial role is it turns out to be true. Here’s our report on that news.

Vladimir ‘Furdo’ Furdik who plays “Mercenary 2 Vladimir” in Prometheus as well as Shane Steyn who also plays a “Mercenary” named “Taplow”.

James Embree  who plays “Mechanic 1″ and Florian Robin who plays “Mechanic 2″.

Lucy Hutchinson who plays a “Young Elizabeth Shaw” in flashback scenes.