List of The Interceptors (2008 series) characters (History of Margovya)

This is a list of the characters in the 2008 series of .

The Interceptor
The Interceptor is the main character of the new series, and is head of Task Force Interceptors, and as such, commands the team in their missions throughout Margovya and South America. The first and currently the only Interceptor is Ieronim Antonovich, a police officer from the Arbatskaya City Police Department loaned by the Republican Bureau of Investigation to lead their newly-created task force. Antonovich is portrayed by former vice president, who played the same character in .

The Brain
The Brain is the main analyst of the Interceptors. His role is to look at the evidence, the crime scene, the witnesses, the victims, the accused, and the guilty, and make his best analysis of the situation. More times than not, he doesn't have enough clues to help him make a good analysis, but somehow he always manages to make a good call most of the time. Also, he wouldn't be called "the Brain" if he wasn't smart or filled with facts that may seem trivial at the moment but would later become the one piece that makes or breaks the case. And as the Interceptor's brain trust, he helps out when the Interceptor can't solve the daily crossword puzzle. plays Gavriil Galichevsky, the first and currently only Brain.

The Technologist
As his title says, the Technologist handles the team's technological implements, from cell phones and computers to nano-cameras and microbugs that could fit in almost any place possible. He also dabbles in hacking, and sometimes this is how the Interceptors get the evidence they need to go after a criminal. There have been two actors who played the role of the Technologist.
 * as Izmail Berovsky - a young RBI special agent who specializes in technology. He was the team's Technologist from 2008 until 2010, when he requested a transfer to the RBI's Cyber Crimes Division after a failed kidnapping attempt by members of the Army of the Spanish Culture left him traumatized and unable to work properly with the Interceptors anymore. Pankavuranov specifically requested that his character be written off of the show alive after he decided to run for the vice presidency in 2013, because he had plans to return to the show if possible once his term ends.
 * as Mistislav Denchov - another young RBI agent from the Cyber Crimes Division who came in as Berovsky's replacement. He was introduced as a recurring character helping the first Technologist in tracking down the cyber-gang crippling Margovya's government and defense networks, and was promoted to the team upon the Interceptor's personal recommendation.

The Mouth
The Mouth no longer serves an important role in the new Interceptors team, but the Interceptor still created the role because he saw himself as continuing the legacy of the old Interceptors of the Arbatskaya City Police Department. Fortunately for him, he found someone who was very good with words, someone with the "gift of the gab". When she's not running her mouth off because she's excited, scared, or pretty much experiencing any emotion, she speaks like she has the support and blessing of the gods, and she can pretty much convince anyone to tell her their innermost secrets. She also sometimes swears as well as the Mouths from the old series. The first and only Mouth to date is Yelena Questramova, who is played by.

The Brawn
Sometimes, even with the Mouth using her power with words to its full extent, some people just won't tell her anything. That's when the Brawn comes in. He serves as the Interceptors' second option, one they really don't want to use, but will if they require. He is a very big man, and has stood up to at least fifteen armed goons and walked away with only an oily spot on his suit. But that doesn't mean he's just another tough guy. He has an extensive knowledge of the human body, specialzing in the body's pressure points. he knows where exactly to hit a suspect and inflict maximum pain. Most of the time, the mere threat of an interrogation with the Brawn is enough to make even the hardest suspect talk, but it still helps to have someone who can hit back hard. The first and only Brawn is Stanislav Bekchurambetov, played by.

The Actor
Sometimes, the Mouth and the Brawn need a little help in convincing a suspect to divulge all the information he knows. The two managed to do this job well for three to four years, but eventually the Mouth's words and the Brawn's muscle just wasn't enough anymore, which is why the Interceptor hired the Actor, an exceptionally skilled, well, actor, who tried to make it to the big screen but sadly failed. At least he finally gets to use his hard-taught skills for the good of the continent, or so the Interceptor says. plays the Brazilian Casemiro Gonçalves, the current Actor, whom the Interceptor recruited when the unit was placed under the direct command of the office of the president of the South American Confederation.

The Spy
Sometimes there are areas in which the Interceptors cannot enter, or are not allowed to enter. Whether it's because they're from the RBI, or because they're simply not welcome there, it doesn't matter. They have the Spy to infiltrate whatever place it is that people don't want the Interceptors to see, so that she can tell them what it is exactly that people don't want to see. Sometimes it's a warehouse full of ammunition, sometimes it's a warehouse full of dead bodies. It is the Spy's job to get in and out of places, much preferably unseen, which is why the Interceptor recruited a nimble young female agent with a background in gymnastics and acrobatics as the Spy. plays Yelizaveta Glebova, the first and current Spy.

The Speed
It's a fact that criminals will try their best to escape capture and face justice, which is why the world is so full of car-chase videos that it's almost unbelievable. The Speed is the one responsible for chasing the bad guys when they see the need to run, and whether the bad guys run away by car or by foot, the Speed can chase them down. In fact, if the Speed wasn't an RBI agent, he or she could probably beat Usain Bolt or Michael Schumacher. Two actors have played the part of the Speed.


 * as Ustin Balikrokov - an RBI special agent with a need for speed, who served the role from 2008 to 2011. The Interceptor recruits him when he manages to chase down a suspect with a Lubovenko Desperation with only his government-issued Ford Crown Victoria with no modifications. In the series, Balikrokov was killed in the line of duty while chasing another bad guy in a heavily modified Yakovich U. In reality, Kubasov decided to leave the series after deciding to focus on his movie career and accepted an offer to star in the movie .
 * as Raisa Chernyshenko - another RBI special agent with a need for speed that rivals, if not outranks, that of the late Ustin Balikrokov. The Interceptor recruited her a few months after Balikrokov's death after seeing her chase down a criminal with a modified Ford Focus in an old Nissan Sunny, and then apprehend the criminal on foot after a mile-long chase that occurred when she crashed her car into the criminal's.

The Extortionist
There are some things that are not covered by the Interceptors' official budget; things like the tuition fees for the Brain's fifteenth master's degree, the Mouth's anti-anxiety medicines, the Technologist's latest "iPhone 5S Powered by Android", the Brawn's steroids "protein shakes", the Actor's newest costumes, the Spy's custom-made black "catsuit", the Speed's modifications to her Bureau car, and even the Interceptor's birthday cake. Clearly, the Interceptors need a source of money that doesn't have to go through the stringent budget restrictions of the RBI. The Extortionist, with his non-taxable cash funds secreted away in multiple offshore bank accounts, provides a convenient "black fund" from which the Interceptors could draw the money they needed to acquire what they couldn't usually acquire through legal means.

All of the Extortionists that the Interceptor has recruited to the team have cases against them, usually involving graft, corruption, and embezzlement, and it is usually with the promise of the dropping of all charges against them that the Interceptor manages to convince an Extortionist to join the team in an unofficial capacity. Obviously, this system has its drawbacks: if ever the current Extortionist is discovered continuing his illegal activities without the approval of the Interceptors, the Extortionist would have to be arrested, and another Extortionist had to be found. Fortunately for the Interceptor, there always seems to be that midlevel good-for-nothing extortionist willing to do anything for reduced time behind bars.

As of 2013, there have been three actors who played the part of the Extortionist.
 * as Mateo Barraquiel de Torquemada - a Colombian extortionist arrested for allegations of embezzlement; who served as the Extortionist from 2008 to 2011. The Interceptor had been the lead detective in Barraquiel's case back when he was still with the Arbatskaya City Police Department, and therefore he knew how much money Barraquiel had stashed in offshore bank accounts before he was arrested. In the series, Barraquiel was extradited to the Philippines after he was implicated in the case against a certain chief justice in the country named . Boevsky left the show after he decided to focus on his music career.
 * as Martina Ximenez Francisco - a Peruvian extortionist who managed to sweet-talk the Interceptor into giving her all of his money before he realized what was happening and arrested her on the spot. She was the team's Extortionist from 2011 to 2013, when she was extradited to the Philippines once again, this time involving a certain businesswoman named . Velinina's character was written out of the story when she was assassinated by political terrorists affiliated with . The series broadcast a special dedication to Velinina on the first episode of its fifth season, commemorating her time as the third Mouth in the original series and as the second Extortionist in the 2008 series.
 * as Fernando Tarrasco Avila - an Ecuadorean Extortionist whom the Interceptor sprung from jail almost immediately after the second Extortionist had been extradited to the Philippines. He appears to be the richest Extortionist the current series has ever seen, with over 12 billion margots' worth of embezzled or stolen funds.

The Lover
Sometimes, there is information that the Mouth, the Brawn, the Spy, or the Technologist simply cannot acquire. This is where the Lover comes in. He/she goes to bed with the target, with the belief that great sex loosens tongues. This approach has been mostly successful, and the number of times the Lover's methods have failed can be counted on the fingers of one hand. There have been two Lovers throughout the Interceptors's run.


 * as Barbara Evangelista Petrucci - a Venezuelan woman whom the Interceptor once had a torrid affair with. She left the series in 2013, after accepting a role in the new LTM series The Living and the Dead.
 * as Kazimir Vorkovsky - an RBI agent going through a messy divorce because of his extramarital affairs, which have become a sort of legend in the RBI's hallowed halls. The Interceptor brings him into the team to keep Vorkovsky's mind occupied, and so that he can have sex with other women with the legal acceptance of the government.