Angela Bassett as Athena Carter Bassett has played the LAPD patrol sergeant since 9-1-1's first season. During season two of the show, Athena reveals that she decided to become a police officer after a girl from her school went missing when she was 9. Bassett is also an executive producer on the show. FOX - Getty Images
Peter Krause as Robert "Bobby" Nash Robert is the captain of one of LA Fire Station 118, and he's married to Athena. But the firefighter also has a dark past his drug and alcohol addiction led to an accidental apartment fire that claimed the lives of his first wife, their two children, and 145 others. FOX - Getty Images
Jennifer Love Hewitt as Maddie Buckley Kendall Hewitt joined the 9-1-1 in its second season, and her character, who is also Buck's sister, took over as the series' main 911 operator after Connie Britton left the show. In a cool twist, Hewitt's real-life husband has a recurring part in the show. FOX - Getty Images
Ryan Guzman as Eddie Diaz Guzman joined the Fox series in season two, and his character used to be an Army Medic. And as 9-1-1 executive producer Tim Minear explained to EW , Eddie's storyline is based in reality. "A lot of these guys who have seen active duty transition into becoming first responders. Its the adrenaline and the special skills that they required in theaters of war and so it makes perfect sense. Its the regimen that they like. Its a cousin to the military in some ways," Minear explained. FOX - Getty Images
Oliver Stark as Evan "Buck" Buckley Buck is another firefighter on the show, and he's had quite the interesting journey. He's been fired from the force for having sex with a girl while on duty, and after rejoining the fire department he broke his leg during a bombing. That broken leg led to a blood clot, and while still healing, Buck got caught in the tsunami seen in the show's third season premiere. FOX - Getty Images
Aisha Hinds as Henrietta "Hen" Wilson Hen pulls double duty as a firefighter and paramedic, and she's the first openly LGBTQ+ responder on the show. Hen decided to be a paramedic after she was accidentally shot when she was 16. FOX - Getty Images
Kenneth Choi as Howard Han Choi plays Howard, who also goes by Chimney . The actor is known for his roles in movies and TV shows like Sons of Anarchy, The Wolf of Wall Street, and The Last Man on Earth. Choi also appeared on Ryan Murphy's The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story, which is how he got involved with 9-1-1. FOX - Getty Images
Rockmond Dunbar as Michael Grant Michael is Athena's ex-husband, and they got divorced after Michael came out as gay. Rockmond's character was at the center of a recent episode about racial profiling . FOX - Getty Images
Ronda Rousey as Lena Bosko Rousey joined the 9-1-1 in its third season, and she made headlines when she almost lost her finger during filming. As Rousey's co-star Ryan Guzman told Us Magazine , "Ronda pretty much chopped half her finger off. Shes a true badass in every way she can be. Literally, she was in the middle of a take and she didnt want to ruin the take, so she kept on going and then after the end, she was like, 'Guys, I think somethings wrong with my finger.' Cut to, we actually see that her finger has pretty much fallen off." FOX - Getty Images
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