List of Ben 10 characters

This is a list of characters in the universe of the Cartoon Network's Ben 10 franchise.

Overview

Television series

• This table shows the recurring characters and the actors who have portrayed them throughout the franchise.
• A dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the series or film, or that the character's presence in the series or film has not yet been announced.
• A ^Y indicates an appearance as a younger version of a pre-existing character.
• A ^C indicates a cameo appearance.
• A ^P indicates an appearance in onscreen photographs only.
• A ^D indicates an appearance in deleted scenes only.
• A ^M indicates a motion-capture role.
• A ^U indicates an uncredited role.

  = Main cast

  = Recurring cast

  = Guest cast

Characters	Ben 10 (2005)	Ben 10: Alien Force	Ben 10: Ultimate Alien	Ben 10: Omniverse	Ben 10 (2016)
	2005–2008	2008–2010	2010–2012	2012–2014	2016–2021
	Team Tennyson
Benjamin "Ben" Kirby Tennyson Ben 10	Tara Strong	Yuri Lowenthal	Yuri Lowenthal		Tara Strong
			Tara StrongYC	Tara StrongY	Yuri LowenthalC
Gwendolyn "Gwen" Tennyson Lucky Girl	Meagan Smith	Ashley Johnson		Ashley Johnson	Montserrat Hernandez
Magister Maxwell "Max" Tennyson Grandpa Max	Paul Eiding	Paul Eiding			David Kaye
Kevin Ethan Levin Kevin 11	Michael Reisz	Greg Cipes		Greg Cipes
	Charlie Schlatter
Rook Blonko				Bumper Robinson
Secondary characters
Azmuth	Robert David Hall	Jeff Bennett		René Auberjonois	David Kaye
Julie Yamamoto		Vyvan Pham
Professor Paradox		David McCallum
Kai Green	Bettina Bush			Bettina Bush
Antagonists
Vilgax	Steve Blum	James Remar		Steve Blum	Yuri Lowenthal
Doctor Aloysius Animo	Dwight Schultz
Hex	Khary Payton	Khary Payton			Robin Downes
	Kari Wahlgren
Charmcaster	Kari Wahlgren				Tara Strong
Zombozo	John Kassir		John DiMaggio
Acid Breath	Dee Bradley Baker			Dee Bradley Baker	Josh Keaton
Thumbskull	Jeff Doucette			David Kaye	John DiMaggio
Frightwig	Cree Summer			Cree Summer	Jessica DiCicco
Zs'Skayr	Steve Blum	Jeff Bennett		Steve Blum
Albedo		Yuri Lowenthal
			Yuri Lowenthal	Eric Bauza
Mike Morningstar Darkstar		Wil Wheaton			Yuri Lowenthal
					Drake Bell

Film series

• This table shows the recurring characters and the actors who have portrayed them throughout the franchise.
• A dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the series or film, or that the character's presence in the series or film has not yet been announced.
• A ^Y indicates an appearance as a younger version of a pre-existing character.
• A ^C indicates a cameo appearance.
• A ^P indicates an appearance in onscreen photographs only.
• A ^D indicates an appearance in deleted scenes only.
• A ^M indicates a motion-capture role.
• A ^U indicates an uncredited role.

Characters	Film series					Special
	Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix	Ben 10: Race Against Time	Ben 10: Alien Swarm	Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens	Ben 10 Versus the Universe: The Movie	Ben 10/Generator Rex: Heroes United
	2007		2009	2012	2020	2011
	Team Tennyson
Benjamin "Ben" Kirby Tennyson Ben 10	Tara Strong	Graham Phillips	Ryan Kelley	Tara Strong		Yuri Lowenthal
Gwendolyn "Gwen" Tennyson Lucky Girl	Meagan Smith	Haley Ramm	Galadriel Stineman	Meagan Smith	Montserrat Hernandez	Silent cameo
Magister Maxwell "Max" Tennyson Grandpa Max	Paul Eiding	Lee Majors	Barry Corbin	Paul Eiding	David Kaye
Kevin Ethan Levin Kevin 11			Nathan Keyes		Greg Cipes
Rex Salazar						Daryl Sabara

Main characters

Ben Tennyson

Main article: Ben Tennyson

Voiced by:

• Tara Strong – Ben 10 (2005), Ben 10: Ultimate Alien, Ben 10: Omniverse & Ben 10 (2016) (child)
• Yuri Lowenthal – Ben 10: Alien Force, Ben 10: Ultimate Alien, Ben 10: Omniverse & Ben 10 (2016) (teenager)

Portrayed by:

• Graham Phillips – Ben 10: Race Against Time
• Ryan Kelley – Ben 10: Alien Swarm

Ben Tennyson is the titular character and the main protagonist of the franchise. At the start of Ben 10, he is a 10-year-old boy from Bellwood who, during his summer vacation, discovers the Omnitrix, a prototype device that attaches to his wrist and allows him to transform into various aliens. He uses the prototype Omnitrix to become a hero while traveling across the USA. After the prototype Omnitrix is self-destroyed at the end of Alien Force, Ben retrieves the Ultimatrix from Albedo and uses it as a replacement. At the end of Ultimate Alien, Azmuth takes the Ultimatrix away to destroy and gives Ben the official version of the Omnitrix.

Gwen Tennyson

Main article: Gwen Tennyson

Voiced by:

• Meagan Smith – Ben 10 (2005)
• Ashley Johnson – Ben 10: Alien Force, Ben 10: Ultimate Alien, & Ben 10: Omniverse
• Montserrat Hernandez – Ben 10 (2016)

Portrayed by:

• Haley Ramm – Ben 10: Race Against Time
• Galadriel Stineman – Ben 10: Alien Swarm

Gwen Tennyson is Ben's paternal cousin. In the original series, Gwen shared a love-hate family relationship with Ben. Before discovering and reinventing her dormant magic powers, she helped Ben using her innate intelligence; she is also a talented martial artist who has received black belts in karate and taekwondo. Gwen is a model student, and in Omniverse, she is shown leaving for an Ivy League college.

Gwen is able to manipulate mystical energy named "mana" to create energy blasts, shields, and other constructs. She later learns that her powers are not magic in origin, but rather alien, and her paternal grandmother, Verdona, is a powerful Anodite alien who can manipulate mana, the essence of magic and life. Gwen later learns to take on a fully Anodite form at will.

Max Tennyson

Voiced by:

• Paul Eiding – Ben 10 (2005), Ben 10: Alien Force, Ben 10: Ultimate Alien & Ben 10: Omniverse (adult)
• Adam Wylie – Ben 10 (2005) (child)
• Jason Marsden – Ben 10: Ultimate Alien (teenager)
• David Kaye  – Ben 10 (2016)

Portrayed by:

• Lee Majors – Ben 10: Race Against Time
• Barry Corbin – Ben 10: Alien Swarm

Max Tennyson is Ben and Gwen's paternal grandfather. He is 60 years old in the original series, 65 in Alien Force and the reboot, 66 in Ultimate Alien and Omniverse, 80 in Ben 10,000 and 92 in Ken 10. Despite his age, he is shown to be an experienced capable fighter, and after Ben finds the Omnitrix, supports him any way he can. Max was once a candidate for the Apollo 11 mission and one of the leaders, or "Magisters", of the Plumber organization, but Ben and Gwen did not know of this at first, believing him to have been a literal plumber.

Kevin Levin

Kevin Levin (voiced by Michael Reisz in the original series episode "Kevin 11", Charlie Schlatter in later episodes of the original series, and Greg Cipes in subsequent series; portrayed by Nathan Keyes in Alien Swarm) is initially depicted as an Osmosian with the ability to absorb matter, energy, and DNA and initially appears in the original series as an 11-year-old boy and one of Ben's enemies. Believing his stepfather Harvey Hackett convinced his mother to abandon him after he accidentally destroyed his family's house when his powers first manifested, Kevin ran away and ended up living in the subway of New York City, where he met Ben and used him to siphon the Omnitrix's energies to get back at those who demonized him. However, Kevin was also infused with the DNA of the aliens Ben had access to at the time and became a chimeric hybrid of the alien forms, which rendered him psychotic and unstable. Kevin managed to return to his original form after being trapped in the Null Void. In Omniverse, it is revealed that Kevin is actually a human and derived his powers from a genetic mutation.

In the reboot, Kevin is a human who wields the Antitrix, a version of the Omnitrix that allows him to transform into modified versions of Ben's aliens.

Rook Blonko

Rook Blonko (voiced by Bumper Robinson) is a Revonnahgander Plumber who Max assigns to work with Ben after Gwen and Kevin leave Bellwood for college. Rook is a top Plumber Academy graduate and skilled fighter who wields the Proto-tool, a shapeshifting weapon that can transform into various tools.

Alternate versions of Ben

Ben 23

Ben 23 (voiced by Tara Strong) is an alternate universe Ben from Dimension 23 debuting in "Store 23". This version is a celebrity, using the Omnitrix to become famous, and lacking the morals of Ben Prime due to the death of his universe's Max. Ben begins to change his ways after meeting the prime universe Ben.

Ben 10,000

Ben 10,000 (voiced by Fred Tatasciore in the original series and reboot, Sean Donnellan in Ultimate Alien, Judd Nelson in Omniverse) is the future version of Ben. Ben's depiction changes between series; the original version of the character is named for his expanded roster, consisting of 10,000 aliens.

Secondary characters

Julie Yamamoto

Julie Yamamoto (voiced by Vyvan Pham) is Ben's love interest in Alien Force and Ultimate Alien, and his ex-girlfriend in Omniverse.

Professor Paradox

Professor Paradox (voiced by David McCallum) is a time traveler who received government funding to work on breaking a hole in the space-time continuum during the Cold War. A miscalculation caused Paradox to get sucked into the Event Horizon, where he remained displaced from time for 100,000 years. Losing his mind and regaining his sanity, he gained a complete understanding of the space-time and renamed himself Paradox. Paradox uses the Chrononavigator to traverse space and time, which initially appears in the series as a pocket watch.

Kai Green

Kai Green (voiced by Bettina Bush) was Ben's first love interest, current girlfriend and future wife.

Azmuth

Azmuth (voiced by Robert David Hall in the original series, Jeff Bennett in Alien Force and Ultimate Alien, René Auberjonoisis in Omniverse, and David Kaye in the reboot) is an elderly Galvan who created the Omnitrix.

Antagonists

Vilgax

Vilgax (voiced by Steve Blum in the original series and Omniverse, James Remar in Alien Force and Ultimate Alien, Yuri Lowenthal in the reboot) is a Chimera Sui Generis warlord who is Ben's first and most recurring arch-nemesis through the series. Vilgax was exiled from his home world for being ruthless, cruel, and power hungry. Soon after, Vilgax learned of the Omnitrix's existence after being attacked by George Washington and a time-traveling Ben. Vilgax became determined to have the Omnitrix and use it to build an army for his use. He is assisted by Psyphon (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker).

Doctor Animo

Doctor Aloysius Animo (voiced by Dwight Schultz) is a mad scientist specializing on the experimentation of animals, often creating mutated or hybrid creatures. He appears in every incarnation of the series.

Hex and Charmcaster

Hex (voiced by Khary Payton, Robin Atkin Downes in the reboot) and his niece and apprentice Charmcaster (voiced by Kari Wahlgren, Tara Strong in the reboot) are a pair of magical humans who have clashed with Ben and his allies often.

Forever Knights

The Forever Knights are a group of high-tech knights determined to stop alien invasions. In the reboot series, the Forever Knight is one person.

Zs'Skayr

Zs'Skayr (voiced by Steve Blum, and Jeff Bennett in Alien Force) is an Ectonurite who was trapped inside the Omnitrix, becoming the genetic sample for Ben's Ectonurite form Ghostfreak. Zs'Skayr eventually escaped and became Ben's enemy. Zs'Skayr was the High Lord of the Anur System, and was assisted by Anur System aliens such as Viktor (voiced by Michael Dorn), a Transylian who resembles Frankenstein's monster.

SixSix

SixSix' is a Sotoraggian bounty hunter.

Albedo

Albedo (voiced by Yuri Lowenthal as a human teenager, and as a Galvan in Ultimate Alien, Eric Bauza as a Galvan in Omniverse, and Tara Strong as a child) is the former apprentice of Azmuth. He developed a duplicate version of the Omnitrix which turned into an imperfect clone of Ben, with a swapped color palette.

Michael Morningstar/Darkstar

Michael "Mike" Morningstar, also known as Darkstar (voiced by Wil Wheaton, and Drake Bell and Yuri Lowenthal in the reboot) is the son of a Plumber who has energy absorption abilities, serving as a recurring villain of Ben. He briefly dated Charmcaster.

Zombozo and the Circus Freak Trio

Herbert Zomboni, known as Zombozo (voiced by Steve Blum in the original series, and John DiMaggio in other appearances) is a clown themed villain with the ability to absorb laughter and happiness. He was initially accompanied by a trio of circus-themed mutant supervillains, the Circus Freak Trio. The team consisted of Acid Breath, who can generate acid; Thumbskull, who possesses superhuman strength; and Frightwig, who possesses prehensile hair.

External links

• Ben 10 Characters official US site