Mole Miner/Characters

Below is a list of main, supporting, and guest characters appearing in the animated television series Mole Miner.

Main characters

 * (seasons 1–5, 8–present) and Enyu Ni (seasons 6–7) as Darren, a veteran miner at the Rockies Mines. Darren, a European mole, has several main philosophies in life, some of which are passed on to the other miners, chief among them is his catchphrase "What gets done, is done!". Darren is the son of a beaver and a mole, and has two brothers (a mole, Warren, and a beaver, Craig, respectively) and a half-beaver, half-mole sister named Barbara (who is not deformed, but has the body of a mole and the buck teeth and tail of a beaver). He is a fan of cheese and 1980s hit music. He is also the founder and lead singer of the cover band Doak Walker Orchestra, which debuted in season 2.
 * Montana Wigley as the singing voice of Darren
 * Aidan Drummond (seasons 1-5) and Katrina Hamilton (season 8) as a 5-year-old Darren
 * as an 8-year-old Darren
 * Gregory Robert Forrest (seasons 1–2), J.N. Brown (season 6) and Sabrina Pitre (season 8) as an 11-year-old Darren
 * as an 18-year old Darren
 * as Philippe, the star-nosed mole manager of the mines. He is of Belgian French origin and speaks with a French accent.
 * Katrina Hamilton as a 5-year old Philippe
 * as Janin, Darren's girlfriend. She is a southern marsupial mole, and due to having incomplete eyes (as with actual members of the species) she wears glasses.
 * as Vernon, Darren's unstable seventh cousin, 10-times removed. A long-tailed mole, he is often the one responsible for demolitions at the mines, and is often seen wearing a T-shirt with "I am a bomb technician. If you see me running try to keep up" on the back. He was originally created by  magazine artist Tuomo Harkimo for a 1999 parody in the magazine, but Phelan Morkel was impressed by the spoof that he asked if he could make Vernon an official character, to which Harkimo accepted the offer.
 * (seasons 1–7) and Enyu Ni (season 8–present) as Harry, a European mole and one of Darren's closest friends since childhood. He drives the Harr-a-mobile, a 1980s van which is one of the few vehicles owned by the miners that actually runs. He is the guitarist of Doak Walker Orchestra. He is bisexual and has had both boyfriends and girlfriends in the past.
 * as Georgie, a Brooklyn-accented eastern mole and career criminal who initially found work at the mine as a during a mid-1990s labor strike while on parole from a supermax prison. He has since become one of Darren's fellow miners.
 * as Roddy, a beaver who is the resident mechanic at the mines. He is also the network administrator for the mine's computer systems and wrote the -based software which runs the computerized equipment. He is the keyboardist for Doak Walker Orchestra.
 * Sharon Romer as Sharon, a long-tailed mole and Vernon's "more stable but still fat" sister. She was hired due to Roddy having a crush on her despite Sharon having lack of experience in mining, so Sharon ended up being taught by Janin and Darren how to do her job. She is the drummer for Doak Walker Orchestra.
 * Tagi Miori as Thomas "Tommy" Usagi, a gray rabbit who frequently visits the mines, and is promoted to the mines in season 4. He acts as the bassist of Doak Walker Orchestra and is of Japanese and Korean descent. Later in season 8, it is revealed that Tommy grew up with dyslexia.
 * Bryce Chung as an 8-year-old Tommy
 * Anthony Chen (seasons 1–2), A.J. Chung (season 3), and Nelson Miori-Morinaka (season 8) as an 10-year-old Tommy
 * Kenneth Ferioca as an 11-year-old Tommy
 * Cusse Mankuma (seasons 4-7) and George Ouedraogo (season 8–present) as Rochester, a crested porcupine who debuted in Mole Miner: Quartz Madness! and subsequently became one of the main characters afterwards in season 4. He came from the Dunn School of Mining, where Philippe attended when he was a miner. He also becomes the rhythm guitarist of Doak Walker Orchestra.
 * Prior to assuming the role in season 8, George Ouedraogo was the singing voice of Rochester.
 * as Clarissa, a skunk who debuted in Mole Miner: Quartz Madness! and subsequently became one of the main characters afterwards in season 4. She ends up becoming Harry's girlfriend by the end of the series.
 * as Sammy, a bat who is one of Darren's longtime friends.
 * Martin Berger as Mango, a white-faced capuchin monkey who Darren met at the Dunn School of Mining prior to the events of the series. He is one of the regular main characters of the series. In season 8, it's revealed that he has bipolar disorder.
 * Trevor Honeyball as Spec, a mole and another one of Darren's longtime friends. Trevor Honeyball, one of the show's session singers, was originally a placeholder until a regular voice actor was chosen, but the producers liked his performance enough to make him the permanent voice actor.
 * Marie-Claude Renteria as Rebekah, a Latina squirrel who is a male-to-female transgender woman, and one of the miners. She joins the main characters in season 8 as a graduate of the Ulf Mining Academy. She is an old friend of Clarissa.

Recurring characters

 * Jenny Jackson (seasons 18) and Jessica Donahue (season 9present) as Charlie, a squirrel who works as a medic at the mines. She attended the Kumble Medical College. She admits she has a crush on Darren in the fifth episode, and this leads into a brief love triangle between Charlie, Darren and Janin in season 4. While she accepts Janin and Darren now being a couple in season 8, she is still shown flirting with him.
 * Kerry Chierro as an 8-year-old Charlie
 * Sharon Alexander as Stacey, a chameleon who works as a computer technician at the mine.
 * Ashton Mori (speaking) and Rosa Bacote-Lambey (singing) as Takana Usagi, Tommy's cousin who moves to the Rockies from Japan in the episode "Home Is Where the Heart Is". In the episode, she also gets a job at the mines.
 * (seasons 1–5), Lorraine Zemsky (seasons 6-7) and Jaeda Lily Miller (season 8–present) as Bannister, Charlie's little sister who visits the mines.
 * Madeem Naheel Hadeef (seasons 1–2), Preston Cherrie (season 3–7) and Cole Howard (season 8-present) as Kyle, Charlie's cousin. He visits the mines frequently in seasons 1 to 4. In seasons 5 to 7, he attends the Ulf Mining Academy, and graduates in the penultimate episode of season 7. He is shown working at the mines in season 8.
 * Kate Camphuysen as Donna, Charlie's sister and one of the female miners.
 * Leslie Verany as Marja, Sammy's sister who debuted in season 3.
 * Jason Michas (seasons 1–7) and (season 8-present) as Noah, a star-nosed mole.
 * as Guilherme, the Brazilian-born true's shrew mole CEO of the mines' owner, the Phelworth Mining Co., which is a subsidiary of Montana Mining and Smelting.
 * Daniel Bacon as Delaware, a porcupine employed in the mines. He has a crush on Donna.
 * Timothy Beckenburrow (seasons 1–6, season 8–present) and Stephen Chemaune (season 7) as Jordan Krawls, a tarantula who owns KMT 11, a local television station.
 * Daegil Mak as Botan Usagi, Tommy's youngest brother.
 * Fred W. Sandy (seasons 1–6, 8–present) and Rohyun Chang (season 7) as Dusty, the owner of Dusty Smelting, a company based in a mountain region near the Rockies called the Redrocks along the Washington–Montana border. He is a naked mole rat. Dusty was nearly written off after season 6 due to his voice actor moving away from, but Rohyun Chang was casted for season 7. Fred W. Sandy returned to the role in season 8 after he moved back to Vancouver in 2017 following 12 years of work in.
 * Greg Heamer as Robespierre, Philippe's twin brother. He is the liaison officer between the Phelworth Mining Co. and Dusty Smelting.
 * Doron Bell Jr. as Buffalo, Rochester's brother.
 * as Ouraine, Philippe's secretary.
 * Wayne Giakoumakis as Ted, a long-tailed mole and one of Darren's friends.
 * Dana Marrett (seasons 1–7) and Antonia Beviera (season 8–present) as Europa Mouse, a European gypsy mouse who is a friend of Tommy. In seasons 1 to 7, she served as a miner based in the Redrocks. In season 8, she begins working for Dusty Smelting.
 * as Klea, Georgie's niece.
 * as Jean-Claude, Philippe's brother. He was reassigned to near the end of season 7 and returns to the Rockies in season 8.
 * as Edward, Clarissa's uncle.
 * Andrew Wynn Park as Matthew "Matt" Usagi, Tommy's oldest brother.
 * V. V. Marzati as Luci, Matt's wife.
 * Wendi Hui (season 1), Emma Vantoya (seasons 2–7), and K.D. Hwang (season 8–present) as Marcie Usagi, Tommy's niece and Matt and Luci's daughter.
 * Hana Yaneche (seasons 1–7) and Gwyneth Davidson (season 8–present) as Koko, a red wolf who is the CEO of Northeast Crystal Co., a company that sells products made from diamonds and rubies.
 * Louis Chirillo (seasons 1–7) and Howie Bogaert (season 8–present) as Psalms, a common mole miner.
 * Four child actors as Brandy, Psalms' nephew who frequently visits the mines.
 * as Hollywood, a swamp rabbit employed at the mines.
 * Five child actors as Burbank, Hollywood's little brother.
 * as Sparkler, a squirrel who works in the mines.
 * Dean Galloway (seasons 5-7) and Michael Adamthwaite (season 8-present) as Danton, Philippe's younger brother who debuted in the season 5 premiere.
 * Francisco Trujillo as Búho, a Colombian-American owl who works as "the only web designer in town" and created the Phelworth Mining Co. website.
 * Frank Gasnier as Glen, Dusty's cousin from Colorado. Glen was relegated to unvoiced cameos from seasons 5-7 after Gasnier was fired from the production, but Gasnier returned to the role for season 8.
 * as Per, a stoat from Sweden who works in the mines. Gessle also voiced the character in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian dubs.
 * Matthew Bellett as Sharleen, a porcupine who works in the mines. She was originally known as Quincy from her debut in season 2 as a Dusty Smelting employee and was transferred to the Phelworth mines in season 6. She came out as transgender in-between the events of seasons 7 and 8, and now goes by "Sharleen" as of season 8.
 * Simphiwe Baines as Oakley, Sharleen's twin brother.
 * Malika Rasul as Destiny, Sharleen's sister.
 * as Adam, a ferret who is the owner of the Great Muddy Acres, the local spa and mud bath place.
 * Bree Sanzito as Cassie, a Chinese-American tiger who owns a local shop called Gem Land that sells products made from different gems.
 * Salah Taher (season 1), (seasons 2–7) and Dave Pettitt (season 8–present) as Marvin, Adam's younger brother and a miner.
 * Mona Lee Miori as Nora, Tommy's girlfriend.
 * as Compton, a hairy-taled mole who's an instructor in the mines.
 * Jon Barber as Moraine, Sharleen's boyfriend. He is bisexual.
 * as Paul, a grey-headed flying fox who is Sammy's boyfriend.
 * as Klench Hamman, the hamster news anchor of KMT 11 News.
 * (seasons 1–7) and (season 8–present) as Vinnie, Darren's mole brother, and Klench Hamman's hapless personal assistant at KMT 11 News.
 * as Mayor Henry Jumbo, an elephant and the mayor of Rockies Town, the town in the Rockies where the mine is located.
 * as Warren, Darren's mole brother.
 * as Craig, Darren's beaver brother.
 * Katrina Hamilton as Barbara, Darren's sister, who is half-beaver and half-mole. She has a "snarky" attitude and enjoys cooking with her brother Darren.
 * Juliette Kurry (seasons 1-4), Jesse Vinet (seasons 5-7) and Sabrina Pitre (season 8-present) as Sabrina, Darren's younger sister, who is a mole.
 * as Dave "The Chisel" Stringfellow, a bear who is a lawyer in the Rockies area. According to writer Greg Pullicino, who came up with the character, he is a parody of TV lawyers such as . Nykl also voiced the character in a few episodes of the Czech dub.
 * as Lydia, a young adult (around 20 or so years old) lioness employed at the mines introduced in Season 8 who doesn't smile a lot and can be introverted and rather snarky at times, but their heart is more often than not in the right place. She doesn’t quite have the highest motivation; however, she is very self aware and constantly questions her annoyance and apologizes (even though more often than not, she doesn’t need to). She is most likely Jewish, as she has mentioned having a Kosher diet. She has sensitive hearing (as is she at least partially sensitive to bright lights and unpleasant touches), and sometimes she moves around and/or makes little "hm" noises. Some people theorize that she might be neurodivergent, particularly autistic, because of this. In certain situations, like when working at the mines, she sports a pair of noise-cancelling headphones.
 * James Rankin as Danny, the father of Darren, who occasionally pays a visit to the mines.
 * Jayne Eastwood as Erika, Rochester's love interest. She works at the mines as a side job to support her family.
 * Shigeko Murakami as Jessica and Luna Usagi, Tommy's twin older sisters.
 * Roxanne Stapp as Ellie, a ferret who works at the mines.
 * Moneca Stori (seasons 1-7) and (season 8-present) as Chessie, a squirrel who works for Dusty Smelting.
 * as Walton, a grumpy otter who works as a quality control supervisor at Sunset Plastics, a local plastic firms in the Rockies.

Guest characters

 * David Dovard as Dan Thorn, a mountain lion who is the president of KRTB, a local public television station in the Rockies.
 * James Gregor as Lynn Bird, a falcon who hosts The Rockies Show with Lynn Bird, a talk show locally broadcast on KRTB.
 * as "Stormy" Dan Diggerman, a ferret who is the short-tempered weatherman of KMT 11 News.
 * Danielle Mauchierre as Kristina Kim Snappy, an who owns an animation studio called Studio Snappy.
 * (seasons 1–7) and (season 8–present) as Mike Kozha, a turtle who owns Mike's Snacks, a bakery located near the mines. Mike has Russian and Italian ancestry, as shown in "The Get-Away Gang".
 * Lauren Lane-Cooper (season 1) and Karen Louise Cooper (season 2–present) as Darcy, Mike's daughter.
 * Five child actors as Julius, Mike's son.
 * Jonathan L. Kim as Phil Cheese, a mouse who is the chief of the Rockies Police Department (RPD).
 * Andrew Yoshi Huang as Kurt Cauliflower, an eagle officer for the RPD.
 * Daniel Vinucci (pilot), Matt Patrick (seasons 2–5), and Robby J. Taylor (season 6–present) as Fred, Kurt's dad and a miner. Fred was originally written off after the pilot episode, but came back in season 2.
 * Julia Robite as Katie, a porcupine and a former miner. Katie retires in the pilot, and is the mentor for Tommy, Rochester and Clarissa in seasons 4-7. In season 8, she mentors Rebekah and Kyle.
 * Keno Gobi (seasons 2–7) and Eliot Chang (season 8–present) as Donald "Donny" Donald, a gray wolf who works on a farm near the mines. He moved to a fictional diamond-rich Oregon mountain region called Moonside at age 10 before moving to the Rockies at age 38.
 * as Prabodh, an Indian lion who is a miner.
 * as Plough, a rat who is one of the "bigger" miners.
 * as Marshall, Katie's twin brother.
 * Blu Mankuma as Brooklyn, Rochester's dad.
 * as Joey, Rochester's cousin.
 * Samantha Heamer as Billie-Jean, Darren's auntie who is employed in the mines. She retires towards the end of season 7. In season 8, she co-mentors Rebekah.
 * as Chang, the Hainan hare CFO of Phelworth Mining Co.
 * Grahame Vagen as Sir Stephen, the chairman of United Mine Workers Local 1922.
 * Thomas Markopoulos (season 1), Bill Morales (seasons 2–6), and Martin Berger (short film, season 8–present) as Bailey Joe "Beejay" Roars, a white tiger who is the current CEO of Alpha Iron Products. He was written off after his appearance in the season 6 episode "The No Show Hour-Long Show" due to Morales dying and the casting team not being able to find a replacement for him, but he reappeared in Mole Miner: Strike It Richer, with Martin Berger providing his voice.
 * (seasons 1-7) and Veronica Timar (season 8–present) as Alice Woolma, a sheep reporter for KMT 11 News.
 * as Louise, a lion employed in the mines. She becomes Prabodh's girlfriend by the end of the series.
 * Tony Acequada as Gabriel Ciervo, a Filipino-American deer. Ciervo is a businessman and the owner of the Ciervo International Hotel, a small hotel near the mines.
 * Marlena Mazugaya (seasons 1–7) and Chantana Kongkham (season 8–present) as Sharon Ciervo, Gabriel's wife.
 * Seven child actors as Nathaniel Ciervo, Gabriel and Sharon's son.
 * Franklin Heamer as Owen Haha, a and an electrician at the mines.
 * Greg Heamer as Prager, a European polecat employed in the mines, who is a longtime friend of Katie. He was named after according to a 2002 interview with Phelan Morkel.
 * Three child actors and an adult actress as Stan, Prager's little brother.
 * Sheen Marquez (seasons 1–5), Robert Eisenstein (seasons 6–7), and Terence Browne (season 8–present) as Kale, a tree frog and one of Tommy's friends. He works as an electrician alongside Owen.
 * Michael Sicoly (seasons 1–2) and Richard Ian Cox (season 3–present) as Dart, Darren's simple-minded cousin from Alaska.
 * Ty Olsson as Bill Sorbetspoon, the local ice cream man.
 * Susan Nashburn (seasons 1–7) and Kate Nokiao (season 8–present) as Reese Weatherbear, a employee who works with Dusty Smelting.
 * Kevin Astanov as John Weatherbear, Reese's older brother. Currently a Dusty Smelting employee, he was formerly employed with Phelworth Mining Co.
 * Venus Terzo as Beanstalk, Oliver's girlfriend who is Alice Woolma's sister.
 * Dave Crandell as Dr. Wiseman, the main doctor at Prof. Cu Wacker-Ree Memorial Hospital, "the only hospital in the Rockies with an actual emergency room". His behavior is a satire of that of "certain people in the scientific and medical communities" according to Phelan Morkel.
 * Shirley Millner as Dr. Astaire, the main doctor at Jim Bohlen University Medical Center, which specializes in "naturopathy, acupuncture, Traditional Asian medicine, herbal medicine, ayurvedic medicine, psychology, and quick WebMD searches". Similarly to Dr. Wiseman, her behavior is a satire of alternative medicine practitioners in a similar way to how Dr. Wiseman is a satire of the scientific and medical communities.
 * Josh Bacchetti as Randy, a sheep who works the mine's cafeteria. Randy is openly gay.
 * Dean Berndtson as Randy Phelworth, the founder and owner of the Phelworth Mining Co. He was originally voiced by when he debuted in Mole Miner: Quartz Madness!.
 * as Sal Phelworth, Randy's son and the co-owner of the Phelworth Mining Co. He was originally voiced by when he debuted in Mole Miner: Quartz Madness!.
 * as Dan, Barbara's boyfriend.
 * as James Hedgehog, the host of Rock 'n Stuff, the local talent show for musical acts.
 * as Matty Adams, a local radio DJ at KAAT-FM.
 * Brett McKnight (seasons 4, 6–7) and (season 8) as Devon, an old prison buddy of Georgie.
 * Antoine Bachet (seasons 3–7) and Sidney Lougena (season 8) as Antoine Furchet, a white tiger who is a local journalist for The Rockies Times and former photographer for the newspaper. Furchet's appearance in season 8 drew controversy surrounding Lougena voicing the character, who was specifically made for Bachet's guest appearances, despite Bachet's estate approving of the casting of Lougena, a friend of Bachet, in the role.
 * Carson Godfrey as Lukas Longtail, a Lithuanian-American bearded dragon who is a local real estate agent.
 * Ken Kramer as Mr. Liam, Randy's dad.
 * as Rox Norton, Darren's vocal coach for Doak Walker Orchestra.
 * Bill Newton as Lime, Randy's cousin.
 * Wally Arvesen as Nickie, Adam and Marvin's uncle.