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Richard Hendricks: Played by Thomas Middleditch a college dropout and ex-coder at tech giant Hooli, Richard quits his job to pursue his Pied Piper compression application. Richard is timid and quiet, but is prone to occasional outbursts of extreme anger in certain circumstances. Richard is constantly struggling with the demands of the business world, preferring instead to disappear into the coding of his application, but realizes that as CEO he must do more.
Erlich Bachman: Played by T.J. Miller a supremely confident and arrogant entrepreneur who founded an innovation incubator in his home after the purchase of his airfare collator Aviato. Under the incubator agreement, Erlich owns 10% of Pied Piper, and is later appointed to the company's board of directors after Richard realizes how important Erlich is to the business. Erlich is a frequent user of marijuana. It is revealed in the season 2 finale that Erlich no longer codes because of severe carpal tunnel syndrome. Despite being relatively unsuccessful in his own entrepreneurial ventures, he is a competent public speaker and negotiator, and is often seen as the "face" of Pied Piper.
Donald(Jared)Dunn: Played by Zach Woods an ex-VP of Hooli who quits the company in order to join the Pied Piper team as its CFO and business advisor. Like Richard, Jared is meek and reserved, but gains confidence as the series progresses and the company's success necessitates it. He is also exceedingly optimistic, selfless and thoroughly devoted to Richard, sacrificing his high-paying and financially secure job at Hooli to lend his business expertise to Pied Piper. His birth name is Donald, but his former boss, Gavin, once referred to him as Jared, and the nickname stuck, despite the Pied Piper team knowing it's not his real name. He is frequently disrespected by the other employees of Pied Piper, aside from Richard who often defends him, though he tends to be oblivious of this or too awkward to actually understand the insult.
Dinesh: Played by Kumail Nanjiani, as Dinesh Chugtai, a talented programmer specializing in Java originally from Islamabad, Pakistan who is typically the victim of Gilfoyle's embarrassing games and pranks. Dinesh exhibits an acerbic and sarcastic personality towards everyone on the team, and often behaves in a callous and amoral manner, such as when he plots the death of a man who was dating the girl that he liked. Dinesh is also shown to be especially materialistic and unsuccessful with women.
Gilfoyle: Played by Martin Starr as Bertram Gilfoyle, a LaVeyan Satanist network engineer and Canadian illegal immigrant, until he successfully applies for a visa after Dinesh puts him under pressure. Gilfoyle credits himself as an online security expert, and as such is responsible for system administration and server configuration at Pied Piper. Gilfoyle often plays cruel pranks on Dinesh, but the two do appear to be friends despite this, with the two often bonding over their shared moral ambiguity. Like Dinesh, Gilfoyle is acerbic and sarcastic, but in contrast, highly apathetic, sardonic and brutally honest. He acts as the systems architect of Pied Piper.
Monica: Played by Amanda Crew as Monica Hall, an employee of Raviga Capital and assistant to both Peter Gregory and later Laurie Bream. Monica is often charged with engaging with clients on a more personable and approachable way than either Gregory or Bream are, and as such forms a bond with Richard after she convinces him to launch Pied Piper on his own. Her interactions with Richard subtly imply a mutual romantic attachment which, though rarely explored, may explain Richard's decision to go with Raviga over Hooli, Monica's persistence in keeping Pied Piper on board whenever issues arise and, later in the series, Monica's willingness to side with Richard at the eventual cost of her job.
Nelson(Big Head)Bighetti: Played by Josh Brener as Nelson "Big Head" Bighetti, a former tenant of Erlich's incubator and Richard's best friend who also works at Hooli. He is clueless and impressionable, but still manages to acquire significant influence as a result of the struggle between Hooli and Pied Piper. After work on Pied Piper commences, Big Head is offered a huge raise and promotion by Gavin Belson to help Hooli develop its copycat software, Nucleus, out of spite and because Richard was forced to limit his staff. He is later removed from the Nucleus project due to his lack of technical knowledge, and has absolutely no responsibilities at Hooli. He was later promoted further to make it appear that he was the actual creator of Pied Piper while working at Hooli, but he is unaware of this.
Gavin Belson: Played by Matt Ross as Gavin Belson (recurring season 1, starring season 2–present), the chief innovation officer and founder of tech giant Hooli, who embodies the soulless corporate culture that Richard is desperate to avoid with Pied Piper. Belson constantly spews forth pseudo-philosophica rants to his employees, who remain enamored with his work, but often comes across as seeming unintelligent and mean-spirited. In season 2, Belson launched a lawsuit against Pied Piper, claiming that it was developed on Hooli company time and using company resources. Historically Belson and Peter Gregory were friends but later became business rivals, and interactions between the two of them became awkward as a result. Hooli's own compression program, Nucleus, has suffered serious public tech failure because no one who worked for him was willing to tell him about any tech issues.
Laurie Bream: Played by Suzanne Cryer as Laurie Bream (season 2–present), the new CEO of Raviga Capital and the replacement for Peter Gregory. Like her predecessor, Laurie is highly intelligent and socially inept, but appears to rely more on tangible metrics than Peter. Her business-centric approach is what leads her to terminate Raviga's investment into Pied Piper after Belson's lawsuit is announced, as well as selling Pied Piper as its reputation is severely damaged after Jared's deceptive practices.
Jian-Yang: Played by Jimmy O. Yang as Jian-Yang (recurring season 1, starring season 2–present), another tenant of Erlich's incubator, and the only person who lives there that is not involved with Pied Piper in any capacity. He speaks English proficiently but slowly and with a heavy Chinese accent.
Peter Gregory: Played by Christopher Even Welch as Peter Gregory (season 1), the billionaire founder and CEO of Raviga Capital as well a 5% equity owner of Pied Piper after his $200,000 investment. Gregory is extremely brilliant but socially inept, eccentric and unpredictable, once delaying a crisis business meeting to sample Burger King products for 8 hours. After the fifth episode of season 1 was completed, Welch died, but the character remained present off-screen for the remainder of the season. Gregory later died in the season 2 premiere.
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The Silicon Valley Cast Members
Richard Hendricks: Played by Thomas Middleditch a college dropout and ex-coder at tech giant Hooli, Richard quits his job to pursue his Pied Piper compression application. Richard is timid and quiet, but is prone to occasional outbursts of extreme anger in certain circumstances. Richard is constantly struggling with the demands of the business world, preferring instead to disappear into the coding of his application, but realizes that as CEO he must do more.
Erlich Bachman: Played by T.J. Miller a supremely confident and arrogant entrepreneur who founded an innovation incubator in his home after the purchase of his airfare collator Aviato. Under the incubator agreement, Erlich owns 10% of Pied Piper, and is later appointed to the company's board of directors after Richard realizes how important Erlich is to the business. Erlich is a frequent user of marijuana. It is revealed in the season 2 finale that Erlich no longer codes because of severe carpal tunnel syndrome. Despite being relatively unsuccessful in his own entrepreneurial ventures, he is a competent public speaker and negotiator, and is often seen as the "face" of Pied Piper.
Donald(Jared)Dunn: Played by Zach Woods an ex-VP of Hooli who quits the company in order to join the Pied Piper team as its CFO and business advisor. Like Richard, Jared is meek and reserved, but gains confidence as the series progresses and the company's success necessitates it. He is also exceedingly optimistic, selfless and thoroughly devoted to Richard, sacrificing his high-paying and financially secure job at Hooli to lend his business expertise to Pied Piper. His birth name is Donald, but his former boss, Gavin, once referred to him as Jared, and the nickname stuck, despite the Pied Piper team knowing it's not his real name. He is frequently disrespected by the other employees of Pied Piper, aside from Richard who often defends him, though he tends to be oblivious of this or too awkward to actually understand the insult.
Dinesh: Played by Kumail Nanjiani, as Dinesh Chugtai, a talented programmer specializing in Java originally from Islamabad, Pakistan who is typically the victim of Gilfoyle's embarrassing games and pranks. Dinesh exhibits an acerbic and sarcastic personality towards everyone on the team, and often behaves in a callous and amoral manner, such as when he plots the death of a man who was dating the girl that he liked. Dinesh is also shown to be especially materialistic and unsuccessful with women.
Gilfoyle: Played by Martin Starr as Bertram Gilfoyle, a LaVeyan Satanist network engineer and Canadian illegal immigrant, until he successfully applies for a visa after Dinesh puts him under pressure. Gilfoyle credits himself as an online security expert, and as such is responsible for system administration and server configuration at Pied Piper. Gilfoyle often plays cruel pranks on Dinesh, but the two do appear to be friends despite this, with the two often bonding over their shared moral ambiguity. Like Dinesh, Gilfoyle is acerbic and sarcastic, but in contrast, highly apathetic, sardonic and brutally honest. He acts as the systems architect of Pied Piper.
Monica: Played by Amanda Crew as Monica Hall, an employee of Raviga Capital and assistant to both Peter Gregory and later Laurie Bream. Monica is often charged with engaging with clients on a more personable and approachable way than either Gregory or Bream are, and as such forms a bond with Richard after she convinces him to launch Pied Piper on his own. Her interactions with Richard subtly imply a mutual romantic attachment which, though rarely explored, may explain Richard's decision to go with Raviga over Hooli, Monica's persistence in keeping Pied Piper on board whenever issues arise and, later in the series, Monica's willingness to side with Richard at the eventual cost of her job.
Nelson(Big Head)Bighetti: Played by Josh Brener as Nelson "Big Head" Bighetti, a former tenant of Erlich's incubator and Richard's best friend who also works at Hooli. He is clueless and impressionable, but still manages to acquire significant influence as a result of the struggle between Hooli and Pied Piper. After work on Pied Piper commences, Big Head is offered a huge raise and promotion by Gavin Belson to help Hooli develop its copycat software, Nucleus, out of spite and because Richard was forced to limit his staff. He is later removed from the Nucleus project due to his lack of technical knowledge, and has absolutely no responsibilities at Hooli. He was later promoted further to make it appear that he was the actual creator of Pied Piper while working at Hooli, but he is unaware of this.
Gavin Belson: Played by Matt Ross as Gavin Belson (recurring season 1, starring season 2–present), the chief innovation officer and founder of tech giant Hooli, who embodies the soulless corporate culture that Richard is desperate to avoid with Pied Piper. Belson constantly spews forth pseudo-philosophica rants to his employees, who remain enamored with his work, but often comes across as seeming unintelligent and mean-spirited. In season 2, Belson launched a lawsuit against Pied Piper, claiming that it was developed on Hooli company time and using company resources. Historically Belson and Peter Gregory were friends but later became business rivals, and interactions between the two of them became awkward as a result. Hooli's own compression program, Nucleus, has suffered serious public tech failure because no one who worked for him was willing to tell him about any tech issues.
Laurie Bream: Played by Suzanne Cryer as Laurie Bream (season 2–present), the new CEO of Raviga Capital and the replacement for Peter Gregory. Like her predecessor, Laurie is highly intelligent and socially inept, but appears to rely more on tangible metrics than Peter. Her business-centric approach is what leads her to terminate Raviga's investment into Pied Piper after Belson's lawsuit is announced, as well as selling Pied Piper as its reputation is severely damaged after Jared's deceptive practices.
Jian-Yang: Played by Jimmy O. Yang as Jian-Yang (recurring season 1, starring season 2–present), another tenant of Erlich's incubator, and the only person who lives there that is not involved with Pied Piper in any capacity. He speaks English proficiently but slowly and with a heavy Chinese accent.
Peter Gregory: Played by Christopher Even Welch as Peter Gregory (season 1), the billionaire founder and CEO of Raviga Capital as well a 5% equity owner of Pied Piper after his $200,000 investment. Gregory is extremely brilliant but socially inept, eccentric and unpredictable, once delaying a crisis business meeting to sample Burger King products for 8 hours. After the fifth episode of season 1 was completed, Welch died, but the character remained present off-screen for the remainder of the season. Gregory later died in the season 2 premiere.
Links to Cast Members Bios
Richard Hendricks
Erlich Bachamn
Jared Dunn
Dinesh
Gilfoyle
Monica
Nelson (Big Head) Bighetti
Gavin Belson
Laurie Bream
Jian-Yang
Peter Gregory