Multiple ingredients have made the Fast & Furious franchise a success, including the incredible chase scenes, wild stunts, well-choreographed action sequences, and complex missions. But above all, the characters deserve the most credit for making the franchise the box office juggernaut that it is today.
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Though most members of Dom’s ‘family’ show up in each new installment, the producers, writers, and directors have made sure to add new faces from time to time. Some of the new faces have quickly grown to be fan-favorites too. And given the numerous incredible characters, it’s debatable who the best is but Luckily, Ranker makes it easier to figure that out.
Gisele Yashar
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The former Mossad operative first appears as an employee of Arturo Braga, one of the wealthiest Fast & Furious villains. She is then brought into Dom’s team after she gives him intel about Braga’s hideout.
Franchise fans will always adore Gisele for her selflessness. Keeping up with the “catch a bullet for you” romantic gesture, she sacrifices her own life to save Han when she realizes he is about to be shot by Adolfson. Furthermore, Gisele isn’t one to cry over things that could have been. When Dom doesn’t reciprocate the crush she has on him, she quickly moves on to Han. Gisele is the perfect action heroine too, depicted as an expert marksman, thanks to her history with the Mossad.
Luke Hobbs
Starting as a DSS agent, Hobbs’ initial mission is to hunt down Dom’s crew for the supposed murder of DEA agents in Rio. However, he soon finds himself working with them.
Hobbs is not only one of the best fighters in Fast & Furious but the character with some of the best dialogue too. It could be argued that the introduction of Hobbs is what catapulted Fast & Furious into big franchise status. When he joined, the installments not only started getting great reviews from critics but also high box office returns. And it says a lot that Fast 9, where he doesn’t appear, has an average Rotten Tomatoes score.
Dominic Toretto
Dom has been the head of the crew since the first installment. Over the years, he has graduated from a street racer and orchestrator of small-time heists to a major player in the world of espionage.
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There are many impressive things about Dom but what awes fans the most about him is his driving skills. Not only can he move at incredibly high speeds without crashing but can also race in reverse mode and jump over cliffs. As a leader, Dom has no flaw either. He takes good care of everyone in his ‘family’ and guides them to make the right decisions. Dominic is adaptive too and is never afraid to work with people he once considered enemies. These include Hobbs and Shaw.
Letty Ortiz
Dom’s childhood sweetheart goes on to marry him as an adult, She briefly works undercover inside Braga’s crew before she is reunited with Dom and the rest of the ‘family.’
Letty enjoys both family life and obliterating baddies in the field. She is an expert combatant and can pull off the most dangerous of stunts too. Her bilingualism has greatly benefited the team too as she is fluent in Spanish and Japanese too. Additionally, it has been hinted that Letty is even more loyal to the crew than Dom. When he refuses to respond to Mr. Nobody’s SOS message because he is a father now, Letty vows to go without him.
Mia Toretto
Dom’s sister also happens to be Brian’s love interest. After freeing Dom from a prison bus, she decides to be part of his crew and help with the missions.
Mia’s standout trait is her humility. She rarely finds herself in conflict, preferring to keep her life as tranquil as possible. She isn’t as much of a daredevil as her brothers Dom and Jakob but she always helps whenever she can. Mia mostly prefers family life and even when she chooses not to participate in missions, Mia acts as a great source of encouragement to Dom and Brian.
Deckard Shaw
Shaw gets to morph from a villain to a hero in the franchise. He initially seeks revenge against Dom and his crew for what they did to his brother Owen but is later unwillingly paired with them by Mr. Nobody.
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The ultimate tough guy, Shaw is capable of causing plenty of destruction all by himself. Apart from just being a badass character, he has some of the most iconic scenes in the franchise, including one where he takes on several of Cipher’s goons inside a plane while holding Dom’s baby. Shaw can be incredibly funny when he wants to, with most of his jokes being targeted at Hobbs.
Roman Pearce
Brian’s childhood friend is released from prison to help take down the drug lord Carter Veron. He is then recruited by Dom for the mission in Rio, after which he becomes a permanent member of the crew.
Since he is the source of humor in the franchise, most of Roman Pearce’s funniest quotes are also the funniest overall in the franchise. His goofy personality has been beneficial to the team as it has helped them get out of situations that would have been otherwise difficult. The female characters find Roman annoying but he is adored by male characters such as Brian and Tej.
Tej Parker
Tej spends his early years as a mechanic and race referee before joining Dom’s crew> he acquires hacking skills along the way too, hence the team relies on him to provide tech support.
Tej is the least violent among the members of Dom’s crew. He rarely fights, preferring to monitor screens and banter with Roman. Together with Roman, he also holds the honor of being one of the only two people in the franchise to fly into space. Tej is quite generous too. After the Rio heist, he is seen sharing some of his money with the locals.
Han Lue
After the death of Gisele, Han quits Dom’s crew and moves back home to Tokyo where he becomes a thief and street racer. He is then recruited by Mr. Nobody on a special mission.
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Han is arguably the closest thing to Dom and Brian when it comes to driving skills. He wins most of his races with ease and is hard to keep up with during missions. Moreover, he is more of an observer than a talker. He can tell that Gisele is ex-Mossad just from the way she holds a gun. Han is quite brave too and isn’t afraid to even trigger the wrath of Yakuza members.
Brian O’Conner
The former FBI agent abandons law enforcement to help Dom. After falling in love with Dom’s sister, he decides to become a full-time member of the crew.
Brian might no longer be in the franchise but his legacy still lives on. In the movies that he appears in, he is presented as both an intelligent and gallant character. He constantly puts himself in risky situations but thanks to his superior driving skills, he always manages to get away without any problems. And as a former lawman, Brian has great fighting and interrogation skills too.
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