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Deep Core[]
Virgil “Bud” Brigman[]
portrayed by: Ed Harris |
Lindsey Brigman[]
portrayed by: Mary Elizabeth Mastrantio |
Lisa “One Night” Standing[]
portrayed by: Kimberly Scott |
- Black Dude Dies First: Averted.
- Sassy Black Woman
- Twofer Token Minority: One Night is the only black character in the film, and one of two women.
Alan “Hippy” Carnes[]
portrayed by: Todd Graff |
- Cloudcuckoolander: Hippy believes in numerous outlandish conspiracies, and actually says at one point that everything is a conspiracy.
- Properly Paranoid: Hippy doesn’t trust the SEALS. He turns out to be right after Coffey snaps.
- Wrong Genre Savvy: Hippy wouldn’t be out of place in a conspiracy film.
Catfish De Vries[]
portrayed by: Leo Burmester |
- Badass Beard: Not to the extent as Finler, but it’s still there.
- Old Soldier: A middle aged Vietnam Vet who is no longer in his prime. That doesn’t mean that “the Hammer” doesn’t work as well as it used to, as Coffey discovers.
Jammer Willis[]
portrayed by: John Bedford Lloyd |
- The Big Guy: The largest of the crew. Ironically, he panics on board the Montana due to all of the dead bodies.
- Convenient Coma: Jammer goes into a coma after damaging his oxygen tank. He awakens just in time to save the remaining crew from Schoenick.
Dwight Perry[]
portrayed by: Dick Warlock |
- Flat Character: Not as developed as the other crew members.
- Killed Off for Real: Perry drowns when water floods into the rig.
Lew Finler[]
portrayed by: Kidd Brewer Jr. |
- Badass Beard
- The Big Guy: Along with Jammer, he’s one of the most imposing of the rig crew.
- Big Guy Fatality Syndrome: Drowns when the living quarters are flooded.
- Killed Off for Real: Drowns when the living quarters are flooded and sealed.
- Nice Guy: One of the more lighthearted crew members.
Arliss “Sonny” Dawson[]
portrayed by: JC Quinn |
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Lt. Hiram Coffey[]
portrayed by: Michael Biehn |
- Anti-Villain: Not Only is Coffey separated from the chain of command, he is suffering pressure induced psychosis.
- Ax Crazy: Due to pressure induced psychosis,
- Jerkass: Behaves like a total dick to the crew and ignores what Lindsey and Bud tell him. He does show signs of Hidden Depths, though.
Schoenick[]
portrayed by: Christopher Murphy |
- The Dragon p: To Coffey, though he winds up being easily taken out.
Ensign Monk[]
portrayed by: Adam Nelson |
- Token Good Teammate: To the SEALS after Coffey goes crazy.
Winstrite[]
purtrayed by: George Robert Klek |
- Red Shirt
- We Hardly Knew Ye: Drowns when the living quarters are sealed off.
SS Explorer[]
DeMarco[]
portrayed by: J. Kenneth Campbell |
Bendix[]
portrayed by: Chris O’Neil |