Characters / The Company You Keep

Nicoletti Family

Charlie Nicoletti

• Anti-Villain: Charlie's aware that he's a con man, but he (and the rest of the family) go after worse people.

Birdie Nicoletti

• Mama Bear: She's very protective of her daughter Ollie, even insisting that she keep a tracker on her just to be safe despite Ollie's objection.

Fran Nicoletti

Leo Nicoletti

• Scatterbrained Senior: Charlie thinks his father messing up a code in a scam is just a fluke but soon realizes the man is in the early stages of Alzheimer's.

Ollie Nicoletti

• The Cutie: Ollie's a pretty tween whom her mom, grandparents and uncle all adore. She's usually sweet, though she has some occasional mutinous and sarcastic moments, which of course is common for kids her age. Even so, Ollie's the most innocent among her family, and didn't know at first they were con artists.
• Disappeared Dad: Ollie's dad hasn't been in her life for a decade it turns out. Birdie, her mom, rejects his call saying having been absent so long he's too late for reconnecting. Later, as Birdie has to work along with him on a con, it turns out they've never met. He insists he's changed and apologizes, wanting to meet her. They see each other briefly, with Ollie realizing he's her father. Birdie still isn't ready to have him in her life just yet though. Ollie accepts this. It turns out he was threatened to stay away from her after endangering Ollie as a baby by her grandpa Leo until he'd cleaned up. Birdie lets them start to do things together so that they can connect as father and daughter after this.
• Silent Snarker: Ollie's a deaf girl who uses ASL, which occasionally includes some sarcastic remarks.

CIA

Emma Hill

• Action Girl: She's a CIA agent who's investigating cases of drug activity that involves organized crime groups in the US.

Hill Family

Joseph Hill

• My Greatest Failure: In "The Real Thing", Joseph mentions that he had an affair before David decided to run for political office due to a rough patch between him and his wife. This affair resulted in him being forced to provide support for a contract in the Senate the woman was trying to do for her client.

Grace Hill

David Hill

• Secret-Keeper: As of "A Sparkling Reputation", he knows that Emma actually works in the CIA.

Maguire crime syndicate

Patrick Maguire

Connor Maguire

Daphne Finch

• Beauty Is Bad: It's noted that, no matter how evil she may be, Daphne nonetheless is very beautiful.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Charlie comments how at least they know Daphne is human after he finds that she has a photo of her mother (while pregnant with her) in her belongings. It's also learned she's so loyal to Maguire as he's her father. Both of them are ruthless gangsters.
• Parental Abandonment: Daphne tells Connor she never met their father until at her mother's funeral while she was an adult. She joined his criminal enterprises after this as his lieutenant and they grew close.

Con Targets:

Pastor Earle

• Asshole Victim: The Nicoletti family run a long con to rob Pastor Earle, who launders money for powerful people in the pilot.

Claude Ellsworth

• Blackmail: In "A Sparkling Reputation", Charlie extorts him after stealing a necklace from him because it turns out to be a stolen cultural artifact. Claude pays them $500,000 not to reveal how he'd gotten it from a Russian oligarch and give back the necklace while portraying himself as a hero for doing so.

Robert Renway

• Private Military Contractors: Runs a PMC firm and he provides military contracting services to anyone who can afford to pay.

John Baylor

• Rogue Agent: Used to be MI-6 in the 1980s until a university dean blew his cover. He had to go underground after a burn notice was issued. John uses his spying skills as an underworld fixer.

Others:

Tina

• Marrying the Mark: Not quite that far, but Charlie is rocked to realize Tina got engaged to him just as part of winning his trust to rob the family.