| | Etheline | Teaman | The woman that Easy's trying to find. |
| | Jackson | Blue | Easy's friend. |
| | Ezekiel | Rawlins | Protagonist. Aka: Easy. |
| | Moms | | Jackson and Easy's common friend. |
| | Mouse | | Easy's cousin. Deceased. Aka: Raymond Alexander. |
| | Inez | | A prostitute. |
| | Cedric | Boughman | Etheline's regular customer. |
| | Bonnie | | Easy's ex-girlfriend. |
| | Medgar | Winters | A minister, Deacon. Etheline's lover. |
| | Feather | | Easy's daughter. |
| | Helen | Plates | A teacher at Truth. |
| | EttaMae | Harris | Mouse's wife. |
| | Miss | Bristol | The church lady. |
| | Celia | Boughman | Cedric's mother. |
| | Bumpy | | One of the church members. |
| | Latrell | | A deacon. |
| | Mrs. | Daniels | The church receptionist. |
| | Andre | Brown | The detective. |
| 1 | Joppy | | A bar owner. |
| | Dewitt | Albright | Joppy's friend. Easy's potential client. |
| 2 | Mr. | Shag | The rent collector. |
| 3 | Manny | | One of Dewitt's securities. |
| | Daphne | Monet | The woman that Mr. Dewitt's trying to find. Aka: Ruby Hanks. |
| | Leon | | Mr. Dewitt's former client. |
| | Randolph | Corey | The prosecutor on Leon's case. |
| 4 | John | | A nightclub owner. |
| | Hattie | Parsons | The candy shop cashier. |
| | Junior | Fornay | Hattie's nephew. |
| | Howard | Green | The Chauffeur. |
| | Lips | | John's colleagues. |
| | Willie | | John's colleagues. |
| | Flattop | | John's colleagues. |
| | Alphonso | Jenkins | One of John's regulars. |
| | Johanas | | One of John's regulars. |
| | Frank | Green | One of John's regulars. Aka: Knifehand. |
| | Matthew | Teran | A mayor candidate. |
| | Navrochet | | The son of Mouse's step-father. |
| | Clifton | | The suspect in Mouse's step-father's case. |
| 5 | Odell | Jones | Easy's friend. |
| | Dupree | Bouchard | Easy's friend. |
| | Coretta | James | Dupree's girlfriend. |
| 7 | LaMarque | | Mouse's son. |
| | Lucinda | | Mouse's ex-girlfriend. |
| | Reese | | Mouse's step-father. |
| 8 | Barbar | Moskowitz | The woman that Easy met. |
| 9 | Benito | Giacomo | An aircraft builder. Easy's former boss. |
| 10 | Miller | | The man who kidnaps Easy. |
| | Mason | | Miller's partner. |
| 11 | Norman | | One of Mr. Teran's men. |
| | Towne | | The reverend. |
| 14 | Anthony | Yakimoto | One of Easy's friends. |
| | Wenton | Niles | One of Easy's friends. |
| 15 | Manny | | One of Dewitt's securities. |
| 16 | Sophie | Anderson | Etta's friend. |
| 17 | Maxim | Baxter | The Personne Director of Lion Investments. |
| | Todd | Carter | The President of Lion Investments. Daphne's lover. |
| | Richard | McGee | Daphne's friend. Deceased. |
| 18 | Ricardo | | A pool room owner. |
| | Mickey | | Rosetta's son. |
| | Rosetta | | Mickey's mother. The woman who runs Ricardo's pool room. |
| | Vernie | | The whore house owner. |
| | Darcel | | Vernie's daughter. |
| | Huey | Barnes | Vernie's business partner. |
| | Ronald | White | The city plumber. |
| | Darcel | | Easy's friend. |
| | Curtis | Cross | Easy's friend. |
| 19 | Zeppo | | Easy's friend. |
| | Ernest | | The barber. |
| | Lenny | | A gardener. |
| | Elba | | Lenny's girlfriend. |
| 20 | Abe | | Johnny's brother-in-law. |
| | Johnny | | A barber. |
| | Vincent | Le Roy | The police sergeant. |
| | Tree Rat | | The mexican boy that Vincent found at the camp. |
| 24 | Bula | | Dupree's sister. |
| | Primo | | Easy's friend. |
| 25 | Mrs. | Guitierra | The manager. |
| 27 | Mr. | Ling | The owner of Chow's Chow. |
| 30 | Lawrence | Wrightsmith | The deputy mayor. |
| | Jerome | Duffy | Carter's lawyer. |
