| | | Part One Midnight Men |
1 | Renee | Ballard | A detective with the Hollywood Division of the LAPD. |
| Lisa | Moore | A detective of the Hollywood Division Sexual Assault Unit. |
2 | George | Floyd | An African American man who was a victim of police violence. |
| | Smallwood | One of P2s team. |
| | Vitello | One of P2s team. |
3 | Marion | Morrison | Known as John Wayne was an American actor. |
| Gene | Autry | An American actor. |
| Dave | Byron | A sergeant. |
| Javier | Raffa | The owner of an auto tow yard. aka: El Chopo. |
| | Finley | One of Homicide investigators. |
| | Watts | One of Homicide investigators. |
| Victor | Rodriguez | Ballad's translator. |
| Derek R. | Reynolds | The OIC of Hollywood detectives. |
5 | Kyle | Dallas | A watch officer. |
| Cordero | | A gang cop. aka: Cordo. |
| Janzen | | Cordero's partner. |
| Rick | Davenport | A sergeant. |
| Gabriel | | Javier's son. |
| Lara | Rosas | Gabriel's girlfriend. |
6 | Tom | Newsome | A dayside Crimes Against Persons detective. |
| Vin | Scully | An American sportscaster. |
| Roger | Mills | Javier Raffa's lawyer. |
| Humberto | Viera | Javier Raffa's acquaintance. |
7 | Anthony | Manzano | A criminalist. |
| Mitch | Elder | A firearm caretaker. |
| Lieutenant | Fuentes | Worked at the West Bureau. |
| Albert | Lee | A small-business owner. |
| Harry | Bosch | LAPD Homicide detective. |
8 | Mickey | Haller | A defense lawyer. |
| Finbar | McShane | Bosch's acquaintance. |
| John William | James | A dentist. |
| Eddie | Harris | An American jazz musician. |
| Les | McCann | An American musician. |
| John | Legend | An American singer, songwriter, pianist, and record producer. |
9 | Nate | | Ballard's neighbor. |
| Robert | | Nate's partner. |
| | McGee | Police officer. |
| | Black | Police officer. |
| Cynthia | Carpenter | A manager of the Native Bean coffee shop. aka: Cindy. |
| Sandra | | A receiving nurse. |
| Martha | Fallon | Cindy's doctor. |
| Henrik | Bastin | A retired LAPD officer. |
10 | Alafair | Burke | An American novelist and legal scholar. |
| Steph | Cha | A Korean-American writer, editor and critic. |
| Ivy | Pochoda | An American novelist and squash player. |
| Lacey | | An employee at the Native Bean coffee shop. |
| Reginald | Carpenter | Cindy's ex-husband. aka: Reggie. |
| Bob | Grogan | A legend in RHD. |
11 | Reno | | A forensic tech. |
12 | Rodney | Spellman | A sergeant who handled the roll call. |
| Ronin | Clarke | A detective with the Sexual Assault Unit. |
| Darcy | O'Brien | An American writer. |
13 | Dante | Rivera | A watch lieutenant. |
| Roberta | Klein | A raped case first victim. aka: Bobbi. |
| Evelyn | Edwards | Cindy's attorney. |
| Angela | Ashburn | A raped case second victim. |
14 | Mitchell | Carr | An interior designer. |
| Frederic | | A n old man's dog. |
| Jack | Jersey | The chairman of the street-lightning committee. |
15 | | La Castro | One of a young men who is newly assigned to Hollywood. |
| | Vernon | One of a young men who is newly assigned to Hollywood. |
| Jimi | Hendrix | An American guitarist, singer and songwriter. |
| Lola | | Ballard's dog. |
| Pinto | | A Chihuahua. |
16 | Maddie | | Bosch's daughter. |
| Dennis | Hoyle | A dentist. |
| Jason | Abbott | One of the dentists who owned the Crown Labs Incorporated. |
| Carlos | Esquivel | One of the dentists who owned the Crown Labs Incorporated. |
| Jennifer | James | Vice-president of JWJ Ventures. |
17 | Mark | Pelegrino | Carlos Esquivel's acquaintance. |
| Ted | Larkin | Worked at Homicide Unit, Pacific Division. |
| | Farley | A recruit of the academy. |
19 | Sandro | Puig | A watch commander. |
| Chara | Paithoon | A female officer. |
| Garrett | Single | A med tech. |
21 | Josefina | | Gabriel's mother. |
| Dario | Calvente | Javier's lawyer. |
| Sidney | Lumet | American director, producer and screenwriter. |
| Paul | Newman | An American actor and film director. |
22 | Matthew | Nuemayer | Lisa Moore's immediate supervisor. |
24 | Gene | | Darla's husband. |
| Darla | | An informant. |
| Christopher | Bonner | A retired detective as first grade in Hollywood detectives. |
| Vin | Diesel | An American actor, producer, director, screenwriter and stuntman. |
25 | Anne-Marie | Bonner | A female cop. |
| Horatio Jr. | | A retired cop in 2002. |
| Daisy | | A woman who worked from Wags and Walks. |
| Sofia | Navarro | Humberto Viero's girlfriend. Darla's real name. |
| Julio | Sanz | A member of the White Fence street gang. |
26 | Carl | Schaeffer | A yard supervisor. |
| Steven | Zvader | A deputy medical examiner. |
| Ross | Bethany | A detective who would take Ballard's post. |
28 | Abigail | Cena | A complainant about the streetlights. |
| Denise | Kirkwood | Ross Bethany's partner. |
| | | Part Two Use of Force |
30 | Gerald | Sanderson | The officer in charge of the Force Investigation Division |
| Duane | Hammel | A detective. Sanderson's deputy. |
| | | Part Three The Insurrection |
37 | Jim | Lawson | A Union officer. |
| Daniel | Daly | Hoyle's lawyer. |
38 | Todd | Pennington | USC crime sociologist. |
39 | John | Welborne | A publisher, editor and reporter. |
| Martha | | John Welborne's wife. |
| Hannah | Stovall | Martha's friend. |
41 | Gilbert | Denning | Hannah's ex-boyfriend. |
| Trevor | Noah | A reporter. |
43 | Stewart | | One of the midnight men. |
| Brian | | Stewart's partner. |
44 | Linda | Boswell | Ballard's attorney from the Police Protective League. |
| David | Dupree | A member of the investigation committee. |
46 | Harry | Houdini | Hungarian-American escape artist, magic man, stunt performer. |
Epi | Marvin | Gaye | An American singer and songwriter. |