List of Final Destination characters

James Wong's, David R. Ellis', Steven Quale's, Zach Lipovsky's & Adam Stein's American superatural horror series Final Destination features a large cast of characters, many of whom were originally created by Glen Morgan and Jeffrey Reddick with contributions from James Wong (who directed and wrote the first and third films), J. Mackye Gruber (who wrote the second), Eric Bress (who wrote the second and fourth), Eric Heisserer (who wrote the fifth), and Guy Busick & Lori Evans Taylor (who wrote the sixth). The series comprises five films: Final Destination (2000), Final Destination 2 (2003), Final Destination 3 (2006), The Final Destination (2009), and Final Destination 5 (2011), with Final Destination: Bloodlines (2025) currently filming.

Devon Sawa and Ali Larter have central roles in the first film, with only Larter returning for the second film. Tony Todd have a supporting role in all but the fourth film, with a voice cameo in the third film. A. J. Cook, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Bobby Campo (photo absent), Nicholas D'Agosto, and Brec Bassinger have central roles from the second to the sixth film, respectively.

The series focuses on characters who experience a sudden premonition of themselves and several other people dying in a catastrophic accident, only to escape the event moments before it turns into a reality. The survivors are later killed one by one in the same order they should have died in the premonition through bizarre accidents caused by an unseen force that creates complicated chains of cause and effect frequently resembling Rube Goldberg machines in their complexity. Despite depicting homicide, the series is noteworthy amongst others in the horror genre because the "villain" is not the stereotypical slasher or monster, but the Death itself—occasionally seen as a shadow or a wind gust—which manipulates the environment in deadly ways to reclaim the lives of the survivors.

The list of characters includes those who died in the initial premonitions and those who died among the survivors. Characters are listed in alphabetical order, and are arranged by chronological appearance. Unnecessary characters are excluded, for example, those who do not affect the story heavily. The characters' status indicates whether they are alive or deceased.

Introduced in Final Destination

Main article: Final Destination (film)

The Flight 180 survivors (from left to right): Valerie Lewton (Kristen Cloke), Billy Hitchcock (Seann William Scott), Carter Horton (Kerr Smith), Terry Chaney (Amanda Detmer), Clear Rivers (Ali Larter), Alex Browning (Devon Sawa), and Tod Waggner (Chad Donella).

Final Destination is the first film in the Final Destination series. It focuses on high school student Alex Browning, who has a premonition about a catastrophic plane explosion that will kill everybody on board. He leaves the plane along with six other people—his best friend Tod Waggner, his arch-rival Carter Horton, Carter's girlfriend Terry Chaney, fellow classmates Clear Rivers and Billy Hitchcock, and their teacher Valerie Lewton—just before the explosion occurs, but Death begins to claim the lives of the survivors in the same order they should have died on the explosion.

Alex Browning

Main article: Alex Browning

Devon Sawa portrays Alex Browning in Final Destination.

• Portrayed by Devon Sawa
• Appeared in: Final Destination, Final Destination 2 (photo only), and Final Destination 5 (archive footage)
• Status: Deceased

Alexander Theodore "Alex" Browning is the protagonist and visionary of Final Destination. He is one of the survivors of Flight 180, and the sixth survivor to die.

Alex is a student at Mt. Abraham High School who boards Volée Airlines Flight 180 with his classmates for their senior trip to Paris, France. Before take-off, Alex has a premonition about a mechanical failure that will cause a mid-air explosion, killing everyone on board. When the events from his vision begin to occur in reality, he panics and is thrown off the plane along with five classmates and their teacher, all of whom witness the plane explode moments later.

One month later, Alex learns that Death is still after the survivors when they begin to die one by one in a series of bizarre accidents, and attempts to figure out Death's plan to save them. He manages to save fellow classmates Clear Rivers and Carter Horton, causing Death to skip them and leading the trio to believe they have cheated Death. Six months later, Alex, Clear, and Carter travel to Paris to celebrate their survival. However, Alex realizes that Death still has not skipped him and is nearly killed by a falling sign. Carter saves Alex, and Death skips him. When Carter asks who is the next to die, the sign swings back down and kills him.

In Final Destination 2, it is revealed that after the events of the original film, Alex and Clear cheated Death dozens of times before he was finally killed by a dislodged brick from a nearly building. In Final Destination 3, Alex is briefly mentioned by Kevin Fischer while he explains to Wendy Christensen about the Flight 180 explosion and the sudden deaths of the survivors. In Final Destination 5, Alex appears through archive footage as he is removed from Flight 180 while warning the other passengers that the plane will explode.

Barbara Browning

• Portrayed by Barbara Tyson
• Appeared in: Final Destination
• Status: Alive

Barbara Browning is the mother of Alex Browning and the wife of Ken Browning. Barbara is first seen helping Alex pack his bags before his flight to Paris, and is later seen comforting him after the plane explodes.

Billy Hitchcock

Seann William Scott portrays Billy Hitchcock in Final Destination.

• Portrayed by Seann William Scott
• Appeared in: Final Destination, Final Destination 2 (photo only), and Final Destination 5 (archive footage)
• Status: Deceased

William "Billy" Hitchcock is one of the survivors of Flight 180, and the fourth survivor to die.

Billy is a student at Mt. Abraham High School, and the main target of Carter Horton's bullying. He was supposed to board Flight 180 with his classmates for their senior trip to Paris, but got stuck in the airport's restroom before departure. Billy arrives just as Alex Browning and Carter are being thrown off the plane, and is forced as well after being caught in the commotion. Moments later, a horrified Billy witnesses the plane explode in mid-air.

One month later, Billy attends a memorial service for the plane's victims. He later encounters the other survivors at a café, where they witness Terry Chaney's death. After Valerie Lewton's death, Billy reunites with Alex, Carter, and Clear Rivers to discuss what they should do to avoid their deaths. While driving through town, Carter learns that he is next on Death's list and begins to drive recklessly. He parks his car on railroad tracks and becomes trapped, but Alex saves him just before the car is smashed by an oncoming train. Billy warns Alex and Clear to stay away from Carter until he is suddenly decapitated by flying scrap metal from the car wreckage. As a result, Alex realizes that if someone intervenes, Death will move on to the next survivor on the list.

In Final Destination 2, Billy is mentioned by Thomas Burke, who reveals he avoided a fatal shootout after being called to clean up Billy's remains. During the opening credits of The Final Destination, Billy's death is shown in X-ray format. In Final Destination 5, Billy appears through archive footage as he leaves from Flight 180 and his death is shown in a montage before the end credits.

Blake Dreyer

• Portrayed by Christine Chatelain
• Appeared: in Final Destination
• Status: Deceased

Blake Dreyer is a student at Mt. Abraham High School, and a casualty of Flight 180.

Blake boards the plane with her best friend Christa Marsh for their senior trip to Paris. Their classmate Tod Waggner had a crush on both Blake and Christa, and planned to spend the flight trying to hook up with them. Before the plane's departure, Alex Browning has a premonition that the plane will explode in mid-air. He awakens as Blake and Christa ask him to switch seats, just like in the vision, and panics. Disregarding Alex's warning, Blake stays on the plane and is incinerated among 286 other passengers.

Later on, Alex realizes that it is not his turn to die, since he never switched seats with Blake and Christa, like he did in the vision.

Carter Horton

Kerr Smith portrays Carter Horton in Final Destination.

• Portrayed by Kerr Smith
• Appeared: in Final Destination, Final Destination 2 (photo only), and Final Destination 5 (archive footage)
• Status: Deceased

Carter Horton is one of the survivors of Flight 180, and the fifth survivor to die.

Carter is a student at Mt. Abraham High School, and Alex Browning's arch-rival. He boards Flight 180 with his girlfriend Terry Chaney for their senior trip to Paris. When Alex warns everyone that the plane will explode, Carter believes it is a joke and a fight breaks out between them. They are both thrown off the plane along with Terry and several other classmates, all of whom witness the plane explode. One month later, Carter attends a memorial service for the plane's victims, where he refuses to admit that Alex saved his life. He later confronts Alex at a café where they witness Terry's death, leaving him devastated.

After Alex explains Carter that Death is still after them, they reunite with remaining survivors Clear Rivers and Billy Hitchcock. Carter learns that he is next on Death's list and drives recklessly through town. He parks his car on railroad tracks, wanting to die on his own terms, but changes his mind at the last minute. When his seat belt jams. Alex saves him before the car is smashed by an oncoming train, and Death skips him to kill Billy, the next survivor on the list. Six months later, Carter visits Paris with Alex and Clear to celebrate their survival. When they realize that Death has still not skipped Alex, Carter saves him from being hit by a falling sign. Alex reveals that Death has now skipped him and Carter asks who is the next to die just before the sign swings back down and kills him.

In Final Destination 2, Carter is mentioned by Rory Peters, who reveals that he decided not to attend a theater—which later collapsed on the guests—after witnessing Carter's death. In Final Destination 5, Carter appears through archive footage as he and Alex are removed from Flight 180 along with their other classmates.

Christa Marsh

• Portrayed by Lisa Marie Caruk
• Appeared in: Final Destination
• Status: Deceased

Christa Marsh is a student at Mt. Abraham High School, and a casualty of Flight 180.

Christa boards the plane with her best friend Blake Dreyer for their senior trip to Paris. Their classmate Tod Waggner had a crush on both Christa and Blake, and planned to spend the flight trying to hook up with them. Before the plane's departure, Alex Browning has a premonition that the plane will explode in mid-air. He awakens as Christa and Blake ask him to switch seats, just like in the vision, and panics. Disregarding Alex's warning, Christa stays on the plane and is incinerated among 286 other passengers.

Later on, Alex realizes that it is not his turn to die, since he never changed seats with Christa and Blake, like he did in the vision.

Clear Rivers

Main article: Clear Rivers

Ali Larter portrays Clear Rivers in Final Destination and Final Destination 2.

• Portrayed by Ali Larter
• Appeared in: Final Destination, Final Destination 2, and Final Destination 5 (archive footage)
• Status: Deceased

Clear Marie Rivers is one of the survivors of Flight 180, and the seventh and final survivor to die.

Clear is a student at Mt. Abraham High School who boards Flight 180 with her classmates for their senior trip to Paris. When Alex Browning warns everyone that the plane will explode, Clear is the only one who believes him and voluntarily leaves the plane. She witnesses as it explodes in mid-air shortly after and, one month later, attends a memorial service for the plane's victims. Clear thanks Alex for saving her life and gives him a rose to show her gratitude. After Tod Waggner's death, Clear and Alex sneak into the funeral home to examine his corpse. They meet mortician William Bludworth, who warns them that Death is still after the survivors.

Clear is initially skeptical of Bludworth's warning until the survivors begin to die one by one in bizarre accidents. When Alex saves fellow classmate Carter Horton, he distances himself from both Carter and Clear, believing that he is next on Death's list. However, Alex later learns that Clear is actually next and rushes to her house. Meanwhile, Clear is trapped inside her car—which leakes gas fluid and is surrounded by live wires—until Alex arrives in time to save her. He grabs the wires, allowing Clear to escape from the car before it explodes, and Death skips her. Six months later, Clear, Alex, and Carter travel to Paris to celebrate their survival; after Alex narrowly avoids Death, they both witness Carter's death and realize that Death's plan is still on action.

In Final Destination 2, it is revealed that Clear is the last survivor of Flight 180 after Alex was bludgeoned to death by a dislodged brick from a nearby building. She has committed herself to a mental institution to protect herself from Death. Clear is visited by Kimberly Corman, who asks her to save the survivors of the Route 23 pile-up. Clear initially refuses, but later decides to help and introduces Kimberly and fellow survivor Thomas Burke to Bludworth, who explains that only "new life" can defeat Death.

Bludworth's information leads them to believe that if pregnant survivor Isabella Hudson has her baby it will ruin Death's plan, and the remaining survivors will all be safe. Clear, Kimberly, and Burke manages to save Isabella and her baby, but Kimberly later realizes that she was never meant to die in the pile-up, and was therefore never on Death's list. Clear searches for fellow survivor Eugene Dix at the hospital, but accidentally causes his room to explode from an oxygen combustion, killing them both.

During the opening credits of The Final Destination, Clear's death is shown in X-ray format. In Final Destination 5, Clear appears through archive footage as she leaves from Flight 180 and her death is shown in a montage before the end credits.

George Waggner

• Portrayed by Brendan Fehr
• Appeared in: Final Destination and Final Destination 5 (archive footage)
• Status: Deceased

George Waggner is a student at Mt. Abraham High School, and a casualty of Flight 180.

George boards the plane with his younger brother Tod Waggner and their best friend Alex Browning for their senior trip to Paris. He instructs Tod to go check on Alex after the latter is thrown off the plane. George stays on the plane and is incinerated among 286 other passengers. His death infuriates the Waggner household, who blame Alex for the incident.

In Final Destination 5, George is briefly seen through archive footage as one of the passengers of Flight 180.

Ken Browning

• Portrayed by Robert Wisden
• Appeared in: Final Destination
• Status: Alive

Kenneth "Ken" Browning is the father of Alex Browning and the husband of Barbara Browning. Ken is first seen talking to Alex while he and Barbara pack his bags before his flight to Paris, and is later seen comforting him after the plane explodes. He expresses his concern for Alex when he refuses to speak to both him and his mother about what happened.

Larry Murnau

• Portrayed by Forbes Angus
• Appeared in: Final Destination and Final Destination 5 (archive footage)
• Status: Deceased

Laurent "Larry" Murnau is a French teacher at Mt. Abraham High School, and a casualty of Flight 180.

Murnau is fluent in the French language and was in charge of guide the senior trip to Paris. After several students are removed from the plane, teacher Valerie Lewton volunteers to stay behind and look after them until the next flight's departure. Because Murneau knows French a lot more than she does, Lewton sends him back on the plane and he is incinerated among 286 other passengers. His death affected Lewton the most, who became guilt-ridden, holding herself personally responsible for the incident.

In Final Destination 5, Murnau is briefly seen through archive footage as one of the passengers of Flight 180.

Agent Schreck

• Portrayed by Roger Guenveur Smith
• Appeared in: Final Destination
• Status: Alive

Special Agent Schreck is an FBI agent, and the partner of Agent Weine.

Following the explosion of Flight 180, Schreck and Weine interrogate the survivors, and become suspicious of Alex Browning. They keep a close eye on him, and their suspicion grows when the survivors begin to die one by one. Later, Schreck and Weine attempt to arrest Alex and chase him into the woods, but after they witness him rescue Clear Rivers, Alex is cleared of any wrongdoing.

Terry Chaney

• Portrayed by Amanda Detmer
• Appeared in: Final Destination, Final Destination 2 (photo only), and Final Destination 5 (archive footage)
• Status: Deceased

Theresa "Terry" Chaney is one of the survivors of Flight 180, and the second survivor to die.

Terry is a student at Mt. Abraham High School, and Carter Horton's girlfriend. She boards Flight 180 with Carter for their senior trip to Paris. When Alex Browning warns everyone that the plane will explode, Carter starts a fight with him and both are thrown off the plane. Terry follows Carter off as well, and witnesses the plane explode in mid-air shortly after.

One month later, Terry attends a memorial service for the plane's victims where she notices that Carter seems more interested in fighting with Alex. Later, while driving past a café, Carter and Terry encounter Alex and the former instigates another fight. After berating Carter, Terry storms off in anger, and is fatally run over by a speeding bus.

In Final Destination 2, Terry is mentioned by Kat Jennings, who reveals she was on the bus that killed Terry. As a result, she avoided attending a bed and breakfast where a gas leak suffocated the guests staying. During the opening credits of The Final Destination, Terry's death is referenced. In Final Destination 5, Terry appears through archive footage as she leaves from Flight 180.

Tod Waggner

• Portrayed by Chad Donella
• Appeared in: Final Destination, Final Destination 2 (photo only), and Final Destination 5 (archive footage)
• Status: Deceased

Tod Waggner is one of the survivors of Flight 180, and the first survivor to die.

Tod is a student at Mt. Abraham High School, and Alex Browning's best friend. He boards Flight 180 with Alex and his older brother George Waggner for their senior trip to Paris. When Alex has a premonition that the plane will explode and is thrown off, George instructs Tod to go check on him. Moments later, a horrified Tod witnesses the plane explode in mid-air. His friendship with Alex becomes distant as Tod's parents blame him for George's death.

One month later, Tod delivers a farewell speech at a memorial service for the plane's victims. That same night, while Tod is in his bathroom, the toilet begins to leak and he slips, falling into the bathtub. A clothes line wraps around his neck and slowly suffocates him as he desperately attempts to free himself, but eventually dies from asphyxia. Tod's death is ruled a suicide; however, Alex refuses to believe that Tod killed himself and sneaks into the funeral home to examine his corpse.

In Final Destination 2, Tod is mentioned by Kimberly Corman, who reveals that she was distracted by a news broadcast on his death, and was therefore not targeted by the car thieves who killed her mother. During the opening credits of The Final Destination, Tod's death is shown in X-ray format. In Final Destination 5, Tod appears through archive footage as he leaves from Flight 180.

Valerie Lewton

• Portrayed by Kristen Cloke
• Appeared in: Final Destination, Final Destination 2 (photo only), and Final Destination 5 (archive footage)
• Status: Deceased

Valerie Lewton, or Ms. Lewton, is one of the survivors of Flight 180, and the third survivor to die.

Lewton is a teacher at Mt. Abraham High School that was in charge of chaperoneing the senior trip to Paris. After several students are removed from the plane, she volunteers to stay at the airport and look after them, convincing French teacher Larry Murnau to get back on the plane. Lewton witnesses as it explodes in mid-air shortly after and shows extreme guilt for inadvertently be responsible for Murnau's death; she also becomes distrustful and terrified of Alex Browning due to his premonition coming true.

One month later, Lewton attends a memorial service for the victims. After students Tod Waggner and Terry Chaney are killed in bizarre accidents, she ultimately decides to leave town in order to restart her life. While packing her bags, she makes coffee but gets startled and throws the coffee out of her mug. Lewton then puts vodka and ice; the sudden cooling cracks the mug, and its content leak out all over the floor and into a computer monitor, causing a short-circuit. The computer explodes and shrapnel flies into her neck. Sparks from the explosion ignite the trail of vodka, which leads to a house fire. A heavily-injured Lewton falls and reaches for a rag sitting on top a rack of knives on a counter, but it falls over and a knive impales her in the chest.

Upon Alex learns that she is next on Death's list, he arrives to save her, but the oven explodes and a chair falls on Lewton. It pushes the knife even further into her chest and kills Lewton instantly. The fire eventually spreads and causes a massive explosion which incinerates Lewton's corpse and destroys her whole house, as Alex flees to warn the remaining survivors.

In Final Destination 2, Lewton is mentioned by Eugene Dix, who reveals that he was substituing her at Mt. Abraham High School after her death, when a homicidal student from his previous job killed his substitute. During the opening credits of The Final Destination, Lewton's death is shown in X-ray format. In Final Destination 5, Lewton appears through archive footage as she leaves from Flight 180 and her death is shown in a montage before the end credits.

Agent Weine

• Portrayed by Daniel Roebuck
• Appeared in: Final Destination
• Status: Alive

Special Agent Weine is an FBI agent, and the partner of Agent Schreck.

Following the explosion of Flight 180, Weine and Schreck interrogate the survivors, and become suspicious of Alex Browning. They keep a close eye on him, and their suspicion grows when the survivors begin to die one by one. Later, Weine and Schreck attempt to arrest Alex and chase him into the woods, but after they witness him rescue Clear Rivers, Alex is cleared of any wrongdoing.

William Bludworth

Main article: William Bludworth

Tony Todd portrays William Bludworth in Final Destination, Final Destination 2, Final Destination 5, and Final Destination: Bloodlines. Additionally, Todd made a voice cameo in Final Destination 3.

• Portrayed by Tony Todd
• Appeared in: Final Destination, Final Destination 2, Final Destination 5, and Final Destination: Bloodlines
• Status: Alive

William Bludworth is a mortician and owner of Bludworth Funeral Homes, who has expert knowledge of Death and its forces or capacities, although it is unclear how.

In Final Destination, Alex Browning and Clear Rivers sneak inside the funeral home to examine fellow classmate Tod Waggner's corpse. Bludworth catches them and explains that they have ruined Death's plan, and now it is claiming the lives of those who where meant to die in the Flight 180 explosion unless they can find a way to cheat Death in order to save themselves.

In Final Destination 2, Bludworth is revisited by Clear, along with Kimberly Corman and Thomas Burke, to acquire more knowledge. He explains that only "new life" can defeat Death, leading the trio to believe that if pregnant survivor Isabella Hudson has her baby it will interfere with Death's list and the remaining survivors of Route 23 pile-up will all be safe.

In Final Destination 5, Bludworth ominously watches the survivors of the North Bay bridge collapse at a memorial service for the victims. After Isaac Palmer's death, he is confronted by Sam Lawton, Molly Harper, Peter Friedkin, and Nathan Sears, warning them about Death. Bludworth also explains that if they kill someone else they can acquire that person's remaining lifespan.

Bludworth is set to appear in Final Destination: Bloodlines, which will also explore the character's backstory.

Introduced in Final Destination 2

Main article: Final Destination 2

The Route 23 pile-up survivors (from left to right): Kimberly Corman (A. J. Cook), Tim Carpenter (James Kirk), Nora Carpenter (Lynda Boyd), Thomas Burke (Michael Landes), Rory Peters (Jonathan Cherry), Eugene Dix (T. C. Carson), and Kat Jennings (Keegan Connor Tracy). Survivors Evan Lewis (David Paetkau) and Isabella Hudson (Justina Machado) are absent from the scene.

Final Destination 2 is the second film in the Final Destination series and is set one year after the Flight 180 explosion. It focuses on college student Kimberly Corman, who has a premonition about a deadly highway pile-up caused by a logging truck. She prevents eight other people—high school teacher Eugene Dix, widow mother Nora Carpenter, Nora's fifteen-year-old son Tim Carpenter, businesswoman Kat Jennings, lottery winner Evan Lewis, stoner Rory Peters, state trooper Thomas Burke, and pregnant Isabella Hudson—from entering the highway just before the pile-up occurs.

After Death begins to claim the lives of the survivors in the reverse order they should have died on the pile-up, Kimberly and Thomas recruit Flight 180's last survivor Clear Rivers to help them find a way to cheat Death once and for all.

Brian Gibbons

• Portrayed by Noel Fisher
• Appeared in: Final Destination 2
• Status: Deceased

Brian Gibbons is a teenage farmer from Greenwood Lake, New York. Although he is originally not on Death's list, his death is prevented by Rory Peters, and Brian is subsequently added to the list.

After Kat Jennings' SUV crashes onto the Gibbons' farm, Brian and his parents try to help the Route 23 survivors out. In the ensuing chaos, Rory pulls Brian out of the path of a speeding news van, and he is unknowingly added to Death's list. Some time later, during a picnic with his parents, remaining survivors Kimberly Corman and Thomas Burke, and Kimberly's father Michael Corman, the propane tank of a barbecue grill erupts and blows Brian to pieces. His arm lands on his mother's plate as she screams in horror.

Brian's death is mentioned in a newspaper article in The Final Destination.

Dano Estevez

• Portrayed by Alejandro Rae
• Appeared in: Final Destination 2 and Final Destination 5 (archive footage)
• Status: Deceased

Dano Estevez is a college student from White Plains, New York, and a casualty of the Route 23 pile-up.

Dano goes on a road trip to Daytona Beach, Florida with his friends Kimberly Corman, Frankie Whitman, and Shaina McKlank for spring break. En route, Kimberly has a premonition about a massive pile-up, in which a semi-truck smashes into her SUV, killing all four of them. When Kimberly stalls her SUV to prevent other people from entering the highway, state trooper Thomas Burke pushes her out of the way as Dano, Frankie, and Shaina are killed by the same truck from Kimberly's premonition.

During the opening credits of The Final Destination, Dano's death is referenced. In Final Destination 5, Dano's death is shown in a montage before the end credits.

Ellen Kalarjian

• Portrayed by Enid-Raye Adams
• Appeared in: Final Destination 2
• Status: Alive

Dr. Ellen Kalarjian is a physician who works at Lakeview Hospital in Greenwood Lake, New York.

When Kimberly Corman has a premonition of what she believes is Dr. Kalarjian "strangling" pregnant survivor Isabella Hudson during labor, she is requested by Isabella's obstetrician and Thomas Burke immobilizes her as Isabella gives birth. After Clear Rivers and Eugene Dix are killed in a room explosion, Dr. Kalarjian brings a crash cart to the victims. Moments later, she resuscitates Kimberly from drowning in a lake, which turns out to be the actual premonition regarding "new life".

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In Final Destination 3, Dr. Kalarjian is mentioned in a newspaper article that reveals she confirmed Kimberly's and Burke's deaths in a bizarre accident involving a woodchipper at a hardware store. In The Final Destination, Dr. Kalarjian is again mentioned in another newspaper article.

Eugene Dix

T. C. Carson portrays Eugene Dix in Final Destination 2.

• Portrayed by T. C. Carson
• Appeared in: Final Destination 2 and Final Destination 5 (archive footage)
• Status: Deceased

Eugene Dix is one of the survivors of the Route 23 pile-up, and the sixth survivor to die.

Eugene is a high school teacher that, prior to the incident, was substituing fellow teacher Valerie Lewton at Mt. Abraham High School when a student from his old school fatally stabbed his substitute teacher during class. Kimberly Corman has a premonition about a deadly pile-up on Route 23—in which Eugene's motorcycle crushes his torso after he skids across the road—and prevents him and several other people from entering the highway just as the vision turns into a reality.

Although he is initially skeptical that Death is still after him, Eugene meets up with the other survivors at Thomas Burke's apartment, where he witnesses fellow survivor Nora Carpenter's death. Horrified, Eugene takes Burke's gun and attempts to commit suicide, wanting to die on his own terms, but it fails despite the fact the gun was fully loaded. Flight 180's survivor Clear Rivers explains that it was because it was not his turn to die yet. Afterwards, the remaining survivors leave to find Isabella Hudson.

On the way, Kat Jennings's SUV nearly collides with Isabella's van and they swerve onto the Gibbons' farm. Several PVC pipes penetrate the vehicle and puncture Eugene's lung; he is quickly rushed to Lakeview Hospital in an ambulance where he learns from a news broadcast that Kat and Rory Peters have already been killed, making him the next on Death's list. Numbed by hypoxia, Eugene helplessly watches as the vents close, his oxygen tanks' tubes snap, and his defibrillator's power plug disengages. However, the machine's emergency mode activates and revives him, but Clear abruptly opens his door—which completely detaches the plug, creating a spark that ignites the oxygen—and incinerates them both in a subsequently explosion.

During the opening credits of The Final Destination, Eugene's death is shown in X-ray format. In Final Destination 5, Eugene's death is shown in a montage before the end credits.

Evan Lewis

David Paetkau portrays Evan Lewis in Final Destination 2.

• Portrayed by David Paetkau
• Appeared in: Final Destination 2 and Final Destination 5 (archive footage)
• Status: Deceased

Evan Lewis is one of the survivors of the Route 23 pile-up, and the first survivor to die.

Evan is a recent lottery winner that was deemed one of the luckiest people until his death. Kimberly Corman has a premonition about a deadly pile-up on Route 23—in which Evan's new car crashes into a logging truck's oil tank, engulfing him in flames before a semi-trailer truck runs him over—and prevents him from entering the highway just as the vision turns into a reality.

He is brought to the police station for questioning, but is released and returns to his apartment. Evan heats up some chinese noodles in the microwave, unaware that a refrigerator magnet has fallen in the box, and fries mozzarella sticks on the stove. While trying on his jewerly, the microwave sparks and causes him to drop his new ring down the sink. Evan reaches into the drain to retrieve it, but his watch causes his hand to get stuck. The stove starts to flare and he attempts to put out the fire with his shirt, inadvertently causing the pan to fall over and set the entire apartment on fire. When Evan finally frees his hand, he tries to use a fire extinguisher, but it stalls.

Desperate, Evan smashes the windows, and leaves seconds before his kitchen explodes. He climbs down the fire escape, but as he walks away, slips on spaghetti—which he threw out the window moments earlier—and the ladder falls, impaling his right eye. Evan's death alarms the other survivors, who watch a news coverage of the incident.

During the opening credits of The Final Destination, Evan's death is shown in X-ray format. In Final Destination 5, Evan's death is shown in a montage before the end credits.

Frankie Whitman

• Portrayed by Shaun Sipos
• Appeared in: Final Destination 2 and Final Destination 5 (archive footage)
• Status: Deceased

Franklin "Frankie" Whitman is a college student from White Plains, New York, and a casualty of the Route 23 pile-up.

Frankie goes on a road trip to Daytona Beach, Florida with his friends Kimberly Corman, Dano Estevez, and Shaina McKlank for spring break. En route, Kimberly has a premonition about a massive pile-up, in which a semi-truck smashes into her SUV, killing all four of them. When Kimberly stalls her SUV to prevent other people from entering the highway, state trooper Thomas Burke pushes her out of the way as Frankie, Dano, and Shaina are killed by the same truck from Kimberly's premonition.

During the opening credits of The Final Destination, Frankie's death is referenced. In Final Destination 5, Frankie's death is shown in a montage before the end credits.

Isabella Hudson

Justina Machado portrays Isabella Hudson in Final Destination 2.

• Portrayed by Justina Machado
• Appeared in: Final Destination 2
• Status: Alive

Isabella Hudson is one of the survivors of the Route 23 pile-up.

Isabella lives in New York City with her husband, and is nine-months pregnant with a boy. Kimberly Corman has a premonition about a deadly pile-up on Route 23 and blocks the entrance ramp, preventing Isabella and several other people from entering the highway before her vision turns into a reality.

When Kimberly realizes that Death is still after the survivors, she learns that "new life" can defeat Death. Isabella is incarcereted by a deputy officer under Thomas Burke's orders to protect her until she has her baby. While in jail, Isabella's water breaks and the deputy rushes her to Lakeview Hospital. On the way, Kat Jennings's SUV almost collides with Isabella's van; nonetheless, she arrives at the hospital unharmed. At the hospital, Kimberly has another vision of what appears to be Isabella's physician, Ellen Kalarjian, "strangling" her and Burke stops Dr. Kalarjian from disrupting Isabella's pregnancy while she successfully delivers her infant son.

Kimberly and Burke believe that they have cheated Death, but then realize that Isabella was never meant to die in the pile-up, and was therefore not on Death's list, making their efforts futile as Clear Rivers and Eugene Dix are killed in an explosion.

Kat Jennings

Keegan Connor Tracy portrays Kat Jennings in Final Destination 2.

• Portrayed by Keegan Connor Tracy
• Appeared in: Final Destination 2 and Final Destination 5 (archive footage)
• Status: Deceased

Katherine "Kat" Jennings is one of the survivors of the Route 23 pile-up, and the fourth survivor to die.

Kat is a successful marketing consultant for a business firm that, prior to the incident, was scheduled for a client meeting at a local bed and breakfast, but the bus where she was on fatally ran over Terry Chaney, and Kat avoided a gas leak that killed everyone in the lodge. Kimberly Corman has a premonition about a deadly pile-up on Route 23—in which Kat's SUV flips upside down, crushing her to death—and prevents her from entering the highway just as the vision turns into a reality.

She initially disregards Kimberly's theory that Death may still be after the survivors. Nonetheless, Kat meets up with them at Thomas Burke's apartment, where she and Flight 180's survivor Clear Rivers attempt to save fellow survivor Nora Carpenter from being decapitated by an elevator, but are unable to. Kat offers to drive the remaining survivors in her SUV, but it suffers a blow and nearly collides with Isabella Hudson's van, swerving onto the Gibbons' farm. Kat's SUV is penetrated by PVC pipes, and she is trapped in her seat by a log. When a rescue worker tries to free her with the Jaws of Life, inadvertently triggers the airbag, which pushes Kat's head into a pipe protruding from the headrest and kills her.

During the opening credits of The Final Destination, Kat's death is shown in X-ray format, although the pipe goes her head diagonally rather than straight through her forehead. In Final Destination 5, Kat's death is shown in a montage before the end credits.

Kimberly Corman

Main article: Kimberly Corman

A. J. Cook portrays Kimberly Corman in Final Destination 2. Cook dyed her hair to avoid confusion with Ali Larter and Sarah Carter.

• Portrayed by A. J. Cook
• Appeared in: Final Destination 2 and Final Destination 3 (photo only)
• Status: Deceased

Kimberly Corman is the protagonist and visionary of Final Destination 2. She is one of the survivors of the Route 23 pile-up, and the seventh survivor to die.

Kimberly is a college student from White Plains, New York, who was on a road trip to Daytona Beach, Florida with her friends Dano Estevez, Frankie Whitman, and Shaina McKlank for spring break. One year earlier, she was supposed to have been killed in a mugging where her mother died, but was distracted by a news broadcast about Tod Waggner's death.

After stopping on the on-ramp to Route 23, Kimberly has a premonition about a deadly pile-up, in which several people—including her and her friends—are killed. She stalls her SUV to prevent those who would have died from entering the highway, but is saved by state trooper Thomas Burke while Dano, Frankie, and Shaina die after her vehicle is hit by a speeding semi-trailer truck.

Kimberly and the other survivors are brought to the police station for questioning, where she and fellow survivor Eugene Dix explain the similarities between their experience and the survivors of Flight 180. After Evan Lewis' death, Kimberly asks for help from Flight 180's last survivor Clear Rivers, who initially refuses, but later introduces her and Burke to William Bludworth. He explains that only "new life" can defeat Death, leading them to believe that if pregnant survivor Isabella Hudson has her baby, it will ruin Death's plan and they will all be safe.

Although Clear and the remaining survivors meet their demises, Kimberly and Burke manage to save Isabella, who successfully delivers her infant son. However, Kimberly realizes that Isabella was never on Death's list and attempts to sacrifice herself by driving a van into a lake to drown, but she is rescued by Burke and resuscitated by Ellen Kalarjian, thus granting her a "new life".

In Final Destination 3, a newspaper article reveals that after the events of Final Destination 2, Kimberly and Burke were eventually killed after being knocked into a woodchipper at a hardware store.

Michael Corman

• Portrayed by Andrew Airlie
• Appeared in: Final Destination 2
• Status: Alive

Michael Corman is the father of Kimberly Corman, who have become very close with his daughter after her mother's death. He sends Kimberly off on her road trip with her friend Shaina McKlank. Michael is later seen comforting Kimberly at the police station after the Route 23 pile-up, and she confides in him her fear that Death might still be after the survivors.

He later accompanies Kimberly and Thomas Burke to a picnic with the Gibbons family, where they witness Brian Gibbons' death.

Nora Carpenter

Lynda Boyd portrays Nora Carpenter in Final Destination 2.

• Portrayed by Lynda Boyd
• Appeared in: Final Destination 2 and Final Destination 5 (archive footage)
• Status: Deceased

Nora Carpenter is one of the survivors of the Route 23 pile-up, and the third survivor to die.

Nora is a widow mother who lives with her fifteen-year-old son Tim Carpenter, after her husband died four years earlier. Kimberly Corman has a premonition about a deadly pile-up on Route 23—in which Nora's car crashes into a log, killing both her and Tim—and prevents them from entering the highway just as the vision turns into a reality. She and the other survivors are brought to the police station for questioning, where Kimberly warns that Death may still be after them, but Nora dismisses her theory and leaves.

The following day, she witness Tim's death, which leaves her devastated. Nora later meets up with the remaining survivors at Thomas Burke's apartment, but leaves earlier to arrange Tim's funeral. While inside an elevator with fellow survivor Eugene Dix, her hair gets entangled with prosthetic limbs with hooks from a man standing behind her. Nora's neck is trapped between the elevator doors as she tries to escape; the elevator then starts to move. Clear Rivers and Kat Jennings try to help her, but the elevator continues to rise until Nora is finally decapitated, much to Eugene's and the man's horror.

During the opening credits of The Final Destination, Nora's death is referenced. In Final Destination 5, Nora's death is shown in a montage before the end credits.

Rory Peters

• Portrayed by Jonathan Cherry
• Appeared in: Final Destination 2 and Final Destination 5 (archive footage)
• Status: Deceased

Rory Peters is one of the survivors of the Route 23 pile-up, and the fifth survivor to die.

Rory is a heavy drug addict that, prior to the incident, traveled to Paris, France, where he witnessed Carter Horton's death. Horrified by what he had seen, Rory decided to go to his hotel instead of attending a theater that later collapsed on the guests. Kimberly Corman has a premonition about a deadly pile-up on Route 23—in which Rory's car crashes into a garbage truck, killing him—and prevents him from entering the highway just as the vision turns into a reality.

He and the other survivors are brought to the police station for questioning, where Kimberly warns that Death may still be after the survivors, but Rory does not take her seriously. Nonetheless, he meets up with them at Thomas Burke's apartment and tries to stop a traumatized Eugene Dix from committing suicide after he witnessed Nora Carpenter's death. When the remaining survivors leave to find Isabella Hudson in Kat Jennings's SUV, the vehicle swerves onto the Gibbons farm and is penetrated by PVC pipes.

While there, Rory pulls teenage farmer Brian Gibbons out of the path of a speeding news van, unintentionally adding Brian to Death's list. He later asks Kimberly to hide his drug addictions from his mother if he dies. When Kat is killed, she drops a cigarette into a fuel leakage from the news van, which explodes and sends a barbed wire fence flying through Rory, dismembering him.

During the opening credits of The Final Destination, Rory's death is shown in X-ray format. In Final Destination 5, Rory's death is shown in a montage before the end credits.

Shaina McKlank

• Portrayed by Sarah Carter
• Appeared in: Final Destination 2 and Final Destination 5 (archive footage)
• Status: Deceased

Shaina McKlank is a college student from White Plains, New York, and a casualty of the Route 23 pile-up.

Shaina goes on a road trip to Daytona Beach, Florida with his friends Kimberly Corman, Dano Estevez, and Frankie Whitman for spring break. En route, Kimberly has a premonition about a massive pile-up, in which a semi-truck smashes into her SUV, killing all four of them. When Kimberly stalls her SUV to prevent other people from entering the highway, state trooper Thomas Burke pushes her out of the way as Shaina, Dano, and Frankie are killed by the same truck from Kimberly's premonition.

During the opening credits of The Final Destination, Shaina's death is referenced. In Final Destination 5, Shaina's death is shown in a montage before the end credits.

Thomas Burke

• Portrayed by Michael Landes
• Appeared in: Final Destination 2, Final Destination 3 (photo only), and Final Destination 5 (archive footage)
• Status: Deceased

Thomas Burke is one of the survivors of the Route 23 pile-up, and the eighth and final survivor to die.

Burke is a New York state trooper in Westchester County, who also performs secondary tasks such as police investigation and crime scene cleanup. One year ealier, he was ordered to clean up Billy Hitchcock's remains, and therefore avoided a fatal shootout in which his partner was killed. Kimberly Corman has a premonition about a deadly pile-up on Route 23—in which Burke is decapitated when a log crashes through his windshield—and prevents him from entering the highway just as the vision turns into a reality.

When the survivors are brought to the police station for questioning, Burke is the only one who considers Kimberly's theory that Death may still be after them. After Evan Lewis' death, Burke and Kimberly attempt to save the remaining survivors with the help of Flight 180's survivor Clear Rivers. She introduces them to William Bludworth, who explains that only "new life" can defeat Death. It leads the trio to believe that if pregnant survivor Isabella Hudson has her baby, it will ruin Death's plan and they will all be safe.

Burke falsely accusses Isabella of stealing her van, and she is incarcerated. After the deaths of several other survivors, Isabella goes into labor, and Burke, Kimberly, and Clear rush to Lakeview Hospital, where they witness Isabella give birth. They believe they have finally cheated Death until Kimberly realizes that Isabella was never on Death's list, which leads to Clear's death. Kimberly sacrifices herself and drowns in a lake, but Burke saves her and she is resuscitated by Ellen Kalarjian, thus granting her a "new life".

In Final Destination 3, a newspaper article reveals that after the events of Final Destination 2, Burke and Kimberly were eventually killed after being knocked into a woodchipper at a hardware store. In Final Destination 5, Burke's death in Kimberly's premonition is shown in a montage before the end credits.

Tim Carpenter

• Portrayed by James Kirk
• Appeared in: Final Destination 2 and Final Destination 5 (archive footage)
• Status: Deceased

Timothy "Tim" Carpenter is one of the survivors of the Route 23 pile-up, and the second survivor to die.

Tim is a fifteen-year-old boy who lives with his mother Nora Carpenter, after his father died four years earlier. Kimberly Corman has a premonition about a deadly pile-up on Route 23—in which Nora's car crashes into a log, killing both her and Tim—and prevents them from entering the highway just as the vision turns into a reality. He and the other survivors are brought to the police station for questioning, where Kimberly warns that Death may still be after them, but Tim ignores her and leaves.

The following day, Tim and Nora go to his dentist appointment, where Tim is infused with nitrous oxide until the dentist leaves due to an emergency. He is unable to move when a plastic blowfish from a hanging mobile falls into his mouth, and nearly chokes him to death, but another dentist enters the room and removes it before it happens. As Tim and Nora leave, Kimberly and Thomas Burke warn them about pigeons; Tim scares several pigeons near a pavement away for fun, but one of them blinds a construction worker in a crane, who accidentally hits a switch that drops a windowpane above Tim, crushing him.

In Final Destination 5, Tim's death is shown in a montage before the end credits.

Introduced in Final Destination 3

Main article: Final Destination 3

Final Destination 3 is the third film in the Final Destination series and is set five years after the Route 23 pile-up. It focuses on high school photographer Wendy Christensen, who has a premonition about the derailment of a roller coaster at an amusement park. She convinces nine other people—her sister Julie Christensen, her friend Kevin Fischer, Julie's best friend Perry Malinowski, alumnus Frankie Cheeks, goth couple Ian McKinley and Erin Ulmer, best friends Ashley Freund and Ashlyn Halperin, and athlete Lewis Romero—not to ride the roller coaster just before the derailment occurs.

When Death begins to claim the lives of the survivors in the same order they should have died on the derailment, Wendy realizes the photographs she took that night contain clues about her classmates' deaths and tries to use this knowledge to save them.

Amber Regan

• Portrayed by Ecstasia Sanders
• Appeared in: Final Destination 3
• Status: Alive

Amber Regan is a sophomore at McKinley High School, who visits the amusement park without permission with her best friends Julie Christensen and Perry Malinowski. Unlike them, she does not board the Devil's Flight roller coaster and is thus spared from its derailment. Later, Amber visits the local tricentennial fair, where she witnesses Perry's death and quickly leaves, horrified.

Ashley Freund and Ashlyn Halperin

Crystal Lowe portrays Ashlyn Halperin in Final Destination 3.

• Portrayed by: Chelan Simmons and Crystal Lowe
• Appeared in: Final Destination 3 and Final Destination 5 (archive footage)
• Status: Both deceased

Ashley Freund and Ashlyn Halperin are two of the survivors of the Devil's Flight roller coaster, and the first and second survivors to die.

Ashley and Ashlyn are two best friends students at McKinley High School, who visit the amusement park for their graduation night, and board the Devil's Flight roller coaster together. Before the ride starts, Wendy Christensen has a premonition about the roller coaster's derailment—in which Ashley and Ashlyn fall to their deaths with fellow classmates Carrie Dreyer and Jason Wise. Wendy panics and when a fight breaks out, they both leave in annoyance as the derailment occurs moments later.

Weeks later, Ashley and Ashlyn visit a tanning salon, where the former ignores the manager's warning to throw out her iced beverage, and sets it on a table above the power supply unit. Ashlyn turns up the air conditioner, while Ashley accidentally pulls a shelf loose while browsing through CDs. They both lie in tanning beds until condensation from Ashley's beverage drips onto the power supply unit and malfunctions; the air conditioner causes a coat rack to fall against a plant, which knocks down the shelf. It slides into the openings in the handles of both beds, trapping Ashley and Ashlyn inside. As the temperature rises, they both scream in agony while the beds overheat and burst into flames, burning them both alive.

In an alternate version, Ashlyn gets out from her tanning bed before the shelf traps her; however, it knocks her unconscious while Ashley begins to be burned alive. Ashlyn later wakes up to Ashley's screams and manages to open her tanning bed, but the glass under Ashley shatters and exposes live wires underneath, electrocuting them both.

During the opening credits of The Final Destination, Ashley's and Ashlyn's deaths are shown in X-ray format. In Final Destination 5, Ashley's and Ashlyn's deaths are shown in a montage before the end credits.

Carrie Dreyer

Gina Holden portrays Carrie Dreyer in Final Destination 3.

• Portrayed by Gina Holden
• Appeared in: Final Destination 3
• Status: Deceased

Carrie Dreyer is a student at McKinley High School, and a casualty of the Devil's Flight roller coaster.

Carrie is Wendy Christensen's best friend and Kevin Fischer's girlfriend, who visits the amusement park for her graduation night, and boards the Devil's Flight roller coaster with Kevin, Wendy, and Wendy's boyfriend Jason Wise. The group initially had her sit in the back with Wendy, who did not want to see the tracks, but Carrie insists on sitting in the front and switches seats with Kevin.

When Wendy has a premonition about the roller coaster's derailment, she panics and is let off the ride along with several other classmates, while Carrie and Jason stay on the front cars. The remaining passengers begin to shout the operators to start the ride, which suffers a derailment shortly after, and Carrie and Jason fall to their deaths. Kevin is devastated over Carrie's death, and later reveals to Wendy that he planned to propose to her after graduation; ironically, Carrie had earlier disclosed to Wendy that she planned on breaking up with Kevin after graduation.

In an alternate version, Carrie does not board the Devil's Flight roller coaster and is thus spared from its derailment. She breaks up with Kevin the day after the incident, and goes to University of California, Berkeley.

Erin Ulmer

Alexz Johnson portrays Erin Ulmer in Final Destination 3.

• Portrayed by Alexz Johnson
• Appeared in: Final Destination 3 and Final Destination 5 (archive footage)
• Status: Deceased

Erin Ulmer is one of the survivors of the Devil's Flight roller coaster, and the fifth survivor to die..

Erin is a goth student at McKinley High School, and Ian McKinley's girlfriend. She visits the amusement park with Ian for their graduation night, and they board the Devil's Flight roller coaster together. Before the ride starts, Wendy Christensen has a premonition about the roller coaster's derailment—in which Erin falls to her death after the cars get stuck on a vertical loop. Wendy panics and a fight breaks out between fellow classmates Kevin Fischer and Lewis Romero. The latter accidentally slaps Erin, and Ian gets involved until they are all thrown off the ride as the derailment occurs moments later.

When the survivors begin to die in bizarre accidents, Wendy and Kevin go to a hardware store where Erin and Ian work to warn them that they are next on Death's list, but they remain skeptical. Unbeknownst to them, a forklift punctures a shelf, causing several wood planks to fall above Ian; Wendy manages to save Ian before he is impaled, and Death skips him. Suddenly, a large wooden tile falls onto another plank, which is sent flying through the air and rips a bag of sawdust that blinds Erin. She falls back onto a nail gun that fatally shoots several nails into her head. Erin's death infuriates Ian, who blames Wendy for the incident.

During the opening credits of The Final Destination, Erin's death is shown in X-ray format. In Final Destination 5, Erin's death is shown in a montage before the end credits.

Frankie Cheeks

• Portrayed by Sam Easton
• Appeared in: Final Destination 3 and Final Destination 5 (archive footage)
• Status: Deceased

Franklin "Frankie" Cheeks is one of the survivors of the Devil's Flight roller coaster, and the third survivor to die.

Frankie is a pervert alumnus of McKinley High School that, despite having already graduated two years prior, visits the amusement park to harass Ashley Freund and Ashlyn Halperin, and boards the Devil's Flight roller coaster to follow them. Before the ride starts, Wendy Christensen has a premonition about the roller coaster's derailment—in which Frankie falls to his death. She panics and when a fight breaks out, Frankie follows Ashley and Ashlyn off the ride as the derailment occurs moments later.

Weeks later, Wendy and Kevin Fischer stop at a local drive-through, where a truck rams into the side of Kevin's vehicle and traps them. As they attempt to escape, another truck without its driver rolls down a hill towards them. Kevin tries to warn the driver in front, but is ignored and forced to break his own windshield to escape with Wendy. The truck crashes into Kevin's vehicle and discharges a motor fan that hurls towards the driver in front, slicing off the back of his head. It is revealed that the driver was in fact Frankie.

In an alternate version, Kevin saves Frankie from the motor fan; Frankie reveals that he plans to use the insurance money from both trucks' drivers on prostitutes instead of buying a new car to replace his wrecked one. However, he is arrested days later by an undercover police officer who was disguised as a prostitute to bait sex offenders.

During the opening credits of The Final Destination, Frankie's death is referenced. In Final Destination 5, Frankie's death is shown in a montage before the end credits.

Ian McKinley

• Portrayed by Kris Lemche
• Appeared in: Final Destination 3 and Final Destination 5 (archive footage)
• Status: Deceased

Ian McKinley is one of the survivors of the Devil's Flight roller coaster, and the seventh survivor to die.

Ian is a goth student at McKinley High School, and Erin Ulmer's boyfriend. He visits the amusement park with Erin for their graduation night, and they board the Devil's Flight roller coaster together. Before the ride starts, Wendy Christensen has a premonition about the roller coaster's derailment—in which Ian falls to his death after the cars get stuck on a vertical loop. Wendy panics and a fight breaks out between fellow classmates Kevin Fischer and Lewis Romero. The latter accidentally slaps Erin, and Ian gets involved until they are all thrown off the ride as the derailment occurs moments later.

When the survivors begin to die in bizarre accidents, Wendy and Kevin go to a hardware store where Ian and Erin work to warn them that they are next on Death's list, but they remain skeptical. Several wood planks fall above and almost impale Ian, but Wendy saves him, and Death skips him to kill Erin, the next survivor on the list. Later, a grief-stricken and resentful Ian confronts Wendy at the local tricentennial fair and blames her for Erin's death. After overhearing Wendy that Death's design includes him on her own demise, Ian becomes determined to fulfill his role by not letting Wendy leave to make sure she would not survive.

Upon a fireworks cart go off in their direction and strikes a nearby cherry picker, Ian shouts that Death can not kill him until the cherry picker collapses and bisects him. In an alternate version, the cherry picker collapses right on Ian, crushing him.

During the opening credits of The Final Destination, Ian's death is referenced. In Final Destination 5, Ian's death is shown in a montage before the end credits.

Jason Wise

Jess Moss portrays Jason Wise in Final Destination 3.

• Portrayed by Jesse Moss
• Appeared in: Final Destination 3
• Status: Deceased

Jason Robert Wise is a student at McKinley High School, and a casualty of the Devil's Flight roller coaster.

Jason is Wendy Christensen's girlfriend and Kevin Fischer's best friend, who visits the amusement park for his graduation night, and boards the Devil's Flight roller coaster with Kevin, Wendy, and Kevin's girlfriend Carrie Dreyer. When Wendy has a premonition about the roller coaster's derailment, she panics and is let off the ride along with several other classmates.

He demands to be let off as well, but is unable to get the operators' attention due to the remaining passengers shouting over them to start the ride. While Wendy is escorted by security guards, she realizes that Jason and Carrie are still on the roller coaster, runs back, and begs the operators to stop the ride, but is taken outside. The roller coaster derails shortly after, and Jason and Carrie fall to their deaths, leaving Wendy devastated. Later on, Wendy realizes that the photographs she took that night foreshadow the survivors' imminent deaths when she sees Jason's photo with the roller coaster in the background.

In an alternate version, Jason does not board the Devil's Flight roller coaster and is thus spared from its derailment.

Julie Christensen

Amanda Crew portrays Julie Christensen in Final Destination 3.

• Portrayed by Amanda Crew
• Appeared in: Final Destination 3 and Final Destination 5 (archive footage)
• Status: Deceased

Julie Christensen is one of the survivors of the Devil's Flight roller coaster, and the eight survivor to die.

Julie is a sophomore at McKinley High School, and Wendy Christensen's younger sister, who visits the amusement park without permission with her best friends Perry Malinowski and Amber Regan. Unbeknownst to Wendy, she boards the Devil's Flight roller coaster with Perry, and even they sit right in front of her and Kevin Fischer. Before the ride starts, Wendy has a premonition about the roller coaster's derailment—in which Julie and Perry fall to their deaths after the cars get stuck on a vertical loop. Wendy panics and when a fight breaks out, they both leave unnoticed due to all the commotion as the derailment occurs moments later.

When the survivors begin to die in bizarre accidents, Wendy realizes that Julie was also on the roller coaster after she notices a photo of an unidentifiable passenger wearing her bracalet. While Julie is at the local tricentennial fair with Perry and Amber, two pranksters scare a horse tied to a post with firecrackers, causing it to run in panic. The rope tied to the horse wraps around Julie's neck and she is dragged through the fair until Kevin manages to cut the rope before Julie is impaled by a harrow, and Death skips her. Julie later witnesses Perry's and Ian McKinley's deaths as they were the next survivors on Death's list.

Five months later, Julie coincidentally encounters Wendy and Kevin on a subway; Wendy has another premonition in which the train derails, and Julie is instantly killed when a stray wheel ejects her out. When the events from the vision begin to occur in reality, they attempt to stop the train as the screen cuts to black and a derailment sound is heard, confirming Julie's death.

During the opening credits of The Final Destination, Julie's death is referenced. In Final Destination 5, Julie's death is shown in a montage before the end credits.

Kevin Fischer

Ryan Merriman portrays Kevin Fischer in Final Destination 3.

• Portrayed by Ryan Merriman
• Appeared in: Final Destination 3 and Final Destination 5 (archive footage)
• Status: Deceased

Kevin Fischer is one of the survivors of the Devil's Flight roller coaster, and the ninth survivor to die.

Kevin is a student at McKinley High School, and Carrie Dreyer's boyfriend, who visits the amusement park for his graduation night, and boards the Devil's Flight roller coaster with Carrie, his best friend Jason Wise, and Jason's girlfriend Wendy Christensen. Before the ride starts, Wendy has a premonition about the roller coaster's derailment—in which Kevin is bisected by a metal pipe. When she panics, Kevin ends up getting into a fight with fellow classmate Lewis Romero until they are all thrown off the ride with several other classmates, while Carrie and Jason stay on the front cars as the derailment occurs moments later.

Despite his grief over Carrie's death, Kevin is fascinated by Wendy's experience, which leads him to learn about the Flight 180 and the subsequent deaths of its survivors. He warns Wendy that Death is still after them, and she initially dismisses his theory; but when the survivors begin to die in bizarre accidents, they work together to save the remaining ones. Kevin is nearly killed at the local tricentennial fair when a malfunctioning barbecue grill explodes in his face, but Wendy pulls him back, and Death skips him.

Five months later, Kevin coincidentally encounters Wendy and her sister Julie Christensen on a subway; Wendy has another premonition in which the train derails, and Kevin is crushed between the train and the tunnel wall after he falls out the window. When the events from the vision begin to occur in reality, he attempts to use the train's emergency brake as the screen cuts to black and a derailment sound is heard, confirming Kevin's death.

During the opening credits of The Final Destination, Kevin's death is referenced. In Final Destination 5, Kevin's death is shown in a montage before the end credits.

Lewis Romero

• Portrayed by Texas Battle
• Appeared in: Final Destination 3 and Final Destination 5 (archive footage)
• Status: Deceased

Lewis Romero is one of the survivors of the Devil's Flight roller coaster, and the fourth survivor to die.

Lewis is a student at McKinley High School, and an arrogant, but competitive athlete, who visits the amusement park for his graduation night, and boards the Devil's Flight roller coaster. Before the ride starts, Wendy Christensen has a premonition about the roller coaster's derailment—in which Lewis' spine is snapped in the tracks when he falls out of his seat. When Wendy panics, Lewis mocks her, believing that she is making a joke to get attention. He gets involved in a fight with fellow classmate Kevin Fischer and they are all thrown off the ride as the derailment occurs moments later.

When the survivors begin to die in bizarre accidents, Wendy and Kevin visit Lewis at the school's gym to warn him that he is next on Death's list, but Lewis rudely disregards their warning. Meanwhile, a weightlifter knocks out a bear statue's claw, which hits another weightlifter and causes him to drop his weights. They knock down two displayed swords that swing down and cut the wires to a Bowflex machine's weights Lewis is working out; when he lifts the machine one more time, the weights fall and crush his head.

In an alternate version, Lewis' death occurs much earlier as soon as Wendy and Kevin enter the gym.

During the opening credits of The Final Destination, Lewis' death in Wendy's premonition is shown in X-ray format. In Final Destination 5, Lewis' death in Wendy's premonition is shown in a montage before the end credits.

Perry Malinowski

• Portrayed by Maggie Ma
• Appeared in: Final Destination 3 and Final Destination 5 (archive footage)
• Status: Deceased

Perry Malinowski is one of the survivors of the Devil's Flight roller coaster, and the sixth survivor to die.

Perry is a sophomore at McKinley High School, who visits the amusement park without permission with her best friends Julie Christensen and Amber Regan. Unbeknownst to Julie's older sister Wendy Christensen, Perry boards the Devil's Flight roller coaster with Julie. Before the ride starts, Wendy has a premonition about the roller coaster's derailment—in which Perry and Julie fall to their deaths after the cars get stuck on a vertical loop. Wendy panics and when a fight breaks out, they both leave unnoticed due to all the commotion as the derailment occurs moments later.

Weeks later, Wendy realizes that her sister was also in the roller coaster and rushes to the local tricentennial fair to save her. Wendy arrives just as a frightened horse drags Julie through the fair, but Kevin Fischer saves her before she is impaled by a harrow. The fair's security guards settle the horse down and tie it to a flagpole while Perry and Amber arrive to console Julie. When Wendy begs Julie to tell her who was the person sitting next to her on the ride, Perry realizes that she is the next on Death's list; Perry stands up as the horse loses control and breaks the flagpole, which fatally impales her through the chest.

During the opening credits of The Final Destination, Perry's death is shown in X-ray format. In Final Destination 5, Perry's death is shown in a montage before the end credits.

Wendy Christensen

Main article: Wendy Christensen

Mary Elizabeth Winstead portrays Wendy Christensen in Final Destination 3.

• Portrayed by Mary Elizabeth Winstead
• Appeared in: Final Destination 3 and Final Destination 5 (archive footage)
• Status: Deceased

Wendy Christensen is the protagonist and visionary of Final Destination 3. She is one of the survivors of the Devil's Flight roller coaster, and the tenth and final survivor to die.

Wendy is a photographer and student at McKinley High School, who visits the amusement park for her graduation night, and boards the Devil's Flight roller coaster with her boyfriend Jason Wise, her best friend Carrie Dreyer, and Carrie's boyfriend Kevin Fischer. She is considered a control freak among her classmates, and suffers from anxiety, which is evident when they board the ride.

Before the ride starts, Wendy has a premonition about the roller coaster's derailment that will kill everyone on board. She panics and is escorted off the ride, along with nine other people, witnessing as the derailment occurs moments later; Jason and Carrie are among the casualties, leaving Wendy devastated. Several weeks later, she learns about what happened to the Flight 180 and the Route 23 pile-up survivors—realizing that Death is still after the survivors—and sets out with Kevin to save them using the photographs she took that night, which provide clues about the survivors' imminent deaths.

Wendy's attempts to save the survivors are futile, with the exception of her younger sister Julie Christensen, goth classmate Ian McKinley, and Kevin himself. Ian blames Wendy for his girlfriend's Erin Ulmer's death, and confronts her at the local tricentennial fair, where Death skips Wendy after Ian unknowingly saves her by stepping in the place she was supposed to be and he is crushed by a nearby cherry picker. It leads Wendy to believe that since the trio have all been skipped they have now cheated Death.

Five months later, Wendy coincidentally encounters Kevin and Julie on a subway; she has another premonition in which the train derails, and she survives only to be fatally run over by another train. When the events from the vision begin to occur in reality, they attempt to stop the train as the screen cuts to black and a derailment sound is heard, confirming Wendy's death.

During the opening credits of The Final Destination, Wendy's death is referenced. In Final Destination 5, Wendy's death is shown in a montage before the end credits.

Introduced in The Final Destination

Main article: The Final Destination

The Final Destination is the fourth film in the Final Destination series and is set three years after the Devil's Flight roller coaster's derailment. It focuses on college student Nick O'Bannon, who has a premonition about a massive crash during a stock car race. He convinces nine other spectators—his girlfriend Lori Milligan, his best friend Hunt Wynorski, Hunt's girlfriend Janet Cunningham, security guard George Lanter, racist tow truck driver Carter Daniels, cowboy Jonathan Groves, mother Samantha Lane, mechanic Andy Kewzer, and Andy's girlfriend Nadia Monroy—to leave the speedway just before the crash occurs.

As Death begins to claim the lives of the survivors in the same order they should have died on the crash, Nick, Lori, and George must find a way to cheat Death and save the remaining survivors before it is too late.

Andy Kewzer

• Portrayed by Andrew Fiscella
• Appeared in: The Final Destination and Final Destination 5 (archive footage)
• Status: Deceased

Andrew "Andy" Kewzer is one of the survivors of the McKinley Speedway's crash, and the fourth survivor to die.

Andy is a local mechanic who visits the McKinley Speedway with his girlfriend Nadia Monroy. Meanwhile, Nick O'Bannon has a premonition about a massive crash—in which Andy rushes to the exit after a flying wheel kills Nadia, but trips and a sharp plank impales his head for out of his mouth. When Nick panics, he accidentally bumps into Andy, who angrily follows him out of the stadium with Nadia. As the crash occurs moments later, a stray wheel suddenly decapitates Nadia, leaving Andy devastated. When the survivors begin to die in bizarre accidents, Nick, his girlfriend Lori Milligan, and the stadium's security guard George Lanter visit Andy at his mechanic workshop to warn him that he is next on Death's list, but he does not believes them. After a truck nearly crushes him into a cross-hatched fence, a CO₂ tank explodes and knocks Andy into the fence, which slices him into pieces.

In Final Destination 5, Andy's death in Nick's premonition is shown in a montage before the end credits.

Carter Daniels

• Portrayed by Justin Welborn
• Appeared in: The Final Destination and Final Destination 5 (archive footage)
• Status: Deceased

Carter Daniels is one of the survivors of the McKinley Speedway's crash, and the second survivor to die.

Carter is a racist white Southern neo-Nazi tow truck driver who visits the McKinley Speedway with his wife Cynthia Daniels, who is as intolerant as her husband. Meanwhile, Nick O'Bannon has a premonition about a massive crash—in which both Carter and Cynthia are bisected by flying debris. When Nick panics, he accidentally spills Carter's beer, who angrily follows him out of the stadium and orders Cynthia to stay behind. As the crash occurs moments later, security guard George Lanter refuses to let him go back to rescue her wife—who dies in the incident—and they all witness Nadia Monroy's sudden death.

Devastated, Carter blames George for Cynthia's death, in addition to already hating him for being African-American. He is also hostile towards Nick and considers him a freak because of his premonition. Several days later, Carter attempts to set a giant cross on fire on George's front lawn until a horseshoe hanging from his town truck's rear-view mirror falls onto the gear shift. The truck begins to roll away—ironically while its radio plays anti-discrimination song "Why Can't We Be Friends?" by interracial band War—and Carter tries to stop it, but a loose towing cable wraps around his ankle and drags him down the street.

Gas spills out of the truck and the cable sparks, lighting Carter on fire, before the truck finally explodes. George leaves his house only to witness as Carter is blown to pieces, and his severed head lands on the lawn.

In Final Destination 5, Carter's death in Nick's premonition is shown in a montage before the end credits.

Cynthia Daniels

• Portrayed by Lara Grice
• Appeared in: The Final Destination and Final Destination 5 (archive footage)
• Status: Deceased

Cynthia Daniels is the wife of Carter Daniels and a casualty of the McKinley Speedway's crash.

Cynthia visits the McKinley Speedway with Carter; much like him, Cynthia is a racist herself as she disregards security guard George Lanter. Meanwhile, Nick O'Bannon has a premonition about a massive crash—in which both Cynthia and Carter are bisected by flying debris. When Nick panics, he accidentally spills Carter's beer, who angrily follows him out of the stadium and orders Cynthia to stay behind. As the crash occurs moments later, George refuses to let Carter go back to rescue her, and Cynthia dies in the incident. Her death devastates Carter, who resents George and blames him for the incident.

In Final Destination 5, Cynthia's death in Nick's premonition is shown in a montage before the end credits.

George Lanter

Mykelti Williamson portrays George Lanter in The Final Destination.

• Portrayed by Mykelti Williamson
• Appeared in: The Final Destination and Final Destination 5 (archive footage)
• Status: Deceased

George Lanter is one of the survivors of the McKinley Speedway's crash, and the seventh survivor to die.

George is a security guard who works at the McKinley Speedway. He is also a recovering alcoholic who grieves over the deaths of his wife and daughter in a traffic collision where he was driving under alcohol influence. Meanwhile, Nick O'Bannon has a premonition about a massive crash—in which George is incinerated by an exploding motor engine. When Nick panics, George escorts him out of the stadium. As the crash occurs moments later, he refuses to let Carter Daniels back to rescue his wife Cynthia—who dies in the incident—and they all witness Nadia Monroy's sudden death.

After Carter's and Samantha Lane's deaths, he believes Nick and his girlfriend Lori Milligan that Death is still after them, and tries to help them to save the remaining survivors. When he and Lori save Janet Cunningham at a malfunctioning car wash, George realizes that he is next on Death's list and attempts to commit suicide, but his multiple failed intentions lead the trio to believe that saving Janet has ruined Death's plan. However, Nick later learns that spectator Jonathan Groves was actually next, and both Nick and George rush to the hospital to save him, but they arrive too late. As they leave, George is fatally run over by a speeding ambulance.

In Final Destination 5, George's death is shown in a montage before the end credits.

Hunt Wynorski

Nick Zano portrays Hunt Wynorski in The Final Destination.

• Portrayed by Nick Zano
• Appeared in: The Final Destination and Final Destination 5 (archive footage)
• Status: Deceased

Hunt Wynorski is one of the survivors of the McKinley Speedway's crash, and the fifth survivor to die.

Hunt is a college student who visits the McKinley Speedway with his girlfriend Janet Cunningham, his best friend Nick O'Bannon, and Nick's girlfriend Lori Milligan for a study break. Meanwhile, Nick has a premonition about a massive crash—in which both Hunt and Janet are crushed to death by concrete stands when the stadium collapses. When Nick panics, Hunt follows him out of the stadium. As the crash occurs moments later, they all witness Nadia Monroy's sudden death.

Several days later, Hunt remains sarcastic and skeptical when Nick and Lori warn him that Death is still after the survivors. After Nick receives another vision involving water, he attempts to warn Hunt to stay away from water. While at a country club swimming pool, a kid squirts Hunt with a water gun and damages his cell phone. He steals the gun and places it on the pool's control box. The gun falls onto a lever, causing the pool to start draining. As Hunt relaxes by the pool, a golf ball from the adjacent field hits him, and he drops his 'lucky' coin, which rolls into the pool and is sucked down the drain.

When Hunt dives in the pool to retrieve it, he is sucked in by the drain as well; unable to move, Hunt lies under water trying to scream for help as the draining pressure increases. Nick arrives at the country club, only for the drain to disembowel Hunt and shot out his intestines through a poolside pump, along with his lucky coin.

In Final Destination 5, Hunt's death is shown in a montage before the end credits.

Janet Cunningham

Haley Webb portrays Janet Cunningham in The Final Destination.

• Portrayed by Haley Webb
• Appeared in: The Final Destination and Final Destination 5 (archive footage)
• Status: Deceased

Janet Cunningham is one of the survivors of the McKinley Speedway's crash, and the eight survivor to die.

Janet is a college student who visits the McKinley Speedway with her boyfriend Hunt Wynorski, her best friend Lori Milligan, and Lori's boyfriend Nick O'Bannon for a study break instead of going to the cinema like she wanted. Meanwhile, Nick has a premonition about a massive crash—in which both Janet and Hunt are crushed to death by concrete stands when the stadium collapses. When Nick panics, Janet follows him out of the stadium. As the crash occurs moments later, they all witness Nadia Monroy's sudden death.

When the survivors begin to die in bizarre accidents, she refuses to believe that Death is still after her. Janet later is nearly killed at a malfunctioning car wash, but is saved by Lori and George Lanter, which leads them to believe that they have cheated Death. When she and Lori visit a mall cinema, Nick has another premonition about the mall's disastrous explosion—in which Janet is fatally stabbed by flying sharpnel—and rushes to stop the explosion before it occurs, leading them to believe that they have cheated Death again.

Two weeks later, while at a café with Janet and Lori, Nick realizes that the mall's vision was only a feint meant to lead them to where they really needed to be for Death to kill them once and for all. As Nick relays the information, a truck crashes into the café and kills all three of them; Janet's death is seen in X-ray format as her spine is crushed under the wheels.

In Final Destination 5, Janet's death in Nick's mall premonition is shown in a montage before the end credits.

Jonathan Groves

• Portrayed by Jackson Walker
• Appeared in: The Final Destination
• Status: Deceased

Jonathan Groves is one of the survivors of the McKinley Speedway's crash, and the sixth survivor to die.

Jonathan is a modern cowboy who visits the McKinley Speedway. Meanwhile, Nick O'Bannon has a premonition about a massive crash—in which Nick asks him to move so his girlfriend Lori Milligan can see the race just before the crash occurs; Jonathan is killed when a burning car flies into the stands and crushes him. Nick does not remember Jonathan because he never left the stadium with the other survivors, but later he sees on a news report that heavily-injured Jonathan survived and is at the hospital.

Because Nick left the stadium before asking him to move, like he did in the vision, he inadvertently saved Jonathan's life, thus putting him on Death's list. Nick and George Lanter rush to the hospital to save him, but they arrive only to witness as Jonathan is crushed by an overflowing bathtub that falls through the floor above him.

Lori Milligan

Shantel VanSanten portrays Lori Milligan in The Final Destination.

• Portrayed by Shantel VanSanten
• Appeared in: The Final Destination and Final Destination 5 (archive footage)
• Status: Deceased

Lori Milligan is one of the survivors of the McKinley Speedway's crash, and the ninth survivor to die.

Lori is a college student who visits the McKinley Speedway with her boyfriend Nick O'Bannon, her best friend Janet Cunningham, and Janet's boyfriend Hunt Wynorski for a study break. Meanwhile, Nick has a premonition about a massive crash—in which Lori is incinerated by an exploding motor engine. When Nick panics, Lori follows him out of the stadium. As the crash occurs moments later, they all witness Nadia Monroy's sudden death.

When the survivors begin to die in bizarre accidents, Lori, Nick, and the stadium's security guard George Lanter attempt to save the remaining survivors. She and George manage to save Janet at a malfunctioning car wash, which lead the trio to believe that saving Janet has ruined Death's plan. As she and Janet visit a mall cinema, Lori sees omens and suspects they are still in danger, while Nick has another premonition about the mall's disastrous explosion—in which Lori is fatally crushed by an open escalator engine—and rushes to stop the explosion before it occurs, leading them to believe that they have cheated Death again.

Two weeks later, while at a café with Lori and Janet, Nick realizes that the mall's vision was only a feint meant to lead them to where they really needed to be for Death to kill them once and for all. As Nick relays the information, a truck crashes into the café and kills all three of them; Lori's death is seen in X-ray format as she is decapitated after the impact snaps her neck.

In Final Destination 5, Lori's death in Nick's mall premonition is shown in a montage before the end credits.

Nadia Monroy

• Portrayed by Stephanie Honoré
• Appeared in: The Final Destination and Final Destination 5 (archive footage)
• Status: Deceased

Nadia Monroy is one of the survivors of the McKinley Speedway's crash, and the first survivor to die.

Nadia visits the McKinley Speedway with his boyfriend Andy Kewzer. Meanwhile, Nick O'Bannon has a premonition about a massive crash—in which a wheel flies into the stands and decapitates Nadia. When Nick panics, he accidentally bumps into Andy, who angrily follows him out of the stadium with Nadia. As the crash occurs moments later, she berates the survivors for their actions until a flying wheel suddenly decapitates her, similar to her death on Nick's premonition.

In Final Destination 5, Nadia's death is shown in a montage before the end credits.

Nick O'Bannon

• Portrayed by Bobby Campo
• Appeared in: The Final Destination and Final Destination 5 (archive footage)
• Status: Deceased

Nicholas "Nick" O'Bannon is the protagonist and visionary of The Final Destination. He is one of the survivors of the McKinley Speedway's crash, and the tenth and final survivor to die.

Nick is a college student who visits the McKinley Speedway with his girlfriend Lori Milligan, his best friend Hunt Wynorski, and Hunt's girlfriend Janet Cunningham for a study break. While watching the race, Nick has a premonition about a massive crash that will send debris into the stands—causing the entire stadium to collapse—and is impaled into a metal pipe. He panics and a fight breaks out between him and several other spectators, who follow him out of the stadium as the crash occurs moments later.

Several days later, the survivors begin to die one by one in a series of bizarre accidents that are foreshadowed in visions Nick suffers, so he, Lori, and security guard George Lanter attempt to save the remaining ones. Although Hunt and George meet their demises, Nick, Lori, and Janet believe they have finally cheated Death. However, Nick has a premonition of a disastrous mall explosion that would have killed Lori and Janet, but he manages to stop it before it occurs, leading the trio to believe they have cheated Death again.

Two weeks later, while at a café with Lori and Janet, Nick realizes that the mall's vision was only a feint meant to lead them to where they really needed to be for Death to kill them once and for all. As Nick relays the information, a truck crashes into the café and kills all three of them; Nick's death is seen in X-ray format as he is thrown into a wall and the impact dislocates his jaw.

In Final Destination 5, Nick's death in his premonition is shown in a montage before the end credits.

Samantha Lane

Krista Allen portrays Samantha Lane in The Final Destination.

• Portrayed by Krista Allen
• Appeared in: The Final Destination and Final Destination 5 (archive footage)
• Status: Deceased

Samantha Lane is one of the survivors of the McKinley Speedway's crash, and the third survivor to die.

Samantha visits the McKinley Speedway with her husband and their sons. Meanwhile, Nick O'Bannon has a premonition about a massive crash—in which Samantha is trampled by fleeing spectators, before she is crushed by a motor engine that flies into the stands. When Nick panics, Samantha and her husband follow their sons out of the stadium as the crash occurs moments later. The following night, she thanks Nick for saving her life during a candlelight vigil held at the stadium.

Several days later, Samantha visits a beauty salon with her sons, who start throwing rocks at a stop sign, unaware that one of them landed in the grass near a man riding a lawn mower. When she leaves the salon, the lawn mower runs right over the rock, which is shot through Samantha's eye, instantly killing her as her sons and the salon's staff scream in horror.

In Final Destination 5, Samantha's death is shown in a montage before the end credits.

Introduced in Final Destination 5

Main article: Final Destination 5

The North Bay Bridge survivors (from left to right): Candice Hooper (Ellen Wroe), Peter Friedkin (Miles Fisher), Nathan Sears (Arlen Escarpeta), Sam Lawton (Nicholas D'Agosto), Isaac Palmer (P. J. Byrne), Molly Harper (Emma Bell), and Olivia Castle (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood). Survivor Dennis Lapman (David Koechner) is absent from the scene.

Final Destination 5 is the fifth film in the Final Destination series and is set several weeks before the Flight 180 explosion, serving as a prequel to the original film. It focuses on employee Sam Lawton, who has a premonition about a fatal suspension bridge collapse. He leaves the bridge along with seven other people—his ex-girlfriend Molly Harper, his friends Nathan Sears and Peter Friedkin, Peter's girlfriend Candice Hooper, co-workers Isaac Palmer and Olivia Castle, and their boss Dennis Lapman—just before the collapse occurs.

When Death begins to claim the lives of the survivors in the same order they should have died on the collapse, Sam and Molly must find a way to cheat Death and save the remaining survivors while dealing with their own personal problems.

Candice Hooper

• Portrayed by Ellen Wroe
• Appeared in: Final Destination 5
• Status: Deceased

Candice Hooper is one of the survivors of the North Bay Bridge, and the first survivor to die.

Candice is an intern at Presage Paper and Peter Friedkin's girlfriend; she is also a college student and varsity gymnast, who is on her way to a company retreat with her co-workers. Sam Lawton has a premonition about the collapse of the suspension bridge their bus is crossing—in which Candice falls off the bridge and is impaled by a sail boat mast. When Sam warns everyone, a confused Candice follows him out of the bus just as the bridge collapses moments later.

Several days later, Candice attends a gymnastics training with Peter; another gymnast steps on an upright screw that fell onto the balance beams and falls off, knocking a bowl of powder into a fan. The dust blinds Candice as she falls off the uneven bars and her body folds in half backwards, fatally snapping her spine in front of a horrified Peter.

Dennis Lapman

David Koechner portrays Dennis Lapman in Final Destination 5.

• Portrayed by David Koechner
• Appeared in: Final Destination 5
• Status: Deceased

Dennis Lapman is one of the survivors of the North Bay Bridge, and the fourth survivor to die.

Dennis is the manager of Presage Paper, who is on his way to a company retreat with his workers. Sam Lawton has a premonition about the collapse of the suspension bridge their bus is crossing—in which Dennis is burned by hot tar spilled from a tanker before falling off the bridge to his death. When Sam warns everyone, a confused Dennis follows him out of the bus just as the bridge collapses moments later. He remains skeptical when Peter Friedkin warns him that Death is still after them.

After Roy Carson's death in a warehouse accident, Dennis arrives to confront the remaining survivors until a wrench launched by a belt sander splits his face, killing him as the other survivors watch in horror.

Isaac Palmer

P. J. Byrne portrays Isaac Palmer in Final Destination 5.

• Portrayed by P. J. Byrne
• Appeared in: Final Destination 5
• Status: Deceased

Isaac Palmer is one of the survivors of the North Bay Bridge, and the second survivor to die.

Isaac is a technical support employee at Presage Paper and a pervert womanizer, who is on his way to a company retreat with his co-workers. Sam Lawton has a premonition about the collapse of the suspension bridge their bus is crossing—in which Isaac is trapped inside the bus and drowns when it fell into the river. When Sam warns everyone, a confused Isaac follows him out of the bus just as the bridge collapses moments later.

Afterwards, while stealing items from his deceased co-workers' desks, Isaac finds a coupon for a free acupuncture session at a Chinese spa. When the masseuse finishes the session, she leaves him on the table to rest; a burning incense falls onto towels and a fire erupts in the room. The table breaks and Isaac falls face down onto the floor, pushing the needles deep into his skin. The fire worsens when a candle—knocked off a shelf by Isaac's vibrating phone—ignites spilled alcohol used to sterilise the needles. Isaac narrowly avoids the fire, but a shelf that holds a heavy Buddha statue breaks; the statue falls and crush his head.

In an alternate version, Isaac's death is different as he is burned alive when the fire engulfs his body.

Agent Jim Block

• Portrayed by Courtney B. Vance
• Appeared in: Final Destination 5
• Status: Deceased

Agent Jim Block is an FBI agent that investigates the North Bay bridge collapse.

Block interrogates the survivors, and becomes suspicious of Sam Lawton, believing that he is responsible for the incident. His suspicion grows when the survivors begin to die one by one. Later, Block is killed by Peter Friedkin while attempting to stop him from killing fellow survivor Molly Harper, and Peter claims his remaining lifespan.

Molly Harper

Emma Bell portrays Molly Harper in Final Destination 5.

• Portrayed by Emma Bell
• Appeared in: Final Destination 5
• Status: Deceased

Molly Harper is one of the survivors of the North Bay Bridge, and the sixth survivor to die.

Molly is a sales division employee at Presage Paper, and Sam Lawton's ex-girlfriend, who had broken up with Sam to not hold him back from pursuing his dream of being a chef in Paris. She is on her way to a company retreat with her co-workers when Sam has a premonition about the collapse of the suspension bridge their bus is crossing—in which Molly survives after Sam helps her safely cross the bridge. When Sam warns everyone, a confused Molly follows him out of the bus just as the bridge collapses moments later.

When the survivors begin to die in bizarre accidents, Molly and Sam reconcile and attempt to save the remaining survivors. After the survivors learn from William Bludworth that if they kill someone else they can acquire that person's remaining lifespan, Peter Friedkin tries to kill Molly, but Sam intervenes and kills Peter to save her, inadvertently adding her to Death's list.

Two weeks later, Molly and Sam board Flight 180 to Paris, where they witness as Alex Browning, Carter Horton, and several other people are thrown off the plane. In mid-air, the fuselage is torn open when the plane's engines explode. Despite Sam's efforts to pull Molly back into the plane, she is blown out and bisected by the left tailplane.

Nathan Sears

Arlen Escarpeta portrays Nathan Sears in Final Destination 5.

• Portrayed by Arlen Escarpeta
• Appeared in: Final Destination 5
• Status: Deceased

Nathaniel "Nathan" Sears is one of the survivors of the North Bay Bridge, and the eighth and final survivor to die.

Nathan is a manufacturing supervisor at Presage Paper, who is on his way to a company retreat with his co-workers. Sam Lawton has a premonition about the collapse of the suspension bridge their bus is crossing—in which Nathan is obliterated by a swinging support cable. When Sam warns everyone, a confused Nathan follows him out of the bus just as the bridge collapses moments later.

He is initially skeptical, but later believes that he has cheated Death when he accidentally kills his co-worker Roy Carson in a warehouse accident. Two weeks later, at Roy's memorial service, Nathan learns from a co-worker that an autopsy revealed that Roy had a brain aneurysm, which could have killed him in a few days; consequently, Roy had very little lifespan remaining. A few seconds later, a horrified Nathan is killed when Flight 180's landing gear crashes through the building and crushes him.

Olivia Castle

Main article: Olivia Castle

Jacqueline MacInnes Wood portrays Olivia Castle in Final Destination 5.

• Portrayed by Jacqueline MacInnes Wood
• Appeared in: Final Destination 5
• Status: Deceased

Olivia Castle is one of the survivors of the North Bay bridge, and the third survivor to die.

Olivia is an office assistant at Presage Paper, and Candice Hooper's arch-rival, who is on her way to a company retreat with her co-workers. Sam Lawton has a premonition about the collapse of the suspension bridge their bus is crossing—in which Olivia is crushed by a car after she falls into the river. When Sam warns everyone, a confused Olivia follows him out of the bus just as the bridge collapses moments later.

A few days later, she goes to a LASIK appointment to improve her myopic vision. When the doctor leaves to get Olivia's files, the machine malfunctions and discharges a powerful laser beam that sears her eye and hand. She manages to free herself, but—after Sam, Molly Harper, and the doctor arrive—trips on the dislodged eye of a stuffed teddy bear and falls out of the window. Olivia fatally lands on a car and her eye rolls into the street, where it is run over by another car.

Peter Friedkin

Miles Fisher portrays Peter Friedkin in Final Destination 5.

• Portrayed by Miles Fisher
• Appeared in: Final Destination 5
• Status: Deceased

Peter Friedkin is one of the survivors of the North Bay Bridge, and the fifth survivor to die.

Peter is the assistant manager of Presage Paper, Candice Hooper's boyfriend, and Sam Lawton's best friend. He is on his way to a company retreat with his co-workers when Sam has a premonition about the collapse of the suspension bridge their bus is crossing—in which Peter is impaled by metal rods before falling onto a concrete slab below. When Sam warns everyone, a confused Peter follows him out of the bus just as the bridge collapses moments later.

After he witnesses Candice's death, Peter becomes paranoid, and learns from William Bludworth that he can cheat Death if he kills someone else to acquire that person's remaining lifespan. Due to Sam's ex-girlfriend Molly Harper being the only one who survived in the vision, Peter eventually decides to take her life. He pursues Molly inside a restaurant and shoots Agent Jim Block dead, acquiring his remaining lifespan. However, Peter tries to kill Molly to eliminate any witnesses, until he is finally killed by Sam, who impales Peter through the back with a meat spit, leading both Sam and Molly to believe that the former has now claimed Block's life.

Roy Carson

• Portrayed by Brent Stait
• Appeared in: Final Destination 5
• Status: Deceased

Roy Carson is a factory worker at Presage Paper, and Nathan Sears' arch-rival. He is killed when Nathan accidentally pushes him in front of a construction hook that falls through the floor and impales him through the chin. Nathan claims Roy's remaining lifespan, but this proves to be insufficient, as it is revealed that Roy had a brain aneurysm that would inevitably have killed him in a few days, just before Nathan is killed by Flight 180's landing gear.

Sam Lawton

Nicholas D'Agosto portrays Sam Lawton in Final Destination 5.

• Portrayed by Nicholas D'Agosto
• Appeared in: Final Destination 5
• Status: Deceased

Samuel "Sam" Lawton is the protagonist and visionary of Final Destination 5. He is one of the survivors of the North Bay Bridge, and the seventh survivor to die.

Sam is a sales division employee at Presage Paper, and a trainee chef who dreams of traveling to Paris to be an apprentice to his mentor. While on his way to a company retreat with his co-workers, Sam has a premonition about the collapse of the suspension bridge their bus is crossing, and convinces several co-workers to leave the bus just as the bridge collapses moments later.

He later learns that Death is still after the survivors, and—with his ex-girlfriend Molly Harper's help—attempts to save the remaining ones. When his best friend Peter Friedkin tries to kill Molly, Sam fatally stabs him in the back with a meat spit, and he assumes that he has taken Agent Jim Block's remaining lifespan, whom Peter had previously taken.

Two weeks later, Sam and Molly board Flight 180 to Paris, where they witness as Alex Browning, Carter Horton, and several other people are thrown off the plane. In mid-air, the fuselage is torn open when the plane's engines explode, and Sam is incinerated among 286 other passengers when the plane explodes.