List of fictional pansexual characters

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This is a list of pansexual characters in fiction, i.e. characters that identify as pansexual or are identified by outside parties to be pansexual. Pansexuality is the sexual, romantic or emotional attraction towards people regardless of their biological sex or gender identity.[1][2] While pansexuality is at times viewed as a sexual orientation in its own right, at other times it's viewed as a branch of bisexuality, to indicate an alternative sexual identity.[2][3][4]

The pansexual pride flag.

This list contains characters across various forms of media that are pansexual, listed in alphabetical order by surname in each section. In the case where characters are identified with only a single name (either first or last) or by a title, that is used instead. To be listed here, characters have to either state in-universe that they are pansexual, be identified as such by either someone involved in the work they appear in, or a reliable, third-party source.

The names are organized alphabetically by surname (i.e. last name), or by single name if the character does not have a surname.

Animated series

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Ali Big Mouth 2019–2025 Ali Wong She is openly pansexual, although her explanation of her pansexuality, as compared to bisexuality, was criticized by various LGBTQ people on social media.[5][6] In later episodes, Ali begins dating a quiet female student named Samira and later becomes a potential love interest for Jessi Glaser. [7]
Ally Amphibia 2019–2022 Melissa Villaseñor Ally is in a same-sex relationship with Jess, running an internet video channel named "IT Gals" with her.[8] The pair describe themselves in the text of their video descriptions as "just two girlfriends", qualified with an LGBT pride flag emoji. After the characters' debut, lead color designer Andy Garner-Flexner stated that Ally's color palette was based on the pansexual pride flag.[9][10] [9]
Asmodeus Helluva Boss 2019–present James Monroe Iglehart Asmodeus is the Sin of Lust and is in a romantic relationship with Fizzarolli.[11] Official art posted for Pride Month in 2024 depicted him with the colors of the pansexual pride flag.[12]
Blitzo Helluva Boss 2019–present Brandon Rogers Blitzo has an on-and-off sexual relationship with Stolas, a royal demon of Hell. [13][14][15]
Lord Boxman OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes 2017–2019 Jim Cummings Boxman has feelings for Professor Venomous, who was his loving partner in the past.[16][17] On October 13, 2020, Ian Jones-Quartey confirmed that Professor Venomous and Lord Boxman were married at the end of the series.[18] [19]
Chaz Helluva Boss 2019–present Eric Schwartz Chaz is Moxxie and Millie's ex.[20] Official art posted for Pride Month in 2024 depicted him with the colors of the pansexual pride flag.[12]
Husk Hazbin Hotel 2019, 2024–present Keith David Husk is the bartender at the Hazbin Hotel. Official merchandise released for Pride Month in 2025 depicted him with the pansexual pride flag. [21][22]
Lucifer Morningstar Hazbin Hotel 2024–present Jeremy Jordan Lucifer is the king of Hell and the father of the show's protagonist, Charlie Morningstar. Official merchandise released for Pride Month in 2025 depicted him with the pansexual pride flag. [22]
Rose Quartz Steven Universe 2013–2019 Susan Egan Rose had a complicated romantic relationship with Pearl,[23][24] and later with Greg Universe, the father of the show's protagonist, Steven Universe, along with various other men in short-term relationships.[25][26][27] In the episode "Mr. Greg," Greg and Pearl recognize that they both loved Rose, who loved them both back.[28][better source needed][27] [29]
Steven Universe Future 2019–2020
Roger American Dad! 2005–present Seth MacFarlane He shows interest in both men and women and most commonly refers to his sexuality as omnisexual.[30] He also uses other labels. Particularly, in the episode "You Debt Your Life", he describes himself as a "fey pansexual alcoholic non-human". He is a very zany alien who lives in the Smith family's attic, who is shown to assume hundreds of different aliases, male and female.[31][32] [30]
Val/entina Romanyszyn Gen:Lock 2019–2021 Asia Kate Dillon Val/entina Romanyszyn is revealed to be pansexual in the episode "Together. Together." Val is also genderfluid, going by the name "Val" when male-presenting and "Valentina" when female-presenting.[33] Romanyszyn is voiced by Asia Kate Dillon, who is a pansexual and non-binary actor, and the character was written as genderfluid and feminine-presenting, altering their gender performance several times.[34] [35][better source needed]
Valentino Hazbin Hotel 2019, 2024–present Joel Perez Valentino is a porn studio owner and Angel Dust's abusive boss. He is in a relationship with Vox. Official merchandise released for Pride Month in 2025 depicted him with the pansexual pride flag. [22]
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Film

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Character Title Year Actor Notes Ref.
Lando Calrissian The Empire Strikes Back 1980 Billy Dee Williams Lando, a gambler, con artist, playboy, mining engineer, and businessman who administered Cloud City, was confirmed as pansexual, and having fluidity in his sexuality, by a co-writer of Solo, Jonathan Kasdan. Some took this to be a "deeply regressive" move by suggesting this to fans without delivering on it, even as Donald Glover supported the interpretation.[36] Other fans pointed out possible flirting between Han and Lando, shipping them since the 1980s, with shipping expanding in the 1990s. Glover also described Lando as a character who "doesn't have hard and fast boundaries about everything" when it comes to sexual attraction.[37] [38]
Return of the Jedi 1983
Solo: A Star Wars Story 2018 Donald Glover
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 2019 Billy Dee Williams
Mal Descendants 2015 Dove Cameron Mal is the daughter of the Disney villain Maleficent. She falls in love with a male character named Ben.[39] She also appears in a Chibiverse short commemorating pride month.[40] According to her actress Dove Cameron, Mal is pansexual. [41][42]
Descendants 2 2017
Descendants 3 2019
Harry Turpin The Thing About Harry 2020 Niko Terho Turpin is the former high school bully of Sam who becomes friends and falls in love with him after revealing he's now identified as pansexual. [43]
Wade Wilson / Deadpool Deadpool 2016 Ryan Reynolds While Tim Miller, director of the first film, described Deadpool as pansexual, this is never explicitly portrayed on-screen.[44][45] As with the first film, Deadpool 2 (2018) also does not explicitly portray his sexuality, with the character's interest in men being used as a source of humor.[46] [47]
Deadpool 2 2018
Karen Shetty[a] Mean Girls 2024 Avantika Vandanapu Karen's actress Avantika Vandanapu has described her character as pansexual. [48][49]
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Live-action television

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Character Title Duration Actor Notes Ref.
Kibby Ainsley Daytime Divas 2017 Chloe Bridges Ainsley is a former child star and recovering addict, who is one of the co-hosts of the popular daytime television talk show The Lunch Hour. [50]
Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell Prison Break 2005–2009 Robert Knepper As the leader of a white supremacist group, T-Bag is the most villainous member of the Fox River Eight. [51]
Harper Bettencourt iCarly 2021–2023 Laci Mosley Harper is pansexual and has an "interesting and all over the place" dating life. [52]
Leslie "Laszlo" Cravensworth What We Do in the Shadows 2019–2024 Matt Berry Executive producer, co-showrunner and writer Paul Simms stated "All of our characters are completely pansexual."[53] In the pilot episode, Laszlo discusses his relations with both Nadja and Baron Afanas. [53]
Dionysus KAOS 2024 Nabhaan Rizwan Dionysus, the Greek god of pleasure, wine, and madness, is occasionally seen performing intimate acts with both men and women. In a review of the show, Philadelphia Gay News described him as a pansexual character.[54] In the original mythos, Dionysus had male lovers such as Prosymnus[55] as well as female lovers such as Physcoa.[56] [54]
Nola Darling She's Gotta Have It 2017–2019 DeWanda Wise Darling is described as the "sex-positive, polyamorous, pansexual" artist who takes charge of her life and her body [57]
Kristina Davis General Hospital 2002–present Lexi Ainsworth Kristina is the daughter of mob kingpin Sonny Corinthos and his former attorney, Alexis Davis. [58]
Jaskier The Witcher 2019–present Joey Batey "He's canonically queer in the TV show, which is a departure from the books and the games, as far as I know. It was wonderful to see a panromantic or pansexual person in such a flagship show such as this."[59] [59]
Jadzia Dax Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 1993–1998 Terry Farrell Dax's actor Terry Farrell confirmed Dax's pansexuality. [60]
Franky Fitzgerald Skins 2011–2012 Dakota Blue Richards Franky is Alex's best friend. He's described as "not attracted to gender, but rather to the person". [61]
Adrian Garff The Mist 2017 Russell Posner Garff is Alex's best friend. [62]
Philippa Georgiou (Mirror) Star Trek: Discovery 2017–2020 Michelle Yeoh Georgiou is the respected captain of the USS Shenzhou. [63]
Dorian Gray Penny Dreadful 2014–2016 Reeve Carney Gray is a charismatic man who is ageless and immortal. [64]
Yara Greyjoy Game of Thrones 2012–2019 Gemma Whelan Greyjoy is an ironborn and Theon Greyjoy's older sister. She is a claimant to the throne of the Kingdom of the Iron Islands and an ally of Daenerys Targaryen [65]
The Guide What We Do in the Shadows 2019-2024 Kristen Schaal Executive producer, co-showrunner and writer Paul Simms stated "All of our characters are completely pansexual." While attending a wedding, the Guide objects twice–– once because she briefly fell in love with the groom the first time they met, and another time because she briefly fell in love with the bride the first time they met. [53][66]
Klaus Hargreeves[b] The Umbrella Academy 2019–2024 Robert Sheehan Sheehan describes his character's onscreen behavior as "very out there and very colourful and unashamed about the fact that he is pansexual, or whatever you want to call it."[67] [67]
Jack Harkness Doctor Who & Torchwood 2005–2020 John Barrowman Harkness is a former "Time Agent" from the 51st century who left the agency after inexplicably losing two years of his memory. He becomes a companion to the Ninth Doctor. [68]
John Hart Torchwood 2008 James Marsters Hart is a rogue Time Agent and former partner of the series' lead male character Jack Harkness (John Barrowman) both professionally and sexually. [69]
Roscoe Kaan House of Lies 2012–2016 Donis Leonard Jr. Donis Jr. is the flamboyant 15-year-old son of Monica and Marty. [70]
Kareema No Tomorrow 2016–2017 Sarayu Rao Kareema is Evie's grumpy and cynical co-worker. [71]
Carlton Lassiter Psych 2006–present Timothy Omundson Lassiter is a ten-year veteran of the Santa Barbara Police Department, and the youngest Head Detective ever named to the force. He also has a Master's Degree in Criminology. The show's writer confirmed his pansexuality on Twitter. [72]
Hannibal Lecter Hannibal 2013–2015 Mads Mikkelsen The show's creator, Bryan Fuller, states, "From our very first meeting with Mads, he redefined the character immediately for me because he's the devil. He is this thing both of the world and outside of the world. So for me, the devil is pansexual". [73]
Mal Descendants: Wicked World 2015–2017 Dove Cameron Mal is the daughter of the Disney villain Maleficent. She falls in love with a male character named Ben.[74] She also appears in a Chibiverse short commemorating pride month.[75] According to her actress Dove Cameron, Mal is pansexual. [41]
Oberyn Martell Game of Thrones 2014 Pedro Pascal Oberyn is the youngest brother of Doran and Elia Martell, from the desert kingdom of Dorne. He is notorious for both his dangerous and unpredictable nature and his affinity for poisons, for which he earned his nickname. [76]
Mazikeen Lucifer 2016–2021 Lesley-Ann Brandt Mazikeen is the demon confidante and a devoted ally of Lucifer. [77]
Imogen Moreno Degrassi: The Next Generation 2011–2015 Cristine Prosperi After ending her relationship with Eli, Imogen shares a kiss with Fiona and begins a relationship with her, before ending it as well when Fiona graduates and Imogen stays at Degrassi for another year. [78]
Even Bech Næsheim Skam 2016–2017 Henrik Holm Næsheim is the love affair and eventual boyfriend of Isak. Showrunner Julie Andem confirmed Næsheim's pansexuality during Pride Month with an Instagram post on Even's boyfriend Isak's account. [79]
Nadja of Antipaxos What We Do in the Shadows 2019–2024 Natasia Demetriou Executive producer, co-showrunner and writer Paul Simms stated "All of our characters are completely pansexual."[53] Nadja also has an ongoing affair with Gregor, who is repeatedly reincarnated. She pursues him in every lifetime, including those where Gregor is reincarnated as a woman. [53]
Nandor the Relentless What We Do in the Shadows 2019–2024 Kayvan Novak Executive producer, co-showrunner and writer Paul Simms stated "All of our characters are completely pansexual."[53] Nandor says that of his 37 wives, "they weren't all women."[80] [53]
Eric Northman True Blood 2008–2014 Alexander Skarsgård Northman is Fangtasia's owner and the vampire sheriff of "Area 5" in Louisiana. He is described as "complex and mercurial, a pansexual opportunist" by Interview writer Win Butler. [81]
Ola Nyman Sex Education 2019–2021 Patricia Allison After taking an online quiz during downtime at the convenience store she works at with Adam, she realizes that she might actually identify as pansexual. Realizing this helps her start figuring out her feelings for Lily, her fan fiction-obsessed friend that Ola begins having steamy dreams about. [82]
Colin Robinson What We Do in the Shadows 2019–2024 Mark Proksch Executive producer, co-showrunner and writer Paul Simms stated "All of our characters are completely pansexual."[53] Colin is shown to have relationships with both men and women. [53]
David Rose Schitt's Creek 2015–2020 Dan Levy An openly pansexual man, Dan Levy said that him being pansexual "felt very natural for him" and in line with his character in the small town in this series.[83][c] [84]
Josie Saltzman Legacies 2018–2021 Kaylee Bryant Saltzman is a witch and student at the Salvatore School. She is also Alaric's 15-year-old daughter and Lizzie's twin. [85]
Sophia Star-Crossed 2014 Brina Palencia Sophia is Roman's younger Atrian sister who is always curious about humans. Her actress confirmed her pansexuality on a now-deleted tweet. [86]
Brook Soso Orange Is the New Black 2014–2019 Kimiko Glenn Soso is an inmate at Litchfield Penitentiary. [87]
Ambrose Spellman Chilling Adventures of Sabrina 2018–2020 Chance Perdomo An eccentric warlock, the character shows interest in both men and women throughout the series, and the writers have said they intended him as specifically pansexual.[88] [89]
Frank Underwood House of Cards 2013–2017 Kevin Spacey Underwood is a ruthless politician who rises from United States House of Representatives majority whip to president of the United States through treachery, deception and murder. Showrunner Beau Willimon described him as someone "incredibly guarded with who he lets get close to him, whether that's platonic or whether that's sexual. And when he does, it's not necessarily a gender or preference, it really has to do with trust." [90]
Max Wolfe Gossip Girl (2021 TV series) 2021–2023 Thomas Doherty Doherty states, "playing Max, a pansexual character, was incredibly liberating. It was very educational, and it definitely made me challenge my own preconceived notions, my indoctrination, of 'This is who you love, this is what you do, everything else is wrong.'" [91]
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Video games

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Margaret "Mae" Borowski Night in the Woods 2017 [92]
Iron Bull Dragon Age: Inquisition 2014 Freddie Prinze Jr. Iron Bull is a Qunari who serves as a companion party member. [93]
Lifeweaver Overwatch 2 2023 Phuwin Tangsakyuen [94]
Merrin Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order & Star Wars Jedi: Survivor 2019–2023 Tina Ivlev Merrin is a Nightsister and an ally to Cal Kestis. [95]
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Graphic art and webcomics

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Sakura Kinomoto Cardcaptor Sakura 1996–2000 In an October 2000 interview, Nanase Ohkawa called Sakura a person with an "open mind towards different family structures, different kinds of love, and different perspectives from society," adding that if Syaoran had been a girl, and the age gap had been the same, she would have fell in love with Syaoran all the same.[96] In the same interview she said that Sakura loves Tomoyo but not the same way she feels about Syaoran.[96] In November 2016, Ohkawa added that Sakura is someone who believes that "those around her will be there to catch her."[97] [96]
Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card 2016–Present
Princess Koriand'r[d] DC Comics 1980 Deriving from being raised on the culture of her homeworld Tamaran, where it's acceptable to have open marriage, Starfire's sex-positivism and free-thinking habits such as a fondness for practicing nudism, openness to polygamous relationships and acceptance of "open sex" and pansexual "free-love" with persons regardless of terrestrial species, race or gender, usually lead her into conflict with Earth's more reserved culture and customs.[98][99] For Starfire, polyamory was a personal and cultural preference.[98] [99]
Loki Laufeyson Marvel Comics 1962 Loki, a frequent shapeshifter, is genderfluid, and is the God of Mischief.[100][101][102] His genderfluid identity was confirmed before the Loki series premiered.[103] [104][101]
Wade Wilson[e] Marvel Comics 1991 Deadpool, a married man, has a list of five "free passes" who he has gotten permission to have extramarital relations with. This list includes Hillary Clinton, Thor (if he ever becomes a girl), Hellcat, ZomBea Arthur, and Spider-Man.[105] [44]
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Other

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Character Title Medium Creator Notes Ref.
Randy Feltface Randy Feltface Stand-up comedy, puppetry Heath McIvor Randy Feltface is a puppet portrayed by Heath McIvor in stand up comedy shows. The character also appear in the sitcom television series Sammy J & Randy in Ricketts Lane [106][107]
Gigi the Christmas Snake Gigi the Christmas Snake Character comedy Chris Fleming Acting as a replacement for Santa Claus, Gigi the Christmas Snake is a snake who breaks into people's houses to deliver a sleeve of tennis balls. He also screams the phrase "I'm pan!" in reference to his sexuality.[108] [108]
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Notes

  1. [a]
    Known as Karen Smith in the original film.
  2. [b]
    Also known as Number Four
  3. [c]
    However, Dan Levy himself is openly gay.
  4. [d]
    Also known as Starfire
  5. [e]
    Deadpool

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