This is a list of fictional characters that have been explicitly described within the work in which they appear, or otherwise by the author, as having conditions on the autism spectrum. It is not intended to include speculation.
Year | Character | Gender | Series/Franchise | Author/Publisher |
---|---|---|---|---|
1967 | Black Manta[1] | Male | Aquaman | DC Comics |
1986 | Johnny Do[2][3] | Male | Psi-Force | Marvel Comics |
2000 | Hikaru Azuma[4] | Male | With the Light: Raising an Autistic Child | Keiko Tobe |
2007 | Zone[5] | Male | Special Forces | Kyle Baker |
2014 | Stephanie "Stephie" Bondu[6] | Female | Assigned Male | Sophie Labelle |
2015 | Mark Shiffron[7] | Male | Postal | Top Cow Productions |
2016[8] | Brunhilde Khoury[9] | Female | Questionable Content | Jeph Jacques |
2016 | Emma[10] | Female | Jade Street Protection Services | Black Mask Studios |
2019 | Scarlet Saltee[11] | Female | Archie | Archie Comics |
Year | Character | Gender | Actor | Film |
---|---|---|---|---|
1969 | Amanda[12][13] | Female | Lorena Kirk[14] | Change of Habit |
1969 | Philip Ransome[15] | Male | Mark Lester | Run Wild, Run Free |
1986 | Eric Gibb[16] | Male | Jay Underwood | The Boy Who Could Fly |
1988 | Raymond "Ray" Babbitt[17][18] | Male | Dustin Hoffman | Rain Man |
1990 | Shane Costello[19][20] | Male | John and Joseph Vizzi | Backstreet Dreams |
1993 | Randall Eberlin[21][22] | Male | Jamie Harrold | Family Pictures |
1993 | Sally Matthews[23][24] | Female | Asha Menina | House of Cards |
1994 | Michael Barth[25] | Male | Bradley Pierce | Cries from the Heart |
1994 | David Goodson[26] | Male | Michael Goorjian | David's Mother |
1994 | Henry and Verlin[27] | Male | Gary Farmer and Keegan MacIntosh | Henry & Verlin |
1994 | Tim Warden[28] | Male | Ben Faulkner | Silent Fall |
1994 | Gregory White[29] | Male | Keegan MacIntosh | The Innocent |
1995 | Rosetta Basilio[30] | Female | Megan Follows | Under the Piano |
1997 | Kazan[31] | Male | Andrew Miller | Cube |
1998 | Simon Lynch[32] | Male | Miko Hughes | Mercury Rising |
1998 | Meaghan Robinson[33] | Female | Laura Harling | Nightworld: Lost Souls |
1998 | Tracy Sinclair[34] | Female | Kulani Hassen | Down in the Delta |
1999 | Molly McKay[35][36] | Female | Jude Shue | Molly |
2000 | Cody O'Connor[37] | Female | Holliston Coleman | Bless the Child |
2002 | Chloé[38] | Female | Adèle Haenel | Les Diables |
2003 | Dewa[39] | Male | Dicky Lebrianto | Biola Tak Berdawai |
2004 | Vernon Jackson[40][41] | Male | Lucas Black | Killer Diller |
2004 | Jovana[42] | Female | Jovana Mitic | Midwinter Night's Dream |
2004 | Karl[43] | Male | Blake Pittman[44] | Somersault |
2004 | Steven Morgan[45] | Male | Zac Efron | Miracle Run |
Philip Morgan[45] | Male | Thomas Lewis | ||
2005 | Cho-won[46] | Male | Cho Seung-woo | Marathon |
2005 | Rama Krishna[47] | Male | Jiiva | Raam |
2005 | Donald Morton[48] | Male | Josh Hartnett | Mozart and the Whale |
Isabelle Sorenson[48] | Female | Radha Mitchell | ||
2006 | Bea[49][50] | Female | Poppy Rogers | Breaking and Entering |
2006 | Linda Freeman[51] | Female | Sigourney Weaver | Snow Cake |
2007 | Ben[52] | Male | Greg Timmermans | Ben X |
2007 | Daniel Connelly[53] | Male | Harry Connick Jr. | P.S. I Love You |
2007 | Anna Woodruff[54] | Female | Nikki Haddad | Imagination |
Sarah Woodruff[55] | Female | Jessi Haddad | ||
2008 | Charlie Mollison[56] | Male | Luke Ford | The Black Balloon |
Russell[56] | Male | Firass Dirani | ||
2008 | Poppy[57] | Female | Lizzy Clark | Dustbin Baby |
2008 | Noah Connelly[58] | Male | Michael Worth | God's Ears |
2008 | Sarah[59] | Female | Skye Bennett | Dark Floors |
2008 | Zen[60] | Female | Yanin Vismitananda | Chocolate |
2008 | Male | Alvin Keith | If You Could Say It in Words | |
2009 | Charles[61] | Male | Gabriel Gaudreault | Suzie |
2009 | Chris[62] | Male | James Lance | City Rats |
2009 | Max Horovitz[63][64] | Male | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Mary and Max |
2009 | Adam Raki[64] | Male | Hugh Dancy | Adam |
2009 | Martha[65] | Female | Katie Boland | Dancing Trees |
2010 | Dafu[66] | Male | Wen Zhang | Ocean Heaven |
2010 | Rizwan Khan[67] | Male | Shahrukh Khan | My Name Is Khan |
2010 | Mandy[68] | Female | Ashley Rickards | Fly Away |
2010 | Terry Marshall[69] | Male | Rhett Giles | Quantum Apocalypse |
2010 | Tom Taylor[70] | Male | Charlie Tahan | Burning Bright |
2010 | Alan Wheddon[71] | Male | Braeden Reed and Luke Benward[72] | Dear John |
2010 | Simon[73] | Male | Bill Skarsgård | Simple Simon |
2011 | Alfred Jones[74] | Male | Ewan McGregor | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen |
2011 | Dana Minor[75] | Male | Devon Graye | Exodus Fall |
2011 | Yoav Pomerantz[76] | Male | Michael Hanegbi | Dr. Pomerantz |
2011 | Tomer Roshko[77] | Male | Michael Moshonov | Mabul |
2011 | Oskar Schell[78] | Male | Thomas Horn | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close |
2011 | Mickey Tussler[79] | Male | Luke Schroder | A Mile in His Shoes |
2012 | Jhilmil Chatterjee[80] | Female | Priyanka Chopra | Barfi! |
2012 | Walter Hill[81] | Male | Dexter Darden | Joyful Noise |
2012 | Luke[82] | Male | Lou Taylor Pucci | The Story of Luke |
Zack[82] | Male | Seth Green | ||
2012 | Nick Young[83] | Male | Booboo Stewart | White Frog |
2013 | Duncan[84] | Male | Chris Marquette | The Odd Way Home |
2013 | Haridas[85] | Male | Prithviraj Das | Haridas |
2013 | Rafer[86] | Male | Grayson Russell | Season of Miracles |
2014 | Nathan[87] | Male | Asa Butterfield | X+Y |
2014 | Riley Morris[88] | Male | Riley Polanski | Alien Abduction |
2015 | Adam[89] | Male | Ty Simpkins | Meadowland |
2015 | Glory Adams[90] | Female | Taylor Richardson | Jack of the Red Hearts |
2015 | Jane[91] | Female | Louisa Krause | Jane Wants a Boyfriend |
2016 | Michael Taylor | Male | David Mazouz | The Darkness |
2016 | Christian Wolff[92] | Male | Ben Affleck | The Accountant |
2016 | Park Young-hoon[93] | Male | Lee David | Split |
2017 | Mária[94] | Female | Alexandra Borbély | On Body and Soul |
2017 | Christopher | Male | Jacob McCarthy | The Drummer and the Keeper |
2017 | Billy Cranston[95] | Male | RJ Cyler | Power Rangers |
2017 | Lilly Blackburn[96][97] | Female | Lilly Jandreau | The Rider |
2018 | Wendy Welcott[98] | Female | Dakota Fanning | Please Stand By |
2018 | Rory McKenna[99][100][101] | Male | Jacob Tremblay | The Predator |
2019 | Nitya[102] | Female | Sai Pallavi | Athiran |
2020 | Renee[103] | Female | Madison Bandy | Loop |
2020 | Bart Bromley[104] | Male | Tye Sheridan | The Night Clerk |
2021 | Music Gamble[105] | Female | Maddie Ziegler | Music |
Year | Character(s) | Gender | Book | Author(s) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1964 | Manfred Steiner[106] | Male | Martian Time-Slip | Philip K. Dick | |
1996 | Seth Garin[107] | Male | The Regulators | Stephen King | King wrote this novel under the pen name Richard Bachman. |
1996 | Simon Lynch[108][109] | Male | Simple Simon | Ryne Douglas Pearson | This book was adapted into the film Mercury Rising (1998). |
2000 | Marty Zellerbach[110] | Male | The Hades Factor | Robert Ludlum and Gayle Lynds | |
2002 | Darryl McAllister[111] | Male | A Wizard Alone | Diane Duane | |
2002 | Shepherd O'Connor[112] | Male | By the Light of the Moon | Dean Koontz | |
2003 | Lou Arrendale and his co-workers[113] | Male | Speed of Dark | Elizabeth Moon | |
2003 | Christopher Boone | Male | The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time | Mark Haddon | The book was adapted into the 2012 play of the same name. |
2004 | Ben[52] | Male | Niets was alles wat hij zei (Nothing Was All He Said) | Nic Balthazar | The book was adapted into the drama film Ben X (2007). |
2004 | Natalie Flanagan[114][115] | Female | Al Capone Does My Shirts | Gennifer Choldenko | This character also appears in the sequel Al Capone Shines My Shoes. |
2005 | Victor Hoppe[116] | Male | The Angel Maker | Stefan Brijs | |
2005 | Lisbeth Salander[117] | Female | Millennium series | Stieg Larsson | Appears in both the Swedish and American film adaptations. |
2005 | Morgan Wiberg[118] | Male | The Stone Cutter | Camilla Läckberg | |
2006 | David[119] | Male | Rules | Cynthia Lord | |
2006 | Alan Wheddon[120] | Male | Dear John | Nicholas Sparks | Adapted into the 2010 film of the same name. |
Richard Tyree[121] | Male | ||||
2008 | Jessica Fontaine[122][123] | Female | The Language of Others | Clare Morrall | |
2008 | Gillian Grayson[124] | Female | Mass Effect: Ascension | Drew Karpyshyn | |
2008 | Mickey Tussler[125] | Male | The Legend of Mickey Tussler | Frank Nappi | This book was adapted into the television film A Mile in His Shoes (2011). |
2008 | Ted Sparkes | Male | The London Eye Mystery | Siobhan Dowd | |
2009 | Natalie Flanagan[114] | Female | Al Capone Shines My Shoes | Gennifer Choldenko | This character also appears in the preceding novel Al Capone Does My Shirts. |
2009 | Marcelo Sandoval[126] | Male | Marcelo in the Real World | Francisco X. Stork | |
2009 | Aliénor Malèze[127] | Female | The Winter Journey | Amélie Nothomb | Original book in French: Le Voyage d'Hiver |
2009–2011 | Malcolm Decter[128] | Male | WWW Trilogy | Robert J. Sawyer | Character appears in all three books, published between 2009 and 2011. |
2010 | Jacob Hunt[129] | Male | House Rules | Jodi Picoult | |
2010 | Max Parkman[130][131] | Male | Saving Max | Antoinette van Heugten | |
2010 | Caitlin Smith[132][133] | Female | Mockingbird | Kathryn Erskine | |
2008 | Peter Michael "Little Pete" Ellison[134] | Male | Gone | Michael Grant | Character appears in all six "Season One" books, published between 2008 and 2013. |
2010-2017 | Renarin Kholin[135] | Male | The Stormlight Archive | Brandon Sanderson | Character appears in all books, published 2010 to present. |
2011 | Trueman Bradley[136] | Male | Trueman Bradley - Aspie Detective | Alexei Maxim Russell | |
2011 | Dr. Tobias Rothman[137] | Male | Death Benefit | Robin Cook | |
2012 | Male | Love Anthony | Lisa Genova | ||
2012 | Leah[138] | Female | Leah's Voice | Lori DeMonia | 2014 Temple Grandin literary work of the year recipient.[139] |
2012 | Ivan Tarasov[140] | Male | Triggers | Robert J. Sawyer | |
2013 | Don Tillman[141] | Male | The Rosie Project | Graeme Simsion | |
2013 | Oscar[142] | Male | The Real Boy | Anne Ursu | |
2013–2017 | Harriet Manners | Female | Geek Girl | Holly Smale | Harriet is never described as autistic in any of the six books, but Smale has retroactively labelled her as such after being diagnosed with autism herself.[143] |
2014 | Rose Howard[144] | Female | Rain Reign | Ann M. Martin | |
2014 | Kurt Bacon[145] | Male | Isla and the Happily Ever After | Stephanie Perkins | |
2016 | Tiberius "Ty" Blackthorn[146] | Male | The Dark Artifices | Cassandra Clare | |
2016 | Denise[147] | Female | On the Edge of Gone | Corinne Duyvis | Author Corinne Duyvis is autistic herself.[147] |
2017 | Jack Kagen[148] | Male | There's More Than One Way Home | Donna Levin | |
2018 | Stella Lane[149] | Female | The Kiss Quotient | Helen Hoang | Author Helen Hoang is autistic herself. |
2019 | Edison "Eddie" Matthews[150] | Male | The Things We Cannot Say | Kelly Rimmer | |
2019 | Natalia "Tally" Adams | Female | Can You See Me? | Libby Scott and Rebecca Westcott | Co-author Libby Scott is autistic herself. |
2019 | Khai Deip[149] | Male | The Bride Test | Helen Hoang | |
2020 | Vivy Cohen[151] | Female | Get a Grip, Vivy Cohen! | Sarah Kapit | |
2020 | Addie[152] | Female | A Kind of Spark | Elle McNicoll | Author Elle McNicoll is autistic herself.[153] |
2021 | Lara Finkel[154] | Female | The Many Mysteries of the Finkel Family | Sarah Kapit | Author Sarah Kapit is autistic. |
2021 | Caroline Finkel[154] | Female | The Many Mysteries of the Finkel Family | Sarah Kapit | Author Sarah Kapit is autistic. |
Year | Character | Gender | Actor(s) | Episode(s) | Series |
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1975 | Jeanine Williams | Female | Michelle Stacy | "Chance Meeting" | Mannix |
1978[155] | Timmy Carson[156] | Male | David Hollander | "A Test for the Living" | Quincy, M.E. |
1983[157] | Tommy Westphall[158] | Male | Chad Allen | St. Elsewhere | |
1996[159] | Jamie Holmes | Male | Billy Boyd | "Dead Man's Chest" Parts 1-3 | Taggart |
2000[160] | Lily Montgomery[161] | Female | Leven Rambin | All My Children | |
2002[162] | Annie Wheaton[163] | Female | Kimberly J. Brown | Rose Red | |
2003[164] | Laurence Burrell[165] | Male | Jim Sturgess | "Close Encounters" | A Touch of Frost |
2003[166] | Wally Stevens[167] | Male | Mark Linn-Baker | "Probability" | Law & Order: Criminal Intent |
2003 | Theo Carver[168] | Male | Chase Johnson, Tyler Johnson, Kavi Faquir, Amyrh Harris, Terrell Ransom Jr., Kyler Pettis and Cameron Johnson | Days of Our Lives | |
2004[169] | Bob Melnikov[170] | Male | Dmitry Chepovetsky | ReGenesis | |
2005[171] | Jerry Espenson[172] | Male | Christian Clemenson | Boston Legal | |
2005[173] | Spencer Reid[174] | Male | Matthew Gray Gubler | Criminal Minds | |
2006[175] | Adam[176] | Male | Braeden Lemasters | "Lines in the Sand" | House M.D. |
2006[177] | Kevin Blake[178] | Male | Meschach Peters and Trevor Jackson | From the pilot to the season 4 premiere | Eureka |
2007 | Brandon Powell[179] | Male | Jake Cherry | "Fear Itself" | The 4400 |
2007[180] | Karla Bentham[181] | Female | Jessica Baglow | Series 3 Episode 1 to Series 5 Episode 20 | Waterloo Road |
2008[182] | Connor DeLaurier[183] | Male | A.J. Saudin | Degrassi: The Next Generation | |
2008[184] | Virginia Dixon[185] | Female | Mary McDonnell | "These Ties That Bind" "All By Myself" "Beat Your Heart Out" |
Grey's Anatomy |
2009[186] | Robert Daly[187] | Male | Sam Peter Corry | Fair City | |
2009[188] | Gabrielle Jacobs[189] | Female | Virginie Le Brun | Shortland Street | |
2009[190] | Jonah Jeremiah "JJ" Jones[191] | Male | Ollie Barbieri | Skins | |
2009[192] | Abed Nadir[193][194] | Male | Danny Pudi | Community | |
2010[195] | Max Braverman[196] | Male | Max Burkholder | Parenthood | |
2010[197] | Carl Gould[198] | Male | Dwayne Hill | "When Carl Met George" | Arthur |
2010 | Gus Carmichael[199] | Male | Noah Marullo | Tracy Beaker Returns/The Dumping Ground | |
2010[200] | Micaela Gómez[201] | Female | Monica Spear | La mujer perfecta (The Perfect Woman) | |
2011[202] | Gary Bell[203] | Male | Ryan Cartwright | Alphas | |
2011 | The parallel universe version of Astrid Farnsworth[204] | Female | Jasika Nicole | Fringe | |
2011[205] | Saga Norén[206] | Female | Sofia Helin | The Bridge | |
2012[207] | Jacob "Jake" Bohm[208] | Male | David Mazouz | Touch | |
2012[209] | Shahir Hamza[210] | Male | Huse Madhavji | Saving Hope | |
2012 | Birgit Goethals[211] | Female | Ruth Becquart | episodes 1-10 | Clan |
2013[212] | Sonya Cross[213] | Female | Diane Kruger | The Bridge | |
2013[214] | Noah Hoynes[215] | Male | Oscar Kennedy | The Politician's Husband | |
2013[216] | Park Shi-on[217][218] | Male | Joo Won | Good Doctor | |
2014[219] | Rebecca Blithely[220] | Female | Melissa Farman | Strange Empire | |
2015[221] | Isadora Smackle[222] | Female | Cecilia Balagot | Girl Meets World | |
2016[223] | Fiona 'Mittens' Helbron[224] | Female | Betty Gilpin | "Murder Ex Machina" "A View with a Room" "Ready or Not" |
Elementary |
2016 | Dennis Deinocheirus | Male | William Ainscough | "Junior Conductors Academy: Part One" | Dinosaur Train |
2016[225] | Isidore Latham | Male | Ato Essandoh | Chicago Med | |
2016 | Jason Haynes[226] | Male | Jules Robertson | Holby City | |
2016 | Joe Hughes | Male | Max Vento | The A Word | |
2017[227] | Julia[228] | Female | Stacey Gordon | Sesame Street | |
2017[229] | Shaun Murphy[230] | Male | Freddie Highmore | The Good Doctor | |
2017[231] | Sam Gardner[232] | Male | Keir Gilchrist | Atypical | |
2017[233] | Dean Simms[234] | Male | Harold Perrineau | Claws | |
2017 | Pablo[235] | Male | Jake Williamson | Pablo | |
2018 | Female | Christine Woods | She-Ra and the Princesses of Power | ||
2018[236] | Minato Shindo[237] | Male | Kento Yamazaki | Good Doctor | |
2018[238] | Agnes "Lee" Lebachi[239] | Female | Adelayo Adedayo | Origin | |
2018[240] | Townes Linderman[241] | Male | Daniel Maslany | Impulse | |
2018 | Greta Allinson[226] | Female | Zoe Croft | Holby City | |
2018 | Brooke Hathaway[242] | Non-binary | Tylan Grant | Hollyoaks | |
2018 | Ruby Spark[243] | Female | Maddy Hill | Casualty | |
2019 | Lana Moore[244] | Female | Vered Blonstein | "Xin" | The Good Doctor |
2020 | Matilda Moss[245] | Female | Kayla Cromer | Everything's Gonna Be Okay | |
Drea | Female | Lillian Carrier | |||
Jeremy | Male | Carsen Warner | |||
Nicholas | Male | Josh Thomas | |||
2020 | AJ Gadgets[246] | Male | Jadiel Dowlin | Hero Elementary | |
2020 | Sean | Male | George Yionoulis | "Nancy's New Friend" | Fancy Nancy |
2020 | Ayda Aguefort | Female | Brennan Lee Mulligan | Dimension 20 LIVE episodes 6–20, and Pirates of Leviathan episodes 4 and 6 | Dimension 20: LIVE and Pirates of Leviathan |
2020 | Harlan[247] | Male | Justin Paul Kelly | The Umbrella Academy | |
2021 | Max | Male | Israel Thomas-Bruce | "Daniel's New Friend Max" | Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood |
2021 | Ben | Male | Liam McCord | "I Am Temple Grandin" | Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum |
2021 | Han Geu-Ru | Male | Tang Joon-sang | Move to Heaven | |
2021 | Sara | Female | Frida Argento | Young Royals |
Year | Character | Gender | Play | Playwright |
---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | Laurence[248] | Male | All in a Row | Alex Oates |
1997 | "Spoonface" Steinberg[249] | Female | Spoonface Steinberg | Lee Hall |
Year | Character | Actor(s) | Gender | Video game | Notes |
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2001 | Charlie Kane's unnamed son[250] | Ian Axness[251] | Male | Twisted Metal Black | |
2002 | Cassandra Murata | n/a; game does not feature voice acting | Female | Rage of the Dragons | Evoga Entertainment's website describes Cassandra as developing "an autistic case".[252] |
2005 | Jade (The Indigo Child)[253] | n/a; silent | Female | Fahrenheit | |
2007 | Dr. Brigid Tenenbaum[254] | Anne Bobby[255] | Female | BioShock | She also appears in BioShock 2, BioShock 2, and is referenced in BioShock Infinite. |
2007 | Simone Cole[256] | Michelle Specht | Female | Clive Barker's Jericho | |
2010 | David Archer[257] | Jesse Gervais[258] | Male | Mass Effect 2 | Appears in the downloadable mission "Overlord". |
2011 | River Wyles[259] | n/a; game does not feature voice acting | Female | To the Moon | |
2012 | Amy[260] | Kriss Logan (grunts)[261] | Female | Amy | |
2012 | Patricia Tannis[262] | Colleen Clinkenbeard[263] | Female | Borderlands 2 | In the mission briefing for "Hidden Journals" she is referred to as "an insane introvert with Asperger's". |
2013 | Rell | Stefan Martello | Male | Warframe | |
2014 | Cole | James Norton[264] | Male | Dragon Age | Patrick Weekes confirmed in an interview with BioFan that Cole was heavily inspired by their autistic nephew.[265] |
2016 | Symmetra | Anjali Bhimani[266] | Female | Overwatch | Referred to as "on the spectrum" in the comic "A Better World"[267] and was also confirmed to be autistic by the comic's writer[268] as well as Overwatch's game director.[269] |
2016 | Josh Sauchak[270] | Jonathan Dubsky[271] | Male | Watch Dogs 2 | |
2017 | Gin Ibushi | n/a; game does not feature voice acting | Male | Kimi ga Shine -Tasuuketsu Death Game- | In Chapter 3-1b, Gin states he has autism when talking about a visit to the school nurse. |
2019 | Murky | Tatiana Vesyolkina | Female | Pathologic 2 | The game's design notes refer to Murky as "an orphan with an autism spectrum disorder." |
So, I've gone over Meaghan's file, and I'm really glad you chose to bring her to us. ... We've been quite successful with autistic patients.
Sometimes. He [Karl] talks about her a lot. He's sort of obsessed with his rabbits. He's got Asperger's.
No, Alan's not retarded, John. He's autistic.