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List of Ben 10 characters

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ435172
Source-derived summary

This is a list of characters in the universe of the Cartoon Network's Ben 10 franchise.

Overview

Television series

This table shows the recurring characters and the actors who have portrayed them throughout the franchise.

A dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the series or film, or that the character's presence in the series or film has not yet been announced.

A Y indicates an appearance as a younger version of a pre-existing character.

A C indicates a cameo appearance.

A P indicates an appearance in onscreen photographs only.

A D indicates an appearance in deleted scenes only.

A M indicates a motion-capture role.

A U indicates an uncredited role.

= Main cast

= Recurring cast

= Guest cast

Film series

This table shows the recurring characters and the actors who have portrayed them throughout the franchise.

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This entry incorporates text from List of Ben 10 characters” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.