List of The Drew Carey Show characters
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This is a list of characters who have appeared on The Drew Carey Show.
Main characters
Notes
^ Christa Miller only appeared in the first and second episodes in Season 8.
^ Kathy Kinney is credited as a guest star in the pilot episode, but she is credited as Starring from the second episode on.
^ Craig Ferguson was credited as Starring in all episodes of Season 8, but only appeared in 4 episodes.
^ John Carroll Lynch appeared in 8 episodes in Season 8, and was only credited as Starring for the episodes he appeared in.
Drew Carey (Drew Carey) – Drew Carey is the main protagonist of the series. A perpetual "nice guy", for most of the series, he works in the human resources department of Winfred-Louder, a multinational department store chain. Drew is the founder and co-owner of Buzz Beer, a coffee-flavored caffeinated beer (at the time, such drinks were legal but uncommon in the United States). He has a long-standing feud with co-worker Mimi Bobeck; both play endless, occasionally complicated, seriously mean-spirited pranks on each other until she becomes his sister-in-law, after which they still dislike each other.
Mimi Bobeck (Kathy Kinney) – Mimi Bobeck is Mr.
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