List of fictional pansexual characters
Pansexuality is the sexual, romantic or emotional attraction towards people regardless of their biological sex or gender identity. 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. One of the biggest differences from bisexuality is that pansexual people are open to relationships with individuals who do not fall within the gender binary, and do not identify as either men or women.
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 or by a title, that is used instead. To be listed here, characters have to either state in-universe that they are bisexual, 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, or by single name if the character does not have a surname.
Film
Character | Title | Year | Actor | Notes | |
The Empire Strikes Back | 1980 | Billy Dee Williams | |||
Return of the Jedi | 1983 | Billy Dee Williams | |||
' | 2018 | Donald Glover | |||
' | 2019 | Billy Dee Williams | |||
The Thing About Harry | 2020 | Niko Terho | |||
Deadpool | 2016 | Ryan Reynolds | While Tim Miller, director of the first film, described Deadpool as pansexual, this is never explicitly portrayed on-screen. As with the first film, Deadpool 2 also doesn't explicitly portray his sexuality, with the character's interest in men being used as the source of humor. | ||
Deadpool 2 | 2018 | Ryan Reynolds | While Tim Miller, director of the first film, described Deadpool as pansexual, this is never explicitly portrayed on-screen. As with the first film, Deadpool 2 also doesn't explicitly portray his sexuality, with the character's interest in men being used as the source of humor. |
Television
Character | Title | Duration | Actor | Notes | |
Ali | Big Mouth | 2019 – present | Ali Wong | ||
Daytime Divas | 2017 | Chloe Bridges | |||
Supernatural | 2009 – 2017 | Mark Sheppard | |||
She's Gotta Have It | 2017 – 2019 | DeWanda Wise | |||
General Hospital | 2002 – present | Lexi Ainsworth | |||
' | 1993 – 1998 | Terry Farrell | |||
Edward | Will & Grace | 2005 | Stuart Townsend | ||
Skins | 2011 – 2012 | Dakota Blue Richards | |||
' | 1993 – 1999 | Andrew Robinson | |||
The Mist | 2017 | Russell Posner | |||
Penny Dreadful | 2014 – 2016 | Reeve Carney | |||
Game of Thrones | 2012 – 2019 | Gemma Whelan | |||
The Umbrella Academy | 2019 – present | Robert Sheehan | |||
Doctor Who / Torchwood | 2005 – 2020 | John Barrowman | |||
Torchwood | 2008 | James Marsters | |||
House of Lies | 2012 – 2016 | Donis Leonard Jr. | |||
Kareema | No Tomorrow | 2016 – 2017 | Sarayu Rao | ||
How to Get Away with Murder | 2014 – 2020 | Viola Davis | |||
Psych | 2006 – present | Timothy Omundson | |||
Dance Academy | 2010 – 2012 | Thom Green | |||
Game of Thrones | 2014 | Pedro Pascal | |||
Mazikeen | Lucifer | 2016 – present | Lesley-Ann Brandt | ||
2011 – 2015 | Cristine Prosperi | ||||
Lucifer | 2016 – present | Tom Ellis | |||
Skam | 2016 | Henrik Holm | |||
True Blood | 2008 – 2014 | Alexander Skarsgård | |||
Sex Education | 2019 – present | Patricia Allison | |||
Doctors | 2012 – present | Dido Miles | |||
Schitt's Creek | 2015 – 2020 | Dan Levy | |||
Steven Universe / Steven Universe Future | 2013 – 2020 | Susan Egan | |||
American Dad! | 2005 – present | Seth MacFarlane | The characters is specifically referred as "omnisexual". | ||
Legacies | 2018 – present | Kaylee Bryant | |||
Rick and Morty | 2013 – present | Justin Roiland | |||
Sophia | Star-Crossed | 2014 | Brina Palencia | ||
Orange Is the New Black | 2014 – 2019 | Kimiko Glenn | |||
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina | 2018 – present | Chance Perdomo | |||
Scream Queens | 2015 – 2016 | Billie Lourd | |||
House of Cards | 2013 – 2017 | Kevin Spacey | |||
In the Flesh | 2013 – 2014 | Luke Newberry | |||
Ackley Bridge | 2017 – 2019 | Sam Retford | Retford stated that Cory "just falls in love with people". |
Video games
Character | Title | Year | Voice actor | Notes | |
Iron Bull | 2014 | Freddie Prinze Jr. | |||
Mae | Night in the Woods | 2017 |
Graphic art
Character | Title / Publisher | Debut / Duration | Notes | |
Cardcaptor Sakura / | 1996 – present | The creators have stated that Sakura does not see gender as barrier for her romantic attraction. | ||
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. For Starfire, polyamory was a personal and cultural preference. | ||
Marvel Comics | 1962 | |||
Marvel Comics | 1991 |