Leverage - Who Are You?

Former insurance fraud investigator for IYS Insurance and the team's mastermind. Nate originally intended to become a Catholic priest, prior to becoming an insurance investigator. While working for IYS, Nate's young son Sam became fatally ill and IYS refused to pay for an experimental procedure, resulting in his death. The aftermath leads to his divorce from his wife Maggie, his subsequent dismissal from the company and his descent into alcoholism. After meeting for the first time and running a con against their first mark, instead of disbanding as intended, Nate is asked to continue working with them and is given the privilege of selecting what clients the team will help. A skilled planner, Nate draws on his experience as an insurance investigator and to anticipate the moves of his team's marks. Nate is at first very friendly, but is unwilling to discuss his own problems with friends or others. His tendency to change objectives in the middle of a job, his alcoholism, and his often-tenuous relationship with his team has on occasion put the client and the team at risk.

A British actress and accomplished grifter with a taste for art theft. Multi-lingual and particularly adept at the use of accents, Sophie is seen to portray many characters in various cons, usually making direct contact with a mark to draw them into the con. Sophie has a collection of aliases, which includes "Sophie Deveraux". She has revealed her real name to all members of the team but Nate, who "hasn't earned it yet". Comically, her attempts to make a career as an actress lead to nothing but failure, as she proves woefully untalented and over-the-top onstage. It is only during a con when she can disappear effortlessly into a character, where ironically she can actually act well if she is pretending to be an actress. She has a long history with Nate, dating back at least ten years to when he pursued her with IYS as an art thief. At some point, they recognized an attraction to one another, but they have never acted on it, leaving Sophie alternately frustrated, angry and disappointed. Nate has on occasion tried to further the relationship but for various reasons Sophie has resisted.