All 16 Main Characters Killed By Jack Bauer In 24

Summary Deaths in 24 are frequent, especially at the hands of protagonist Jack Bauer who takes out major antagonists and hitmen alike.

Jack's kills are emotional and impulsive, each revealing something about his character and shaping him throughout the series.

From intense action sequences to brutal executions, Jack's confrontations with villains highlight the high stakes and personal sacrifices in 24.

This article contains spoilers for each season of 24.

Deaths occur frequently in 24, with some of the most impactful being at the hands of the series' protagonist, Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland). 24 follows Jack and his crew as they work with the Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU). Each episode of 24 takes place over the course of an hour with a digital clock appearing on the screen to show the passage of time. Throughout each of 24's seasons, also known as days, Jack finds himself in a variety of dangerous scenarios, such as attempted assassinations, bomb detonations, and bioterrorism, all of which result in a high number of kills by the end of each day.

Many of Jack's kills are made up of unnamed hitmen working for larger antagonists, but Jack has still managed to kill major characters as well. Jack's confrontations with 24's best villains lead to intense action sequences and some of Jack's best scenes. Similar to protagonists in other action thriller TV shows, Jack is not perfect and many of his kills are impulsive and charged with emotion and hurt. Every main character that Jack kills says something about his character and helps shape him with every new season of 24.

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1 Ira Gaines

Died on Day 1, 12:00pm-1:00pm

The importance Jack places on his family is apparent from the beginning of 24 when his wife and daughter are kidnapped and used as leverage by Ira Gaines. The main villains in 24 season 1 were the Drazen family, Victor, and his sons, Alexis and Andre. The latter hired Ira to go after Senator David Palmer as a means of revenge. The plan was to frame Jack for Palmer's death and the only way for Jack's family to be let go was if Jack followed through. A final confrontation between the two was intense as Jack pressured Gaines to reveal who hired him. Gaines refused to reveal Drazen's identity and quickly turned to shoot Jack, but fortunately, Jack's reflexes were quick, and he killed Gaines first.

2 Andre Drazen

Died on Day 1, 11:00pm-12:00am

Similarly to Jack, Victor Drazen would do anything to protect his family. Senator Palmer organized a mission known as Operation Nightfall, which was an attempt to assassinate Victor. Though Victor survived the attack, his wife and daughter were killed. Angered and feeling like Jack was responsible for their deaths, Victor’s son, Andre, teamed up with his father and sought revenge on Jack. Andre worked with Ira to kill Palmer and put the blame on Jack. Once their actions had caught up to them, Andre and Victor deserted the gunfire chaos and made their way to the pier, waiting to board a boat and escape. However, before they could do so, Jack found them and killed Andre on the spot.

3 Victor Drazen

Died on Day 1, 11:00pm-12:00am

Desperate to save his daughter, Kim, Jack offered to turn himself into the Drazens so long as she was let go. Before meeting up with Victor and Andre, Jack was informed that his daughter had died. Though Kim was still alive, Victor assumed Jack would be too emotionally distraught to kill the Drazens. However, Kim's supposed death only fueled Jack further and when he catches up with the father and son duo, he kills them both. Victor didn't go down as easily as his son, but once Jack knocked him into the water, he continued to shoot at him in an emotional and angered rage.

4 Eddie Grant

Died on Day 2, 11:00am-12:00pm

Before working as a CTU agent, Jack went undercover with a militia leader, Joe Wald, and his crew, which included Eddie Grant. Years later, CTU learns that a bomb is set up to detonate in Los Angeles, so Jack goes undercover and reunites with Eddie in hopes of finding Joe. Jack eventually earns Eddie's trust, but as soon as Eddie obtains Joe's address, Jack reveals his true identity. Eddie manages to get in the car and drive toward Jack, aiming to run him over, but not before a bullet is shot at him through the windshield, killing him instantly.

5 Nina Myers

Died on Day 3, 2:00am-3:00am

Nina Myers is one of the most compelling villains in 24. It's because of her actions that her death was inevitable and being at the hands of Jack makes it all the more satisfying. Having already killed Jack's wife, Teri Bauer, as one of her first villainous acts, Nina tries to take another member of Jack's family when she has her gun pointed at his daughter, Kim. Fortunately, he was able to step in before any bullets were fired. Nina had been kept alive and saved from imprisonment up until this point due to the valuable information she held, but seeing there was nothing more she could provide to the CTU, Jack finally got revenge for Teri's death and killed Nina.

6 Ryan Chappelle

Died on Day 3, 6:00am-7:00am

The sacrifices made in Jack's line of work are put on display multiple times throughout 24 and one of the most heartbreaking examples of this is with Ryan Chappelle's death. As an act of bioterrorism, a deadly virus is threatened to be released into the city unless Ryan is executed. The greater good is prioritized and Jack is put in charge of killing Ryan. The final moment between them is emotional as the weight of their situation is heavily impacting both men. Ryan has one of the saddest deaths in 24, but his death is also a reminder of the stakes in the series, which proves that no one is too important within the CTU to be killed.

7 Paul Raines

Died on Day 4, 2:00am-3:00am

Jack's impulsiveness and poor judgment are the differentiating factors surrounding Paul Raines' death. Unlike other deaths Jack is responsible for, Paul was shot by Dave Conlon, the head of security at McLennen-Forster, whose bullet was intended to hit Jack. Paul was rushed to the hospital for life-saving surgery, but Jack put a halt to his operations and asked that the doctors prioritize another injured man who had the necessary intel. When Paul eventually succumbed to his injuries, Jack felt immense guilt and took responsibility. Paul's death is the grimmest, unintentional outcome of Jack's tendency to take any actions he deems necessary to reach his end goal.

8 Vladimir Bierko

Died on Day 5, 5:00am-6:00am

While in the United States, Vladimir Bierko was determined to purchase Sentox nerve gas from American officials. Once Vladimir's plan was uncovered, he took action beyond the use of nerve gas. After Vladimir successfully wiped out members aboard a submarine, he and his henchmen had access to its missiles. However, Jack was able to invade the submarine and put an end to Vladimir's plans before any missiles were launched. During the action sequence, Jack kills all of Vladimir's henchmen one by one, until he is the only one remaining. Jack and Vladimir fought with one another until Jack was able to take hold of his neck and snap it.

9 Christopher Henderson

Died on Day 5, 5:00am-6:00am

During Day 5, Christopher Henderson was selling Sentox nerve gas to Vladimir Bierko. During his last moments, he aided Jack in stopping Vladimir from launching the missiles, but after they successfully shut down Vladimir's operation and killed him, Christopher pointed his gun at Jack. Having never fully trusted him, Jack was prepared for the attack and gave Christopher an empty gun. Similar to Nina's death, Jack's killing of Christopher was rooted in revenge and was a gratifying moment for audiences. Earlier on Day 5, Christopher was complicit in the deaths of beloved 24 characters, David Palmer and Michelle Dessler.

10 Curtis Manning

Died on Day 6, 9:00am-10:00am

While working for the CTU, it's nearly impossible for one's personal life to remain separate from their professional work. Sometimes, loved ones are used as emotional leverage by terrorists, as seen with Jack's family, or a terrorist can act as a reminder of one's past. The latter is where Curtis Manning finds himself. Curtis can't shake his past confrontation with Hamri Al-Assad, the man responsible for the ambush of his squad in Iraq, who is now being pardoned as he holds precious intel that's needed by the CTU. Threatening to kill Hamri and showing no signs of backing down, Jack finds that he must shoot Curtis to preserve the mission. Just like Ryan, Curtis' death is one of the worst things to happen to Jack and causes an immediate reaction of guilt and devastation from him.

11 Abu Fayed

Died on Day 6, 10:00pm-11:00pm

Abu Fayed is one of the more dangerous antagonists in 24 due to what he was able to achieve before being caught. After having gone on a weeks-long series of bombings across the United States, Abu attempted to set off one final bomb, but he eventually met his end during a confrontation with Jack. The two went back and forth trying to get hold of a suitcase containing the bomb, but Jack had the upper hand and killed Abu. Jack has never been considerate with his methods of killing, but the visual state he left Abu in is haunting. Jack hung Abu up with a steel chain and let him struggle until he died.

12 Dana Walsh

Died on Day 8, 11:00am-12:00pm

Similar to Nina Myers's death, Dana Walsh remained safe because of the inside information she was able to hand over to the CTU, and part of Jack's reasoning for killing her was in honor of those who died as a result of her actions. During this time, she was working undercover for the Russian Federation, which had been behind two major deaths in 24, Omar Hassan and Renee Walker. Though Dana claimed she wasn't involved with the plan to kill Renee, Jack dismissed her pleas for survival and shot her two times. Jack had it out for Renee's killers following her sudden death and killing Dana was the beginning of his descent into rage.

13 Pavel Tokarev & Mikhail Novakovich

Died on Day 8, 12:00pm-1:00pm & 1:00pm-2:00pm

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The deaths of Pavel Tokarev and Mikhail Novakovich were both executed by Jack and are closely connected. Before his death, Pavel staked out Jack's apartment and when Renee was alone, he shot her. Pavel's death occurred first and the brutal nature of his killing was a result of Jack's grieving and wrath over Renee's death. Jack endlessly tortured Pavel, by tearing his skin and burning his open wounds with a blow torch, eventually slicing open his stomach to retrieve a SIM card.

Once Pavel bled out and Mikhail heard of his torture, he worried he was Jack's next victim. Before he could escape to meet with Russian President Yuri Suvarov, Mikhail was killed by Jack. As one of his bodyguards informs the others of his death, Mikhail's deceased body is shown with a fireplace poker in his abdomen. While Jack's killing spree on Day 8 is gruesome, it's not entirely unexpected. By this point, Jack's personal life had suffered greatly as a result of his job, and being blinded by his pain, Jack didn't spare Renee's killers.

14 Margot Al-Harazi

Died on Day 9, 7:00pm-8:00pm

Throughout every season of 24, revenge remains a constant motive for killing others, and one of the last main antagonists in the final season is no different. Years before Day 9, Margot Al-Harazi's husband was killed by a drone strike ordered by United States President James Heller. Now, in the present day, Margot is operating alongside her children, Simone and Ian, putting a plan in motion to assassinate the president. Margot and Ian have successfully stayed hidden away in their safe house, but the CIA acquires her location and invades the building. Unlike other deaths caused by Jack, Margot was not killed by a gun or by torture, but rather, she was pushed out of a window and fell to her death, along with her son Ian.

15 Cheng Zhi

Died on Day 9, 10:00pm-11:00am

Cheng Zhi's death was a long time coming after he spent two years in charge of Jack's capture and torture, in addition to the torturing of Audrey Raines. Due to their past, it's expected that Jack resents Cheng, but his animosity is exacerbated when he learns Cheng had Audrey killed. Cheng boarded a ship with the intent of escaping, but before he could do so, Jack's outrage caused him to wipe out the ship's crew and fight Cheng one-on-one. Once Jack was able to show proof of Cheng's life to prevent a war between the United States and China, he deemed Cheng useless and beheaded him with a katana, stating it was done on behalf of Audrey.