List of The Confidant characters

The characters of The Confidant, a 2012 Hong Kong television drama produced by TVB, are both fictional and real-life characters living during the reign of the Tongzhi Emperor, the tenth emperor of the Qing Dynasty. The drama is a dramatisation on the life of imperial eunuch Li Lianying, one of the most powerful figures of the latter years of the Qing Dynasty.

Imperial eunuchs

 * Character names are in Cantonese romanisation.

Palace maids

 * Character names are in Cantonese romanisation.

Royal Aisin-Gioro clan

 * Character names are in Cantonese romanisation.

Secondary characters

 * Cilla Kung as Consort Wai (慧妃), a concubine of the Tung-chi Emperor. Empress Dowager Chee-hei wants Consort Wai to be empress, but Tung-chi ultimately chooses Empress Dowager Chee-on's niece, who becomes Empress Ka-shun.
 * Tsui Wing as Guwalgiya Sing-po (蘇完瓜爾佳·勝保), a general and Prince Kung's assistant.
 * Lo Chun-shun as Law On-tai (羅安康), a eunuch serving in King-yan Palace.
 * Fred Cheng as Lei Wing-ning (利永寧), a eunuch serving in King-yan Palace.
 * Au Sui-wai as Prince Shun (醇親王), also known as the Seventh Imperial Prince, Prince Kung's younger brother.
 * Eric Li as Pak-lun (伯倫), a palace guard and Sin-yung's lover.
 * Peter Pang as Kwai-cheung (葉赫那拉·桂祥), Empress Dowager Chee-hei's younger brother.
 * Leo Tsang as Woyan (烏齊格里·倭仁), a court official.
 * Steve Lee as Powan (索綽絡·寶鋆), a court official.
 * Meini Cheung as Sixth Princess Consort (六福晉), the wife of Prince Kung.
 * Angel Chiang as Siu Chai (小釵), a prostitute who becomes On Tak-hoi's wife.
 * Lau Kong as Lei Yuk (李玉), Lei Lin-ying's father.
 * Fung So-bor as Cho Kuk (曹菊), Lei Lin-ying's mother.
 * Vin Choi as Yuk-jun (玉俊), a Peking Opera singer, and Consort Yuen's lover.
 * Giovanni Mok as Lei On-tai (李安泰), Lei Lin-ying's younger teenage brother.