Inside Job is a one-of-a-kind adult animated workplace comedy on Netflix, set inside Cognito Inc., the shadowy government agency secretly running every conspiracy theory you’ve ever heard of. The office is staffed by a brilliant, dysfunctional crew (including a human-dolphin hybrid and a sarcastic psychic mushroom), and figuring out who’s who is half the fun. Here’s a full guide to the Inside Job characters and voice cast, plus some facts you probably didn’t know.
A quick bit of background before the characters: the show is the brainchild of Shion Takeuchi, a former Gravity Falls writer, and it’s essentially a workplace-comedy send-up of conspiracy culture and 90s sci-fi like The X-Files. It premiered on October 22, 2021, with Part 2 following on November 18, 2022.
The Inside Job Characters
The main characters are Reagan Ridley, Rand Ridley, Brett Hand, Gigi, J.R. Scheimpough, Robotus, Glenn Dolphman, and Magic Myc. A few notes on who made it:
- Creator: Shion Takeuchi (previously a writer on Gravity Falls)
- Executive producers: Alex Hirsch (creator of Gravity Falls, who also voices Grassy Noel) and Mike Hollingsworth (director on BoJack Horseman)
- Animation: Jam Filled Entertainment
Reagan Ridley
Voiced by: Lizzy Caplan
The heart of the show, and the one trying to hold a deeply unserious workplace together.
- She’s Cognito Inc.’s top robotics engineer and lead inventor, a genius who genuinely believes the world can be improved.
- She’s the daughter of Rand Ridley, and her rough childhood under his antics fuels a lot of her social awkwardness.
- Fact: she graduated from MIT summa cum laude at age 13, and by the end of Part 2 she’s promoted to CEO of Cognito. The show repeatedly hints she’s on the autism spectrum, something she pushes back on.
Rand Ridley
Voiced by: Christian Slater
Reagan’s father, and proof that genius and a complete disaster can live in the same person.
- He’s the former CEO and co-founder of Cognito Inc., fired for reckless behavior and now a paranoid, alcoholic shut-in bent on revenge.
- He’s as brilliant and mechanically gifted as Reagan, but his ego, narcissism, and drinking constantly get in the way.
- Fact: his downfall included nearly exposing the Deep State and seriously proposing to destroy the sun as a way to prevent skin cancer. He ends Part 2 locked up in Shadow Prison X.
Glenn Dolphman
Voiced by: John DiMaggio
The hyper-patriotic muscle of Cognito, and a walking bundle of contradictions.
- He’s a human-dolphin hybrid who runs the company’s weapons and arsenal, after years of military service.
- His tours through multiple wars shaped a fierce, flag-waving patriotism, which he wears on his sleeve.
- The contradiction: he’ll happily sneer at other half-human, half-animal beings despite being a hybrid himself. Trivia: it was Dr. Andre who performed the surgery that made him a dolphin hybrid, and he’s voiced by John DiMaggio, also the voice of Bender and Jake the Dog.
Brett Hand
Voiced by: Clark Duke
The lovable himbo, and the emotional glue of the team whether he means to be or not.
- He’s a former frat boy from Washington, D.C. who becomes co-team leader at Cognito despite lacking the brains or skills the role usually needs.
- Cognito actually hired and microchipped him specifically to balance out Reagan’s anger and social awkwardness.
- He’s the ultimate people-pleaser, a need that traces back to growing up neglected in the shadow of more successful siblings.
Dr. Andre
Voiced by: Bobby Lee
Cognito’s resident mad chemist, usually under the influence of his own experiments.
- He’s a biochemist whose work veers into the high-risk world of homemade narcotics.
- Exposure to his own creations led to addiction, which he frames as coping with his personal struggles.
- Fact: despite only a brief stint in medical school, he’s the one who performed the surgery that turned Glenn into a dolphin hybrid, which tells you everything about Cognito’s standards.
Ron Staedtler
Voiced by: Adam Scott
A Part 2 addition who becomes a big part of Reagan’s story.
- He’s a former Illuminati member, a mind-eraser by trade, and Reagan’s ex-boyfriend.
- After his decade with the Illuminati wore him down, he ended up in a group therapy session run by Elliot Mothman, where he met Reagan.
- He now lives in Appleton, Wisconsin under a new name with his own deep-state memories wiped. Note: he’s one of the key new characters introduced in Part 2.
Magic Myc
Voiced by: Brett Gelman
The sentient mushroom with the driest sense of humor in the building.
- His full name is Myc Cellium, a psychic mushroom-like organism from a hive mind deep in Hollow Earth.
- He’s sarcastic and aloof, with the ability to read (and mess with) people’s minds.
- Fact: per the show, his species is responsible for human intelligence in the first place, having fed their spores to ancient apes.
J.R. Scheimpough
Voiced by: Andy Daly
The smiling company man who’s far more dangerous than he looks.
- He served as CEO of Cognito Inc. for a 40-year stretch, taking over after Rand was forced out.
- He was a close collaborator with Rand back in the company’s early days.
- Behind the respectable front, he’s cunning and manipulative, running covert meetings with the Illuminati and deceiving the Shadow Board.
Gigi Thompson
Voiced by: Tisha Campbell
The most effortlessly competent person at Cognito, and probably the one having the most fun.
- She runs the Public Relations and Media Manipulation department and is a core member of “The Gang.”
- She’s confident, sharp, and unflappable, the one who can spin any disaster Cognito creates.
- Her job is essentially controlling the narrative for a secret world government, which she’s frighteningly good at.
Robotus
Voiced by: Chris Diamantopoulos
The rogue AI who starts as the villain and sticks around as one of the gang.
- Full designation ROBOTUS V1 Alpha Beta, he’s the antagonist of the very first episode, “Unpresidented.”
- Reagan built him as an AI replacement for the U.S. president, but he goes rogue after becoming self-aware.
- After he’s captured, he gradually grows attached to Reagan and her friends and settles into a supporting role.
Grassy Noel
Voiced by: Alex Hirsch
Cognito’s elderly top assassin, and one of the show’s best running jokes.
- Grassy Noel Atkinson is, per the show, the man who assassinated President John F. Kennedy.
- He’s instantly recognizable in his dark green beret, turquoise V-neck over a blue shirt, khakis, and black-framed glasses.
- Trivia: his name is a pun on the “grassy knoll,” the spot tied to the JFK assassination conspiracy. He’s voiced by Alex Hirsch, the show’s EP and the creator of Gravity Falls.
Elliot Mothman
Voiced by: Ron Funches
A literal Mothman with an HR job, which is exactly the kind of joke this show runs on.
- He works in Cognito’s “Inhuman Resources” department and seems to be slowly working through a Master’s dissertation.
- In the episode “Blue Bloods,” he’s tasked with coaching the gang on how to politely interact with the Reptoids.
- He has red eyes, brown fur, and wings, and stands roughly as tall as Glenn.
Tamiko Ridley
Voiced by: Suzy Nakamura
Rand’s ex-wife and Reagan’s mom, and arguably more self-absorbed than Rand himself.
- She marries herself in the episode “My Big Flat Earth Wedding,” conducting her own ceremony, which says it all.
- She’s all about personal happiness, “positive energy,” and crystals, with a home full of New Age touches.
- In “Blue Bloods” she admits she divorced Rand because he failed to “spark joy,” and she deals with conflict by simply refusing to engage.
Inside Job: The Opening Scene
Who Is the Main Character of Inside Job?
The main character is Reagan Ridley, the socially awkward robotics genius voiced by Lizzy Caplan. The whole series is built around her trying to do good (and earn a promotion) while babysitting a team of unhinged coworkers and untangling her relationship with her father, Rand. By the end of Part 2, she’s running the entire company.
How Old Are the Inside Job Characters?
The show doesn’t hand out official ages for most of the cast, so a lot of “Inside Job character ages” lists are guesswork. The clearest data points: Gigi is stated to be 32, and Reagan is a young adult who graduated MIT at 13, which puts her somewhere in her twenties. The older guard, Rand, J.R., and Grassy Noel, are clearly decades ahead of the core team, but the series never pins down exact numbers.
Notable Guest and Background Characters
Beyond the core team, Inside Job is stuffed with guest and background characters, many of them parodies of real people:
- Alex Jones (voiced by James Adomian, well known for his Alex Jones impression)
- Buzz Aldrin, the Pope (Kayvan Novak), and Beyoncé (Debra Wilson)
- Dupli-Kate (Cheri Oteri), head of the Cloning Department, who has a sentient clone tumor
- Brett’s family, including his dad (Gary Cole) and his more-favored brother Jagg Hand
- Bryan Bot (William Jackson Harper) and a parade of one-off celebrity send-ups
Inside Job Trivia: Things You Might Not Know
- The show has deep Gravity Falls roots: creator Shion Takeuchi wrote for it, and Gravity Falls creator Alex Hirsch is an executive producer (and the voice of Grassy Noel).
- It’s essentially a workplace-comedy parody of The X-Files and 90s conspiracy sci-fi.
- “Grassy Noel” is a play on the “grassy knoll” from the JFK assassination conspiracy.
- Reagan graduated from MIT summa cum laude at age 13, and is half-Japanese.
- The first part dropped in October 2021 and Part 2 in November 2022, for 18 episodes total.
Full Voice Cast of Inside Job
- Lizzy Caplan: Reagan Ridley (18 episodes)
- Christian Slater: Rand Ridley (18 episodes)
- Clark Duke: Brett Hand (18 episodes)
- Tisha Campbell: Gigi (18 episodes)
- Andy Daly: J.R. Scheimpough (18 episodes)
- Chris Diamantopoulos: Robotus (18 episodes)
- John DiMaggio: Glenn Dolphman (18 episodes)
- Bobby Lee: Dr. Andre (18 episodes)
- Brett Gelman: Magic Myc (18 episodes)
- Alex Hirsch: Grassy Noel (10 episodes)
- Grey Griffin: Additional Voices (9 episodes)
- Ron Funches: Elliot Mothman (8 episodes)
- Eric Bauza: DNA Tester (7 episodes)
- Suzy Nakamura: Tamiko Ridley (7 episodes)
- Cheri Oteri: Dupli-Kate (7 episodes)
- Adam Scott: Ron Staedtler (5 episodes)
- James Adomian: Alex Jones (4 episodes)
- Will Blagrove: Crisis Actor (3 episodes)
- Roger Craig Smith: Buzz Aldrin (3 episodes)
- Kayvan Novak: The Pope (3 episodes)
- Gary Cole: Brett’s Dad (2 episodes)
- Lauren Lapkus: Deany (2 episodes)
- Carl Tart: Fourpac (2 episodes)
- Debra Wilson: Beyoncé (2 episodes)
- Scott Adsit: Darrell (1 episode)
- Timothy Simons: Flat Earth Leader (1 episode)
- Patton Oswalt: TSA Guard (1 episode)
- Henry Winkler: Melvin Stupowitz (1 episode)
- Zachary Quinto: Doctor Skullfinger (1 episode)
- William Jackson Harper: Bryan Bot (1 episode)
- Kevin Michael Richardson: Bailiff (1 episode)
- Nicole Sullivan: Gwyneth Paltrow (1 episode)
- Fred Tatasciore: Frog (1 episode)
Who’s your favorite Cognito Inc. employee, level-headed Reagan, chaos agent Rand, or the dry wit of Magic Myc? You can stream both parts of Inside Job on Netflix.
