List of We Are America characters

Here is a comprohensive list of characters from We Are America.

Tom Santos
Played by Blake Michael. A sporty, kindhearted boy with a love of skateboarding and basketball. He is of Mexican-American and lives with his mother, father and younger brother. He is also a skilled singer, as evidenced when he performs a rendition of "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)". Throughout the series, Tom has a number of relationships, before later having an on-off gay relationship with Alex, despite disapproval from the latter's strict parents.

Towards the end of the series, Tom is chosen to play for Mexican basketball team Panteras de Aguascalientes.

Molly Harper
Played by Sierra McCormick. A girl with a feisty personality and a caring nature, she has been close friends with Tom since kindergarten. She shares his love of sports, especially basketball, and also likes travel and cooking. She lives with her single mother and grandmother. Her favourite holiday destinations are Jamaica, Greece and Australia.

Molly's parents are divorced, but sees her father every other weekend, and on one such visit, she discovers that her father is gay, and has a younger Italian partner called Nick; she later leaves Houston with him to live in Sydney.

Ben DeSanto
Played by Jeremy Shada. He is Tom's closest friend aside from Molly, and has known him since first grade. He is of Italian-American and Polish-American descent, and has a quirky, nerdy personality, exhibited in his extensive love and knowledge of pop culture and superheroes. He lives with his strict parents and paternal grandmother.