Prof. John Robinson (played by William Hurt) is a protagonist in Lost in Space.
Mission commander and family father tasked with completing the Alpha Prime hypergate. Initially ignores Will's time travel theories but leads the crew's survival efforts, defeats Smith by exploiting spider biology, and devises the gravity well slingshot maneuver to escape the planet. Maj. Don West (played by Matt LeBlanc) is a protagonist in Lost in Space.
Hotshot fighter pilot who replaces the assassinated Jupiter II pilot. Works alongside John to subdue the rogue robot, explores the time bubble with him, and assists in recovering an injured Smith and the damaged robot before the final escape. Dr. Maureen Robinson (played by Mimi Rogers) appears in Lost in Space.
Mother of the Robinson family and the mission's physician. According to future Will's account, she is killed alongside her daughters by spider-like creatures in the alternate timeline where the crew survives the initial crash. Dr. Judy Robinson (played by Heather Graham) appears in Lost in Space.
Elder Robinson daughter. Referenced by future Will as having been killed by the spider-like creatures in the divergent future timeline before the crew discovers the time distortion. Reporter #1 (played by Marta Kristen) appears in Lost in Space.
Dr. Zachary Smith (played by Gary Oldman) appears in Lost in Space.
The family physician and secret Global Sedition spy. Sabotages the ship's robot before launch and later mutates into a spider-like creature after a future encounter. His true plan is to use a time machine to spawn a spider race on Earth, but he is ultimately devoured by his own army and destroyed by the time portal. Space Cadet Reporter (played by Kamay Lau) appears in Lost in Space.
Blarp (voice) (played by Gary A. Hecker) appears in Lost in Space.
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Characters
Prof. John Robinson
(played by William Hurt) — protagonist
Mission commander and family father tasked with completing the Alpha Prime hypergate. Initially ignores Will's time travel theories but leads the crew's survival efforts, defeats Smith by exploiting s...
Maj. Don West
(played by Matt LeBlanc) — protagonist
Hotshot fighter pilot who replaces the assassinated Jupiter II pilot. Works alongside John to subdue the rogue robot, explores the time bubble with him, and assists in recovering an injured Smith and...
Dr. Maureen Robinson
(played by Mimi Rogers) — supporting
Mother of the Robinson family and the mission's physician. According to future Will's account, she is killed alongside her daughters by spider-like creatures in the alternate timeline where the crew s...
Dr. Judy Robinson
(played by Heather Graham) — supporting
Elder Robinson daughter. Referenced by future Will as having been killed by the spider-like creatures in the divergent future timeline before the crew discovers the time distortion.
Reporter #1
(played by Marta Kristen) — supporting
Dr. Zachary Smith
(played by Gary Oldman) — supporting
The family physician and secret Global Sedition spy. Sabotages the ship's robot before launch and later mutates into a spider-like creature after a future encounter. His true plan is to use a time mac...
Space Cadet Reporter
(played by Kamay Lau) — minor
Blarp (voice)
(played by Gary A. Hecker) — minor
Annie Tech
(played by Abigail Canton) — minor
Lab Technician
(played by Adam Sims) — minor
Rambler-Crane series Robot (voice)
(played by Dick Tufeld) — minor
Will Robinson
(played by Jack Johnson) — supporting
Young prodigy son whose prize-winning time travel experiment accurately predicts the crew's predicament. He saves the damaged robot's AI, controls the modified robot during missions, and ultimately sa...
Reporter #2
(played by Angela Cartwright) — minor
Global Sedition attack pilot
(played by Richard Saperstein) — minor
Noah Freeman
(played by John Sharian) — minor
Penny Robinson
(played by Lacey Chabert) — supporting
Robinson daughter who breaks curfew before launch. Discovers a camouflaging creature named Blarp aboard the Proteus and helps secure navigational data to reach Alpha Prime.
Older Will Robinson
(played by Jared Harris) — supporting
Future version of Will who survived the crash alone after his family was killed. He rebuilds the robot, constructs a time machine to prevent the Jupiter II's launch, and is eventually killed by fallin...
Principal Cartwright
(played by June Lockhart) — minor
Businessman
(played by Edward Fox) — minor
General
(played by Mark Goddard) — supporting
Story Analysis
A family stranded in uncharted space must survive alien threats and temporal paradoxes while uncovering a spy's genocidal plot.
Plot Progression
The Sabotaged Launch
Lost in Hyperspace & Alien Threats
Temporal Deception & Spider Mutation
Sacrifice & The Final Slingshot
Directed by Stephen Hopkins
Lost in Space (1998) · 5.4/10 · adventure, science-fiction, action
