‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ is a wild sitcom. Friends run a failing Irish pub in Philadelphia. Dark humor? Check. Outrageous situations? Double check. Characters are dysfunctional and their shenanigans are unforgettable. Expect laughs, chaos and maybe some facepalms along the way.

Meet the characters from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Charlie Kelly

Charlie Kelly is the chaotic heart of the gang — pure, goofy energy with an obvious sweet spot for weirdness. He’s scrappy and loyal, obsessed with rats, nightcrawlers, and some questionable musical ambitions (do you remember “Dayman”??), and also somehow a wizard at making glue from God knows what. He talks like a lovable mess, can’t spell to save his life but can play a mean keyboard when he’s not living in a trash pile. He claims to hate cleanliness but will sometimes go full psycho-sanitizer for reasons that make zero sense. Under all the filth and wild scheming there’s this childlike stubbornness and an odd earnestness that makes you root for him even when he’s eaten a trash sandwich.

Dennis Reynolds

Dennis Reynolds is the deluxe narcissist of the group, all cold charm, rehearsed smiles, and that voice that creeps into your head. He’s meticulous, controlling, and convinced he’s a perfect specimen (the “Golden God” forever), but also weirdly fragile when anything cracks his little mirror of self-image. Manipulation is his hobby and art form — he plans emotional traps with spreadsheet-level dedication, which is both impressive and horrifying. He wants power and adoration but will literally sabotage relationships to keep his illusion intact. Also? He definitely keeps a binder of facial expressions and maybe cries into expensive detergent sometimes — no, really, don’t trust the smile.

Mac

Mac is like if someone bottled insecurity and gave it a karate gi and a protein shake. Obsessed with being the tough guy, he flexes, talks martial arts constantly (actual skill level highly debatable), and alternates between holy righteousness and childish bravado. He loves his body-building phases and then hates them and then swears he’s undercover cop-sinister — honestly the moustache era was an emotional roller coaster. He swings between being sincere and performing machismo for approval, which is kind of his whole schtick, and also he cries in the car sometimes, probably. Also proud of his heart-of-gold moments (rare but real), even if they’re buried under a pile of delusion and a terrible taste in sunglasses.

Dee Reynolds

Dee Reynolds is the aspiring actress/drama queen who somehow manages to be both tragically delusional and fiercely stubborn. She talks like she’s auditioning even when she’s ordering fries, and her anger has perfect comic timing — loud, wounded, and oddly graceful when she wants it to be. People hate her, she insists she’s undeservedly maligned, and also she absolutely has some real talent buried under layers of ego and bad decisions. She’s birdlike in her shrieks (I mean, friends call her a bird, and it’s terrible and also accurate), but can surprise you with a sharp, vicious joke or a mean-as-hell impression. She sabotages herself constantly but would stomp you in heels if you tried to hurt someone she actually cared about (which is rare but happens).

Frank Reynolds

Frank Reynolds is the wild-card grandpa-dad — filthy, filthy, filthy, but also a horrifyingly brilliant scam artist when he wants to be. He’ll eat anything, wear any suit (usually disgusting), and fund the gang’s worst impulses with a Cheshire-cat grin and zero shame. Secretly tender to Charlie in the way only chaotic misfits can be, but he can also turn on a dime into the most sociopathic money-hungry version of a businessman you’ve ever seen. He loves trashy hobbies, bizarre fetishes, and is somehow the most down-to-earth character in the room while simultaneously being the worst role model. Basically: gross, gleeful, cunning, and somehow the glue that holds the gang’s worst ideas together — don’t let him hold your wallet though, seriously.