| Actor | Character | Role in Season 5 | |-------|-----------|------------------| | | Michael Scofield | Presumed dead for 7 years; now “Kaniel Outis” (an ISIS hostage negotiator), held in Ogygia Prison, Yemen. | | Dominic Purcell | Lincoln Burrows | Older, more worn; hired to find Michael. Central action driver. | | Sarah Wayne Callies | Dr. Sara Tancredi | Married to Jacob Ness (new character), raising Michael’s son. Initially unaware Michael is alive. | | Paul Adelstein | Paul Kellerman | Returns in a minor but pivotal role as a U.S. Secret Service agent (now a U.S. Senator). | | Rockmond Dunbar | Benjamin “C-Note” Miles | Working as a truck driver; helps Lincoln locate Michael. | | Robert Knepper | Theodore “T-Bag” Bagwell | Released from prison via a mysterious letter from “Outis”; given a high-tech prosthetic hand. | | Amaury Nolasco | Fernando Sucre | Works as a warehouse foreman; loyal to Lincoln, helps in the rescue. |