The main characters in Disney's Hercules include:
- Hercules, obviously
- Philoctetes (Phil) - Hercules' trainer and friend
- Pegasus - Hercules' winged horse and loyal companion
- Hades - God of the Underworld and The Bad Guy
- Megera (Meg) - Love interest
- Pain - Hades' side-kick
- Panic - Hades' side-kick
- Zeus - Mightiest of all Gods and Hercules' biological father
- Hera - Zeus' wife and Hercules' biological mother
- Alcmene - Hercules' foster-mother
- Amphitryon - Hercules' foster-father
- Hermes - Messenger God
- Clotho - One of the three Fates and the one who spins the Thread of Life
- Lachesis - One of the three Fates and the one who measures the Thread of Life
- Atropos - One of the three Fates and the one who snips the Thread of Life
The movie Hercules does not accurately portray the Greek myth of Herakles in any way.