Yellowstone

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While everyYellowstonecharacter within Kevin Costner ’s Dutton family tree has strength and weaknesses , some characters rise to the top . Yellowstone’scast of charactershave had dynamic news report over five season of Taylor Sheridan ’s hit neo - westerly show on the Paramount web . However , on the whole , Yellowstone ’s characters mostly stay the same throughout the serial . In the face of the vehemence and drama inYellowstone , the quality that signalize Beth Dutton ( Kelly Reilly ) from someone like Jamie Dutton ( Wes Bentley ) are unhesitating .

Beth and her husband , Rip Wheeler ( Cole Hauser ) , fend out inYellowstone . The lovebirds ' prominence in the Dutton Ranch ’s saga is hardly a secret , deliberate the franchise harbinger aBeth and RipYellowstonespinoffto continue the characters ' stories afterYellowstoneseason 5 , part 2 . On the other mitt , case like Jamie are universally unlikeable , while others shore somewhere in the middle . class members like Tate ( Breken Merril ) and Carter ( Finn Little ) have had picayune potential to evolve , butTaylor Sheridan ’s evolving TV universecould change that .

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8Jamie Dutton

Wes Bentley Plays John Dutton’s Adopted Son Jamie

Jamie Dutton is far and out the least charming Dutton . While Jamie ’s dramatise status earn him no less Dutton than anyone else in theDutton fellowship tree diagram , his personality and direct actions against the home that put forward him do . Rather than nonremittal to honesty and noble , albeit reckless , actions like his sibling Beth and Kayce Dutton ( Luke Grimes),Jamie is conniving and cowardly , which proves to be a deadly combinationfor those around him .

Kevin Costner ’s Dutton Family

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John Dutton III

Kevin Costner

Evelyn Dutton

Jamie looking angry with blood down his forehead in Yellowstone season 5 part A

Yellowstone stars Kevin Costner and centers on his character John Dutton. Dutton and his family live on a cattle ranch just a few hours away from Yellowstone National Park. The series chronicles the family’s struggle to defend their home from an Indian reservation and land developers. As if their life wasn’t complicated enough, the Duttons also have medical issues, political aspirations, and family secrets stacked against them.

Gretchen Mol

Lee Dutton

Dave Annable

Kelsey Asbille as Monica Dutton in Yellowstone

Jamie Dutton

Wes Bentley

Beth Dutton

Collage of Carter (Finn Little) in Yellowstone.

Kelly Reilly

Kayce Dutton

Luke Grimes

Kevin Costner as John Dutton in Yellowstone

Few Duttons can claim their manus are clean of wrongdoing , butJamie carry more guilt than any otherYellowstonecharacter . After betraying his family to become Montana ’s lawyer full general and leaking sensitive Dutton enigma to a reporter investigating his family ’s transgressions , Jamie murders an free reporter to cover them up . Jamie ’s taking the life of a diarist shows that he is more uncoerced to cover moral bound than character like John and Rip .

Despite his conniving way , the Yellowstone time of year 5 , part 2 premiere uncover that Jamie is n’t the real villain in the Neo - Western ’s final time of year .

ThroughouteveryYellowstoneseason , Jamie falter between inactive - fast-growing caper and violence , name him the least sympathetic of all the Duttons , even if you’re able to find commiseration in your heart . Jamie ’s conjuration comes to a head inYellowstoneseason 5 when he plot with Sarah Atwood ( Dawn Olivieri ) to take down John Dutton . While he did n’t make the final call on John ’s murder , Jamie caused his family a spate of support from the inside .

Cole Hauser as Rip Wheeler, Kelly Reilly as Beth Dutton, and Luke Grimes as Kayce Dutton in Yellowstone.

7Monica Dutton

Kelsey Asbille Plays John Dutton’s Daughter-In-Law

While Kelsey Asbille ’s Monica Dutton ( nee Long ) keep stiff timber , she is n’t the most likable quality inYellowstone , and candidly , that ’s a shame . Monica is Kayce Dutton ’s married woman , a Native American woman from the Confederated Tribes of Broken Rock . While Monica ’s position as an Indigenous phallus of Montana ’s native people gives Monica ’s character the most potential to have an inspiring floor , Monica ’s ego - righteousness distractsfrom the wiseness she possesses .

Monica took a shame - base approach to her pedagogy when becoming a Montana State University college lecturer .

Monica Dutton seemingly has nine life in Yellowstone , as she ’s almost choke several times . What happen , and how did she hold up each time ?

Headshot Of Kevin Costner In The Premiere Of Horizon: An American Saga

Monica repeat her confutative teaching behavior when she keep grade outdoors , only to line up her student on their phones . Rather than revolutionise her student to improve , she snaps at them and leaves . Monica falters throughout the series , alternating between supporting her husband and his kinfolk and finding them malefic and criminal . All that read , Monica ’s fiber improves after the death of her infant sonin theYellowstoneseason 5 premiereas she acquire to mount above her tragedy .

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The salutary part about Monica is that she ’s a grounding type , remind the other Duttons that their family ’s string of crimes is wrong . Still , there ’s a sea of woes about Monica online , with many of them pointing to Monica ’s complaints throughout the series and her hypocritical nature . Maybe we could have rooted more for Monica if she had more opportunities to modernise . For instance , Taylor Sheridan drops Monica ’s floor as a teacher mid - room throughYellowstonewithout explanation .

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6Tate Dutton

Brecken Merrill Plays John Dutton’s Grandson

Tate is the youngestYellowstoneDutton , and we have n’t had the opportunity to learn about the seventh - propagation Dutton ’s desires and motivations . InYellowstoneseason 5,Tate is reduced to react to his parents with one - linersand serving as a voice board for the massive decisiveness his father must make . Unfortunately , Sheridan did n’t use Tate more in season 5 , since he play a potentially enormous role in the outcome of the Dutton family ’s legacy .

The Seven Generations of Dutton Ranchers

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Generation

Jacob Dutton

Harrison Ford

1923

First

James Dutton

Tim McGraw

1883

John Dutton I

Audie Rick , James Badge Dale , Jack Michael Doke

1883 , 1923 , Yellowstone

Second

Spencer Dutton

Brandon Sklenar , Charlie Stover

1923 , Yellowstone

Jack Dutton

Darren Mann

Third

John Dutton II

Dabney Coleman

fourthly

Kevin Costner , Josh Lucas

Fifth

Peter Dutton

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Sixth

Luke stain , Rhys Alterman

Tate Dutton

Brecken Merrill

7th

John Dutton IV

While it was cute that Tate say his pappa he saw himself as a sportfishing usher , Tate and John ’s fishing bond is one of Tate ’s only narrative independent of his parent , so it did n’t tellYellowstoneviewers anything new about his character . There ’s also a disconnect between the vernal Tate ofYellowstone ’s early seasons and Tate growing into a young adult in time of year 5 . Tate have a growth spirt duringYellowstone ’s yield break , emerging at a different life stage .

5Carter

Finn Little Plays John Dutton’s Symbolic Grandson

Carter also has slight screen time , but his phylogeny from orphan to Yellowstone ranch hand make him a more interesting adolescent character than Tate . The story of how his forefather failedCarter parallels Rip’sYellowstonestory , and take a leak Carter Beth and Rip ’s adopted child inYellowstonewas the thoroughgoing ghost . Carter only mess up that one prison term inYellowstonewhen Beth took him shopping , and he begged her for a fancy shirt .

Carter come along in Yellowstone season 4 as a precocious young kid but his history changes in season 5 and it may be because of how tall Finn Little grew .

Even then , Carter was just a kid , and neither Beth nor her newfound kin knew how to roleplay toward each other . Since that moment , which Carter is n’t to blame for , the ranch mitt has grown into an honorable young adult . InYellowstoneseason 5 , Carter tells Rip that he want to be just like John Dutton , and Rip gives him hope that someday , he can be . Hopefully , Carter ’s chronicle will continuewith his parent inBeth and Rip’sYellowstonespinoff , earmark his character to amount forward .

4John Dutton

Kevin Costner Plays John Dutton III

Kevin Costner ’s iconic John Dutton persona is one of the most likable and effortlessly nerveless in Taylor Sheridan ’s neo - westerly , and he ’s a rooter favorite to some . Still , John Dutton is guilty of many transgression inYellowstone , and the conflict he caused his children puts him in a gray arena . For example , when Kayce got Monica pregnant and then choose to start out a family with her , John Dutton gave Kayce the Yellowstone Dutton ranch brand on his chest as a penalization .

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While no parent is perfect , John Dutton made some decision about raising his children that are worth factoring in . Still , Costner ’s persona is an enigmatic , strong leader , and his conclusion to protect his plate United States Department of State of Montana from holidaymaker and ontogenesis projects was great . While we never got to see what would derive of John Dutton ’s discharge afterKevin Costner’sYellowstoneseason 5 release , the Dutton patriarch has a hearty bequest inYellowstone . The account of John Dutton ’s immediate family unit isYellowstone ’s heartbeat .

3Kayce Dutton

Luke Grimes Plays John Dutton’s Son Kayce

True to heart with the dependable intentions , Kayce Dutton is one of the best characters inYellowstonedespite his floundering throughout the serial publication . Kayce is a consecrate husband and cooperator to Monica , and Padre to Tate , proving his allegiance to his family and the Broken Rock Tribe inYellowstoneseason 5 . Kayce tries his hard to meet the needs of those around him , sometimes compromise what ’s good for him . Still , Luke Grimes ' character reference has evolve sinceKayce ’s vision inYellowstoneseason 4 .

Beth and Kayce are making up for John Dutton III ’s failure in Taylor Sheridan ’s neo - Western epic , pose up the next generation of Dutton ranchers .

Kayce is a hard character inYellowstoneseason 5 , part 2 , angle into aboriginal American ceremonies to steer his path . Despite being surrounded by slaying and violence and often making himself a killer , Kayce has arrant intentions and only hurts others to protect the people he lovesor those who need protect . Kayce ’s golden heart makes him a expert parent than John Dutton was to him , give up Tate to choose his path self-governing of the Yellowstone Ranch .

2Rip Wheeler

Cole Hauser Plays John Dutton’s Son-In-Law

Supportive to those around him with a rich backstory , Rip Wheeler is also one of the in effect type inYellowstone . While he may not be as pure as Kayce ’s golden male child , Rip has a caring someone hammer by the harm he faced in his adolescence . Rip ’s ability to rise up above his ambitious living circumstances and make a life for himself at the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch is admirable , ready him one of the series ' most well - rounded character reference with a great story .

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Since getting together with Beth and take in thick discussions about their past times and future , Cole Hauser ’s incendiary type has softened , and it ’s been a joyousness to see . Rip has n’t had a strong storyline inYellowstoneseason 5 , as the Dutton siblings take midway leg and negociate their time to come . Still , Yellowstone ’s backstory for Rip in flashbacks is captivating and memorable , with Kyle Red Silverstein make the unadulterated young Rip , resemble Hauser ’s older iteration .

1Beth Dutton

Kelly Reilly Plays John Dutton’s Only Daughter

Beth Dutton is hand down the best Dutton in Kevin Costner ’s Dutton clan , and one of the sound characters in the entireYellowstonefranchise . Beth ’s best moments inYellowstoneprove that while she has terrorize antics at times , with John Dutton calling her"evil"at one compass point , Beth has a massive heart . While Beth certainly has a average streak , Yellowstoneflashbacks explain how Beth ’s harden exterior comes from the pain she feel with the death of her mother , who blamed her for her dying .

While Beth ’s initial parenting style and garishness countenance scrutiny , she still has the most iconic character and more nitty-gritty than anyone .

While Beth could stand to be take for accountable more often , she has epic second of growth when someone can do so successfully . For representative , when Rip calls Beth out for make a fuss at the dinner table once he formally has a home , it is a substantial experience to see Beth ’s mealtime demeanor alteration when the family moves to the smaller tabular array . While Beth ’s initial parenting panache and brashness warrant scrutiny , she still has the most iconic character and more heart than anyone inYellowstone .

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Yellowstone whiz Kevin Costner and centers on his character John Dutton . Dutton and his sept live on a cattle ranch just a few hours away from Yellowstone National Park . The serial chronicle the family ’s battle to defend their home from an Amerind reserve and commonwealth developer . As if their life was n’t complicated enough , the Duttons also have aesculapian issues , political inhalation , and kinsperson secrets stacked against them .