Schaefer is sent on a mission in Val Verde, under the belief that presidential cabinet members of Guatemala were kidnapped by guerrilla forces.
She later tells them of a legend inspired by the Predators, of an "old demon" that during hot summers attacks people from violent areas who are later found skinned and hollowed.
Though not as physically imposing as his teammates, he is a competent and intelligent soldier with a sarcastic sense of humour, although his composure begins to crumble as the attacks increase.
Billy dies shortly after presenting a formal knife fight challenge to the Predator (he discarded all of his equipment before doing so), in order to buy Dutch, Poncho, and Anna more time to escape.
The manner in which he is killed is unknown, but the Predator is later seen dragging Billy's body up a tree and placing him on a branch before removing his spine and skull as a trophy.
In August 2022, Bennett Taylor confirmed that the script for Prey revealed Billy to be the reincarnation of Taabe, a Comanche war chief and older brother of Naru who is ultimately killed by a Predator, portrayed by Dakota Beavers, reframing Billy's "last stand" with the Predator as being due to subconscious memories of a past life.
[3][4] Blain Cooper (Jesse Ventura) fought alongside Mac in the Vietnam War and were the only members of their platoon to survive a night-long battle.
Sergeant "Mac" Eliot (Bill Duke) is a close friend of Blain's; they served in Vietnam together and were the only two members of their platoon to make it out alive after a night-long battle.
Seeking vengeance for the death of his friend, Danny Archuleta, Harrigan ultimately defeats the Predator inside its ship using its own smart disc.
Lambert and Leona draw their weapons, only to notice all the doors have been shut tight, and the Predator which was on the roof of the train is now inside, killing the thugs and other armed citizens.
Garber (Adam Baldwin) is a member of Keyes' task force investigating a supposed drug conspiracy; this is only a cover for his attempts to capture the Predator.
Detective Jerry "The Lone Ranger" Lambert (Bill Paxton) is an LAPD cop, eventually transferred from another precinct into Metro Command.
He appears to be psychotic to a certain degree because of his voodoo beliefs, doing things such as ordering his men to remove the heart of a rival drug dealer.
While in a firefight with the police, El Scorpio and other gang members take refuge inside an adjacent building containing a hidden armory.
Design changes included tribal ornamentation on the forehead, which was made steeper and shallower, brighter skin colouration and a greater number of fangs.
Royce (Adrien Brody) is a former U.S. Special Operations Forces turned mercenary equipped with an AA-12 automatic shotgun with a drum mag, and a pistol as well as a machete.
Edwin temporarily paralyzes Isabelle by cutting her with his scalpel covered in neurotoxin and reveals that he is a psychopathic killer who wishes to stay on the planet to become like the Predators.
After being wounded by a plasma-caster shot from the Berserker Predator, he then sacrifices himself in a suicide attack to buy the other survivors time to escape.
Nikolai Mikhalov Fedorav (Oleg Taktarov) is a Russian Spetsnaz commando during the Second Chechen War equipped with an M134 minigun (which is later destroyed by Berserker's plasma-caster) and a pistol.
Hanzo Kawakami (Louis Ozawa Changchien) is an Inagawa-kai yakuza enforcer, wielding a pistol and later a samurai katana that he later finds in Noland's hideout.
Hanzo does not speak much throughout the film, and when asked why, he responds, "Because I talk too much" and showed that he is missing the ring and pinkie fingers of his left hand, revealing he had committed yubitsume.
Cuchillo (Danny Trejo) is the Mexican Los Zetas drug cartel enforcer armed with two sub machine guns and a pistol.
Ronald Noland (Laurence Fishburne) is a stranded U.S. Air Cavalry Soldier dropped on the planet several years, possibly decades ago.
River Ghost (Carey Jones) is a humanoid-like alien creature, which, like humans, are hunted by the Super Predators on the Game Preserve Planet.
The Tracker Predator has a whistle device that is used to call the hounds back to their master to prevent them from doing too much damage and killing the prey.
He explains his situation and while they initially do not believe him, they are swiftly confronted by the Fugitive Predator and quickly jump into action and subsequently rescue Casey Brackett.
He is on the bus with other military psych patients (Baxley, Coyle, Lynch and Nettles) when he meets Quinn McKenna, whom he immediately befriends.
Hanging outside the shield, Nebraska coughs up blood, implying the reason for trying to kill himself was from having lung cancer (he is seen smoking throughout the film).
Throughout the film he constantly makes jokes in an attempt to hide the past when he fired upon another vehicle of his own platoon (the only survivor being Baxley).
He also receives fatal wounds from the Apex Predator, So he and Baxley commit suicide by killing each other out of brotherly love to end the pain.