Uriel (Supernatural)

An angel who utilizes force and destruction to fulfill his various orders from Heaven, he has a recurring role in the fourth season.

Uriel's lack of regard for humanity often leads to tension with series protagonists Sam and Dean Winchester, and even with his fellow angels Anna Milton and Castiel.

Though shocked at how his character differed from typical portrayals of angels in the media, Wisdom was impressed by the depth in Uriel's characterization and felt honored to have been chosen to play him.

Uriel's (Matt Ward) first chronological appearance is in the fifth season episode "The Song Remains the Same", wherein he responds to the summons of a future version of his superior officer Anna Milton.

The Winchesters ultimately fail in stopping the summoning and the breaking of the seal, though Sam manages to exorcise Samhain back to Hell using his demonic powers.

[5] Uriel and Castiel track her down at the end of "I Know What You Did Last Summer",[4] but at the beginning of the following episode "Heaven and Hell", they are sent away with a spell Anna uses so that she, Sam, Dean, and Ruby are able to escape to safety.

He also reveals that he has Anna's angelic grace, which is capable of restoring her to her true form, but refuses to give it back to her because he believes that she deserves to die for her "crime."

Now in charge of Castiel, whose burgeoning emotions have gotten him demoted, Uriel forces Dean to torture the demon Alastair for information about who has been killing angels.

[6] Castiel's actor, Misha Collins, felt that Uriel lacks both a conscience and emotions,[8] and "kinda seems to hate humanity in general".

[15] Wisdom described the pairing of Uriel and Castiel as "kind of a mix between characters from the Addams Family realm and The Odd Couple".

[19] He envisioned the angelic character as "someone with wings, dressed in white, and wearing a gown", and it "really kind of flipped [his] pages" that Uriel ended up a "heavy-duty guy who wants to smite everybody".

[21] Although Wisdom only briefly appeared in "I Know What You Did Last Summer", Steenbergen felt that he "did [his] usual job of commanding the screen during that time".

[26] Likewise, Karla Peterson of The San Diego Union-Tribune loved the "bad-ass avenging angel" portrayed by "the mighty Robert Wisdom".