Characters

Hillary
1962 -
Hillary is good with a shotgun, keeping one in his bedroom in case of intruders. He also often sparred with Lara, showcasing his skills in Kendo.

The novel of the first movie aged him as 39 in 2001. The novel of the second movie says that Hillary and his family had served the Crofts for more than a generation; he had lived in the manor longer than Lara had and knew a lot of things about it and of the Croft family.

Bryce Turing
Bryce is a trusted friend of Lara Croft who designs and engineers Lara's weapons and equipment, sometimes even allowed to join her on her adventures. He lives outside of Croft Manor, in his trailer, but during the day he works in an office inside. He built his own robot that he called 'S.I.M.O.N' that Lara uses to practise her skills against from time to time. He has some sort of interest in video games, having gotten many hours in on flight simulators, one hundred and fifty to be precise. Not much is known about Bryce's family, except what is given in the novel of the movies and the movie companion books: he has a great aunt called Petunia, an uncle called Mort and an aunt called Tilly, who wasn't too happy when he quit university. His aunt Tilly also provides him meals on a regular basis, but he doesn’t eat them so Hillary bins them on a daily basis. 

When Lara’s mansion came under attack, Bryce was willing to help Lara however he had been barred in his caravan so he aided Lara by communicating to her via a headset, telling her which cars each enemy was stood by in the garage. Lara accidentally shoots the windscreen of one vehicle but the novel says that Bryce had taken the lotus out for a spin that day and didn’t park it back in the proper place; hence Lara believing that the car was in its specific spot when it wasn’t.
  
In the novel of ‘Lara Croft: Tomb Raider’, Bryce describes his line of work as electronics, custom work security, weaponry and repair work. In the novel of ‘Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life’, Bryce is shown to be open-minded as he believes in aliens and is willing to accept the unknown. 

Manfred Powell
? - 2001 
Born in Dorset, but schooled at Oxford, Powell became a barrister at the age of twenty three, and appointed Queen’s Council at thirty six. He was a member of the Illuminati, searching for the powerful Triangle of Light. His main occupation was as a lawyer but the novel of the film says that his current jobs were as a counsel to several large banking firms; a board member and ranking stockholder for a number of important multinational corporations. Manfred worked and lived in London, but he also had homes in Venice and Washington D.C. as well. He was trained in seven forms of unarmed combat and has some knowledge in wielding a sword. In 2000, on a trip to China, he took on two of the world’s foremost black belts at the same time and beat them both.   

In 2001, he was ordered by the Illuminati to find and recover the two pieces of the Triangle of Light and also the Clock of Ages. 

Mr Pimms
Personal assistant to Manfred Powell. The novel of the movie says that his first name is Roderick.

Alex West
A fellow Tomb Raider who is easily swayed by money. He used to work with Lara Croft until he betrayed her, stealing her Prayer Wheel. In 2001, he was hired by Manfred Powell to locate the pieces of the Triangle of Light. 

Mr Wilson
​Mr Wilson is an antiquarian, a horologist and a good friend of the Croft family, especially to Lord Richard Croft. In his older life, he works in an auction house in London.   
 
In the novelisation of the Tomb Raider Movie, Wilson’s first name was Paul. He was Lord Henshingly Croft’s close friend and was like a godfather to Lara, but Lord Croft lost trust in him after learning of his involvement in the Illuminati. Wilson remains close to Lara after Lord Croft’s disappearance and helps make important decisions in her life, such as convincing Lara’s relatives to let her join Professor Von Croy’s expedition when she was fourteen and he backed her decision to not get engaged to the Earl of Farrington. His London flat becomes Lara’s crash pad whenever she wanted to escape. He took Lara around the Natural History Museum and the Archaeological Institute and Lara even chose him as her escort to the Huntingdon Debutante’s Ball.

~TIDBIT: In a deleted scene, Powell kills Wilson. ~

Lord Richard Croft
? - 15 May 1985
Lord Richard Croft was a member of the Illuminati; he was the "right hand" of the Leader of the Order, however he never told Lara about this, for her own protection. At some point, he acquired a mysterious artefact, the Clock of Ages. Knowing that it was going to be important, he hid it in a clock in a secret cupboard under the stairs of Croft Manor. He mentored Manfred Powell into the Illuminati, who then later killed him. Although the exact date he murdered him is unknown, Lara dedicated a plaque to him with the date he went missing.

Monk
Very little is known of him, but he knows of Lara's father.

Distinguished Gentleman
​? - 2001
His name is not known but he held the position of the leader of the Illuminati. In the novelisation of the Tomb Raider movie, the distinguished gentleman was able to speak at least eight languages, had no specific accent and had been the leader of the Illuminati’s High Council for twenty seven years. He was preceded by Madame Simon.

SIMON
A robot made up by Bryce Turing for Lara to use as practise, although it wasn't created for live bullets target practise.