The Suite Life of Zack & Cody recurring characters

The following is a list of recurring and minor characters in the Disney Channel Original Series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. These characters were regularly rotated, often disappearing for long periods during the series.

The following list of characters has been sorted alphabetically, by first name. Some of the characters had no last name and most were commonly referred to by their first name so this appeared to be the most logical method. In the case of Chef Paolo, who had no known first name, they have been listed by title.

Arwin Quentin Hawkhauser (played by Brian Stepanek) – Arwin is a wacky 34-year-old Greek-American inventor who works as a stationary engineer for the Tipton. He has a massive crush on Carey, as shown in many episodes but is too afraid to act upon it. He hates carrots and is allergic to horses, as shown in "Free Tippy". Every time Carey kisses him, he faints, as seen in "Kisses & Basketball", "Bowling", and "Going for the Gold". His affection is also seen by the fact that he has a picture of Carey in his office that lights up when he claps his hands, as well as a cardboard cutout of her, which he claims to his cousin is his wife. Arwin was a professional bowler, as illustrated in "Bowling", but quit when he lost his ball of the backswing and hit his mother in the head, shrinking her by a foot during a championship match. He also is known for being obsessed with his mother; as he lived with her for his whole life until she was married and moved out as shown in, "The Arwin That Came To Dinner". Arwin is considered childlike by many characters in the show; he enjoys picture books, sleeps with a sock monkey, and eats a lunch packed by his mother. However, Arwin is much loved by Zack and Cody. A spin-off television series was planned about him, where he goes to live with his sister to help her take care of her children. The series name ideas consisted of "Arwin" and "Housebroken", though it was never picked up.

Arwin makes a guest appearance in The Suite Life on Deck via webchat on Cody's laptop in the episode "It's All Greek To Me". Also in the episode, it's revealed he has a cousin named Milos in Greece (who is also played by Stepanek). In "Computer Date", Arwin himself boards the ship and creates a supercomputer dubbed "Cal" (until he found out it was female, renaming her "Callie") to make the SS Tipton run more efficiently. However, it all goes downhill when Callie develops romantic feelings for Cody, causing her to go haywire into removing everyone else, and Arwin is forced to shut her down. In the end of the episode, Arwin attempts to get off the ship by using a giant magnet but it fails and he falls into the ocean, again. In "A London Carol", Arwin is mentioned by Mr. Moseby when London goes to the past. Arwin makes his final appearance in "Graduation on Deck", finally meeting the twins' real father Kurt, and briefly claims that he is their stepfather.

...
Wikipedia