The Shawshank Redemption is a movie based on Stephen King's novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption. Below are the main characters from the movie.

Warning: Some of the movie plot is revealed below

Andy Dufresne

Andy Dufresne is the primary character of the story. Andy arrives at Shawshank Prison in 1947, after being convicted of killing his wife and her lover. Unlike most of the inmates at Shawshank, Andy is innocent. Andy settles into his two consecutive life sentences. He befriends Red (see below) and several other inmates. Andy has a passion for rocks, and Red gets him a rock hammer. Andy uses the rock hammer to shape himself the pieces of a chess set. Whilst carving his name onto the wall of his cell Andy realizes that the walls of the prison are not so strong as one would think. During his 19 years at the prison Andy cuts a tunnel through his cell wall, onto the outside. After Warden Norton removes Tommy from the prison, and also any chance of Andy being proven innocent, Andy makes his escape from Shawshank. Once on the outside Andy uses Norton's embezzled funds to make a new life for himself. With his new identify he settles in Mexico.