Charon

''This is about the dead ferryman. For the centaur with the similar name, see Chiron.''

Charon, not to be confused with Chiron, is the ferryman that transports dead spirits to the Underworld. He is also the god of boundaries. His mother is Nyx and his father is Tartarus. He resides in DOA Recording Studios. He is portrayed by Julian Richings in The Lightning Thief film.

The Lightning Thief
Percy, Grover and Annabeth asks him to allow them to enter the Underworld and he refuses, but is successfully bribed into letting them board the ferry when Percy gives him two columns of golden Drachma coins (and warns that if this doesn't work then he'll give more). He asks Percy to tell Hades he wants a pay raise. When Percy does this, Hades claims Charon keeps asking for more money after discovering Italian suits.

Film adaption
In The Lightning Thief, Charon is played by Julian Richings. He is simply referred to as "ferry man", instead of Charon. The film portrays him as he is usually portrayed, a robed man, steering a ferry down the River Styx.

Appearance
Charon is tall and elegant,with chocolate-colored skin and bleached-blond hair shaved military style. He wears tortoise-shell shades and a silk Italian suit that matched his hair. A black rose was pinned to his lapel under a silver name tag. His eyes are empty, full of death and despair, as Percy puts it.

Trivia

 * Charon, Pluto's moon, was named after this deity.
 * Pluto is the Roman counterpart of Hades, whom he is serving.
 * Despite him being the god of boundaries, he isn't mentioned to be a god at all in the series.
 * In the Lightning Thief (book) Hades mentioned that Charon loves Italian suits.
 * Like Medusa, he refered to Percy and Annabeth as Godlings