<Li> Tyler Labine as Robert Franklin, a chimp handler at Gen - Sys and one of Will's friends . His surname is a reference to Franklin Schaffner, the director of the original film . </Li> <Li> Jamie Harris as Rodney, a caretaker and a nightwatchman who is much kinder to the apes at the sanctuary and is regularly mocked by Dodge for this . </Li> <Li> David Hewlett as Douglas Hunsiker, Will's hot - headed neighbor . </Li> <Li> Chelah Horsdal as Irena, a nurse who is looking after Charles . </Li>

Who plays the ape in rise of the planet of the apes