Sheriff Noah Stilinski is an army veteran, the Sheriff of Beacon Hills and the father of Stiles Stilinski, best friend of Scott McCall on MTV’s Teen Wolf.
Biography
During his youth, he lived with an abusive father, Elias Stilinski, who caused him a lifelong injury during a fight. (Sundowning)
Like his father, though, he served in the army too. (The Fox and the Wolf)
While he was a deputy for the sheriff's department, he encountered several supernatural predicaments but didn't believe in it. They ranged from encountering Ennis, questioning Chris Argent about a body, and finding a mutilated Julia Baccari. (Visionary, The Overlooked)
His wife, Claudia, was sick with frontotemporal dementia which deteriorated her mental state.
While at the scene of a wreck, a woman who was critically injured told Stilinski that if he wanted to see his wife, he needed to go now. Instead, he stayed with the dying woman. He arrived at the hospital to find his wife died just before he got there. He'd lost the chance to say goodbye. (Alpha Pact)
After becoming Sheriff, one of his first cases was the death Henry Tate's family. He ruled it as a car accident because he was unaware of the Desert Wolf's attempt on Malia Tate's life.
Only after his son becomes involved with the supernatural and tries to explain it to him did he finally start to believe in it. Since then, he has been a pivotal, and at times reluctant, ally of Scott's Pack.
Season 1
He investigates recent murders that he later connects to the Hale Arson Conspiracy. (Read More...)
Season 2
While investigating more murders, he is striped of his badge due to Stiles' interference in his job. His badge is returned after helping Scott and Stiles take down Matt Daehler. (Read More...)
Season 3
He learns about the supernatural through Stiles and nearly becomes a sacrifice of the Darach.
After accepting the supernatural's presence in Beacon Hills, he applies it to his unsolved cases. Later he helps free his son from the influence of a Nogitsune. (Read More...)
Season 4
He lends a hand in investigating a Dead Pool started by The Benefactor and Kate Argent's agenda towards Scott's Pack. (Read More...)
Season 5
He becomes frustrated with the cover ups that are required with his son's and friends incidents.
He is injured by a Chimera, he returns to duty and realizes how much secrecy is needed for the supernatural after finding out about Stiles and Donovan's fight. (Read More...)
Season 6
After his son is erased by Ghost Riders, Stilinski's subconscious conjures up his late wife to fill in the gaps left by Stiles.
Later, he is caught between a war between the Hunters and Supernaturals where he has to fight his own deputies to regain law and order. (Read More...)
Teen Wolf: The Movie
In 2026 (IU), Stilinski investigates fires in the Beacon Hills Preserve with Parrish and Mason Hewitt while also finding Eli Hale driving Stiles' jeep while underage.
He is captured by the Nogitsune and is rescued by Scott and his friends. During a gathering for Derek, the sheriff bequeaths the jeep to Eli knowing it's in goods hands.
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Quotes
- “Not exactly, or no? Because when it comes to law, there's a fairly large divide between not exactly and no. Like, if 'not exactly' were sitting in this chair, then 'no' would be somewhere in the middle of the pacific ocean, drowning next to my career. So what's it gonna be, huh? Not exactly or no?” — Sheriff to Jackson Whittemore in Venomous.
- “Are you crazy?” — Sheriff to Stiles Stilinski in Fury.