Lester Kitchens

 is a character on The Recruit. He is portrayed by Colton Dunn.

Biography
Lester works at the CIA with Owen Hendricks and Violet Ebner. In Owen's first case, he and Violet purposely misdirect him because they see him as a threat. He initially gives Owen a hard time, but slowly warms up to his charisma and ambition.

Throughout The Recruit
On Owen's first day of work, Violet Ebner and Lester hand him a pile of graymail, and ask him to determine which threats are legitimate. After doing some digging, Owen discovers that one graymail from Max Meladze seems legitimate, as she has knowledge of code names that no one outside the CIA would know. When he brings this news to his boss, Walter Nyland, Walter questions why Violet and Lester did not discover this earlier when they were tasked with going through the graymail. Walter tells Owen to continue his investigation. Violet and Lester, who don't trust Owen, purposely misdirect him by implying that he should travel to Yemen to investigate the case, knowing that Owen had not yet been issues a black passport to provide him with diplomatic immunity.

While in Yemen, Owen is held hostage and interrogated. The people there initially doubt he is from the CIA, as he does not have a black passport, and pull out one of his nails. They eventually set him free.

Walter Nyland instructs Owen to help Lester with one of his cases, which involves traveling to Lebanon.

Appearances

 * The Recruit