GTA 5 Characters List & Guide

Grand Theft Auto V Characters Guide - GTA 5 Main Characters, Strangers, Voice Actors, GTA Online

In this page you can find the full list of Characters featured in Grand Theft Auto V, including all Protagonists, Antagonists, Companions, Strangers & Freaks, GTA Online Characters and more.

Clicking on a Character brings you to their detailed profile, with character information, bios, locations, image galleries, voice actors and more. All the character descriptions are strictly no-spoiler, not giving away the storyline developments.

GTA V Main Protagonists

GTA 5 is the first game in the Grand Theft Auto series that allows players to switch between three playable protagonists at any time during free roam and missions.

Michael, Franklin and Trevor are distinctly different from each other, with their own attitudes, lifestyles, goals and issues, as well as unique skills and special abilities.

Major Characters

The major characters in the storyline of Grand Theft Auto V. This includes friends, family and associates of the protagonists, plus the main antagonists in the game.

Lester Crest

Performer / Actor: Jay Klaitz

An old friend of Michael, Lester is the mastermind behind the Heists that Michael, Franklin, and Trevor pull off. He also issues assassination missions to Franklin. Despite Lester's physical disabilities, he makes up for this with genius-level intelligence, masterful expertise in technology and computing, and a sharp eye for detail, which is what makes him an excellent planner for the various heists he has pulled off throughout his life.

Lamar Davis

Performer / Actor: Slink Johnson

Lamar Davis is Franklin's crazy friend, a proud member of The Families, and fellow employee at Deluxe Premium Motorsport. He frequently bugs Franklin about his attempts at leaving the gang life behind.

Dave Norton

Performer / Actor: Julian Gamble

Dave Norton is the FIB agent credited with "killing" Michael in North Yankton 9 years ago. In reality, he struck a deal with him, setting him up with a new life in Los Santos. He gives jobs to Michael, Franklin, and Trevor. Norton is a corrupt FIB agent, though not to the extent of his boss Steve Haines. Unlike Haines, he is portrayed as a reasonable and polite man, preferring to solve problems amicably instead of using violence. However, he is more than capable of breaking the law if it means maintaining or advancing his career.

Steve Haines

Performer / Actor: Robert Bogue

Steve Haines is a highly decorated, yet highly corrupt agent from the FIB. Using his position as Dave Norton's superior, Haines uses Michael, Franklin and Trevor to help him undermine the rival IAA, in order to secure more government funding.

Devin Weston

Performer / Actor: Jonathan Walker

Devin Weston is a corrupt and influential billionaire, who owns various businesses in San Andreas. He has a private army in the form of the Merryweather Security Consulting firm, and he blames Michael for interfering with his businesses. Weston is considerably pompous, egotistical, narcissistic, arrogant, charismatic, temperamental, and over-the-top. He enjoys constantly reminding the protagonists that he is far wealthier than they are, and that his affluence allows him to do as he pleases.

Amanda De Santa

Performer / Actor: Vicki Van Tassel

Amanda De Santa is Michael's wife, and the mother of Jimmy and Tracey. Amanda was working as a stripper and possibly a prostitute when she first met Michael. The relationship between Amanda and Michael has become very sour over the last decade and they barely tolerate each other. Michael spends his time drinking, moping, and losing his temper at her. She spends his money freely on expensive clothing, jewelry, and plastic surgery, while verbally abusing him. Her constant burning through Michael's funds and her affair with her Tennis Coach, leads to a set of circumstances that force Michael to return to his life of crime.

Jimmy De Santa

Performer / Actor: Danny Tamberelli

Jimmy De Santa is the son of Michael and Amanda. He is a 20-year-old, fat, whiny pot smoker, who is prominently very lazy and addicted to video games. Like the other members of his family, he has a conflicted relationship with his father.

Tracey De Santa

Performer / Actor: Michal Sinnott

Tracey De Santa is Michael and Amanda's bratty, fame-obsessed daughter. She has aspirations to become a singer and dancer. Tracey has a very bad relationship with her parents, appearing to be very spoiled, obnoxious, and immature. She is known to be rebellious in her actions against her parents, and even going as far as auditioning for Fame or Shame without their approval.

Stretch

Performer / Actor: Hassan Johnson

Harold "Stretch" Joseph is a high-ranking member of The Families who, while being considered a friend by Lamar, constantly endangers both Lamar and Franklin by sending them on jobs that tend to go horribly wrong. He and Franklin have a strong dislike for each other.

Wei Cheng

Performer / Actor: George Cheung

Wei Cheng is the leader of the Los Santos Triads who is trying to expand his drug dealing operations into Blaine County. He eventually comes into conflict with Trevor when he decides to ditch Trevor's "business" and partner with the O'Neil Brothers instead.

Ron Jakowski

Performer / Actor: David Mogentale

"Nervous" Ron Jakowski is Trevor's timid, paranoid friend and next-door neighbor in the Blaine County trailer park where he lives. Like Trevor, Ron is a skilled pilot. He is also the host of Blaine County Talk Radio's "Blaine County Radio Community Hour" podcast replays, warning listeners of every conspiracy theory under the sun.

Wade Hebert

Performer / Actor: Matthew Maher

Wade Hebert is a friend of Trevor and Ron, and cousin of Floyd. Both mentally challenged and dim-witted, he helps Trevor with his jobs around Los Santos and Blaine County.

Supporting Characters

Other supporting characters who play a prominent role in the story of Grand Theft Auto V.

Martin Madrazo

Performer / Actor: Alfredo Huereca

Martin Madrazo is a Mexican businessman and leader of the Madrazo Cartel. It's implied that he is a drug lord, but insists that he is a legitimate businessman despite recent charges being dropped due to the silencing of witnesses. Martin is often described as a psychopath because of his short temper, and ruthless methods of dealing with people who go against him. Michael finds himself owing Madrazo a lot of money after he made a hasty mistake.

Simeon Yetarian

Performer / Actor: Demosthenes Chrysan

Simeon Yetarian is the owner of Premium Deluxe Motorsport, the car dealership where Franklin and Lamar work. He is a corrupt dealer who tricks people into buying luxury vehicles they cannot afford, then dispatches Franklin and Lamar to repossess the cars when the payments stop coming in.

Solomon Richards

Performer / Actor: Joel Rooks

Solomon Richards is a famous Vinewood movie producer and owner of Richards Majestic Productions. Michael, being a huge fan of Solomon and his work, agrees to help Solomon out in the production of his final movie, "Meltdown".

Molly Schultz

Performer / Actor: Elizabeth Mason

Molly Schultz is the Senior Vice President and General Counsel to Devin Weston's business. She acts as the right-hand woman of the corrupt billionaire. Molly is a devout follower of Devin and may be in love with him, resulting her in following his orders without question, which Franklin calls her out on.

Floyd Hebert

Performer / Actor: Jimmy Ray Bennett

Floyd Hebert is the cowardly but hard-working cousin of Wade, who gets dragged into the world of crime. He lives in his fiance Debra's apartment in Vespucci Beach

Andreas Sanchez

Performer / Actor: Abdel Gonzalez

Andreas Sanchez works for the Federal Investigation Bureau, acting as the right-hand man of highly decorated and corrupt FIB agent Steve Haines. He is often seen with him during meetings with Michael De Santa and Dave Norton.

Tao Cheng

Performer / Actor: Richard Hsu

Tao Cheng is the son of Cheng Triad boss Wei Cheng. Unlike his father, Tao seems more interested in partying than running a criminal organization. Tao is sent to Blaine County to negotiate a contract with Trevor Philips Industries; however, after Trevor's operation is attacked by the Aztecas, Tao's Translator convinces him to negotiate with the O'Neil Brothers, much to Trevor's anger.

Dr. Isiah Friedlander

Performer / Actor: Bryan Scott Johnson

Dr. Isiah Friedlander is Michael's therapist. He works for Mount Zonah Medical Center, with a clinic on the Pacific Bluffs coastline. On his official website, Dr. Friedlander is said to be a psychotherapist, media personality, secular Buddhist, and keen model boat enthusiast.

Patricia Madrazo

Performer / Actor: Olivia Negron

Patricia Madrazo is the elderly wife of the Mexican gangster Martin Madrazo. However, their marriage appears to be unhappy as Madrazo mistreats her, verbally abuses her and is cheating on her with a Russian woman named Natalia Zverovna. Michael and Trevor encounter her upon arriving at Madrazo's house to perform a job for him.

Brad Snider

Performer / Actor: Ryan Woodle

Brad Snider is a former partner-in-crime of Trevor and Michael. He is believed to have been captured in a failed heist in North Yankton prior to the events of Grand Theft Auto V. He apparently still keeps in contact with Trevor, but things may not be as they seem.

Chop

Chop is Franklin's and Lamar's pet Rottweiler Dog. Although nominally Lamar's dog, he lives with Franklin for a majority of the storyline. Franklin can engage in several activities with Chop, including walking him and playing fetch with a ball.

Strangers & Freaks

Characters featured as part of the "Strangers & Freaks" Side Missions of GTA V.

Minor Characters

Other minor characters that can be encountered or make an appearance in Grand Theft Auto V.

Heist Crew Members

Gunmen, Drivers and Hackers available for recruitment as Crew Members for the Heist Missions in Grand Theft Auto V.

Soapboxers

Special Characters and pedestrians in Grand Theft Auto V found around Los Santos soapboxing about their thoughts, preaches or conspiracy theories. Some can become unlocked as playable characters in Director Mode after meeting them.

Strippers

The strippers who work at the Vanilla Unicorn in Grand Theft Auto V.

GTA Online Characters

Prominent characters that you can encounter in the multiplayer world of GTA Online. This section includes brand new characters introduced exclusively in GTA Online, as well as returning characters from Story Mode.

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