Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Characters List & Guide
On this page you can find the full list of Characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, including all Main Characters, Antagonists, Friends, and all GTA San Andreas Characters.
Clicking on a Character brings you to their detailed profile, with character information, bios, appearances, voice actors and more.
GTA San Andreas Main Protagonist
The protagonist and playable character of GTA San Andreas is CJ, Carl Johnson.
Major Characters
The major characters in the storyline of GTA San Andreas. This includes CJ's friends, the main antagonists and other important mission characters.
Sweet Johnson
Voice Actor: Faizon Love
Sweet is the older brother of Carl and the leader of the Grove Street Families.
Sweet was originally supposed to die in a drive-by shooting arranged by the Ballas, which missed and killed their mother Beverly instead, prompting Carl’s return home. In Carl’s absence, Sweet’s hold over the gang has started to decline due to rival gangs manufacturing and selling drugs.
He first doesn’t trust Carl on his return but grows to believe they want the same thing, to help the Grove Street Families.
Big Smoke
Voice Actor: Clifton Powell
Big Smoke is a high-ranking and much-loved member of the Grove Street Families but ends up betraying them.
He becomes a powerful figure in the criminal underworld of Los Santos after joining the Ballas, disbanding the Grove Street Families and making deals with the Los Santos Vagos and Russian Mafia.
Ryder
Voice Actor: MC Eiht
Ryder is a high-ranking member of the Grove Street Families. Himself and Carl go on various robbery tasks throughout the events of the game, mostly for weapons.
Ryder later betrays Grove Street in favour of the corrupt C.R.A.S.H, the Ballas and the Los Santos Vagos.
Frank Tenpenny
Voice Actor: Samuel L. Jackson
Tenpenny is an officer of Los Santos Police Department (LSPD) and also a member of C.R.A.S.H (Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums), a corrupt unit.
Tenpenny used his power over Carl by bribing him into doing work for him or he’ll risk being arrested for a crime he didn’t commit. Over the course of the game, Tenpenny tasks Carl with missions such as killing FBI witnesses to C.R.A.S.H crimes, obtaining a FBI dossier and planting tainted evidence.
Eddie Pulaski
Voice Actor: Chris Penn
Eddie Pulaski is a police officer at the Los Santos Police Department and also part of the corrupt C.R.A.S.H alongside Frank Tenpenny. Alongside Tenpenny and Jimmy Hernandez, Pulaski is a constant thorn in Carl’s side, tasking him with dubious missions.
Cesar Vialpando
Voice Actor: Clifton Collins Jr.
Cesar is the partner of Carl’s sister Kendl and also the leader of El Corona based gang Varrios Los Aztecas.
Cesar and Carl become very close allies throughout the game. He first meets Carl at a lowrider competition and they form a strong friendship. Cesar helps Carl get revenge on those who have crossed them when they are exiled to San Fierro.
Catalina
Voice Actor: Cynthia Farrell
Catalina is Cesar's cousin and teamed up with Carl to complete various different criminal tasks. Catalina and Carl become romantically involved, albeit more on Catalina’s side than Carl.
After Catalina and Carl part ways, she still calls him every so often to taunt him about her new relationship with Claude.
The Truth
Voice Actor: Peter Fonda
The Truth is an elderly hippie who lives out in the middle of nowhere in Flint County. He becomes friends with Carl while he is exiled to the Badlands. Carl helps The Truth destroy his farm’s crops after the police find out it's a cannabis farm.
The Truth later needs Carl's help in obtaining a jetpack from Area 69 in Las Venturas.
Mike Toreno
Voice Actor: James Woods
Toreno is an undercover agent who works for an unknown government agency. Toreno becomes an ally of Carl’s after he becomes involved in the drugs trade. Toreno and Carl have a few run-ins but despite this, Carl still carries out a few government-related tasks.
Toreno is also a member of the Loco Syndicate, a business venture between several criminals, dealing with drugs.
Wu Zi Mu
Voice Actor: James Yaegashi
Wu Zi Mu, or Woozie, is the blind leader of the Mountain Cloud Boys who are part of the San Fierro Triads. Woozie becomes close friends with Carl when Carl helps him plan a robbery at rival casino Caligula’s Place.
Woozie also owns the Four Dragons Casino in Las Venturas and a betting shop in Chinatown, San Fierro.
Supporting Characters
Other supporting characters who play a prominent role in the story of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Guppy
Jimmy Hernandez
Jizzy B.
Ken Rosenberg
Kendl Johnson
Kent Paul
Maccer
Madd Dogg
OG Loc
Salvatore Leone
T-Bone Mendez
Zero
Minor Characters
Other minor characters that make an appearance in GTA San Andreas, including CJ's girlfriends.
Alan Crawford
B Dup
Barbara Schternvart
Benny
Big Bear
Big Poppa
Claude
Colonel Fuhrberger
Denise Robinson
Derek
Dwaine
Emmet
Freddy
Gal
Hazer
Helena Wankstein
Jethro
Jimmy Silverman
Johnny Sindacco
Jose
Kane
Katie Zhan
Little Lion
Little Weasel
Maria Latore
Michelle Cannes
Mike
Millie Perkins
Mr. Whittaker
Old Reece
Ran Fa Li
Su Xi Mu
Sunny
The Snakehead
Tony