Characters in GTA III

This is a list of Characters in Grand Theft Auto III and is lists the character in order of appearance/mention within the game.

Protagonist

Image/Name	Voice Actor/Actress	First/Last Appearance/Mention	Information
File:ClaudeGTAIII.jpg Claude	None	Opening Cutscene	Claude is a criminal who has just arrived in Liberty City with his girlfriend Catalina, the two having met in San Andreas in 1992. Catalina turns on Claude after the pair rob a bank, as she joins the Colombian Cartel. Whilst being transported to Portland Island by the police, the convoy is attacked and Claude escapes with 8-Ball. The two escape and Claude begins to work for the Leone Family, before working for various other people and criminal organisations. He is the only main protagonist who never speaks.

Major Characters

Image/Name	Voice Actor/Actress	First/Last Appearance/Mention	Information
File:Have You Seen This Woman Catalina.jpg Catalina	Cynthia Farrell	Opening Cutscene – The Exchange	Catalina is Claude's girlfriend who arrives in Liberty City in 2001. The pair rob a bank, although after the robbery is complete she shoots him and leaves him for dead. She then joins the Colombian Cartel and begins to run the manufacturing of SPANK in the city alongside Miguel, her new partner in crime. She is eventually killed by Claude.
File:MiguelGTAIII.jpg Miguel	Al Espinosa	Opening Cutscene – Ransom	Miguel is a high ranking member of the Colombian Cartel and Catalina's new partner in crime. He helps Catalina escape after robbing a bank and is frequently seen with Catalina. Miguel is later shot by Catalina after he gives Claude a package wanted by Donald Love. Catalina flees without him, leaving him with Asuka Kasen, who tortures information out him. Miguel's information allows Claude to hinder Cartel activities. Catalina eventually returns and seemingly kills Miguel, who has previously shown an ability to escape death, and Asuka Kasen.
File:8-BallGTAIII.jpg 8-Ball	The Guru	Opening Cutscene – Bomb Da Base Act II	8-Ball is an explosives expert who owns three bomb shops throughout Liberty City. He and Claude are being transported by the police to Portland Island, when they escape after the Colombian Cartel attack the convoy. He had been convicted on eighty-five charges of owning a firearm without a licence. 8-Ball helps Claude get work with the Leone Family and later to destroy a ship docked in Portland Harbor, which was being used by the Cartel as a SPANK factory.
File:LuigiGoterelliGTAIII.jpg Luigi Goterelli	Joe Pantoliano	Luigi's Girls – Salvatore's Called a Meeting	Luigi Goterelli is a businessman who owns Luigi's Sex Club 7, a bar in the Red Light District, Portland Island, Liberty City. He is a high ranking member of the Leone Family and a friend of 8-Ball, allowing 8-Ball to get Claude work with Luigi. Luigi also acts as a pimp for various prostitutes on Portland Island.
File:JoeyLeoneGTAIII.jpg Joey Leone	Michael Rapaport	Drive Misty For Me – Salvatore's Called a Meeting	Joey Leone is the son of Leone Family Don Salvatore Leone and runs a garage in the Trenton district of Portland Island in Liberty City. Claude is introduced to Joey when Luigi Goterelli has him drive Misty to his garage. Joey employs Claude to do various jobs, including killing Mike Forelli and Lee Chong, and introduces him to Toni Cipriani.
File:ToniCiprianiGTAIII.jpg Toni Cipriani	Michael Madsen	Cipriani's Chauffeur – Blow Fish	Toni Cipriani is a caporegime of the Leone Family and helps to run his mother's restaurant located in the Saint Mark's district of Portland Island, where he also lives. He is introduced to Claude by Joey Leone and has Claude attack the Triads, including the murder of three Triad war lords and the destruction of a Triad-owned factory. Toni also phones in to Chatterbox FM, discussing his mothers criticisms of him with Lazlow.
File:SalvatoreLeoneGTAIII.jpg Salvatore Leone	Frank Vincent	Salvatore's Called A Meeting – Sayonara Salvatore	Salvatore Leone is the Don of the Leone Family, father of Joey Leone, husband of Maria Latore and the owner of Salvatore's Gentlemen's Club in the Saint Mark's district of Portland Island, which also acts as his home. He meets Claude when he calls a meeting and has him do a number of jobs, including killing Curly Bob and destroying a ship docked in Portland Harbor, which was being used as a SPANK factory. Salvatore's paranoia gets the better of him and he turns on Claude, who along with Maria Latore join forces with Asuka Kasen and the Yakuza. Asuka has Claude kill Salvatore to prove his links with the Leone Family are over.
File:MariaLatoreGTAIII.jpg Maria Latore (also spelt La Torra)	Debi Mazar	Chaperone –  The Exchange	Maria Latore is the wife of Leone Family Don Salvatore Leone. Her husband has Claude "look after her for the evening", ending in Claude driving her to safety from pursuing LCPD officers. She later tells her husband that she is dating Claude, leading to Salvatore attempting to kill him. Maria and Claude escape and join forces with Asuka Kasen. She is later kidnapped by Catalina, only to be rescued by Claude. She also phones in to Chatterbox FM, complaining to Lazlow about how Claude does not talk and that he is always 'hanging out with the guys'.
File:AsukaKasenGTAIII.jpg Asuka Kasen	Lianna Pai	Last Requests – Ransom	Asuka Kasen is the co-leader of the Yakuza, alongside her brother Kenji. She has a condo in Newport on Staunton Island. She helps Claude and Maria Latore escape from Portland Island. She later employs Claude to do various jobs, including killing Salvatore Leone and Tanner. She introduces Claude to her brother and corrupt LCPD officer and Yakuza informant Ray Machowski. After the death of her brother she has Claude, who had killed him in a Cartel Cruiser, attack the Cartel, gaining information from Miguel, who she tortures. Catalina later kills Asuka and seemingly Miguel.
File:KenjiKasenGTAIII.jpg Kenji Kasen	Les J.N. Mau	Under Surveillance – Waka-Gashira Wipeout	Kenji Kasen is the co-leader of the Yakuza, alongside his sister Asuka. He is introduced to Claude by his sister and has him do various jobs, including busting Kanbu out of jail and taking him to a safehouse. He is later killed by Claude, on orders from Donald Love, although he kills Kenji in a Cartel Cruiser, in order to start a war between the Yakuza and Cartel.
File:RayMachowskiGTAIII.jpg Ray Machowski	Robert Loggia	Payday For Ray – Marked Man	Ray Machowski is a corrupt LCPD police officer and an informant to the Yakuza. He is introduced to Claude by Asuka Kasen. Ray employs Claude to do various jobs, including the murder of his former partner Leon McAffrey, who was going to give evidence against Machowski. Machowski also introduces Claude to Donald Love. He later has Claude help him flee the city, by driving to Francis International Airport, where he flies to Miami, Florida.
File:DonaldLoveGTAIII.jpg Donald Love	Kyle MacLachlan	Liberator – Love's Disappearance	Donald Love is a businessman, media mogul and real estate developer. He owns Love Media, which owns "900 radio stations, 300 television stations, 4 networks, 3 satellites, (and) 10 senators", which includes Flashback 95.6, Chatterbox FM, Head Radio and Double Clef FM. The group also owns the Liberty Tree newspaper and may own the Bitchin' Dog Food Factory. Donald Love lives in an apartment in south Bedford Point on Staunton Island and is introduced to Claude by Ray Machowski. Love has Claude to various jobs, including rescuing the Oriental Gentleman and allow Love to retrieve a package, with Claude acting as a decoy. He later disappears, leaving only an open box on his apartments roof. He can also be heard on Chatterbox FM.

Minor characters

Image/Name	Voice Actor/Actress	First/Last Appearance/Mention	Information
File:OrientalGentlemanGTAIII.jpg Oriental Gentleman	None	Opening Cutscene - Escort Service	The Oriental Gentleman is arrested at Francis International Airport after arriving in Liberty City on a private jet plane from an "unknown departure point somewhere in east Asia", for "failing to satisfy the INS that he had a valid reason for entering the country" and having no proper travel documents. Whilst being transported to Portland Island by the police, he is kidnapped by the Colombian Cartel, the attack allowing Claude and 8-Ball to escape. Claude later rescues him and returns him to Donald Love.
File:MickyHamsfistGTAIII.jpg Mickey Hamfists	Unknown	Luigi's Girls - The Fuzz Ball	Mickey Hamfists is the co-manager of Luigi's Sex Club 7, alongside the clubs owner Luigi Goterelli. He acts as a bodyguard for Luigi. Mickey is described in police records as a "moron". Hamfists also has previous convictions for assault, racketeering, and multiple involvements with narcotics.
File:MistyGTAIII.jpg Misty	Kim Gurney	Luigi's Girls - Mike Lips Last Lunch	Misty is a prostitute who works for Luigi Goterelli and resides in an apartment in Hepburn Heights on Portland Island. She is Joey Leone's "regular girl". She is introduced to Claude when he drives her from Sweeney General Hospital to Luigi's Sex Club 7, and later drives her to Joey's Garage in Trenton.
File:MikeForelliGTAIII.jpg Mike Forelli	None	Mike Lips Last Lunch	Mike "Lips" Forelli is a high ranking figure in the Forelli Family. He is killed by Claude on orders from Joey Leone, rigging a car bomb to his car. His death is part of the continued attempts by the Leone Family to push the Forelli Family out of the city.
File:LeeChongGTAIII.jpg Lee Chong	None	Farewell 'Chunky' Lee Chong	Lee Chong is a member of the Triads who owns a noodle stand in the Chinatown district in Portland Island, He is selling SPANK through the stands, leading to his death at the hands of Claude, who was on orders from Joey Leone.
File:MartyChonksGTAIII.jpg Marty Chonks	Chris Phillips	The Crook - Her Lover	Marty Chonks is the husband of Mrs. Chonks and seemingly the owner of the Bitchin' Dog Food Factory, which Love Media also claims to own. Marty is losing money through the business, likely due to the ban on dogs in the city. He employs Claude to do four jobs, which include driving his bank manager, two thieves, his wife and her lover, Carl, to his factory. He kills all but Carl, who kills him and claims to be taking over his factory.
File:MrsChonksGTAIII.jpg Mrs. Chonks	Unknown	The Wife	Mrs Chonks is the wife of Marty Chonks. She lives an expensive lifestyle, which is draining her husbands funds. Marty has Claude drive her from the Classic Nails store in the Red Light District to the Bitchin' Dog Food Factory in Trenton, where he kills her and turns her into dog food.
File:CarlGTAIII.jpg Carl	Unknown	Her Lover	Carl is the boyfriend of Mrs. Chonks. He is owed money by Marty Chonks and decides to collect his pay when Marty had Claude drive him the Bitchin' Dog Food Factory. Marty, who had intended on killing Carl, was killed by Carl using a shotgun. Carl can be killed by the player.
File:ElBurroArtwork.jpg El Burro	Chris Phillips	Turismo - Big'n'Veiny	El Burro is the leader of the Diablos gang who employs Claude to do various jobs, including killing Leone Family members with an exploding ice cream van and retrieving some adult magazines. He is believed to be operating a pornography magazine publishing business.
Ma Cipriani	Sondra James	Taking Out The Laundry - Triads and Tribulations	Ma Cipriani is the mother of Toni Cipriani and the owner of Momma's Restaurante. She constantly tells Toni that he is not close to being the man his father was. She informs Claude on two occasions of letters Toni has left for him.
File:ChicoGTAIII.jpg Chico	Hunter Platin	Chaperone	Chico is a drug dealer based on Portland Island. He frequently sells drugs to Maria Latore and informs her of an illegal party taking place in Atlantic Quays, which is later broken up by the Liberty City Police Department.
File:CurlyBobGTAIII.jpg Curly Bob	Hunter Platin	Cutting The Grass	Curly Bob is a bartender at Luigi's Sex Club 7 in the Red Light District. He is addicted to SPANK and begins to sell Leone Family plans to the Colombian Cartel in exchange for SPANK. He is killed by Claude on orders from Salvatore Leone.
File:TannerGTAIII.jpg Tanner	None	Two-Faced Tanner	Tanner is an undercover police officer, posing as Asuka Kasen's driver. He is killed by Claude, on orders from Asuka after she discovers he is a police officer.
File:KanbuGTAIII.jpg Kanbu	None	Kanbu Bust-out	Kanbu is a high ranking member of the Yakuza who is busted out of prison by Claude, on orders from Kenji Kasen. Claude then drives Kanbu to the Hiyaku Dojo on Staunton Island.
File:LeonMcAffreyGTAIII.jpg Leon McAffrey	None	Silence The Sneak - Plaster Blaster	Leon McAffrey is a corrupt police officer who is about to turn state evidence against Ray Machowski, his former partner. Machowski sends Claude to kill him, which Claude seemingly does, although Machowski later berates Claude for failing to kill a witness. The witness may be McAffrey, although the witnesses full body cast makes it impossible to tell whether it is McAffrey.
File:PhilCassidyGTAIII.jpg Phil Cassidy	Hunter Platin	Arms Shortage	Phil Cassidy, known as 'The One-Armed Bandit', is a businessman, owning Phil's Army Surplus in Rockford, and is a friend of Ray Machowski. He sells military hardware, which at one point the Colombian Cartel attempt to take, with Claude fending them off. Phil claims to have lost his arm in conflict, although it is revealed in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City that he lost his arm when his boomshine exploded.
File:KingCourtneyGTAA.jpg King Courtney	Walter Mudu	Bling-Bling Scramble - Kingdom Come	King Courtney is the leader of the Uptown Yardies gang who employs Claude to do various jobs, including attacking the Diablos. He later turns on Claude and begins working with Catalina and having his gang sell SPANK throughout the city.
D-Ice	Walter Mudu	Uzi Money - Rumble	D-Ice is the leader of the Red Jacks, a sub-group of the Southside Hoods. He employs Claude to do various jobs, which focus around attacking the Purple Nines, also of the Southside Hoods, who are selling SPANK on Shoreside Vale. D-Ice has Claude wipe out the Purple Nines.

Deleted Characters

Image/Name	Voice Actor/Actress	Information
File:DarkelGTAIII.jpg Darkel	Bill Fiore	Darkel was to be a character in Grand Theft Auto III but was dropped during development. He was scheduled to be a revolutionary urchin who vowed to bring down the city's economy. One of Darkel's missions remains in the game, although the mission is given by El Burro and called I Scream, You Scream. It is believed Darkel would given Rampage-esque missions to Claude.
Curtly	Curtis L. McClarin	Curtly was a second character dropped during the development of Grand Theft Auto III. Nothing is known about Curtly although some speculate that he may have linked to Darkel.