Characters in Grand Theft Auto Online

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Grand Theft Auto Online is a multiplayer video game based on and included in Grand Theft Auto V; as such, GTA Online features multiple characters from GTA V, as well as new characters.

^† denotes Deceased, Italics denotes a status determined by the player's choice

1 Protagonist
2 Original version updates (PS3 and Xbox 360)
3 Heists Update
4 Lowriders
- 4.1 Main characters
- 4.2 Minor characters
5 Executives and Other Criminals
6 Further Adventures in Finance and Felony
7 Bikers
- 7.1 Main characters
- 7.2 Minor characters
8 Import/Export
9 Gunrunning
- 9.1 Main characters
- 9.2 Minor characters
10 Smuggler's Run
11 The Doomsday Heist
12 After Hours
13 Arena War
14 The Diamond Casino & Resort
- 14.1 Main characters
- 14.2 Minor characters
15 The Diamond Casino Heist
16 Los Santos Summer Special
- 16.1 Main characters
- 16.2 Minor characters
17 The Cayo Perico Heist
18 Los Santos Tuners
19 Navigation

Protagonist

Main article: Protagonist

GTA Online Protagonist	Being a multiplayer game, the protagonist of GTA Online is a player-created character whose gender, appearance and traits are decisions of the players themselves.

Original version updates (PS3 and Xbox 360)

Main characters

Lamar Davis	Lamar Davis is the player's first contact in Los Santos. Lamar is a member of the Families street gang. Having met the player through Lifeinvader, Lamar welcomes him/her at the airport and proceeds to show Los Santos to the player. He's also the one who introduces the player to Gerald.
Gerald	Gerald is an associate of Lamar Davis, and one of the player's first employers in Grand Theft Auto Online. Similar to Lamar, Gerald is associated with the Families. He is a major drug dealer who is involved with raids on drug deals. Gerald often requests the player to attack drug deals, steal the merchandise, and bring it back to Gerald's apartment.
Simeon Yetarian	Simeon Yetarian is a vehicle dealer and the owner of Premium Deluxe Motorsport. Simeon employs Lamar in his dealership, and later forces the player into working with him after giving him/her a free upgrade in Los Santos Customs. He often requests the player to either repossess vehicles or damage other dealerships. Simeon also requests the player via messages to obtain and deliver specific vehicles to his garage at the city's docks.
Lester Crest	Lester Crest is a strange, socially awkward man with a great deal of experience with technology and computing. He is introduced upon reaching rank 10; Lester invites the player to his home and informs him/her of the player's growing reputation, before warning him/her for that. Lester introduces the bounty system, in which one player can place a bounty on another player so other players will try to put the bounty down.
Trevor Philips	Trevor Philips is a returning character from Grand Theft Auto V. He is the head of Trevor Philips Enterprises, a violent business located in Sandy Shores dealing with drugs. He is introduced upon reaching rank 14 alongside Ron Jakowski; annoyed by the player's actions, Trevor - through Ron - orders the player to meet up at Trevor's trailer, where the player is accused of harming Trevor's business, leading him/her to work for TP Enterprises. Trevor's missions often involve attacking The Lost Brotherhood. Trevor rarely gives the missions himself, leaving Ron to handle tasks to the player.
Ron Jakowski	Ron Jakowski is a returning character from Grand Theft Auto V. He is the underboss of Trevor Philips Enterprises, a violent business located in Sandy Shores dealing with drugs. He is introduced upon reaching rank 14 alongside Trevor Philips; annoyed by the player's actions, Trevor Philips - through Ron - orders the player to meet up at Trevor's trailer, where the player is accused of harming Trevor's business, leading him/her to work for TP Enterprises. Trevor's missions often involve attacking The Lost Brotherhood. Trevor rarely gives the missions himself, leaving Ron to handle tasks to the player.
Martin Madrazo	Martin Madrazo is a Mexican businessman and leader of the Madrazo Cartel. Martin contacts the player upon reaching rank 18. His missions often involve elimination of rivals, enemies and other threats on his business.

Minor characters

Radio DJs

Heists Update

Main characters

Lester Crest	Lester Crest is a strange, socially awkward man with a great deal of experience with technology and computing. He plays a major role during the Fleeca Job and the Pacific Standard heist.
Agent 14	Agent 14 is an associate of the IAA. He plays a major role during the Prison Break and Humane Raid online heists. He gives the missions to the players and help them during the setup missions.
Karen Daniels	Karen Daniels is an associate of the IAA. She plays a major role during the Humane Raid heist. She gives the players the Humane Labs and Research key codes and she collects the intel from the player.
Trevor Philips	Trevor Philips returns once again. He plays a major role during the Series A heist. He instructs the player throughout the entire heist and appears in the finale.
Ron Jakowski	Ron Jakowski returns once again. He plays a major role during the Series A heist. He instructs the player throughout the entire heist and appears in every setup mission.

Minor characters

Radio DJs

Lowriders

Main characters

Lamar Davis	Lamar introduces the player to Benny and his shop, Benny's Original Motor Works and will begin to give players missions to do so Lamar can rise to become the "King of Los Santos." His attempts to rise to the top include attempting to get the Vagos and Ballas into a gang war with each other and stealing lowriders, but these result in detrimental side effects.
Gerald	Gerald returns once again. He would get arrested because of Lamar's actions with a lowrider delivery for Family OG Vernon. Gerald would have been transported out of Los Santos by plane, likely to Bolingbroke Penitentiary, but would eventually be rescued by the protagonists.

Minor characters

Executives and Other Criminals

Brendan Darcy	Brendan Darcy is a former admiral from the Royal Australian Navy, and now he is the captain of the protagonist's Galaxy Super Yacht.
Yacht Bartender	She is an unnamed female bartender who operates the protagonist's yacht bar.

Further Adventures in Finance and Felony

Assistant	The Assistant offers objectives and feedback during the buying and selling of crates, as well as offering services through the phone or through the Organization office menu.

Bikers

Main characters

Lester Crest as Long John Teabag	Lester once again interacts with the player now under the nickname of "Long John Teabag" and using a voice changer. He is the owner of the Open Road Network and helps set up the player's illegal business for their Motorcycle Club.
Malc	Malc is a member of the Liberty City's Uptown Riders Motorcycle Club who introduces the protagonist to Motorcycle Clubs.

Minor characters

Import/Export

Warehouse Mechanic
Assistant
Office Mechanic

Gunrunning

Main characters

Agent 14	Agent 14 returns once again, now revealed to be affiliated with the Covert Operations organization. This organization manages the Disruption Logistics network and provide Mobile Operations to which Agent 14 is the boss of.

Minor characters

Chester McCoy

Smuggler's Run

Main Characters

Ron Jakowski	Ron Jakowski returns once again. Now he secures a partnership with the protagonist in the contraband smuggling business, in which he gets a 3% cut in the goods smuggled by the player.

Minor characters

Charlie Reed

Radio guests

Sophia Bowles-Carmichael

The Doomsday Heist

Main characters

Lester Crest
Agent 14
Phoenicia Rackman
Avon Hertz^†	Avon Hertz is an American billionaire and genius tech mogul who reached the one billion dollar milestone by the time he had aged 21 years and 9 months when he took his company public. Avon is also the creator of a AI neural network named "Cliffford".
Cliffford^†	An AI neural network created by Avon Hertz.

Minor characters

Radio DJs

Frank Ocean

After Hours

Main characters

Tony Prince	Tony Prince is a club owner and a returing character from Grand Theft Auto IV, The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony. He manages the Nightclub business.
Lazlow Jones
English Dave
Paige Harris