Joseph Kaplan

Type	CHARACTER
Joseph Kaplan
Appears in	Grand Theft Auto IV
Voiced by	Jim Norton
Biographical information
Full name	Joseph Kaplan
Nationality	Czech
Status	Determinant
Date of birth	1975
Place of birth	Czechoslovakia
Date of death	2008 (Aged 33, player's choice)
Home	Liberty City
Main affiliation	Faustin Family (Associate) Marnie Allen (Formerly) Brett Unnamed pornstar
Businesses	Pornography Prostitution
Physical description
Gender	Male

“

Alright, alright already. Brett was just trying to be friendly.

— Joseph Kaplan.

Joseph Kaplan is a minor character in Grand Theft Auto IV.

History

Background

Joseph is a Czech immigrant who lives in Hove Beach, Broker. He is a known associate of Mikhail Faustin and other Russian criminals in the area. Although he has only one conviction (in 2003 for sexual assault) he is suspected by police of running a prostitution ring in a Hove Beach Sex Shop and also making low budget pornographic movies in its basement. Several young women have filed reports against Kaplan, including prostitute Marnie Allen, claiming that they were conned into appearing in his films.

Events of Grand Theft Auto IV

Kaplan is seen in the mission Do You Have Protection? in which Niko Bellic shoots his employee Brett as a warning for not paying Faustin a cut of his profits from the movies he makes and he is knocked out cold with a hit to the head with a gun by Dimitri Rascalov.

Optionally, Joseph can be killed only after Dimitri knocks him out with his gun, otherwise the mission will fail.

Character

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SURNAME

Kaplan

FIRST NAME

Joseph

AGE

33

PLACE OF BIRTH

Czech Republic

AFFILIATIONS

Known Associate of Mikhail Faustin and Russian Organized Crime in Hove Beach.

CRIMINAL RECORD

2003 - Sexual Assault

NOTES

- Czech immigrant.

- Suspected of running a prostitution ring from a Hove Beach sex shop.
- Believed to be involved in making low budget pornographic movies from his basement.

- Several young women have filed complaints about him, including prostitute Marnie Allen, claiming they were conned into appearing in pornographic movies.

Mission Appearances

Grand Theft Auto IV

• Do You Have Protection? (Can be killed)

Trivia

• There is a random character model of Joseph Kaplan that can be found in Middle Park East.
• Despite originally being from Czechoslovakia, Kaplan speaks with an American accent, suggesting that he has lived in the United States for a number of years.
• There is a line of dialogue Joseph speaks that is usually cut off due to Dimitri knocking him out with the gun. The line is "Fine, here you go. We ain't gonna have the resources to make any more movies, but here!" The line usually cuts off after "the". Even if the line is said in full, the subtitles still shorten the sentence. Niko standing in the way of Joseph's walking path is one way to hear the full line.