SegmentNextGTA San Andreas Characters: Who Everyone Is And What They Make Carl Do
San Andreas hands its story out person by person, so the cast list and the mission list are very nearly the same document. The quickest way to understand who anyone is, then, is to look at the work they give Carl, because in this game that is what a character is for. Below is everyone who matters, sorted by where in the state you meet them.
Grove Street
| Character | Who they are | What they hand Carl |
|---|---|---|
| Carl Johnson | The player character, home for his mother's funeral | Everything |
| Sean Johnson, called Sweet | Carl's older brother and the leader of the Grove Street Families | The longest strand in Los Santos, eleven missions from Tagging up Turf to The Green Sabre, and the last five of the game |
| Kendl Johnson | Carl's sister, and the reason Cesar is in the story | No missions of her own; she supplies the connection that carries the middle of the game |
| Melvin Harris, called Big Smoke | A Families man with expensive tastes | Four missions, including the one that starts OG Loc's career |
| Lance Wilson, called Ryder | The other Families lieutenant, permanently unimpressed | Three missions, among them the robbery of a military convoy |
| Jeffrey Cross, called OG Loc | An aspiring rapper with no ability | Four missions in service of a music career nobody asked for |
The Green Sabre is where these relationships are settled, and it is also the mission our other pages treat as the hinge of the game, because it is what puts the countryside's houses on the market. The full order is on our mission list.
The Police
| Character | Who they are | What they hand Carl |
|---|---|---|
| Officer Frank Tenpenny | The corrupt C.R.A.S.H. officer who owns Carl from the first cutscene | Work in Los Santos and again in Red County, always with a threat attached |
| Officer Eddie Pulaski | Tenpenny's enforcer, and the more openly vicious of the pair | The Badlands and Snail Trail end of the same arrangement |
| Officer Jimmy Hernandez | The third of the trio, and the one with a conscience | Nothing directly; his position in the group is the point |
The Countryside
| Character | Who they are | What they hand Carl |
|---|---|---|
| Catalina | A returning character from the previous game, volatile by design | Eight missions that alternate dates with robberies, including Tanker Commander and Small Town Bank |
| The Truth | A conspiracy-minded grower with a camper van | Body Harvest and Are You Going to San Fierro?, which is the road out of the countryside |
| Cesar Vialpando | Kendl's boyfriend, a low-rider and the most reliable ally in the game | A strand in every region, including the races that introduce Woozie |
San Fierro
| Character | Who they are | What they hand Carl |
|---|---|---|
| Wu Zi Mu, called Woozie | A Triad boss who is blind and extremely good at everything anyway | Five missions in San Fierro, then the Four Dragons Casino in Las Venturas |
| Zero | A model shop owner with an enemy and a lot of remote control aircraft | Three missions, one of which is the most complained-about in the game |
| Jizzy B | A pimp at the centre of the Loco Syndicate | The opening of the three mission syndicate strand |
| T-Bone Mendez | The San Fierro Rifa enforcer in the same syndicate | The middle of it |
| Mike Toreno | Introduced as a syndicate man, revealed as a government one | Four missions in the desert and the road to the airstrip |
Two of these strands leave something permanent behind. Cesar's Customs Fast Track opens the Easter Basin crane, the export point our wanted cars page is built around, and Woozie's casino becomes a free safehouse.
Las Venturas And After
| Character | Who they are | What they hand Carl |
|---|---|---|
| Ken Rosenberg | A lawyer from an earlier game, out of his depth again | Intensive Care and The Meat Business |
| Salvatore Leone | The Liberty City mob boss, in town and unhappy | Freefall and Saint Mark's Bistro |
| Millie Perkins | A Caligula's Palace croupier with particular tastes | The keycard the heist cannot happen without, through the dating system on our Millie guide |
| Madd Dogg | The rapper whose career OG Loc stole | Three missions back in Los Santos, and a mansion |
| Mark Wayne, called B Dup | A former Families man turned dealer | The mission that starts the last run home |
The Six Who Are Not Mission Givers
Carl's girlfriends sit outside the strands, with one exception. Denise Robinson arrives through Burning Desire and Millie Perkins through Key to Her Heart, so the story introduces two of them; Helena, Katie, Michelle and Barbara have to be found on the map. What each one wants and what she unlocks is on our girlfriends page, and the useful ones give Carl free weapons or a hospital trip that does not cost him his guns.
Character Questions
Who is the main character in GTA San Andreas?
Carl Johnson, called CJ, who comes back to Los Santos for his mother's funeral and does not leave the state again until the credits.
Which characters return from other GTA games?
Catalina and Claude from Grand Theft Auto III, and Ken Rosenberg and Salvatore Leone, whose stories run through Vice City and Liberty City respectively. San Andreas is set before both, so these are all earlier versions of people players already knew.
Who gives the most missions?
Sweet, with eleven in Los Santos before the story turns and five more at the end of the game. Cesar is the one who appears in the most regions. Our San Andreas hub follows the same journey by what each city holds.