Characters / Call of Duty

Characters from the various games of the First-Person Shooter franchise Call of Duty.

For works with their own character pages:

• Call of Duty 2
• Modern Warfare
  • Special Air Service
  • United States Military
  • Task Force 141
  • Russian Loyalists and Russian Government
  • Ultranationalists and OpFor
• Call of Duty: World at War
• Call of Duty: Black Ops (and Black Ops II)
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops III
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
  • Call of Duty: Zombies
• Call of Duty: Ghosts
• Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

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• Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
• Call of Duty: WWII
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)
  • Characters in the singleplayer campaign
  • Multiplayer operatives

This page is very much a work in progress, contributions are welcomed.

Call of Duty Classic and United Offensive

Player Characters in General

• Early Installment Weirdness: Unlike the heroic mimes from most of the other games, we know their thoughts through their journal entries at the beginning of each mission. Oddly enough, this leaves them with more characterization than many future protagonists in the series starting with Modern Warfare.
• Heroic Mime

Private Joe Martin

• Elites Are More Glamorous: Part of the famous 101st Airborne Division.
• Player Character: The first in the series!

Sergeant Jack Evans

• Elites Are More Glamorous: After taking part in securing Pegasus Bridge during D-Day, he, Waters and Captain Price are moved into the SAS for covert operations.
• Player Character: For Call of Duty's British campaign.
• One-Man Army: He singlehandely infiltrated a German-occupied dam and killed his way in-and-out to destroy its anti-air defenses.

Sergeant Waters

Voiced by: Jason Statham

• Elites Are More Glamorous: He is the axillary soldier involved with Evans and Price's covert operations. He plays a supporting role while Price and/or Evans goes into the enemy's territory.

Sergeant James Doyle

• Elites Are More Glamorous: Starts with the RAF (Royal Air Force) and moves on to the SOE (Special Operations Executive) and receives back up from the SAS (Special Air Service).
• Player Character: For United Offensive.

Sergeant Alexei Ivanovich Voronin

Voiced by:

• Cold Sniper: Literally. He is quick to choose sniping as his mode of fighting when forced into combat at gunpoint.
• Field Promotion: Starts off as a fresh private being forced at gunpoint to go into battle. Ends up promoted during the missions of the first game until he reached Sergeant.
• Player Character: For Call of Duty's Russian campaign.
• Suddenly Voiced: He speaks in the mission Warsaw Factory.

Captain Foley

Voiced by: Steve Blum

• Bash Brothers: With Sgt. Moody.
• The Captain: He's your CO during the American Campaign.
• Elites Are More Glamorous: Part of the 101st Airborne.

Sergeant Moody

Voiced by: Gregg Berger

• Badass Driver: Manages to drive a Peugeot through enemy lines to try to get to HQ
• Bash Brothers: With Cpt. Foley
• Deadpan Snarker
  Oh yes, sir, you bet! We ride through enemy lines in a French tin can! Want me to paint a bullseye on it, sir?
  • Also:
    Pvt. Elder: I can't believe I volunteered to do this!
    Sgt. Moody: (matter-of-factly) You didn't, remember? You volunteered.
• Drives Like Crazy: When he and the privates needed to deliver a message to HQ while travelling through German lines
• Elites Are More Glamorous: Part of the 101st Airborne.
• Indy Ploy: Oh yes. While driving through a German convoy.
  Pvt. Elder: What the hell are you doing Sarge?!
  Sgt. Moody: (quietly) I don't know, I sure hope it works.
• The Lancer: To Captain Foley.
• Sergeant Rock: The first in a long series of them.
• Pun: Sgt. Moody is moody.

Private Elder

Voiced by: Giovanni Ribisi

• Deadpan Snarker: When Moody gets the car stuck in a dead end and destroys the car, Elder is not amused. Moody doesn't want to hear it.
  Elder: Oh. hey great, good move! Remind me to thank the captain.
  Sgt. Moody: Shut up Elder, and get your ass out! Let's go Martin, move it, move!
• Elites Are More Glamorous: Part of the 101st Airborne.
• Killed Off for Real: Player-Determined, he can die during Brecourt Manor like any other generic soldier.
  • What Happened to the Mouse?: Not mentioned again after Brecourt Manor. It's possible given his attitude and acomplishments that he was promoted and transferred to another squad. It's just as likely he was killed or wounded and taken out of combat. Lastly, it's possible that Pvt. Elder was one of the men separated from his squad. Captain Foley describes in a slide show that the 101st formed mixed groups and Elder could have just been pulled along for the ride by Moody.
• Recruiting the Criminal: Implied by this conversation when Sergeant Moody needs him to hotwire a Nazi vehicle
  Sgt. Moody: Elder, ever steal a car?
  Elder: Only when I need one Sarge.

Sergeant Yakov Pavlov

Voiced by: Michael Bell

• Historical Domain Character: He's based and named after the real Pavlov.

Captain Price

Voiced by: Michael Gough

• Authority Equals Asskicking: He's a Captain and a skilled soldier.
• Badass in Distress: Was captured by the Germans and rescued by the Americans.
• Badass Family: Has a presumed grandson who's even more awesome.
• Deadpan Snarker:
  Made quite a racket, didn't you. That's quite alright, I can still walk.
  • Also:
    We're in luck! The Germans haven't responded to our, erm... stellar landing.
• Dropped a Bridge on Him: In Call of Duty, he's killed rather unceremoniously during the Dreadnought mission.
• Elites Are More Glamorous: He gets transferred to the SAS with Evans and Waters.
• Killed Off for Real: In Call of Duty, dies during the Dreadnought mission.
• Porn Stache: Runs in the family.
• Sacrificial Lion: He dies during the infiltration of the Tirpitz.

Major Gerald Ingram

Voiced by: Robin Atkin Downes (Call of Duty and Call of Duty: United Offensive); Mark Deklin (Call of Duty 3)

• Badass in Distress: Like Price, he was captured and the Americans needed to rescue him.
• Elites Are More Glamorous: Major in the SAS.
• Majorly Awesome: Did work with the resistance movements in France and the Netherlands. When you rescue him in the first game, he was just about to break free having incapacitated a guard there.
  Ingram: Yanks? Well there's a spot of luck.
• Sacrificial Lion: Subverted, he appears to die after raiding a fuel plant in Call of Duty 3, but you end up rescuing him later on.

Sergeant Antonov

Voiced by: S. Scott Bullock

• Political Officer: He's a Commissar, though he is more active in combat compared to the usual "shoot the coward" or Obstructive Bureaucrat.
• Sergeant Rock: Technically Commissar Rock by his position, he leads the squad from the front and make quick decisions in thick of battle.

Major Sheppard

Voiced by:

• Elites Are More Glamorous

Private Ender

Voiced by: Quinton Flynn

• Deadpan Snarker: Again, Sgt. Moody doesn't appreciate it.
• Elites Are More Glamorous: 101st Airborne.
• Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Of Private Elder of the original campaign.

Private Riley

Voiced by:

• Elites Are More Glamorous: 101st Airborne.
• Player Character: First one in United Offensive.

Private Anderson

Voiced by: Cam Clarke

• Deadpan Snarker
• Elites Are More Glamorous: 101st Airborne.

Private Yuri Petrenko

• invoked Name's the Same: Not related to Dimitri Petrenko from the later World at War.
• Player Character: For United Offensive's Russian Campaign.

Private Korolov

Voiced by: Jay Gordon

Call of Duty: Finest Hour

Playable Characters

Private Aleksandr Sokolov

Voiced by:

• Decoy Protagonist: He was playable in the first two missions. But you play as Tanya in missions three and four, then as Nikolai in the remainder of the Russian campaign while Sokolov gets Put on a Bus.
• New Meat: One of the numerous Russian conscripts brought to fight at Stalingrad.
• Put on a Bus: Last seen tending to Tanya at the Russian HQ.
• Target Spotter: Serves as one for Tanya after she takes him under her wing.

Lieutenant Tanya Pavelovena

Voiced by:

• Action Girl: Has the honor of being the first female playable character in the series.
• Cold Sniper: Aloof, stoic, deadly.
• No One Could Survive That!: She's presumed dead by Nikolai's tank crew when the building she's in is blown up by a Panzer IV with her inside it. At the end of the mission, however, she turns up alive and well.
• Put on a Bus: She was injured while Nikolai and his crew repaired the tank. She was last seen at the HQ wishing Nikolai good luck on his mission.
• Weapon of Choice: Carries the only scoped Mosin Nagant in the entire single-player campaign.
• You Killed My Father: Her motivation for fighting the Germans as they invaded her small village, killing her family.

Major Nikolai Badanov

Voiced by:

• Bald of Awesome: Has no hair under his tank cap. Though he never wears said hat during the game.
• Historical Domain Character: Almost definitely based on Major General Vasily Badanov, who led the real-life Tatsinskaya airfield raid in Operation Little Saturn (which forms the last two missions in which he is playable).
• Majorly Awesome: Promoted into one before Operation Little Saturn.
• Tank Goodness: Commands a Soviet T-34 tank.
• Weapon of Choice: He carries the DP-28 Light Machine gun in any mission he's playable.

Sergeant Edward Carlyle

Voiced by: Robin Atkin Downes

• Badass Bookworm: Used to be a chemistry teacher before joining the war.
• Demolitions Expert: Thanks to his background as mentioned above.
• Elites Are More Glamorous: A member of Popski's Private Army.
• Heroic Mime: Granted, this is pretty standard, but Carlyle stands out for being the only Player Character in Finest Hour to not get any speaking parts in cutscenes.
• Jumped at the Call: Unlike the others, Carlyle enlisted to escape the drab life of being a teacher.
• Sergeant Rock: Despite Carlyle and Starsky sharing the same rank, Carlyle follows Starsky's orders.

Lieutenant Chuck Walker

Voiced by:

• A Father to His Men
• Been There, Shaped History: The last mission has him and his men taking the Ludendorff Bridge, with Chuck himself raising the American flag on the other side.
• BFG: After his promotion, he uses a BAR.
• Sergeant Rock: Later promoted to Lieutenant.

Sergeant Sam Rivers

Voiced by:

• Jumped at the Call: He and his friends enlisted the day after the Attack on Pearl Habour.
• One-Scene Wonder: Only playable in "Come out Fighting", while making a small cameo later in the American Campaign.
• Politically Correct History: Zig-zagged. He is part of a segregated unit where all of the men are black. (The real-world 761st Tank Battalion to be precise.) And had alluded to facing discrimination during camphood. However he was shown accompanying Chuck later in the American Campaign.
• Sergeant Rock: And a Tank Commander to boot.
• Tank Goodness: He commands an M4 Sherman tank.
• Token Minority: He is Afro-American. The first one playable in the franchise.
• Weapon of Choice: Armed with the M3 Grease Gun, the only one that appears in the game.

Non-Playable Characters worth note

Sgt. Oleg Puskov

Voiced by:

• Heroic Sacrifice: After spotting a German sniper, he shoves Alexsandr away to take the bullet.
• Justified Tutorial: His only purpose in the first mission was to guide you through the level and teach you the basics.
• Taking the Bullet: Pushed Alexsandr out of the way to save him from a sniper.
• We Hardly Knew Ye: Dies in the second level.

Sgt. Bob Starsky

Voiced by:

• Actor Allusion: He is portrayed by Brian Johnson of AC/DC fame. One of his lyrics appears in the game.
  Starsky: Alright! Get ready to break, and ready to dash!
• Badass Beard: A fuzzy red one.
• Sergeant Rock: Gives orders to Carlyle despite sharing the same rank.

Sgt. Benny Church

Voiced by:

• Badass Longcoat: The only American soldier to wear one.
• Field Promotion: Was a Corporal once, but then was promoted alongside Chuck. At one point he forgets about this and accidentally refers to Chuck as "Sarge", prompting the now-lieutenant to jokingly threaten him with demotion.
• Foil: Slightly more inexperienced and nervous, compared to the more calm and seasoned Chuck.
• The Lancer: Chuck's second-in-command and the soldier with whom he has the most conversation.

Call of Duty 2: Big Red One

Private/Corporal/Sergeant Roland Roger

Voiced by: Stephen Saux

• Alliterative Name: Roland Roger.
• All There in the Manual: You can see his name on the back of the CD case. He was only addressed by rank in-game.
• Chekhov's Skill: Riding a tank during "Tankers", it comes up again in "The Last Train" after your squadron captured a Panzer.
• Heroic Mime: Averted. He speaks in a few levels, such as "Tankers".
• New Meat: Was this during the Africa Campaign.
• Player Character: The player character for most of the game, except for "Liberators" where you play as his brother "Stretch".
• Sergeant Rock: Gets promoted to Sergeant after the Normandy landings.
• Target Spotter: In "Piano Lupo" and "The Great Crusade", he uses a pair of binoculars to call in artillery strikes at enemy armor and defenses.

Airman "Stretch" Roger

Voiced by:

• Heroic Mime: Again, averted. He speaks at least two lines in the game.
• Only Known by Their Nickname: Only referred to as Stretch.
• Player Character: In "Liberators".

Lieutenant/Captain Norman Delaney

Voiced by: J. Matthew Morton

• The Captain: Promoted into one later in the game.
• Lamarck Was Right: His backstory tells us his father was a decorated soldier in World War One, and he became an officer just like him.

• Sixth Ranger: His first appearance was brief during Operation Husky, but he fights alongside your squad in the last two missions.

Sergeant Glenn "Hawk" Hawkins

Voiced by: Michael Cudlitz

• A Father to His Men: His squadron holds a lot of respect for the man.
• Put on a Bus: Gets wounded for the third time (after getting gunned down in Africa and Sicily prior), and medevaced in "An Easy Detail".
• Promoted to Parent: In his backstory, he had to care for his mother and sisters after their father left for work and never came back.
• Sergeant Rock: Your squad leader, and willing to use his Thompson against the Germans.
• Weapon of Choice: Wields the Thompson submachine gun whenever he's around, but he was armed with a Garand in "The Great Crusade".

Private Victor "Vic" Denley

Voiced by: David Rees Snell

• The Big Guy: Armed with a B.A.R.
• Big Guy Fatality Syndrome: The first of your squadron to go.
• Killed Off for Real: Gets killed by a German machinegunner in "Farewell to Friends".

• Southern-Fried Private: Subverted. While he is from Texas and the most scrappy of your squadron, he's a very easy-going guy. Unless Brooklyn insults him.

Private/Corporal Alvin "Brooklyn" Bloomfield

Voiced by: Frank John Hughes

• Brooklyn Rage: Really from the Bronx.
• Forgotten Fallen Friend: His squadmates were celebrating over the destruction of the V2 rockets rather than grieving for Brooklyn. Odd since both Vic and Hawkins had some moment of remorse.
• Killed Off for Real: He was struck down by a mortar round in the last mission.
• Informed Judaism: His backstory stated he is the youngest of a Jewish family.
• Plucky Comic Relief: Usually at the expense of his teammates.
• Shoo Out the Clowns: Killed by mortar fire before the bloodbath at the Siegfried Line.

Private/Corporal/Sergeant Stephen Kelly

Voiced by: Richard Speight Jr.

• Badass Bookworm: Studied English and French literature at Yale before being drafted.
• Cowardly Lion: Easily the most timid member of your group, but he can still fend for himself in a fight.
• Megane: To show he's a scholar, and a timid person too.
• Sole Survivor: He is the only member of your original squadron not killed or replaced by the end of the game.

Private/Corporal John Jackson "Schmitty" Smith

Voiced by:

• Acrofatic: Despite his pudgy exterior, he can catch up with everyone. Possibly that he was stationed as a mechanic he gained a few pounds before being sent to the front lines.
• New Meat: Joined your group before Normandy.
• Replacement Goldfish: Joined your team after Vic is killed.
• The Engineer: One point repaired a Flak 88 during the D-Day mission.

Private Andy Allen

Voiced by:

• Killed Off for Real: A victim of a mortar round at the very end of the tutorial.
• New Meat
• Replacement Goldfish: Unlike Schmitty, Brooklyn seem to show some disdain towards him.
  Brooklyn (to Allen): Look here replacement, just because you have that patch on your shoulder doesn't mean you're one of us.
• We Hardly Knew Ye: Was killed up in the tutorial, the same mission he debuted in.

Private Miles "Manny" "Max" Castillo

Voiced by:

• Advertised Extra: Has a profile of his own despite appearing in one mission.
• Killed Off for Real: Killed in a jeep crash from an German ambush.
• We Hardly Knew Ye: We met him in "An Easy Detail", died in a car crash in same level.

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Private Nichols

Voiced by:

• Badass in Distress: While he's one of the more effective members of the squad, Nichols is far from immune to harm- and frequently gets knocked around, ambushed and incapacitated, forcing his teammates to drag him to safety- something Dixon even lampshades in the second levels.
• Dude, Where's My Respect?: Nichols is a one man army, who is noted by other characters for his aim, his ability to complete objectives and his reliability; he gets passed up for promotions in favor of Guzzo and Huxley instead, and Sergeant Mc Cullen can't even remember his name.
• Heroic Mime: Like all player characters in the Call of Duty series, Nichols never says a word.
• Player Character: The player character for the American levels of the game.

Corporal Duncan Keith

Voiced by: Luke Massy

• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He tends to insult his comrades and French resistance, but warmed up to the Marquis after Isabelle's death
• Sergeant Rock: Technically he's a Corporal, but he still fits the archetype of a leading NCO.
• Violent Glaswegian: He's from Scotland and can be belligerent in temperament.

Sergeant Frank McCullin

Voiced by: Peter Jamesk

• Achilles in His Tent: After the Americans capture St. Germain, Frank shuts down and stops talking to his squad. According to Huxley, it's been at least 48 hours since any of them have actually heard him say anything.
• Ax-Crazy: Frank seems... unhinged, with an alarming frequency.
• Bad Boss: He wasn't always, but he's clearly suffering trauma from losing numerous men throughout the war- by the time the campaign starts, he's already given up on the idea that anyone under his command is going to survive, he can't remember the names of his own men, and he jumps to threatening to shoot Guzzo for desertion a little too readily.
• Creepy Shadowed Undereyes: McCullin has extremely noticeable shadowy bags under his eyes.
• The Cynic: He doesn't think he or anyone else in the squad has a chance of surviving the war.
• Death Seeker: Bonus materials released with the game reveal that any hopes Frank had before the war have been beaten out of him, and that he embraces dying as it's the only way he thinks he can ever escape the war.
• Demolitions Expert: Revealed to have been a combat engineer before the events of the game.
• Dying Declaration of Hate: With his last breath he tells Guzzo to go to hell.
• Hidden Depths: He's revealed to have been a former combat engineer.
• Old Soldier: He's in his mid forties by the beginning of the game.
• Sergeant Rock: He's a tough NCO in a position of leadership.
• Shell-Shocked Veteran: Having watched so many soldiers under his command die has taken a toll on Frank- he's become erratic, violent and locks up frequently in the middle of combat, forgetting to give orders and forcing Dixon to lead the squad instead. He even forgets the names of his men, seemingly confusing them for other soldiers who have served under him and didn't make it.
• Take Up My Sword: His helmet, which has been passed from soldier to soldier as they become the new leader of the squad- covered in multiple company logos left from each man who's carried it. After his death, McCullin's helmet passes to Dixon.
• You Are What You Hate: The bonus materials imply that he doesn't hate Guzzo because he thinks Guzzo is a coward and a deserter; he hates Guzzo because he's just as done with the killing and violence and just wants to escape too, but has been beaten down so much over the last few years, that he believes the only escape is in death.

Private First Class Salvadore Guzzo

Voiced by: r

• Asskicking Equals Authority: He is promoted to squad leader after he displays great bravery during the battle of Chambois.
• Communications Officer: He's the guy who carries the radio.
• Cowardly Lion: He shown to be much more concerned with keeping himself alive than actually winning the war, but he is willing to fight for his life.
• Let's Get Dangerous!: When Dixon is killed at Chambois, Guzzo steps up and leads the squad to victory.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here!: When the Germans start dropping artillery at Saint-Lo, Guzzo's immediate response is to turn and flee the battle.
• You Are in Command Now: Replaces both McCullin and Dixon after both of them get killed.

Private Leroy Huxley

Voiced by: Ben Diskind

• Deadpan Snarker: Huxley provides most of the snark in the campaign.
• Helmets Are Hardly Heroic: He wears a beanie in place of the helmet worn by all the other characters.
• Sticky Fingers: Prior to joining the Army he was a thief, and he still holds thieving tendencies from time to time.
• Southern-Fried Private: He hails from Louisiana and it shows.

Isabelle DuFontaine

Voiced by: Georgia Simon

• Action Girl: She fights alongside you during the British levels.
• Heroic Sacrifice: Dies planting explosives on an armored car, but atypical in that she was killed only by early detonation.

Joe Cole

Voiced by:

• Demolitions Expert
• Player Character: For the Canadian Campaign.

Jean-Guy Robiechauld

Voiced by:

• Berserk Button: Cowards, or people he perceives to be cowards, such as Baron.
• Glory Seeker: Believes war is a moment for men to shine, especially himself.
• Large Ham: Gives a rousing speech for his men when you first meet him.
  "Glory! Or a glorious death awaits us."
• Nice Hat: Wears a tam o'shanter outside of battle.
• Old Soldier: Already a veteran of World War I.
• French Jerk: French-Canadian Jerk to be precise. Often picks on Baron for being a Communication's Officer.

Leslie Baron

Voiced by:

• Butt-Monkey: A victim of Robiechauld's wrath against cowards, especially since Robiechauld served alongside his father in WWI.
• Communications Officer: He's in charge of the radio.
• Do Not Go Gentle: Refuses to retreat as he grew sick of being called a coward before he was gunned down.
• Forgotten Fallen Friend: His death was met with apathy, although he died in the Polish campaign and none of your allies there know about him.

Bohater Wojciech

Voiced by:

• Player Character: For the Polish Campaign

Stan "Papa Jack" Jackowicz

Voiced by:

• A Father to His Men: His nickname says all. Also grieves for the loss of his comrades post-battle. Even wanting his men to have proper burials back in Poland.
• Majorly Awesome
• Old Soldier: Served in World War One.
• Tank Goodness: Your commander of your Sherman Firefly.

Łukasz "Bang Boom" Kolwalski

Voiced by:

• Badass Beard
• Bald of Awesome
• Killed Off for Real: Killed from a tank shell.

Marek "Beksa" Ułan

Voiced by:

• Embarrassing Nickname: His nickname is Polish for "crybaby".

Joakim "Lucky Rudd" Rudinski

Voiced by: George Tasudis

• Killed Off for Real: Gunned down by a German tank.
• Ironic Nickname: He got killed despite being called "Lucky".