Lazlow
Lazlow is the series' long running radio host, who appears on screen for the first time in GTA 5 as the host of the TV talent show Fame or Shame.
Key facts
- Role
- TV and radio host
- Voice actor
- Jeffrey "Lazlow" Jones
- Show
- Fame or Shame
- Series history
- Radio host since GTA 3
Lazlow is a recurring Grand Theft Auto character: a sleazy, neurotic media personality who has been on the in game radio since GTA 3. In Grand Theft Auto V he finally appears on screen, as the host of the TV talent show Fame or Shame.
Who he is
GamesRadar explains that former Rockstar producer Jeffrey “Lazlow” Jones has played this same radio host since GTA 3 in 2001. IGN’s guide notes that GTA 5 is his first on screen appearance in the series.
Role in the story
Lazlow’s main appearance is in the mission “Fame or Shame”, played as Michael and Trevor. After visiting the auditions at the Maze Bank Arena, the pair chase Lazlow through the streets in a truck, and the aim is to stay close without hurting him. The gold medal goals include staying close to Lazlow throughout the chase and not unhooking the trailer.
He also turns up later in Michael’s family storyline, in connection with Tracey De Santa.
Behind the scenes
GamesRadar reports that Lazlow left Rockstar in 2020 after about 20 years on the series and now works with Dan Houser at Absurd Ventures. He told an interviewer that he doubts he will appear in GTA 6.
Spoiler
In “Reuniting the Family”, Michael finds Tracey with Lazlow at a tattoo parlor in Vinewood, and IGN’s guide notes that you get to give Lazlow a brand new look before Michael takes his family to therapy.
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