Carl Johnson
Playable lead
Carl "CJ" Johnson is the playable lead of GTA San Andreas, a Grove Street gangster pulled back to Los Santos in the early 90s, voiced by Chris Bellard.
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Playable characters 1
Supporting characters 26
Sean "Sweet" Johnson
CJ's brother
Sweet is CJ's brother and a Grove Street diehard who gives most of the early Los Santos missions in GTA San Andreas, voiced by Faizon Love.
Melvin "Big Smoke" Harris
Grove Street member
Big Smoke is a Grove Street veteran and one of CJ's old friends in GTA San Andreas, famous for his fast food order, voiced by Clifton Powell.
Lance "Ryder" Wilson
Grove Street member
Ryder is a trigger happy Grove Street member in GTA San Andreas whose missions are all about stealing guns and supplies. Voiced by MC Eiht.
Jeffrey "OG Loc" Cross
Aspiring rapper
OG Loc is a wannabe rapper fresh out of prison in GTA San Andreas who drags CJ into his feud with Madd Dogg. Voiced by Jonathan Anderson.
Madd Dogg
Rapper
Madd Dogg is the famous rapper whose rhymes OG Loc steals in GTA San Andreas, later one of CJ's allies. Voiced by Ice-T.
Zero
RC shop owner
Zero runs a radio controlled toy shop in San Fierro in GTA San Andreas and gives CJ a set of optional RC missions. Voiced by David Cross.
Mark "B Dup" Wayne
Link in the crack trade
B Dup is the man CJ and Sweet track down to Glen Park in GTA San Andreas as crack floods Grove Street. Voiced by The Game.
Kendl Johnson
CJ's sister
Kendl Johnson is CJ and Sweet's sister in GTA San Andreas, dating Cesar Vialpando of the Aztecas. Voiced by Yo Yo (Yolanda Whitaker).
Frank Tenpenny
Corrupt police officer
Officer Frank Tenpenny is the corrupt C.R.A.S.H. cop who frames CJ and forces him to do dirty work in GTA San Andreas, voiced by Samuel L. Jackson.
Eddie Pulaski
Corrupt police officer
Officer Eddie Pulaski is Frank Tenpenny's crooked sidekick, one of the cops who make CJ's life a misery in GTA San Andreas. Voiced by Chris Penn.
Jimmy Hernandez
Police officer
Officer Jimmy Hernandez is the third cop in Frank Tenpenny's crooked crew in GTA San Andreas, alongside Eddie Pulaski. Voiced by Armando Riesco.
Cesar Vialpando
Aztecas member and CJ's ally
Cesar Vialpando is a lowrider loving Varrios Los Aztecas member in GTA San Andreas, Kendl's boyfriend and CJ's ally. Voiced by Clifton Collins Jr.
The Truth
Conspiracy theorist
The Truth is a paranoid hippie and conspiracy theorist in GTA San Andreas who sends CJ on some of its strangest jobs. Voiced by Peter Fonda.
Catalina
Robbery partner
Catalina is Cesar's volatile cousin in GTA San Andreas, who drags CJ into a string of countryside robberies. Voiced by Cynthia Farrell.
Wu Zi Mu (Woozie)
Triad leader
Woozie is the blind, unflappable leader of the Mountain Cloud Boys Triad in GTA San Andreas and one of CJ's closest allies. Voiced by James Yaegashi.
Mike Toreno
Mysterious operator
Mike Toreno is the mysterious operator tied to San Fierro's drug Syndicate who pulls CJ into shadowy work in GTA San Andreas. Voiced by James Woods.
Ken Rosenberg
Casino contact
Ken Rosenberg is a lawyer at Caligula's Palace in GTA San Andreas, caught up in mob trouble and CJ's inside contact. Voiced by William Fichtner.
Kent Paul
Band manager
Kent Paul, the band manager from GTA Vice City, resurfaces in GTA San Andreas alongside Maccer. Voiced by Danny Dyer.
Maccer
Musician
Maccer is a former Manchester techno singer travelling with Kent Paul in GTA San Andreas, played by Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder.
Salvatore Leone
Mafia boss
Salvatore Leone, Don of Liberty City's Leone family, steps into Las Venturas mob business in GTA San Andreas and puts CJ to work. Voiced by Frank Vincent.
Emmet
Gun contact
Emmet is the Los Santos contact where CJ picks up his first pistol and learns to shoot, in the GTA San Andreas mission Nines and AKs.
T-Bone Mendez
Syndicate member
T-Bone Mendez is a member of San Fierro's drug Syndicate in GTA San Andreas who works alongside Jizzy B. Voiced by Kid Frost.
Jizzy B
Syndicate member
Jizzy B is a San Fierro pimp and Syndicate member in GTA San Andreas whose trust CJ has to win. Voiced by Charlie Murphy.
Ran Fa Li
Woozie's associate
Ran Fa Li, known as Farlie, is an associate of Woozie in GTA San Andreas whom CJ protects from the Da Nang Boys. Credited to Hunter Platin.
Denise Robinson
Girlfriend
Denise Robinson is CJ's first girlfriend in GTA San Andreas, met when he pulls her from a burning house in Burning Desire. Voiced by Heather Alicia Simms.
Millie Perkins
Girlfriend
Millie Perkins is a Caligula's Palace croupier CJ dates in GTA San Andreas to get the keycard he needs for the casino heist. Voiced by Orfeh.