Characters in Call of Duty

Recurring Characters

• Capt. Foley (506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division)

Appears in Call of Duty and its expansion pack, Call of Duty: United Offensive. He usually takes the role of squad leader in the American missions.

Capt. Foley is voiced by Steven Blum.

• Sgt. Moody (506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division)

Appears in Call of Duty and its expansion pack, Call of Duty: United Offensive. Acts as a second-in-command to Foley, and usually takes the role of squad leader in missions where he is absent. He is easily recognized by his burly voice. He is also a skilled driver, as proven in both games.

Sgt. Moody is voiced by Gregg Berger.

• Capt. Price

Appears in Call of Duty, Call of Duty 2 and Call of Duty 4. He is easily recognized by his trademark red sideburns. This character is noted for having three different incarnations.

The first incarnation acts as the players' squad leader, who along with him is recruited by the Special Air Service (SAS). He is later freed from a Austrian manor by American troops after crashing with a recon plane in Austria along with Ingram. This version of Price is killed onboard the Battleship Tirpitz while infiltrating it disguised as a Kriegsmarine officer.

The second incarnation is an officer in the 7th Armoured Division, also who acts as the players' squad leader in most missions. He has a smaller role in this game, and is not killed unlike in the other games.

The third incarnation is a SAS officer, who aside from acting as the players' squad leader later in the game, also is a playable character in a flash back mission, which is set 15 years earlier. This version apparently succumbs to his injuries after helping the player kill Imran Zakhaev.

Capt. Price is voiced by Michael Gough in COD and COD 2, and by Billy Murray in COD 4.

• Maj. Gerald Ingram (Special Operations Executive)

Appears in Call of Duty, it's expansion pack, Call of Duty: United Offensive and Call of Duty 3. In Call of Duty, he is freed from an Austrian POW camp by American troops after crashing with a recon plane in Austria along with Price. In United Offensive, he is first encountered working with the Dutch resistance, saving Sgt. Doyle out of enemy hands and recruiting him for the SOE. In Call of Duty 3, he and the player work together with the French resistance in Normandy. Ingram looks significantly older than most other NPC's, due to him being in his 40's.

Maj. Ingram is voiced by Robert Atkin Downes in the first two games, and by Mark Deklin in COD 3.

Other Characters

Call of Duty

• Pvt. Elder (506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division)

Befriended the player sometime during basic training, and fights alongside him in several missions. He can easily hotwire any car, and is often critical of Sgt. Moody. He can be killed on a mission to destroy an 88mm gun battery, depending on your actions.

Pvt. Elder is voiced by Giovanni Ribisi.

• Sgt. Waters (Special Air Service)

Waters is first encountered on the mission to destroy the Eder Dam. He is a veteran SAS operative and can operate several vehicles, ranging from small motor boats to transport aircraft. He takes the lead in the final British mission, following Cpt. Price's demise.

Sgt. Waters is voiced by Jason Statham.

• Sgt. Yakov Pavlov (13th Guards Rifle Division)

Based on the real-life Sgt. Yakov Pavlov. He commands the player during the Pavlov's House mission, based on a real-life event.

Sgt. Pavlov is voiced by Michael Bell.

Call of Duty 2

• Pvt. MacGregor (7th Armoured Division)

A hot-tempered, bearded soldier who fights alongside the player in most British missions.

• Sgt. Randall (Dog Company, 2nd Ranger Battalion)

Randall is first encountered when saving the players' life at Pointe du Hoc. He leads the players' squad in the American missions. He is promoted to Lieutenant by the battalion commander in the final mission, and recommends the player for promotion to Sergeant.

Call of Duty 4

• "Gaz" (Special Air Service)

A veteran SAS operative, he fights alongside the player and Cpt. Price in the British missions. He completed the SAS obstacle course in 19 seconds, and holds the record. Gaz is executed by Imran Zakhaev in the final mission.

Gaz is voiced by Craig Fairbrass.

• Lt. Vasquez (Marine Corps Force Recon)

Vasquez is the players' squad leader during the American missions. He is killed along with hundreds of marines when a nuclear bomb explodes in the enemy capital.

• Ssgt. Griggs (Marine Corps Force Recon)

Griggs is Vasquez' second-in-command, and the squad gunner. He escapes the nuclear explosion that killed Lt. Vasquez, and joined forces with Cpt. Price's team to continue the fight against Imran Zakhaev. He is captured and eventually freed by the player, but is killed in the final mission while trying to defend his position.

• Sgt. Kamarov (Russian Army)

Leads the loyalist Russian troops in combat when fighting with the players' SAS team. He also leads the rescue mission to save the player in the final mission.

• Capt. MacMillan (Special Air Service)

SAS sniper who lead the mission to assassinate Zakhaev 15 years ago, which failed. He possibly retired not long thereafter.

Capt. MacMillan is voiced by Zach Hanks.

• Nikolai

A Russian informant working for the British who infiltrated the ultranationalist camp, but was captured. He is freed by the British and relocated to Hamburg, providing valuable information to them.

Nikolai is voiced by Joshua LaCross.