List of characters in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 video game consoles and the Microsoft Windows operating system. Officially announced on February 11, 2009, the game was released worldwide on...

 or (Call of Duty 6: Modern Warfare 2)
is a 2009 first person shooter video game developed by Infinity Ward
Infinity Ward
Infinity Ward is an American video game developer. Infinity Ward is responsible for the development of the video game Call of Duty and four other installments in the Call of Duty franchise....

 and published by Activision
Activision
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. It was released in November, 10.

Protagonists

Captain John "Soap" MacTavish
John MacTavish
John "Soap" MacTavish, is a Scottish fictional character and one of the two main protagonists in the Modern Warfare series of the Call of Duty game franchise...

- The main protagonist and a playable character. He returns from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, now as the field commander of Task Force 141. He first appears on the mission "Cliffhanger", assisting the player's character "Roach Sanderson". In the second mission, he and his team go after the right hand and arms dealer and interrogated him, which then leads to hunt for Rojas, who they capture in time. In the final mission, he and Price hunt for General Shepherd who killed Ghost and Roach, and has portrayed them as wanted criminals. Soap tries to kill Shepherd, but Shepherd stabs him. He takes the knife out of his chest, which the player throws in an unmissable attack, killing him whilst he is overpowering Price. He is voiced by Kevin McKidd
Kevin McKidd
Kevin McKidd is a Scottish television and film actor and director. Before playing the role of Owen Hunt in Grey's Anatomy, McKidd starred as Lucius Vorenus in the historical drama series Rome, and provided the voice of Captain John "Soap" Mactavish in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and the sequel...

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Captain John Price
Captain Price (Call of Duty)
, $ Captain Price is the major fictional character in the Call of Duty series. Price appears as an experienced soldier and a strong leader. He is somewhat compassionate, but can be rather ruthless at times. He speaks with a cockney accent. In all games, he appears with a large, characteristic...

- The secondary protagonist and a non-playable character. He also returns from Modern Warfare. He is discovered by the team as they free him from the gulag prison in Russia. In the second mission after his rescue, he helps Task Force 141 to hunt down the new Ultranationalist terrorist "Vladimir Makarov". In the third mission, he, along with Soap, is betrayed by General Shepherd, and attacked by Shepherd's men. He asks Makarov for Intel in order to find Shepard. Makarov gives up on the information to Price, knowing the location of Shepherd. Price and Soap hunt down Shepherd, who escapes into a waiting helicopter. Price manages to shoot it down, however Shepherd survives. In the aftermath of the crash, Price fights with Shepherd after he has injured Soap, but Shepherd overpowers him. Soap manages to pull the knife out of his chest and throw the knife, hitting and killing Shepherd. He is voiced by Billy Murray
Billy Murray
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, who returns from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.

  Sergeant Gary "Roach" Sanderson - Is the main playable character. He is a member of Task Force 141 and a friend of Ghost. He appears as the playable character in the mission "Cliffhanger". He is saved by Soap just as he is about to fall off a cliff. In the second mission in Brazil, Roach, Soap, and Ghost hunt down for the right hand man weapons dealer, with Roach shooting him in the leg. In his final appearance, Roach, Ghost, Ozone and Scarecrow capture the house with the intel inside and the team uses the DSL to transfer the files. At the end of the mission, Roach and Ghost are killed by Shepherd and set on fire by Shepherd's cigar
Cigar
A cigar is a tightly-rolled bundle of dried and fermented tobacco that is ignited so that its smoke may be drawn into the mouth. Cigar tobacco is grown in significant quantities in Brazil, Cameroon, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Indonesia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Philippines, and the Eastern...

, as the rest of Shepherd's men look on.

Lieutenant Simon "Ghost" Riley - Is a non-playable character in Modern Warfare 2. He also appears in Modern Warfare 2: Ghost
Modern Warfare 2: Ghost
Modern Warfare 2: Ghost is a six-part comic book mini-series. The series ties-in with the Call of Duty video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2...

. He appears in the mission "Takedown". Ghost and Soap interrogate Rojas' right hand man. He further appears in the missions "Hornet's Nest" and "The Only Easy Day...Was Yesterday." On the "Gulag" mission, he stays in the control room to unlock the gates of the prison by hacking the enemy's security system. His final appearance is in "Loose Ends", where he, along with Roach, is shot and killed by Shepherd. He is voiced by the English actor Craig Fairbrass
Craig Fairbrass
Craig Fairbrass is an English actor. He is known for his distinctive Cockney accent.-Life and career:Fairbrass was born in Stepney, London. He made his acting debut in an episode of the television series Shelley in 1980. This was followed by appearances in series such as Emmerdale, Three Up Two...

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  Private James Ramirez - Is a playable character. He is an 75th Ranger Regiment
Army Ranger
Army Ranger can refer to:* Canadian Rangers, a component of the army of the Canadian Forces* Irish Army Rangers* Pakistan Army Rangers* United States Army Rangers* Vietnamese Rangers, part of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam...

 based on the east coast of the United States during the start of the Russian Invasion . His first appearance is in "Wolverines!" where his team is sent to extract a VIP
VIP
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 codenamed "Raptor" from invading Russian forces. Second, Ramirez and the rest of the team go to Washington, D.C. that is damaged by the Russian Invasion. His final appearance is "Whiskey Hotel" where after struggling through the Washington D.C. warzone Ramirez and the team attempt to retake the White House
White House
The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...

 from Russian forces, upon reaching the roof, Ramirez uses the flares to stop the Hammerdown deployment. His name has been used as an internet meme as Foley gives him an order.

  Private First Class Joseph Allen (also known as Alexei Borodin) - Is a playable character for a short time. He is introduced in S.S.D.D completing the training. He then goes undercover as part of Vladimir Makarov's crew in the skippable "No Russian" level. However at the end of the mission, it is revealed that Makarov knew of Allen's true identity as a CIA agent, and shoots him, leaving his body behind as a catalyst for Russia turning on the USA.

  Codename: "Nikolai" - He returns from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, now appearing to be a mercenary pilot with a number of fixed wing and rotary aircraft at his disposal. He comes to Task Force 141's aid in "Hornet's Nest" and "The Enemy of My Enemy", and provides logistical support to Price and MacTavish in "Just Like Old Times" and "Endgame".

Antagonists

  Lieutenant General "Gold Eagle" Shepherd - Is revealed as the main antagonist in Modern Warfare 2. He is both the commander of Task Force 141 and also the U.S. Army Rangers. In Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is a 2007 first-person shooter video game, developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii. A handheld game was made for the Nintendo DS. The game was released in North America, Australia, and...

, he lost 30,000 men when Khaled Al-Asad set off a nuclear bomb. Angry and disillusioned by this and the world's refusal to listen to his warnings of Russia becoming an ultranationalist state, Shepherd begins to operate on his own. He heads Task Force 141 and hunts Russian terrorist Vladimir Makarov, eventually ordering his elite soldiers, Shadow Company, to eliminate them both. He is revealed to be responsible for the Russian-American war, his goal being to make America once again undisputed as the sole world superpower- and himself as the hero who made it so. Shepherd is killed at the end of the final mission by Soap, who throws a knife into Shepherd's head. He is voiced by Lance Henriksen
Lance Henriksen
Lance James Henriksen is an American actor and artist best known to film and television audiences for his roles in science fiction, action, and horror films such as the Alien film franchise, and on television shows such as Millennium....

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  Vladimir R. Makarov - The secondary, but first revealed, antagonist throughout the game. He is a terrorist and also a Ultranationalist leader, replacing Imran Zakhaev. In the "No Russian" mission, he and his team, including undercover CIA agent Joseph Allen, attack Zakhaev International Airport in Moscow, killing a large number of civilians and Russian police. In the end of the mission, Makarov, aware of Allen's true identity, kills the agent, leaving him behind to be discovered by Russian police, leading the Russians to believe that it was a U.S. led attack, causing a war between Russia and the United States. At the end of the game, he supplies Price and MacTavish with intel leading them to Shepherd's location, albeit reluctantly, and goes into hiding. He is voiced by the voice actor Roman Varshavsky.

  Alejandro 'Alex the Red' Rojas - An arms dealer based in Rio de Janeiro. A former armorer, he began selling weapons on the side. It is implied that he is arming the local gang with stolen FAL
FAL
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s from the local FN
FN
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 factory. He supplied Makarov and his unit with their equipment during their massacre at the Zakhaev International Airport in Moscow. In an attempt to find Makarov, Task Force 141 traces the shell casings and identifies them as his. The group hunts Rojas down in his residential favela and he is eventually captured by Captain MacTavish. He is soon after tortured by Ghost and reveals that their best shot at reaching Makarov is a man that Makarov has a personal grudge against, locked up in a Russian Gulag, who is later revealed to be Captain Price. Depending on the player's actions as Roach, Rojas can either be left on the streets of Rio de Janeiro for the Brazilian Militia to find, or Roach can kill him himself.

U.S. Army Rangers

  Corporal Dunn - Is a Ranger member. He is also with Hunter Two-One. He appears in "S.S.D.D." and lets Joseph Allen into the Pit training. He also appears in "Team Player" to escort Allen and Foley. In Virginia
Virginia
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, they fight through and get into Washington, D.C. In the end of the mission, he and his team say that they might launch a counter attack against Russia. He is voiced by Barry Pepper
Barry Pepper
Barry Robert Pepper is a Canadian actor. He is best known for playing roles like Sergeant Michael Strank in the Clint Eastwood film, Flags of Our Fathers, Private Daniel Jackson in Saving Private Ryan, Roger Maris in 61*, Ned Pepper in True Grit and for his recent role as Robert F...

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  Sergeant Foley - Is a Ranger member. He is also the acting leader of Hunter Two-One. He is seen in "S.S.D.D." training Allen. In the second mission, he leads his squad and clears the school that is overwhelmed by OpFor milita. During the Russian Invasion, Foley leads Ramirez and the rest of the squad to hold off the remaining Russians. In the White House, they are able to take control and get to the roof, using flares to stop the bombing (known as the "Hammerdown Protocol"). He is voiced by Keith David
Keith David
Keith David Williams , better known as Keith David, is an American film, television, voice actor, and singer. He is perhaps most known for his live-action roles in such films as Crash, There's Something About Mary, Barbershop and Men at Work...

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  Overlord - The callsign that gives information about enemy strength and/or location. He appeared in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. In Modern Warfare 2, he gives order to the U.S. Rangers mostly Hunter Two-One. He also appears in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 to Delta Force. He is voiced by Glenn Morshower
Glenn Morshower
Glenn Grove Morshower is an American actor best known for playing Secret Service Agent Aaron Pierce on the Fox action thriller drama series 24...

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Other Characters

Archer - Sniper for Task Force 141 during the assault on Makarov's safehouse on the Georgian-Russian border alongside Toad. His fate is left ambiguous after Shepherd's betrayal. Toad - Sniper for Task Force 141 during the assault on Makarov's safehouse on the Georgian-Russian border alongside Archer. His fate is left ambiguous after Shepherd's betrayal. Scarecrow - A Task Force 141 soldier who takes part in the operation at Makarov's safehouse. He assists Roach, Ghost and Ozone in clearing the building before remaining to help defend the DSM during it's file transfer. Depending on the player's actions during the battle he will either be killed by Ultranationalists, or will survive to flee with the rest of his unit to extraction. If Ozone is dead, he will stop halfway to the extraction zone to hold off the Ultranationalists and eventually be killed. If Ozone survives, there is a probability he will take on this role and Scarecrow will continue on with Roach and Ghost, only to be hit and killed by a mortar. Ozone - A Task Force 141 soldier who takes part in the operation at Makarov's safehouse. He assists Roach, Ghost and Scarecrow in clearing the building before remaining to help defend the DSM during it's file transfer. Depending on the player's actions during the battle he will either be killed by Ultranationalists, or will survive to flee with the rest of his unit to extraction. If Scarecrow is dead, he will stop halfway to the extraction zone to hold off the Ultranationalists and eventually be killed. If Scarecrow survives, there is a probability he will take on this role and Ozone will continue on with Roach and Ghost, only to be hit and killed by a mortar. Royce - A Task Force 141 soldier who takes part in the operation in Rio de Janeiro to capture Alejandro Rojas for information on Makarov. After capturing Rojas and staying with Ghost to interrogate him, Captain MacTavish passes command over Roach and Meat down to Royce. The three head into the favela where they encounter the Brazilian Militia in full force, resulting in a firefight. Royce is eventually overwhelmed by the militia and killed in most scenarios, being shot in the back by a sniper if Roach manages to escort him through the favela. Meat - A Task Force 141 soldier who takes part in the operation in Rio de Janeiro to capture Alejandro Rojas for information on Makarov. After capturing Rojas he is placed under the charge of Royce and Roach by Captain MacTavish, accompanying the two into the favela where they engage hostile militia forces. He displays that he is fluent on Portuguese, clearing out the civilians before the engagement occurs. He is usually the first to be killed by the militia's overwhelming numbers, even if Roach attempts to protect him. In the unlikely event that he survives to the end of the favela at the expense of Royce, Meat is shot in the back and killed by a sniper. Rook - A Task Force 141 soldier who accompanies Soap and Price on the mission to Afghanistan to seek out Makarov. After Shepherd's betrayal is revealed, he is the only other member of the team still alive, and tries to drive Soap and Price into Nikolai's plane. Before he can reach the ramp, he is shot and killed by one of Shepherd's men, forcing Soap to take control of the vehicle from the passenger seat. Pvt Sandler - A US Army Ranger who appears prominently in the mission Second Sun, following the EMP that devastates the Russian forces in Washington. He travels through the city to the White House alongside other Ranger survivors including Foley, Dunn, Ramirez, McCord and a sixth Ranger with a randomly generated name and rank who is killed by Russian paratroopers in an ambush. Sandler will likely be killed by Russians in the Second Sun mission while McCord survives, though in an apparent developer oversight McCord does not appear in Whiskey Hotel and instead Sandler appears in his place. Regardless, Sandler is almost always killed by Russian gunfire during the assault on the White House. Pvt McCord - A US Army Ranger who appears prominently in the mission Second Sun, following the EMP that devastates the Russian forces in Washington. He travels through the city to the White House alongside other Ranger survivors including Foley, Dunn, Ramirez, Sandler and a sixth Ranger with a randomly generated name and rank who is killed by Russian paratroopers in an ambush. McCord survives to the Presidential Bunker, but in an apparent developer oversight does not appear in the next mission 'Whiskey Hotel', Sandler taking his place despite dying whilst fighting Russian soldiers. Regardless, he is almost always killed by Russian gunfire during the assault on the White House. Pvt Wade - A US Army Ranger who was part of the unit of soldiers that extracted Ramirez and his squad from the roof of the Department of Commerce building at the end of 'Of Their Own Accord'. He survives the crash landing of the UH-60 after being shot down by Russian SAM sites, taking part in the Ranger's last stand prior to the detonation of the EMP that saved the unit. As Ramirez regained consciousness at the beginning of Second Sun, Wade handed Ramirez an M4A1 and told him to stay down before being shot in the head by a paratrooper. Pvt Vaughan - A US Army Ranger working as a runner for Colonel Marshall, traveling alone through Washington to inform US soldiers of the impending assault on the White House. After informing Ramirez's unit, he carries on his mission and his fate is left unknown. Colonel Marshall - The commander for the assault against the Russian occupied White House
White House
The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...

. Raptor - A High-Value Individual rescued in "Wolverines!". He carries valuable information in a briefcase. Pvt Wells - A US Army Ranger appearing in "Wolverines!" defending 'Nate's Restaurant', the structure the Rangers chose to defend Raptor inside from the approaching Russian paratroopers. Wells speaks with Sergeant Foley on his arrival, informing him of Raptor's location and the supply drop they received on the building's rooftop. During the defense of Raptor, Wells is likely to be killed by Russian soldiers. In the rare event he survives the assault, he will join the convoy heading for Arcadia but will not reappear in later missions. Sat1 - The call-sign for an unnamed astronaut who is only playable at the beginning of "Second Sun". He is killed shortly after the player assumes control by the EMP Price set off over the United States, accidentally destroying the International Space Station and sending Sat1 flying into space before he is struck and killed by a piece of the station's debris. Alejandro's assistant - The assistant of Rojas in Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...

. He is briefly seen at the beginning of the fifth mission 'Takedown', killing three Militia soldiers and the driver of Soap and Roach's car. He flees the Task Force, only for Roach to shoot him in the leg and incapacitate him. Soap and Ghost proceed to take him into a garage for interrogation, his fate beyond this point left unknown. Major Petrov - A Russian officer in charge of the Ultranationalist airfield in the Kazakhstan mountains that secured the crashed United States satellite containing the ACS module Roach and Captain MacTavish are sent to recover in the game's third mission. Regardless of how quiet the player is on infiltration, Petrov becomes aware of the infiltrators presence and has his men ambush MacTavish as he secures parts of the satellite. While MacTavish is held at gunpoint, Roach detonates a pack of C4 placed on the airfields fueling station as a distraction to slaughter all the present Russian forces. Petrov is heard only in voice as he demands Roach to surrender over a megaphone or broadcast system, no present Ultranationalist appearing to be an officer or utilizing any kind of megaphone. Viktor - One of the Ultranationalist terrorists who took part in Makarov's operation at Zakhaev International Airport in Moscow. He is armed with an M4A1 and displays the most keen thirst for blood in the group, single handedly slaughtering an entire waiting room full of Russian civilians. He is the only terrorist to survive the operation aside from Makarov, Anatoly and the driver; escaping the police in an ambulance as FSB close in. Later in the mission 'Exodus', Ramirez and his squad search the house of an HVI desired by Shepherd in Washington D.C. The HVI is found killed in his panic room, a dead Russian in a paratrooper uniform found dead outside the room. The soldier is identical to Viktor both in face and neck tattoos, which Dunn comments on as he takes photos. Lev - One of the Ultranationalist terrorists who took part in Makarov's operation at Zakhaev International Airport in Moscow. He is armed with an M240 and is distinct as he is the only member of the unit with a brown suit. He is killed in the engagement with the FSB on the runway outside the airport, either dying during the firefight or being killed by a sniper in the event he outlives the FSB soldiers. Kiril - One of the Ultranationalist terrorists who took part in Makarov's operation at Zakhaev International Airport in Moscow. He is armed with a Stryker shotgun, distinct for his notable patriotic tattoos of Joseph Stalin. He is killed in the engagement with the FSB on the runway outside the airport, either dying during the firefight or being killed by a sniper in the event he outlives the FSB soldiers. Anatoly - One of the Ultranationalist terrorists who took part in Makarov's operation at Zakhaev International Airport in Moscow. He did not directly have a hand in the slaughter, instead being in the ambulance the unit used as a getaway vehicle alongside the driver.
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