Command & Conquer/Characters

Tiberium Series

Kane
"Played by Joseph Kucan"

The enigmatic leader of the Brotherhood of Nod, self-proclaimed prophet, and most magnificent of bastards. He has led Nod every time they rose against GDI, through the years. Wherever Tiberium goes Nod is never far behind, and Kane calls the displaced and downtrodden to his cause. He is convinced Tiberium herald a new age, one that mankind must embrace, and views GDI’s attempts to control and remove Tiberium as foolishly shortsighted, which leads him into conflict with them time and time again.

Though Nod has been defeated many times, and Kane himself declared dead just as many, he always manages to return, despite being vaporized by an Ion Cannon and run through with a jagged piece of metal. Despite their assurances to the world each time that he’s really dead now, GDI leadership often wonders if they will ever truly be rid of this madman…

INCOMING TRANSMISSION*****

“Of course not, Commander. You can’t kill the Messiah.”


 * Ancient Astronauts:
 * Ascended to A Higher Plane of Existence:
 * Badass Beard
 * Bald of Evil / Bald of Awesome
 * Batman Gambit: Turns out GDI did exactly what he wanted when they
 * Big Bad: Of the entire Tiberium series.
 * Cain and Abel: Yes, he's that Cain.
 * Catch Phrase:
 * "You can't kill The Messiah."
 * "Peace through Power!"
 * "On vision, one purpose."
 * Evil Gloating: Frequently.
 * Evil Laugh
 * Genre Savvy
 * Dark Messiah
 * I Am the Trope: At the end of the Soviet campaign in Red Alert, "For the time being Comrade Chairman, I am the future."
 * Impaled With Extreme Prejudice: At the end of Tiberian Sun.
 * Large Ham
 * Man Behind the Man: Occasionally likes to stay in the shadows and let others (Stalin, Marcion, Parker) be the titular leader.
 * New Era Speech
 * Propaganda Machine: Makes considerable use of media manipulation.
 * Really Seven Hundred Years Old
 * Slasher Smile: His characteristic little smirk.
 * Smart People Play Chess: "Your move."
 * Tank Goodness: He's admitted to being a tank enthusiast.
 * Unexplained Recovery: Each time he returns after Nod's defeat. Subverted in that Firestorm and Kane's Wrath show he had an extensive recovery period between defeats and reappearances.
 * You Have Failed Me

Tiberian Dawn
GDI

General Mark Sheppard
"Played by Eric Martin"

The commander-in-chief of the Global Defense Initiative during the First Tiberium War. Sheppard lead the campaign against Nod, personally giving briefings to his field commander, as well as dealing with politicians at the UN. He was poised to take the fall when GDI was accused of committing war crimes and vanished from public view for a time. It turned out to be a plan to lull Nod into a false sense of security, which allowed a newly-reinvigorated GDI to pursue them to their temple and defeat them.


 * The Brigadier
 * Frame Up: Seems to take the fall when Nod propaganda makes it seem GDI is needlessly killing civilians.
 * Mission Control
 * Reasonable Authority Figure

Commander Carter
"Played by Bill Collins"

One of GDI’s field commanders, Carter assists and gives briefing to the Commander for a number of missions.


 * Commanding Coolness
 * Poor Communication Kills
 * Killed Off for Real: Apparently. He takes some gunboats against a Nod base in one mission, all of which are destroyed by the Nod Obelisk. He's never seen after that.

Colonel Morelli
"Played by Wendy Bagger"

The commander of GDI’s air forces. Morelli lead airstrikes against Nod and accompanied the Commander for the first deployment of the Orca.


 * Ace Pilot
 * Action Girl
 * Death From Above

Dr. Ignatio Mobius
"Played by Richard Smith"

Dr. Mobius was GDI’s foremost Tiberium researcher, and was responsible for most of their understanding of the mysterious substance. His expertise would make him a target of Nod more than once.


 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Ditzy Genius
 * Mad Scientist: Almost Exaggerated.
 * Papa Wolf: Toward his daughter, Sydney.

NOD

Seth
"Played by Eric Gooch"

Seth was one of Kane’s lieutenants and was responsible for briefing the Brotherhood’s newest commander during the early part of the war. A small and petulant individual, Seth lorded over his charge and harbored secret ambitions of his own, ambitions that would prove to be his undoing.


 * Boom Headshot:.
 * The Millstone: Before long starts actively trying to send the player on missions calculated to end in failure.
 * Mission Control
 * Smug Snake
 * The Starscream
 * You Have Failed Me: He threatens the player with this,.

Greg Burdette
"Played by Eric Randall"

A WWN reporter, Burdette covered the war between GDI and Nod as the front began making its way further into Europe. He was present when a fight between the two sides broke out in the village of Bialystok, and his reports covered needless carnage and slaughter wrought by GDI troops…or so it seemed.

In reality Burdette, who was a Nod sympathizer, was nowhere near Bialystok, and the image behind him was digitally added. It was an effort by Kane to discredit GDI with these allegations which lead to the UN suspending their finding while an investigation was conducted.


 * Alphabet News Network: WWN news.
 * Blatant Lies
 * Intrepid Reporter: Subverted, he's not actually reporting, he's making a good portion of it up.
 * Kent Brockman News
 * Obligatory War Crime Scene: Invoked by him for propaganda purposes.
 * Propaganda Machine
 * Show Within a Show

Renegade
GDI

Captain Nick “Havoc” Parker
"Voiced by Wally Wingert"

A commando during the First Tiberium War, Havoc was part of a GDI operation that uncovered and destroyed Nod’s Project ReGenesis.


 * Badass
 * Belligerent Sexual Tension: With Sakura.
 * Big Damn Heroes
 * I Am Not Left Handed: When asked how it was, he says, "Coulda done it left handed."
 * Military Maverick
 * What the Hell Hero: He heads off on a rescue mission and, even though it was successful, he spends some time in the brig because he went against orders.

General Adam Locke
"Voiced by David Lodge"

General Locke was one of GDI’s senior officers during the First War. He was Havoc’s commanding officer during that time.


 * The Brigadier
 * Military Maverick: Not to the extent Havoc is, but he lets the commando get away with a lot less lenient generals would never tolerate.
 * Officer and A Gentleman
 * Reasonable Authority Figure

Dr. Sydney Mobius
"Voiced by Leigh Allyn Baker"

The daughter of Tiberium researcher Dr. Ignatio Mobius, Sydney was also a scientist in the employ of GDI. Her father’s research meant that they were frequently targeted by Nod forces, which led to her meeting Havoc. She later accompanied him on a mission to infiltrate a Nod science facility.


 * Action Girl
 * Distressed Damsel
 * Hot Scientist
 * Powered Armor: One she designed herself.

Dead-6
A team of crack commandos and Havoc’s old squadmates. They are sent on covert actions in which GDI needs to maintain plausible deniability. To that end, each of them has been listed as killed in action, hence the name “Dead-6.”


 * Five Man Band: When they work with Havoc.
 * The Squad
 * That Man Is Dead
 * Cold Sniper: Dariel MacInnis
 * Bonnie Scotland
 * The Big Guy: Nigel Grant
 * BFG
 * The Engineer: Shai Aviv
 * Action Girl
 * Badass Israeli
 * Wrench Wench
 * Grenade Launcher: Erich Wulfe
 * Fatherland
 * Sole Survivor

Lt. Adriana Maus
General Locke’s assistant aboard his command ship.


 * Bridge Bunny
 * Mission Control

Nod

Sakura Obata
"Voiced by Mari Wiess"

A former member of the Dead-6, and Havoc’s former lover. She was ambushed by Nod troops while on a mission as presumed killed, but in reality had defected to the Brotherhood.


 * Action Girl
 * Face Heel Turn
 * Slap Slap Kiss: With Havoc.
 * Working With the Ex
 * Yakuza: As part of her backstory.
 * You Have Failed Me: Gets this from Raveshaw, which causes her to start working with Havoc again.

General Gideon Raveshaw
"Voiced by Rodger Bumpass"

Raveshaw is the founder and first leader of the Black Hand. He and his followers were charged with maintaining the ideological purity of the Brotherhood of Nod. He was also put in charge of Project ReGenesis.


 * Applied Phlebotinum: As part of an experiment with Tiberium.
 * Culture Police: The role the Black Hand play.
 * Cybernetics Eat Your Soul
 * Lightning Bruiser: He's pretty fast and he hits hard.
 * One Winged Angel: When you fight him as a boss.
 * The Napoleon: He's noted for being short, though he's not as fiery tempered as a lot of others.

Dr. Elena Petrova
"Voiced by Lori Tritel"

Dr. Mobius’ colleague, Petrova defected to Nod at an unknown point. She became the main researcher for Project ReGenesis.


 * Evil All Along
 * Hot Scientist
 * Mad Scientist
 * One Winged Angel: Uses a more refined version of the treatment that transformed Raveshaw on herself before you fight her.
 * The Mole

Carlos Mendoza
A mercenary employed by the Black Hand to head off Havoc as he investigates Project ReGenesis.


 * Ax Crazy
 * Even Evil Has Standards: Was thrown out of a South American rebel group because he was too sadistic for their tastes and even now, Nod soldiers are wary of him.
 * Kill It With Fire: Uses a flame thrower.
 * Psycho for Hire

Tiberian Sun
GDI

Commander Michael McNiel
"Played by Michael Biehl"

A GDI soldier, McNiel became the main field commander during the Second Tiberium War. Under orders from General Solomon he headed off Nod’s attack on their Pheonix base and led the GDI retaliation. He would eventually make contact with Umagon, one of the Forgotten who would inform him of the Tacitus, a mysterious artifact that could hold the key to understanding Tiberium.


 * Big No: At the end of the Nod campaign, when Slavik forces him to watch the Philadelphia getting shot down.
 * Commanding Coolness
 * The Hero
 * I Have Your Brother: His brother, Jake, is used as bait in a trap.
 * No Romantic Resolution: His relationship with Umagon.
 * Riding Into the Sunset: The last shot of the GDI campaign in Kodiak flying into the sunset...In Space.

General James Solomon
"Played by James Earl Jones"

A GDI officer, Solomon had a long and distinguished military career. As the Second Tiberium War began, he served aboard the Philadelphia as GDI’s overall commander. He sends Michael McNiel to head Nod’s initial advance, but then orders him to investigate a strange crash site.


 * Four Star Badass
 * General Ripper: Shows hints of this now and then.
 * Previous Player Character Cameo: He was the commander who fought in Tib War 1.

Chandra
"Played by Kris Iyer"

McNiel’s second-in-command and best friend. He serves as the Kodiak’s copilot, and occasionally accompanies McNiel into hostile territory.


 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Killed Off for Real: Is aboard the Kodiak when it crashes with no survivors.
 * The Lancer

General Paul Cortez
"Played by Efrain Figueroa"

General Cortez found himself in command of the GDI military when widespeard ion storms cut off contact with the GDI command aboard the Philadelphia. He immediately formed a new task force to recover the Tacitus and find a way to interpret it.


 * Enemy Mine: Is forced to work with Anton Slavik to defeat CABAL.
 * Four Star Badass
 * Mission Control
 * You Are in Command Now: Finds himself in command of the entire GDI military when contact with the Philadelphia is lost.

Dr. Gabriella Boudreau
"Played by Linnea Pine"

Dr. Boudraeu was working with Tratos researching the Tacitus when the Firestorm Crisis started. After the mutant was assassinated, she had to pick up where he left off. She realized that there was one other being that could translate the artifact and convinced General Cortez to steal CABAL from Nod.


 * Hot Scientist
 * Nice Job Breaking It Hero: It was her idea to find Cabal and give it access to the Tacitus.
 * Take Up My Sword: Is asked by Tratos to continue his work when he realizes his time is almost up.
 * Working With the Ex: She's Cortez's ex-wife.

Nod

Commander (later General) Anton Slavik
"Played by Frank Zagarino"

Slavik was one of the few Nod officers still loyal to Kane and set about reforming the Brotherhood. He was eventually betrayed and arrested, charged with giving secrets to the enemy. Other loyalist forces rescued him and he began fighting to bring the various factions together by defeating Hassan, the general who tried to have him executed. As he triumphantly announced his success, Kane made his reappearance in dramatic fashion. Soon after Slavik was made one of Kane’s inner circle. From there he led Nod forces through much of the Second Tiberium War.


 * Bus Crash: Is killed between Tiberian Sun and Tiberium Wars.
 * Enemy Mine: Is forced to work with Cortez to defeat CABAL.
 * Evil Counterpart: To McNiel
 * Nice Job Breaking It Hero: Reactivates CABAL in an attempt to keep the Brotherhood from splintering.
 * Public Execution: Is almost on the receiving end of one.
 * Red Baron: Is known as the Serbian Wolf.
 * Welcome Back Traitor: Inverted. His first action after returning to Nod is to shoot the man who betrayed him, just after said traitor had said it was good to see him again.

Oxanna Kristos
"Played by Monika Schnarre"

A Nod loyalist, Oxanna went undercover to rescue Anton Slavik from execution at the hands of traitors. She then became his de-facto second-in-command during the Second War.


 * Action Girl
 * Blondes Are Evil
 * Distressed Damsel: She and Slavik are captured by GDI at one point. Slavik escapes and has to rescue her. The title of the mission is even "Villainess in Distress."
 * Fantastic Racism: Has a very low opinion of mutants.
 * Propaganda Machine: One of her main functions.
 * Public Execution: She is introduced as a reporter on a show called "Today's Execution."

CABAL
"Voiced by Richard Barnes"

The Computer Assisted Bio-organic Artificial Life-form was created by Nod using technology gained by studying the Tacitus. Throughout the Nod campaign of the Second War it monitored troop movements and offered analysis on mission objectives.


 * AI Is a Crapshoot
 * Batman Gambit:
 * Evil Laugh
 * Evil Sounds Deep
 * Fun With Acronyms
 * Master Computer
 * Obfuscating Stupidity:
 * Smug Snake
 * Turned Against Their Masters

General Cesar Vega
"Played by Francesco Quinn"

A Nod officer during the Second War over much of the western hemisphere. Before joining Nod, he was heavily involved in the drug trade.


 * Driven to Suicide: He overdoses on the drug Eye Candy before Kane nukes his base.
 * General Failure
 * Too Dumb to Live: Taking Kane's precious alien ship without his permission is bad enough, but then you crash it?
 * You Have Failed Me: As GDI storms his base, he pleads with Kane for reinforcements. Kane simply stares impassively at him, and launches a nuclear missile.

General Hassan
"Played by Adoni Maropis"

Following TW1, GDI decided that it would be easier to install a weak leader they controlled as the head of Nod. Hassan was put in with the understanding that he would keep the Brotherhood placated and remove any elements that became too much of a threat. One such element turned out to be Anton Slavik, and Hassan arranged to have him executed…


 * Puppet King
 * You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: General Solomon warns him that if he becomes useless, he might just disappear.

The Forgotten

A third faction that has emerged in the years since the First Tiberium War, the Forgotten are comprised of Mutants, humans who have been corrupted by Tiberium, to the point that it is actually growing out of their skin. Largely outcast by society, with whom they share a mutual dislike and mistrust, they band together wherever they can. During the Second Tiberium War, they ally with GDI in the hopes of using the Tacitus to create a cure.


 * Mutants
 * The Corruption
 * The Exile:Generally live away from the rest of society.
 * Future Slang: Normals refer to them as "Shiners" and they call normals "Blunts."
 * Hufflepuff House: After Tiberian Sun, they are reduced to background references.
 * Was Once a Man

Umagon
"Played by Christine Steele"

A mutant warrior, she approaches GDI in the hopes of gaining their help in breaking her leader out of a Nod prison. This leads to a tentative alliance between the two and she continues to work with Commander McNiel for much of the GDI campaign.


 * Action Girl
 * Distressed Damsel: Is captured a couple time in the Nod campaign.
 * No Romantic Resolution: With McNiel.

Tratos
"Played by Christopher Winfield (Tiberian Sun)/Patrick Bauchau (Firestorm)"

The leader of the Forgotten, and one of only two beings who can interpret the Tacitus, the other being CABAL. Tratos is plagued by visions of a coming apocalypse, which leaves him coming off as rather eccentric. Umagon persuades GDI to break him out of a Nod prison, and in return he helps them with their Tiberium research.


 * The Atoner: He translated the Tacitus for Kane, something he regrets.
 * Bad Dreams
 * Cloudcuckoolander: Sometimes comes across as this. His unit quotes certainly make him sound like one.
 * Dream Spying: Realizes Kane has the Tacitus from a dream.
 * Dreaming of Things to Come

Tiberium Wars
GDI

General Jack Granger
"Played by Michael Ironside"

General Granger was stationed at GDI’s InOps at the start of the Third Tiberium War, and as such survived the attack that annihilated most of the GDI leadership. He then took command of GDI forces, sending a young field commander to repel the Nod invasion.


 * He Who Fights Monsters: His reason for refusing to use the Liquid Tiberium Bomb.
 * Reasonable Authority Figure
 * Oh Crap: When he realizes Nod is about to attack the Philadelphia.
 * What the Hell Hero:

Lt. Sandra Telfair
"Played by Grace Park"

Lt. Telfair was a GDI officer serving at their command post in Washington, D.C. when TW3 started.


 * BridgeBunny

Lt. Kirce James
"Played by Jennifer Morrison"

A GDI intelligence officer and analyst, Lt. James was responsible for keeping GDI’s commanders with her extensive knowledge of Nod tactics and equipment.


 * BridgeBunny
 * Mission Control

Redmond Boyle
"Played by Billy Dee Williams"

The former Director of the Treasury who was the sole GDI official left after the destruction of the Philadelphia and therefore became GDI’s director in the aftermath. His ambition and desire to solidify his power led to a number of questionable decisions, which caused him to lock horns with General Granger repeatedly.


 * Corrupt Bureaucrat
 * Nuke Em: He advocates using the Liquid Tiberium Bomb to end the war quickly.
 * We Can Rule Together: Part of his appeal to the player to use the bomb.
 * Unwitting Pawn: Came to power because Kane arranged for him to be off the Philadelphia when it was destroyed.

Nod

Kilian Qatar
"Played by Tricia Helfer"

One of Kane's followers at the start of TW3. She commanded considerable power and took command when it appeared Kane had been lost at Sarajevo.


 * Enemy Mine: Arranges a truce with GDI when the Scrin invade.
 * Frame Up: It begins to appear she's a traitor, but
 * You Are in Command Now: After
 * Welcome Back Traitor: When Nod loyalists storm her base and bring her to Kane, he has her executed.

Ajay
"Played by Josh Holloway"


 * Crisis of Faith: Starts to have one after Kilian is executed.
 * No Last Name Given
 * What Happened to The Mouse

Alexa Kovacs
"Played by Natasha Henstridge"

Kovacs was an Abbess in the Brotherhood, one of its most devoted members, and was given the task of watching over LEGION before it was awakened. She then served personally under Kane as he began the Third War. Despite this, she was deeply mistrustful of LEGION, convinced it was out to get her.


 * Angst: She keeps agonizing over her parent's death during CABAL's rebellion.
 * Knight Templar: Believes she's doing the right thing, regardless of what even Kane says.
 * Manipulative Bitch
 * Mission Control
 * Properly Paranoid
 * Sanity Slippage
 * Spanner in The Works: Kane admits she's the one thing he didn't see coming, though at the time even he doesn't realize it's actually her yet.
 * The Starscream
 * The Starscream

LEGION
An A.I. created by Kane as a successor to CABAL, LEGION was created in the aftermath of the Firestorm Crisis as part of Kane’s plan to reunify the Brotherhood. Kane used it in a number of operations to bring various Nod factions under his control and then was deactivated for considerable upgrades. Kane was pleased with his new creation, but Alexa Kovacs was inherently suspicious of the A.I.


 * AI Is a Crapshoot: Alexa is convinced this will happen and tries to prevent it.
 * Player Character
 * Time Skip: While LEGION is being upgraded.

Brother Marcion
"Played by Carl Lumby"

Leader of the Black Hand following TW2, Marcion was chosen by Kane to be his figurehead leader until it was time to reveal himself to the world.


 * As the Good Book Says: Quotes several Bible passages and applies them to Kane.
 * Holding the Floor
 * Puppet King: He becomes the face of Nod, but Kane is still the real power.

Commander Parker
A GDI officer severely injured in action, Parker received revolutionary new optical implants courtesy of Kane, through his newly forged alliance with GDI. This allowed the commander to interface directly with his combat control systems, along with a number of other things, many of which he was not even aware of. His work was impressive enough that he was eventually given a choice to either remain with GDI or to join Kane as his personal commander.


 * Eye Scream
 * Happily Married
 * I Have Your Wife: Kane uses Lillian's safety to help insure Parker's cooperation.
 * Player Character
 * Puppet King: Kane sets him up to impersonate him
 * Surgical Impersonation: Is given Magic Plastic Surgery to make him appear to be Kane.
 * The Voiceless: Except when he's giving speeches as Kane.
 * The Voiceless: Except when he's giving speeches as Kane.

Lillian Parker
"Played by Emily Hampshire"

The wife of Commander Parker, she supported him in the time after he lost his eyesight in the line of duty, and while he was recovering from the surgery that gave him his implants.


 * Happily Married
 * Stay With Me Until I Die:
 * Stay With Me Until I Die:

GDI

Colonel Louise James
"Played by Iona Morris"

Col. James is Parker’s CO. She is a career military officer whose family goes all the way back to TW 1. She is deeply mistrustful of Nod, and is convinced that the peace they offer is a ploy to lure them into some sinister scheme.


 * Its Personal: Her family were killed by the Scrin, and she holds Nod responsible for drawing them to Earth.
 * Knight Templar: Is convinced she's saving GDI from itself.
 * Military Brat: Her family has all been military. Her father fought in TW1.
 * The Millstone: Her actions put considerable strain on relations between Nod and GDI, and eventually
 * Manipulative Bitch: Keeps the fact that  from Parker to keep his anger focused on Nod.
 * Unfriendly Fire:

General Wesley Riggs
"Played by Tim De Zarn"

A high ranking GDI officer and Col. James’ superior. He ordered her and Parker to escort a Nod VIP to the commissioning of the Tiberium Control Network who turned out to be none other than Kane himself.


 * Four Star Badass: Has fought in two of the Tiberium Wars and leads a team of marines to
 * Old Soldier

Director Evelyn Rios
"Played by Natacha Roi"

Successor to Redmond Boyle as Director of the Global Defense Initiative, though nowhere near as corrupt as he was. She is a strong advocate of the GDI/Nod alliance and is committed to making a lasting peace.

Our Presidents Are Different: She seems to be President Personable while in the public eye, but seems more of the scheming type behind closed doors.

Nod

Gideon
"Played by Christopher Wolfe"

When Kane proposed his alliance to GDI, there were many in the Brotherhood who felt he had betrayed their ideals. This began a separatist movement of which Gideon eventually emerged as the leader. He now wages a campaign of terror against both GDI and Nod loyalists.


 * Evil Gloating
 * The Heretic
 * Smug Snake

Sister Chavra
"Played by Makinna Ridgway"

Chavra was one of Kane’s followers during the Ascension War. She performed important actions on his behalf.


 * Action Girl: She does many of the missions Parker does if he doesn't defect.

Red Alert Series

Red Alert
Allies

General Gunter Von Esling
"Played by Arthur Roberts"

A German military officer, Von Esling oversaw operations during the Second World War against the Soviet Union.


 * An Officer and A Gentleman
 * Mission Control
 * Reasonable Authority Figure

General Nikos Stavros
"Played by Barry Kramer"

Hailing from Greece, Stavros was serving the Allies when the Soviets took his native country. This causes him to become embittered for part of the campaign. He manages to recover but still harbors deep hatred toward the Soviets.


 * Heroic BSOD: After Greece is invaded
 * Its Personal
 * Pay Evil Unto Evil: When Allied forces find Stalin buried in some rubble, Stavros stuffs a rag in his mouth then moves a stone over his face so no one can see him.

Tanya Adams
"Played by Lynne Litteer (Red Alert)/ Kari Wuhrer (Red Alert 2) / Jenny McCarthy (Red Alert 3)"

When Professor Albert Einstein was captured by Soviet forces, General Von Esling called for a specialist. Tanya Adams was flown in for the purpose of extracting Einstein, and continued to serve through the remainder of the war. She (or other women who shared her name and role) also served in the other conflicts between the Allies and the Soviets.


 * Action Girl
 * Bare Your Midriff: In the second and thirds games.
 * Boom Headshot: One of her unit quotes.
 * Buxom Is Better: Second and third games again.
 * Badass in Distress: One of the missions in the first game is rescuing her from Soviet forces. You have to get a spy into the prison, then she destroys it and shoots her way out.
 * Dual Wielding
 * Guns Akimbo
 * Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique: One of the RA3 cutscenes shows her interrogating a Soviet soldier.
 * Legacy Character
 * Little Black Dress: At the end of the Allied campaigns of Red Alert 2 and Yuri's Revenge
 * Olympic Swimmer: In RA3 she can swim across any sized body of water without slowing down to sink a dreadnought with C4.

Professor Albert Einstein
"Played by John Milford"

The renowned physicist has offered his services to Allied Command to help produce new technologies for the war effort. The most notable contribution he makes is the Chronosphere, which allows instant transportation of units across battlefields. His works also frequently makes him the target of Soviet agents.


 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Historical Domain Character
 * Hitlers Time Travel Exemption Act: Provides a perfect example of why there is such a thing.
 * Nice Job Breaking It Hero: By killing off Hitler (see above), he allows the Soviet Union the opportunity it needs to invade Europe.
 * Suspiciously Similar Substitute: His role in the game seems rather similar to Ignatio Mobius in Tiberian Dawn.
 * Time Travel
 * Weather Control Machine: One of the Allied superweapons that he invented.
 * Weather Control Machine: One of the Allied superweapons that he invented.

Soviets

Joseph Stalin
"Played by Gene Dynarski"

Without Nazi Germany in his way, Stalin finds that Europe is ripe for the picking and begins a campaign to claim the continent for the Soviet Union. He chooses a capable field commander to take the fight to the Allies all the way up to London. Ambitious in his designs, he has little use for failures and even less patience for traitors.


 * A Million Is a Statistic: Says this pretty much word for word, and it sums up his attitude quite well.
 * Going Native: After they occupy London, Nadia comes up and offers him some tea. He figures, "When in Rome..."
 * Historical Domain Character
 * Historical Villain Upgrade: Technically, since during World War Two he was actually on the Allied side.
 * I Ate What:
 * Karmic Death
 * Large Ham
 * Unwitting Pawn:
 * You Have Failed Me: Has a tendency to dish out Disproportionate Retribution on those who fail him.
 * You Have Failed Me: Has a tendency to dish out Disproportionate Retribution on those who fail him.

Nadia Zelenkov
"Played by Andrea Robinson"

The head of the NKVD during the Second World War, Nadia was responsible for Soviet intelligence and policing the military. She also provided special, personal services for Comrade Stalin. There is more to her than she lets on;


 * As the Good Book Says: At the ends of the Soviet Campaign, "And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord and dwelt in the land of Nod."
 * Evil Gloating:
 * In the Back:
 * Mission Control
 * The Mole:
 * Silk Hiding Steel
 * State Sec

General Radik Gradenko
"Played by Alan Terry"

Gradenko was the Director of the Russian Secret Police and was overseeing the development of a verve gas to be deployed on the war front. He seems to be of mediocre ability in terms of tactics and administrative ability, but is shown to have a close friendship with Stalin, which is probably how he got and maintains his position.


 * Friendship Moment: One cutscene shows him drinking with Stalin and the two of them acting really chummy. Then it's subverted when it turns out Stalin just want him to sign the death warrants of men he's declared traitors.
 * General Failure
 * You Have Failed Me:

General Georgi Kukov
"Played by Craig Kavanah"

Kukov was a Soviet military officer as the Second World War got under way. He was deployed along the German border but eventually became Commander of the Red Army. While a capable commander, he often seemed to have other plans on the side.


 * Mission Control
 * The Starscream: Not as outstanding as some examples, but he does have hints of this.
 * You Have Failed Me:

Red Alert 2
Allies

General Ben Carville
"Played by Barry Corbin"

When the Soviet Union invaded the United States, General Carville was the senior officer in command of the military. He was ordered by President Dugan to launch a full retaliatory nuclear strike, but when the Soviets sabotaged the nuclear arsenal, he was forced to deal with the invasion conventionally. With the sole surviving field commander, he ran a campaign to drive the Russians from US soil.


 * Bald of Awesome
 * Brainwashed: When Yuri placed a Psychic Beacon in Washington, D.C.
 * Early Bird Cameo: He actually appeared in a Playstation-only expansion for the first Red Alert.
 * Everything Is Big in Texas
 * Four Star Badass
 * Mission Control: Shares this role with Lt. Eva.
 * Timey Wimey Ball: In an early mission of Yuri's Revenge he reads an order that won't be issued for a couple months and spends a few moments trying to wrap his mind around that.
 * Unexplained Recovery: An in-universe example.
 * Unexplained Recovery: An in-universe example.

President Michael Dugan
"Played by Ray Wise"

Dugan was the President of the United States when the Soviets invaded. He immediately called Mosoc in an attempt to resolve the situation before it got out of control, but the Soviet premiere was unwilling to back down. Left with no other choice, he ordered General Carville to launch a nuclear strike, but the launch failed to due to Soviet sabotage. He, along with Carville, directed the war and gave orders to their last commander. Naturally, he became a very high priority target, and as such began moving around the country in an effort to elude the Soviets.


 * Brainwashed
 * Demoted to Extra: In Yuri's Revenge he has only two appearances.
 * Government in Exile: He and most of his staff retreat up to Canada after Washington is taken.
 * Hot Line
 * Our Presidents Are Different: Seems like President Personable, though he spends quite a bit of time as President Target, then finally graduates to President Iron after

Lt. Eva Lee
"Played by Athena Massey"

Eva Lee, commonly referred to as Lt. Eva, was an American intelligence officer when the Soviet Union invaded the United States. She was assigned to the field commander that was tasked with repelling the invasion. Throughout the war she provided briefings and updated intelligence.

"Tanya: That...wasn't supposed to happen..."
 * Mission Control
 * Brainwashed and Crazy:
 * Woman in White: At the end of Yuri's Revenge, much to Tanya's surprise.

Soviets

Premier Alexander Romanov
"Played by Nicholas Worth"

After the Soviet Union was defeated in the Second World War, the victorious Allies installed Romanov as the premier. They did so based on his reputation as a man of peace who would curb any Communist aggressions. They were fooled, however; Romanov held a deep bitterness over Russia’s defeat that was matched by his hatred for the Allies that had wrought it. His deception was to enable him to gain the power he needed to exact his revenge on them. With his position secure, he was able to fake a crisis in Russian ally Mexico that would necessitate a military buildup. From there, he would begin his master plan.


 * Fighting From the Inside
 * Hot Line: He speaks to Dugan in the first cutscene on the red phone.
 * Large Ham
 * More Than Mind Control
 * Roaring Rampage of Revenge: His reason for starting the war against the United States.
 * More Than Mind Control
 * Roaring Rampage of Revenge: His reason for starting the war against the United States.

Lt. Zofia
"Played by Aleksandra Kaniak"

Zofia was a Soviet intelligence officer when the war with the United States began. She supported her commander through his campaign, giving briefings and intelligence.


 * Hell Bent for Leather: Her outfit which is rather form-hugging shiny.
 * It Has Been an Honor
 * Mission Control
 * No Last Name Given

General Vladimir
"Played by Adam Greggor"

A senior Soviet officer, Vladimir was given command of forces invading the United States. He has a brash and boastful personality, and has little patience for officers under his command, particularly when they prove to be better commanders than he is.


 * Badass Beard: One that gives him the appearance of a lion.
 * Big What: When Romanov announces that Yuri will now be in command of all Soviet forces.
 * Frame Up:
 * No Last Name Given: Vladimir is the only name he's ever addressed by.
 * Nuke Em: When he is defeated at
 * Unperson: Is declared to be one by Yuri after

Yuri
"Played by Udo Kier"

The mysterious man known as Yuri was apparently a product of secret experiments conducted by Stalin into psychic powers. Yuri has the ability to influence the minds of those around him, something he uses to great effect. He was the one who made possible the Soviet invasion by disabling the American nuclear sites. Though he is one of Romanov’s top advisors, there are indications he is influencing things more than he should be.


 * Bald of Evil
 * Big Bad
 * Chronic Backstabbing Disorder
 * Dragon Ascendant
 * Dragon in Chief
 * Dragon With an Agenda
 * Evil Phone: It allows him to tap into comm lines and influence the minds of those using them.
 * Historical in Joke: The picture of him with Stalin.
 * Man Behind the Man
 * Mind Control Device: The Psychic Beacon in RA2, and a bunch of others in Yuri's Revenge.
 * Mind Rape: A specialty of his.
 * No Last Name Given: But then, he doesn't really need one, does he?
 * Soft Spoken Sadist
 * The Starscream
 * Twinmaker: One of his plans is to replace all the world's leaders with clones controlled by himself.
 * Villainous Breakdown: At the end of the Allied campaign in Yuri's Revenge as he is locked in Einstein's Psychic Isolation Chamber.
 * You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: What he means when "