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List of black video game characters

This is a list of black video game characters. The 2009 study "The virtual census: representations of gender, race and age in video games." published by the University of Southern California showed that African Americans appear in video games in proportion to their numbers in the real world, but mainly in sports games and in titles that reinforce stereotypes.[1]
Characters

50 Cent of 50 Cent: Bulletproof and 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand[2]
Adam Hunter of Streets of Rage
Afro Samurai of Afro Samurai
Aisha of Rumble Roses and Rumble Roses XX
Alyx Vance of Half-Life 2 (mixed Black-Asian descent)[3]
Anthony Higgs of Metroid: Other M
Augustus Cole of Gears of War[4]
Aveline de Grandpré of Assassin's Creed[5]
Axel Foley of Beverly Hills Cop
Ayme of Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean
Balrog of Street Fighter[4]
Barret Wallace of Final Fantasy VII[2]
Basilio of  Fire Emblem Awakening
Beatrix LeBeau of Slime Rancher
Big Smoke of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Birdie of Street Fighter (black only in the Alpha and V series)
Black Baron of MadWorld[6]
Blacker Baron of Anarchy Reigns
Black Panther, appeared in various games; see Black Panther (comics)#Video games
Blade, appeared in various games; see Blade (comics)#Video games
Bo Jackson, appeared in various games; see Bo Jackson#Video games
Boman Delgado of Rival Schools: United by Fate[4]
Brad Garrison of Dead Rising[6]
Bruce Irvin of Tekken
Bryan Roses of Killer Is Dead[6]
Carl "CJ" Johnson of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas[2]
Charles Milton Porter of BioShock 2: Minerva's Den
Clementine of The Walking Dead
Coach of Left 4 Dead 2[6]
Cyborg, appeared in various games; see Cyborg (comics)#Video games
Cyrax of Mortal Kombat
Crying Wolf of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Daisy Fitzroy of BioShock Infinite
Daley Thompson, three Ocean Software games; see Daley Thompson#After athletics
Dandara of Dandara
D'arci Stern of Urban Chaos[7]
Darrius of Mortal Kombat
David Anderson of Mass Effect[6]
Dee Jay of Street Fighter[4]
Demoman of Team Fortress 2
Disco Kid of Punch-Out!!
Doc Louis of Punch-Out!!
Donald Anderson (DARPA Chief) of Metal Gear Solid[6]
Doomfist of Overwatch
Drebin 893 of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots[4]
Dudley of Street Fighter[4]
Eddie Hunter (aka Skate, aka Sammy Hunter) of Streets of Rage 2
Eddy Gordo of Tekken[6]
Elena of Street Fighter[2]
Eli Vance of Half-Life[8]
Emmett Graves of Starhawk[4]
Shinobu of No More Heroes
Fortune of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty[9]
Fran of Final Fantasy XII[8]
Franklin Clinton of Grand Theft Auto V[6]
Garcian Smith of Killer7[7]
Grace of Fighting Vipers
Heavy D! of The King of Fighters[4]
Henry and Sam of The Last of Us[6]
Iris of Pokémon Black and White[6]
Irving Lambert of Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
Isaac Washington of The House of the Dead: Overkill
Jacob Taylor of Mass Effect[7]
Jacqui Briggs of Mortal Kombat
Jade of Mortal Kombat
James Heller of Prototype[2]
Jax of Mortal Kombat[6]
Jeffry McWild in Virtua Fighter
Jim Chapman of Resident Evil Outbreak
Josh Stone of Resident Evil 5[6]
John Dalton of Unreal II: The Awakening
Julius Erving (aka Dr. J) of One on One: Dr. J vs. Larry Bird[6]
Kai of Mortal Kombat
Kendl Johnson of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Kenneth J. Sullivan of Resident Evil
Kid Quick of Punch-Out!!
Knox of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
LaShawn and Kahlil of Bébé's Kids
Laurence Barnes (aka Prophet) of Crysis[7]
Lee Everett of The Walking Dead[6]
Liam Kosta of Mass Effect: Andromeda
Lincoln Clay of Mafia III
Lisa Hamilton of Dead or Alive
Lieutenant Alphanso Adams of Spec Ops: The Line
Louis of Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2[6]
Lucian of League of Legends[7]
Lúcio of Overwatch
Lucius Fox, appeared in various video games; see Lucius Fox#Video games
Lucky Glauber of The King of Fighters[4]
Luke Cage (aka Power Man), appeared in various games; see Luke Cage#Video games
Mace Windu of Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles and Lego Star Wars[6]
Mad Jack of Heavy Rain[6]
Madd Dogg of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Marcus Holloway of Watch Dogs 2
Marina of Splatoon 2
Mark Kimberley of Shenmue[6]
Mark Wilkins of Resident Evil Outbreak
Marlow Briggs of Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death
Marvin Branagh of Resident Evil
Master Raven of Tekken
Master Sergeant Matthew "Coops" Cooper of ARMA 2
Matt of Until Dawn
Michael Jackson, appeared in various games; see Michael Jackson-related games (Michael Jackson's health and appearance)
Michael Jordan in Michael Jordan in Flight and Michael Jordan: Chaos in the Windy City
Michael LeRoi of Shadow Man (video game)
Mike Tyson, appeared in various games; see Mike Tyson in popular culture#In video games[6]
Mr. Sandman of Punch-Out!!
Maya of Killer Instinct
Mohammed Avdol of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven
Nadine Ross of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
Nathan Copeland of No More Heroes[6]
Nick Fury, appeared in various games; see Nick Fury in other media#Video games[6] (Not always black.)
Nilin of Remember Me[5]
OG Loc of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Oil Man of Mega Man Powered Up[6] (Only black in Japan.)
Raven of Tekken[7]
Riley Abel of The Last of Us
Rochelle of Left 4 Dead 2[2]
Rodin of Bayonetta
Roland of Borderlands[7]
Romeo of Halo 3: ODST
Sam B of Dead Island[3]
Sazh Katzroy of Final Fantasy XIII[2]
SCAT member Collins of Night Trap
Sean Johnson of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Sean Matsuda of Street Fighter III
Sergeant Cormack of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
Sergeant Foley of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Sergeant Major Avery Junior Johnson of Halo[7]
Shadow Man of Shadow Man[7]
Shaquille O'Neal (aka Shaq), appeared in various games; see Shaquille O'Neal#Video games
Sheva Alomar of Resident Evil[2]
Shinobu of No More Heroes and No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle[7]
Staff Sgt. Griggs of Call of Duty
Storm, appeared in various games; see Storm in other media#Video games[4]
Tanya of Mortal Kombat
Taurus of Interstate '82
Three Dog of Fallout 3
Tiger Jackson of Tekken
T.J. Combo of Killer Instinct[4]
Tom Johnson of Shenmue[6]
Torque of The Suffering
Twintelle of Arms
Tyler Miles of Fahrenheit[6]
Tyrael of Diablo III
Vanessa Lewis of Virtua Fighter
Victor Vance and his brother Lance Vance, of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Vivienne, of Dragon Age: Inquisition
War Machine, appeared in various games; see War Machine in other media#Video games
Wonder-Black of The Wonderful 101[6]
Yelena Fedorva of Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Zach Hammond of Dead Space
Zack of Dead or Alive[6]
Zasalamel of Soulcalibur[2]

See also
List of black animated characters
List of black superheroes
Lists of black people
Race and video games



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