Chris Redfield

Captain Christopher "Chris" Redfield is one of the main protagonists of the Resident Evil franchise. He is a former member of the S.T.A.R.S. unit. He is now a member of the Northern American team BSAA (Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance), an anti-BioTerrorist group tasked with stopping bioterrorism around the globe. He is the older brother of Claire Redfield and the partner of Jill Valentine. 
His muscular size has changed throughout the series, starting out as a average sized person and ten years later, he is seen as a big brute. In Resident Evil 6, he becomes more of a tragic hero, as a result of losing his men to a bio-terrorist, whom he believes is Ada Wong. He relentlessly pursues her to kill her, but gives up on his vengeance to save the world from the virus. Redfield then returns to his role in the BSAAA, and later works with Blue Umbrella to stop the infection in Dulvey Parish, Louisiana. After dealing with the infection in Dulvey, Redfield became obsessed with stopping Mother Miranda, a biologist and cultist who wanted to Ethan and Mia Winter's daughter, Rose to bring back her late daughter.
He is voiced by Hiroki Tōchi and Kazuhiko Inoue in the Japanese versions, and by numerous English actors through the series, such as Joe Whyte, Roger Craig Smith, Kevin Dorman, David Vaughn, and Jeff Schine.
==Personality==
Chris is close to his friends and family, specifically with his younger sister Claire and his partner Jill Valentine, whom he would both willingly give his life to protect. He also establishes bonds with the people he works with or their respect (Rebecca and Wesker for example) or admiration. He cares greatly for the life of innocents, something that caused him to argue with his superiors in the military.
Chris has a long-standing friendship with Barry Burton, who was an old friend of Chris' family. Barry was the one who recruited him for the Special Tactics And Rescue Service after Chris left the Air Force and began drifting.
Serving as Point Man in S.T.A.R.S. Alpha Team, Chris earned the trust of his comrades. In particular, Chris developed a close friendship with Jill Valentine, the only female member of S.T.A.R.S. at the time. Forest Speyer, the sharpshooter of the Bravo Team, was once a great friend (and rival) of Chris, until the Mansion Incident, where Forest was brutally killed and turned into a zombie.
After the Mansion Incident, Chris became obsessed with the Umbrella Corporation, seeking information to bring the company down and avenge the deaths of his friends. Later, Chris and Jill formed a deadly alliance to fight Umbrella together, the BSAA
Formerly, during his activity in S.T.A.R.S., Chris exhibited a great respect for the team's leader, Albert Wesker, who also considered Chris as his best team member. However, since Chris ruined, or at least delayed Wesker's plans at the mansion, a powerful grudge formed between them. Their confrontations thereafter were always intense and violent.
However, during the Il Veltro incident, Chris was shown as a generic typical "soldier", focusing only on the mission and ignoring all of Jessica, his partner's advances. When asked by her whether he trusted her or not, he remarked "Trust is measured by actions not words" which Jessica replies "That's so like you Chris. It's always about the job, isn't it?" He also has a level of professionalism; he never once berated Jessica for her flirting and just focused on the mission. However, when Jill was in danger, he quickly switched focus completely onto rescuing her.
During a BSAA mission to capture Oswell E. Spencer, Jill sacrificed herself to save Chris from Wesker, while he could do nothing to protect Jill. Jill's perceived death was a very serious blow to Chris personally. Ever since that encounter, he became distant and cold-hearted. It also psychologically scarred him such as when Wesker opened the bomber door and Sheva was almost pulled out to her death, he had a flashback to Jill's death and how he was unable to do anything and almost didn't grab Sheva's hand to save her.
In RE5 proper, Chris is initially shows a cold acceptance towards most of the grisly circumstances presented in the mission and shows little concern for its location or who he'll be working with. Immediately after meeting Sheva, she asks him if he'd "rather be in America than in a place like this". Chris dismisses the notion, noting that America "has its own dark side". She notes his lack of patriotism, and Chris merely states that he's a realist, noting that America is "a capitalist society" and that "not everyone is cut out for that kind of pressure". He considers that there are opportunities to be had, but as far as he sees it, "at a price". "If you gain, someone else loses," He concludes. When Sheva says that he doesn't sound like any American that she's ever met, he points out that the great thing about Americans is that "we're all different".
Following the battle with the first Uroboros B.O.W. he and Sheva encountered, Chris comments that if they had arrived sooner to assist DeChant and the rest of Delta Team, they would most likely be dead as well. A substantial part of his driving force during this time is seeking out Jill after he receives intel. That she may still be alive. Sheva has doubts about his "personal stake" in the mission, but later appreciates how much he cares for his old partner. With this, Sheva developed a close bond to Chris, decided to stay fighting alongside him in order to help him save Jill and take down Wesker which makes chris to become a warrior who is now.
==Other Media==
===Project X Zone===
Chris makes an appearance in Project X Zone. He is a playable character who is partnered up with Jill.
====Crosspedia Entry ====
A member of the anti-bioterrorism organization "B.S.A.A." Formerly a member of the elite special forces division of the Raccoon City Police Department, S.T.A.R.S. After leaving that post, he continued his pursuit of the pharmaceutical company "Umbrella," the ones responsible for the development of viral weapons. In his career as a B.S.A.A. Agent he also became involved in the Queen Zenobia cruise ship incident, during which he and Jill succeeded in bringing an end to the organization called Veltro and those behind them. Tough and resilient, Chris has made it through many seemingly impossible missions, aided by his unfaltering mental strength and keen powers of observation. Not only is he capable with a variety of weapons, he is also skilled in hand-to-hand combat.
===Dead by Daylight===
Chris makes an appearance in the multiplayer game Dead by Daylight as an alternative skin for Leon
===Super Smash Bros.===
Chris appears in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as a spirit first appearing in the "Oust Resident Evil!" event, he is a advanced primary grab spirit that increases the user's power of shooting items. His spirit battle is on the battlefield form of the Foursied stage against Snake with a Franklin Badge equipped who have increased power on ranged weapons and favors specials moves.
==Portrayers==
====== Video Games ======
* He is voiced by Hiroki Tōchi in the Japanese version, who also provided the Japanese dubbing for the characters Agent J from the Men in Black series, Dean Winchester from the Supernatural series, Superman from Superman Returns, Lord Asriel from The Golden Compass, Nathan Drake from the Uncharted series, Desmond Miles from the Assassin's Creed series, J.A.R.V.I.S. from Iron Man, Jake Sully from Avatar, Ken from Toy Story 3 and Toy Story Toons: Hawaiian Vacation, Thorin Oakenshield from The Hobbit trilogy, Keller Dover and Detective Loki in Prisoners, Vlad the Impaler from Dracula Untold, Deadshot from Suicide Squad, and Captain Cold from the Arrowverse.
*In the English version of Resident Evil, he was voiced by Scott McCulloch and portrayed by Charlie Kraslavsky.
**In the remake, he was voiced by Joe Whyte, who also voiced Mr. Krabs in SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge, Mermaid Man in SpongeBob SquarePants: Employee of the Month, and Tinkles in the Hotel Transylvania series.
*In the English version of Resident Evil: Code Veronica, he was voiced by Michael Filipowich.
* In the English version of Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles, he was voiced by Kevin Dorman, whom provided motion capture for Leon S. Kennedy in Resident EviL: Damnation and Piers Nivans in Resident Evil 6.
** Dorman would voice the character again in Resident Evil: Vendetta & Death Island.
*In the English version of Resident Evil 5 and Resident Evil 6, he is voiced by Roger Craig Smith, who also voiced Sonic the Hedgehog from the titular series of the same name from 2010 to 2021, Batman in Batman: Arkham Origins, Ezio Auditore da Firenze in the Assassin's Creed series, Captain America in the Marvel Animated Universe, Siegfried Schtauffen in the Soulcalibur series, Captain America and Bucky Barnes in Captain America: The Winter Soldier - The Official Game, and Kyle Crane in Dying Light.
*In the English version of Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, he is voiced by David Vaughn.
* In the English version of Resident Evil: Village, he is voiced by Jeff Schine, who also voiced Javier García in Telltale's The Walking Dead, Frank Aiello in Call of Duty: WWII, Carlos Oliveira in the 2020 remake of Resident Evil 3 and Captain America in Marvel's Avengers. Ironically, his temporary playable role in Village is similar to Carlos.
===Films/Live-Action===
*In the Resident Evil cutscenes, he was portrayed by Charlie Kraslavsky.
*In the Paul W.S. Anderson films, he was portrayed by Wentworth Miller, who also played Michael Scofield in Prison Break, and Captain Cold in the CW's Arrowverse.
*In the 2021 remake film, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, he is portrayed by Robbie Amell, who also played Fred Jones in the secondary live-action Scooby-Doo films and Firestorm in the CW's Arrowverse.
==Quotes==
==Trivia==
*Chris is a smoker, as shown in the original Resident Evil, he is shown smoking in his live-action intro, and there are cigarette butts next to him in a bar in Resident Evil 6. Resident Evil Village eventually further confirm this.
*In early development of Resident Evil 5, he was voiced by Kevin Dorman, who voiced the character in Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles and Resident Evil: Vendetta.
*Reuben Langdon provided the motion capture for the character in Resident Evil: Code Veronica, Resident Evil 5, Resident Evil 6, and Resident Evil: Vendetta.
*Chris appears to have joined Blue Umbrella after leaving the BSAA; seeing as the new regime is strictly sticking to their morals, unlike the BSAA.
*Per his promise to Ethan, Chris became somewhat a surrogate uncle to Rose. 
*Chris's age
**25 (RE1)
**35 (RE5)
**39 (RE6)
**43 (RE7)
**47 (RE8)
**63 (RE8 epilogue/Shadow of Rose DLC)
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