Leon S. Kennedy

Leon S. Kennedy
Resident Evil character
Leon S. Kennedy in Resident Evil 2 (2019)
First gameResident Evil 2 (1998)
Created byHideki Kamiya
Noboru Sugimura
Designed byIsao Ohishi
Portrayed by
Various
Voiced by
Various
  • English
    Paul Haddad (Resident Evil 2)[3]
    Paul Mercier (Resident Evil 4, Degeneration, The Darkside Chronicles)[3]
    Christian Lanz (Operation Raccoon City)[3]
    Matthew Mercer (Resident Evil 6, Damnation, Revelations 2, Vendetta, Death Island)[3]
    Nick Apostolides (Resident Evil 2 and 4 remake, Infinite Darkness)[3]
    Riley McShane (Dead by Daylight)[4]
    John Patneaude (State of Survival)[5]
    Japanese
    Takeshi Maeda (Resident Evil 2 drama cd)
    Jin Yamanoi (Degeneration)[3]
    Toshiyuki Morikawa (Operation Raccoon City, Retribution, Damnation, Resident Evil 6, Revelations 2, Project X Zone 2, Vendetta, Resident Evil 2 and 4 remake, Infinite Darkness, Death Island)[3]
    Yuki Kaji (Welcome to Raccoon City)[6]
Motion capture
Various
  • Teruaki Ogawa (Resident Evil 4)[7]
    O.C. Ormond (Degeneration)
    Kevin Dorman (Damnation)
    Jason Faunt (Resident Evil 6, Vendetta)
    Nick Apostolides (Resident Evil 2 and 4 remake, Infinite Darkness)
In-universe information
NationalityAmerican[8]

Leon Scott Kennedy[a] is a character in Resident Evil (Biohazard in Japan), a survival horror video game series created by the Japanese company Capcom. He was introduced as one of the two player characters in the video game Resident Evil 2 (1998), alongside Claire Redfield. During the events of Resident Evil 2, Leon is a rookie police officer who arrives in the doomed Raccoon City late for his first day on the job and is confronted by a zombie outbreak.

Leon is the protagonist of several Resident Evil games, novelizations, and films and has also appeared in other game franchises, including Project X Zone and Dead by Daylight. He appears in the CG animated films and in the animated miniseries. In later games, such as the remakes of Resident Evil 2 (2019) and Resident Evil 4 (2023), his features were based on Romanian model Eduard Badaluta. Several actors have portrayed Leon, including Johann Urb and Avan Jogia, in the live-action Resident Evil films.

Video game publications have described Leon as among the most popular and iconic video game characters, and he ranks consistently as a fan favorite character of the franchise. Both his personality in Resident Evil 4 and his redesign in the remakes have been highly praised, which also further enhanced the sex appeal of the fetishized character.

  1. ^ Armen Hareyan (February 14, 2012). "Actor Brad Renfro Found Dead in L.A. Home". Fearnet. Archived from the original on January 14, 2014. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
  2. ^ Lyles, Taylor (July 4, 2012). "Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City Ending and Post Credits Scene Explained With Director Johannes Roberts". IGN. Archived from the original on November 26, 2021. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Characters - Voice Of Leon S. Kennedy". Behindthevoiceactors.com. Archived from the original on January 18, 2014. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
  4. ^ "The Monster Factory's talent lend their voices to 'Dead by Daylight: Resident Evil'". MetalBlade. June 28, 2021. Archived from the original on October 7, 2022. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  5. ^ @JohnPatneaude (November 7, 2023). "Now that's what I call backup In the State of Survival x Resident Evil crossover event, I had the honor of voicing Leon Kennedy! The event is LIVE NOW so download the game on your PC/phone so you don't miss out! Thank you @FunPlusGames & @TigerMesa for the opportunity!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. ^ @biomovieJP (January 14, 2022). "#新バイオハザード声優は誰だ Red question mark ornament 『#バイオハザード:ウェルカム・トゥ・ラクーンシティ』 レオン役🗣日本語吹替版 声優は... ◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢ レオン・S・ケネディ 🎙#梶裕貴 ( @KAJI__OFFICIAL ) ◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢ 1月28日(金)📽全国の映画館で公開🎞 https://eigakan.org/theaterpage/schedule.php?mt=biomov01" (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved January 14, 2022 – via Twitter.
  7. ^ "Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition Tech Info". GameSpot. Archived from the original on January 2, 2012. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference Italian was invoked but never defined (see the help page).


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