The Faces Behind the Video Game Characters
We have known and come to love many video game characters, but do we know the real people behind the pixelated mask? Here are some of our favorite video game characters and the faces that made them popular.
Posted March 28, 2013, 1:45 p.m.
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Video games are on a neverending quest to look as lifelike as possible, and with technological advancements being such an integral part of video games, we can’t help but partially measure the game medium’s evolution by how close they get to crossing the uncanny valley.
To gauge how photorealistic video game graphics have become, it is always interesting to compare video game models with their real life counterparts, and see how video game characters compare visually to the faces they were based on.
Lui Kang - Ho Sung Pak (Mortal Kombat)
Johnny Cage - Daniel Pesina (Mortal Kombat)
Sonya Blade - Kerri Hoskins (Mortal Kombat)
Agent 47 - David Bateson (Hitman)
Max Payne - Sam Lake (Max Payne 1)
Max Payne - Timothy Gibbs (Max Payne 2)
Mona Sax - Kathy Tong (Max Payne)
Alyx Vance - Jamil Mullen (Half Life 2)
John Shepard - Mark Vanderloo (Mass Effect series)
Miranda Lawson - Yvonne Strahovski (Mass Effect series)
Liara T'Soni - Jillian Murphy (Mass Effect series)
Joker - Seth Green (Mass Effect series)
Desmond Miles - Francisco Randez (Assassin's Creed series)
Lucy Stillman - Kristen Bell
Ethan Mars - Pascal Langdale (Heavy Rain)
Scott Shelby - Sam Douglas (Heavy Rain)
Madison Paige - Jacqui Ainsley (Heavy Rain)
Norman Jayden - Leon Ockenden (Heavy Rain)
Lauren Winters - Aurelie Bancihon (Heavy Rain)
Vaas Montenegro - Michael Mando (Far Cry 3)
Lara Croft - Megan Farquhar (Lara Croft)
