Red Dead Redemption 2 Actors: The Full Performance-Capture Cast

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Every major character was fully performance-captured, not just voiced. Here is who is under the faces of Arthur, Dutch, John and the rest of the gang.

Red Dead Redemption 2 actors did full performance capture, not voice-only work — every major role was played on a motion-capture stage, face included.

The leads

Roger Clark as Arthur Morgan — the narrator and playable protagonist for most of the story.
Benjamin Byron Davis as Dutch van der Linde — the gang's leader, reprising the role from the 2010 original.
Rob Wiethoff as John Marston — also reprising his role from the first game.

The rest of the gang

Alex McKenna as Sadie Adler
Cali Elizabeth Moore as Abigail Roberts Marston
Kaili Vernoff as Susan Grimshaw
Penny O'Brien as Molly O'Shea
Samantha Strelitz as Mary-Beth Gaskill
Jo Armeniox as Karen Jones
Meeya Davis-Glover as Tilly Jackson

Why "actor" is the right word

Because the whole cast was captured on stage — face, body and voice together — the credits list them as actors rather than voice artists, the same way a film credits its cast. It is part of why the performances read as more grounded than typical game voice work.

Recognition beyond gaming circles

Roger Clark's performance as Arthur won Best Performance at The Game Awards 2018, one of four wins the game took that night.