Cohen is either directly or indirectly responsible for nearly everything bad that happens in almost every Vice case - from his brother-in-law Lenny Finkelstein's dope racket in "The Black Caesar", to the hits put out against Albert Hammond and the former Marines aboard the. The two were immediately tasked with solving a murder case with similarities to the Black Dahlia murder. Mr. Morelli's charred corpse crumbling apart in front of him, letting the current suspects (several of whom he may hate for a variety of reasons) take the fall for the murders, arranging with the District Attorney to have, wrongly charging four innocents, unless the true culprit can be found, publicly expose Garrett Mason as the Werewolf, relation to a high-level national politician. Suspecting a trap, Kelso fought his way through Monroe's protection and raided his mansion, discovering evidence in his office such as the payroll of corrupt figures, Fontaine's criminal report, and the list of holdouts. A 27 year old Marine turned cop, born from a wealthy San Francisco family.

A young man at 25, he is a true partner to Cole although has issues being quick to obey orders. Implied that he was in on the entire SRF fiasco and has a hand in covering up Phelps involvement...up to the point of straight-up trying to murder him.

He chides one of his men for not understanding why the Japanese attacked them at Pearl Harbor, citing America's oil embargo against Japan as the primary motivation. Many actors from the television series Mad Menare featured in the game; game writer and director Brendan McNamara explained that this is due to the casting agency, Schiff/Audino, which also casts for Mad Men. * Archie Colmyer – A Lieutenant in the Los Angeles Police Department working in the Vice Department.

Vice-President of California Fire & Life, the insurance company that Jack Kelso works for. Cole starts out as a detective under his watch. In a way, this ended up getting lampshaded in the. [30], Towards the end of the final desk, players assume control of Kelso, and alternate between him and Phelps; although different in appearance and personality, the characters are controlled identically. [66], Brendan McNamara worked as the writer and director on, The actors' physical performances for the game were mostly recorded using, "Interrogate the L.A. Noire Detectives: Your Questions Answered – Part One", "The Story Behind LA Noire's Creepy-Real Faces", "Sydney's Team Bondi set to revolutionise video gaming", "Interview: Team Bondi's Brendan McNamara on "L.A. Noire," Part 3", "Rockstar Resets The Bar With Its Upcoming Crime Thriller – L.A. Noire", "In L.A. Noire Asking Questions Trumps Firing Bullets", "Interrogate the L.A. Noire Detectives Part Two: Your Questions Answered About Motion Capture, Prop Souvenirs, Disturbing Sequences & More", "How Designers Made L.A. Noire The Most Detailed Game Ever", "L.A. Noire: Hands-on with Rockstar's super sleuth 'em-up", "Interview: Team Bondi's Brendan McNamara talks L.A. Noire", "An Interview With Aaron Staton of L.A. Noire", "Aaron Staton: My Favourite Game – Page 2 of 3", "E3 2011: Talking with Aaron Staton of Rockstar Games' "L.A. Noire, "Aaron Staton: My Favourite Game – Page 3 of 3", "L.A. Forensic: Brendan McNamara on L.A. Noire", "Interrogate the Detectives Part 3: Phelps, Earle and Others in the Hot Seat with Your Questions Answered", "LA Noire: interview with actor Michael McGrady", "Adam J. Harrington Talks LA Noire, Roy Earle and That Suit", "L.A. Noire Character Dossier & New Screens: Mickey Cohen", "Interview: L.A. Noire's Patrick Fischler Spills The Beans On Playing Mickey Cohen", "L.A. Noire Retrospective Interview With Brendan McNamara", "L.A. Noire Review: A Compelling Yet Flawed Epic That Fascinates", "BAFTA Video Game Awards 2012: Winners in full", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_L.A._Noire_characters&oldid=983081362, Pages using multiple image with auto scaled images, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 12 October 2020, at 03:51.

Captain of the Traffic Desk. Cole distinguished himself in the Pacific theatre, earning the Silver Star for his conduct.

(voice) (as Jason L. Brandt), Raymond Gordon /

This is especially egregious during "The Silk Stocking Murder" where after seeing an. The characters received praise from several gaming publications. his affair with Elsa is exposed and his demotion to Arson.

"Cole Phelps and Jack Kelso. He is a very talented investigator, and that is what lead him to his promotion as Detective. Very friendly with his fellow cops. (voice) (as Ted O'Brien), The Local Population

This is the list of the main and supporting characters in the 2011 game L.A. Noire. Cole Phelps (1920-1947) is a police officer, and later, a detective for the LAPD, and the main protagonist of L.A. Noire, as well the main playable character for the first four parts, and a secondary playble character in the fifth, last part.

[25] Phelps, along with Jack Kelso, continued to investigate the syndicate, putting the administration at risk. Elsa probably would have ended up dead by Fontaine had Ira not appeared to kill him. Herschel Biggs – An older man who serves as Cole’s partner in the Arson Department. Ralph is Cole’s Patrol partner at the LAPD.

He was the store owner of Hartfield's Jewellery, Jewish, and had quite a temper problem.

The first suspect to be both arrested, interrogated and proven positively guilty by Phelps personally (while still being a beat cop, no less). 200 images (& sounds) of the L.A. Noire cast of characters. He was a U.S. Marine in the Second World War, in which he developed a rivalry with Cole Phelps.

(voice) (as Richard Cole), The Local Population

Biggs pulled Kelso and Elsa safely out of the tunnel, but Phelps was killed by a violent torrent of water.

(as Lexi Jourden), Paul Kadarowski [7], McNamara felt that the game's technology allows players to connect with the characters in a way that video games have not achieved before. Rusty has a few issues with Cole due to the fact that Cole is new to the department and Rusty is the arrogant, elite one.

[3] This technology is crucial to the game's interrogation mechanic, which requires players to use suspects' facial reactions to questioning to judge whether or not they are lying. Cole is haunted by the civilian casualties he inadvertently inflicted during the Okinawa campaign, which indirectly led to Ira Hogeboom's breakdown and Courtney Sheldon's motivation for the morphine scheme. [43] McGowan describes Bekowsky as "a sarcastic, outspoken cop who loves a good fight and a good joke",[42] stating that "he's a wise crack but he's not a total dick". He quickly deduces it is not an original and identifies it as written by Shelley.

Biggs served in the 2nd Marines, and after a traumatic event in WWI, he decided to join the arson deparment of the LAPD.

Partnered with Herschel Biggs,[26] Phelps uncovers and investigates various arsons, before suspecting that the fires are being set by the members of the Suburban Redevelopment Fund, who are prominent practitioners of prestigious professions, to receive insurance money. [53], James Donnelly (Andrew Connolly) is the captain of the LAPD Homicide Department.

After the war, Jack became a claims investigator for California Fire and Life Insurance Company. After helping Lichtmann and Kelso escape the tunnels, Phelps is swept away by the current and dies. [44], Finbarr "Rusty" Galloway (Michael McGrady) is the partner of Cole Phelps while on the Homicide Desk. Dunn doesn't hurry to be the first stepping into dangerous situations, being oushed by Phelps to more dangerous cases, Dunn supports and assits Cole. Cole Phelps and PartnersCole PhelpsActor: Aaron Staton Our protagonist. [30], When Arson detectives Cole Phelps and Herschel Biggs suspected Monroe's involvement in the house fires, they questioned him; Monroe denied all allegations.

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Check out our new The Lego Movie 2 Videogame guides! He often voices his concerns regarding how Cole handles cases. Further shown in cases where you have a choice of who to convict, wherein he will tend to want the one conviction over another but only on political/religious/moralistic terms. Fontaine is one of the most cold and ruthless characters in the game, obsessed with power and manipulation.

(voice) (as Tina Y. Hahn), Male Pedestrian 13 By the time Phelps is in a position to bring him in, he's found dead in his own practice. In the rare example of a villain creating someone even more dangerous - Fontaine uses Ira's pyromania to do his dirty work while fooling him into believing that setting innocent fires would help his psychosis.

Anyone who has played the game will understand EXACTLY why. However, when clues were discovered connecting the crimes, Phelps and Galloway discovered that all of the murders were connected, and eventually track down and kill the real murderer, unbeknownst to the public. He is accompanied by a number of characters, notably his partners: Ralph Dunn, Stefan Bekowsky, Rusty Galloway, Roy Earle, and Herschel Biggs.

During his time he came to discover that the city he loved, L.A., was full of crime and corruption. Director Michael Uppendahl said, "I try to monitor the performances to make sure we're getting the human element that's going to make it compelling and interesting. Cole Phelps is a straight-laced war veteran-turned-cop who desperately tries to ward off the cloud of corruption hanging over a post-war Los Angeles.

(as Lonnie Hughes), Eddie McGoldrick

A fading B-Movie actress Cole runs into after she and her niece drive off a cliff and into a billboard.

I think Rusty is that way too," he said. L.A. Noire is a detective thriller developed by Team Bondi in Australia and published by Rockstar Games. [64] Some of the actors were awarded for their performances: Staton received nominations from the British Academy Video Games Awards[65] and The Daily Telegraph. (voice), Hanna Taraldsen

He has respect only to his superiors. (voice) (as Auerlio Kim), The Local Population

A list of characters appearing in L.A. Noire. I know you, Cole.