Claude (Grand Theft Auto)

"Motherfucker! That mute asshole! That fucking snake without a tongue! Gave me this shithole instead of a pink slip? I must be the biggest fucking idiot in the whole fucking world!"

- Carl Johnson getting angry at Claude for giving him a run-down garage.

Claude is the silent protagonist in the videogame Grand Theft Auto III and appears as a minor character in the 2004 video game, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and in Grand Theft Auto Online. Very little is specifically known about Claude's past and his personality, as Claude himself doesn't speak much and never reveals any details about himself.

Appearance
In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Claude has brown hair and brown eyes. He wears a dark gray vest and green trousers. In Grand Theft Auto III, he looks considerably older and his vest is now plain black. He is 6’4 and 167 lbs.

In Grand Theft Auto IV if the player kills Playboy X, they can find Claude's clothes in his safe house for Niko Bellic to wear. This had previously led to some fans to speculate Claude's fate by the events of the game or if he is still alive. However, Rockstar has stated that the GTA HD universe is entirely separated and unrelated with the GTA 3D universe.

San Andreas
In 1992, Claude was the owner of a run-down garage in Doherty, San Fierro and a competer in various illegal races. At some point he encountered the small-time robber named Catalina and started a relationship with her after her "break-up" with Carl Johnson. Some time after meeting Catalina, Claude entered a race trough the forests of Red and Flint County where he lost to Catalinas ex-boyfriend CJ. After the loss Catalina and Claude left San Andreas and embarked on a cross-country crime spree.

In the years in-between San Andreas and GTA III, Claude and Catalina became affiliated with a Colombian drug cartel and did some errands for them.

Grand Theft Auto III
In 2001, Claude and Catalina arrived in Liberty City and took part in a bank robbery in the outskirts of Liberty City. While rushing through an alley, Catalina unexpectedly shot their unnamed accomplice, as well as Claude, leaving him for dead. Claude ended up in police custody but broke free when gang members assaulted the police van he was transported in. He encountered a injured fellow convict named 8-Ball who recommended him to Salvatore Leone, Liberty City's most prominent mob boss.

Claude did some odd-jobs for Leone until his wife, Maria Latore developed a fixation on him. Angered by the percieved affair, Leone organized an ambush on Claude who escaped to Staunton Island with Maria and her friend, Yakuza leader Asuka Kasen. During his time on Staunton Island Claude also started doing errands for a cannibalistic businessman named Donald Love. In an effort to get closer to Catalina, Claude and Love orchestrated the death of Asuka's brother Kenji and pushed the blame onto Catalina's drug cartel.

The war between the Yakuza and the cartel intensifies until Claude's actions attracts the attention of Catalina, who has Asuka and Miquel murdered, and abducts Maria. Claude finally confronts Catalina and kills her during a shootout. It is unknown if he killed Maria Latore while the credits roll.

Personality
Not much can be said about his true personality, as he never speaks (curiously, very few characters acknowledge the fact Claude never speaks; Maria Latore brought it up during a radio interview, stating he doesn't talk much, and CJ referred to him as a mute asshole). However, it is clear that he is a cold-blooded, remorseless and quite brutal psychopath who is only for himself, and is not above backstabbing and betraying people to get closer of those who left him for dead. This is shown when he disguised himself as a member of the Cartel (under Donald Love's direction, though) and murdered one of the leaders of the Yakuza, while working for them in the meantime, thus provoking a war between the two gangs.

He remains emotionless almost all the times and never speaks. The only moments he displayed genuine emotions are when Kenji shouted at him (thus adding a bit of comic relief in an otherwise serious story) or when he is visibly surprised by Catalina's betrayal during the Introduction.

During the Free-roam

 * Murdered peoples and polices
 * Hijack Vehicles
 * Blow up Vehicles
 * Beat and abused peoples

During the Storyline

 * In the Introduction, he robbed a bank with Catalina and Miguel, although they betrayed him, and left him arrested.
 * In the mission Give me liberty, he escaped the police convoy and the arrest.
 * In the mission Don't Spank ma' bitch up, he killed a dealer, then took his car to lockup.
 * In the mission Mike lips last lunch, he murdered Mike Forelli.
 * In the mission Farewell 'Chunky' Lee Chong, he murdered Chunky Lee Chong
 * In the mission Van heist, he stealed a van for Joey.
 * In the mission The getaway, he helped three robbers robbing a bank by acted as a getaway driver and helping robbers escaping the polices.
 * In the mission Taking the Laundry, he destroyed three Laundry vans.
 * In the mission Cutting the Grass, he followed and killed Curly Bob.
 * In the mission Under Surveillance, he killed the spies around Staunton Island.
 * In the mission Paparazzi Purge, he murdered a reporter by killing him with his police boat.
 * In the mission Two-Faced Tanner, he murdered Tanner.
 * In the mission Silence the Sneak, he attempted to murder Leon Mcaffery, however he failed.
 * In the mission Edvince Dash, he ram the edvince vehicle to throw then edvinces out then leaves them in a car then torching them all by blowed the car.
 * In the mission Plaster Blaster, he chased again Leon McAffrey; this time he succeeded.
 * In the mission Waka-Gashira Wipeout!, he murdered Kenji to start a war between Yakuzas and Cartel by disguises as a Cartel.
 * In the mission S.A.M., he blowed up a plane, then recovered the drop and delivered it to Asuka.

Trivia

 * In Grand Theft Auto Online if the players had pre-ordered a special edition of Grand Theft Auto V they can select Claude as a parent option for their character.
 * Claude is often mistaken as Claude Speed from GTA 2 (and vice versa).
 * Rockstar has stated that Claude was never given a voice actor (as seen in this video).
 * Even though Claude never speaks, he grunts in GTA III. However, this is unknown who the actor was who provided these grunts.