Leland Monroe

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Evil-doer
Full Name	Leland Monroe
Alias	Mr. Monroe Monroe
Origin	L.A. Noire
Occupation	Leader of the Suburban Redevelopment Fund Manager of Elysian Fields Developments real estate agency
Powers / Skills	Persuasion Intimidation Business management
Hobby	Meeting with various public officials
Goals	Build houses along the path of the new freeway (failed). Force holdouts to sell their old ones (succeeded). Kill Jack Kelso (failed).
Crimes	Fraud Corruption Conspiracy Extortion Bribery Obstruction of justice Enforced arson Manslaughter Abuse of power Embezzlement
Type of Villain	Power-Hungry Official

“	Gentlemen, we're here to sell the American Dream, and Hollywood is our greatest advertiser.	„
	~ Monroe meeting with Suburban Redevelopment Fund members.

“	It can't be stopped, Kelso. There's too much money at stake.	„
	~ Monroe warning Jack Kelso.

Leland Monroe is one of the two main antagonists (alongside Harlan Fontaine) of the video game L.A. Noire. He is the president of Elysian Fields Developments, a housing company. In the advertising billboards and papers, and He is the archnemesis of Jack Kelso.

He was voiced by John Noble, who also played Denethor in The Lord of the Rings, Unicron in Transformers: Prime, Brainiac in Superman: Unbound, the Scarecrow in Batman: Arkham Knight, Mallus in DC's Legends of Tomorrow, and Henry Parish in Sleepy Hollow.

Biography

Leland Monroe is not confronted until Cole Phelps and his partner, Herschel Biggs, arrive in his office questioning him about the fires. While being confronted, Monroe keeps his cool. Later, he calls Jack Kelso about meeting with him. However, he has ordered his men to kill not only Jack, but also his army buddies. This attempt fails. Jack enters Monroe's office and shot him in the leg. While Monroe begs to be nursed to health, Kelso discovers his dirty dealings, including the people who are on his payroll, such as Roy Earle, Cole's former corrupt Vice partner.

What happened to Monroe is unknown, but it is assured that he is placed in jail with the other Suburban Redevelopment Fund members or dies of blood loss.

Personality

Monroe almost always appears in ads with a smile on his face and is polite to almost everyone, like Dr. Fontaine. However, he loses his cool when Jack confronts him in his mansion where he shoots him in the leg. In addition, he loses his cool again when he finds out Dr. Fontaine has killed Courtney Sheldon and was using Ira Hogeboom to burn down some of the houses while meeting with him in a restaurant.