Summary
ARed Dead Redemption 2player might have spotted the work of Dutch van der Linde’s actor Benjamin Byron Davis in another, older Rockstar game:Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.This particular actor, who played a major role inRockstar Games' most recent release, was heard in a less meaningful role inSan Andreas.
Actors can often be seen playing various roles across multiple games, so it isn’t all that unusual for actors that get top billing in some games to be heard playing minor roles in others. This just seems to be the latest example of that trend, as a prominent member ofRed Dead Redemption 2’s cast was found literally walking on the street inGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Reddit user Funny_Mongoose_9680 encountered the voice offan-favoriteRed Dead Redemption 2character Dutch van der Lindewhile playingGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The user noticed Dutch’s voice seemingly coming from the mouth of a random NPC pedestrian. Funny_Mongoose_9680 then asked members on theRed Dead Redemptionsubreddit to confirm if this NPC’s voice really belonged to Benjamin Byron Davis, the voice actor who played Dutch in theRed Dead Redemptionseries.
Other users on the subreddit responded quickly, confirming viaDavis' IMDB pagethat the actor was indeed part of theGrand Theft Auto: San Andreasvoice cast. However, rather than voicing one ofSan Andreas' named characters, Davis played a much more mundane role. According to IMDB, Benjamin Byron Davis contributed voice lines for one of the game’s radio commercials, as well as for pedestrian NPCs. While this isn’t a direct confirmation that that specific NPC’s lines came from Davis, the circumstantial evidence is strong that Funny_Mongoose_9680 did indeed hear his voice.
Actors will often record voice lines under the “additional voices” role, covering details like crowd noise and unnamed NPCs, akin to background actors (a.k.a. extras) in film and television. Fun discoveries like this underscore the many contributions actors make to games. Until this post, many did not know that Davis,who played Dutch in all his tragic complexity inRed Dead Redemption 2, also added flavor toSan Andreas' crowds.
