Chris Redfield

There's one thing I do know... I have a job to do, and I'm gonna' see it through.

Chris Redfield is a B.S.A.A. operative and former member of S.T.A.R.S. Alpha Team. Chris is the older brother of Claire Redfield. He is also the long time partner of Jill Valentine, and together they have dedicated their lives to eliminating bioterrorism and stopping their arch rival, Albert Wesker. Chris, along with Jill, took part in the fall of Umbrella in 2003. He was the first character created in the Resident Evil series, and is the lead male. He is also the established protagonist of the series.

Early life
Chris is the older brother of Terrasave member Claire Redfield. Their parents are never seen or mentioned in the games but the novels state that they died in a car crash. At the age of 17, Chris joined the United States Air Force as a pilot and marksman, and excelled in firearms handling and hand-to-hand combat. Although he was a talented airman, he was constantly in direct conflict with his superiors, unable to properly follow orders without speaking out. Unfortunately, he was unable to settle the many disputes he found himself in, and was eventually discharged without honors, though his file states that he retired, at 23/24 years of age.

After leaving the Air Force, Chris went to Raccoon City where an old family friend, Barry Burton, suggested he try out for the new S.T.A.R.S. police force (RE5 states S.T.A.R.S. contacted him) - a special unit mostly comprised of ex-military members, and created to quell the increase in the number of cases involving terrorism. Thinking he may as well try out, Chris went ahead and applied for S.T.A.R.S. where he was immediately accepted. Along with Barry, Chris was placed in Alpha team with Albert Wesker as Captain. He was both a point man as well as Alpha team's co-pilot and was known for his marksmanship ability (for which he had a friendly rivalry with Bravo team member Forest Speyer). It was here that he also met his future partner; Jill Valentine, and the two formed a very close bond with each other.

The Mansion Incident


Alpha team was sent to the Arklay Mountains on the outskirts of Raccoon City to investigate the sudden disappearance of their compatriots, Bravo team. While walking through the forest, they discovered the remains of Bravo team's helicopter, along with the mutilated corpse of their pilot: Kevin Dooley. Suddenly, Alpha team member Joseph Frost was attacked by a wild dog, with the rest of the pack following, eating him alive. Chris brings fellow officer Jill Valentine "back to reality" and the two run to the landing zone, only to find their pilot, Brad Vickers, flying away in terror. Shooting at the hungry pack chasing them, the four remaining officers entered a deserted mansion.

Chris worked through the Mansion in search of life, combating numerous creatures, and ran into two surviving members of Bravo team, Rebecca Chambers and Richard Aiken. Chris then ran into Wesker while investigating the mansion residence who told Chris that he and Jill got separated.

Chris starts the mission without his handgun, possibly meaning that he dropped it on the run to the mansion and was unable to retrieve it (however, it's also quite likely that this is merely a game mechanic to add to Chris' mission's higher difficulty, and therefore Chris did actually have his gun in the mission). Making his way to the caves beneath the Mansion, Chris finds a wounded Enrico Marini, Bravo team's captain, who informed Chris that there is a traitor among the group, before being shot dead by an unknown assailant. Chris then discovers an underground laboratory used for making B.O.W.'s, he also finds out that Wesker was one of the leading researchers. He finds Wesker, who confirms that he lured S.T.A.R.S. to the mansion to use their combat with the B.O.W.'s as data for further research. Wesker shoots Rebecca and unleashes a monster called Tyrant, it impales Wesker, but Chris manages to take it down. Rebecca survived the gunshot due to her bulletproof vest and ran ahead to activate the self-destruct sequence. With it activated, Chris needed to find Jill, running through the lab, he found that Wesker locked her in a cell. After rescuing her, both ran to the roof to await Brad's rescue. Rebecca joined them on the roof but before Brad could land, the Tyrant emerged from the floor and began to attack, Brad threw down a rocket launcher, and Chris destroyed the Tyrant.

Chris; Jill; Barry and Rebecca boarded the chopper and escaped the Mansion, which then exploded taking any remaining monsters and evidence with it.

After their ordeal, Chris recovered from his wounds at the Raccoon General Hospital, where doctors confirmed him to have sustained no permenant injuries.

After the Nightmare
After recovering from their wounds, the remaining S.T.A.R.S. members made a number of attempts to report Umbrella to the authorities, but all attempts failed due to the corporation's bribing of the RPD's chief; Brian Irons. While the public were disturbed by the events, they continued to purchase Umbrella's products. Eventually, Irons had the S.T.A.R.S. team disbanded and replaced with a more standard S.W.A.T.

Chris became highly stressed and displayed extensive aggressiveness, flying off the handle at the slightest thing; and once punching a fellow officer in the face for spilling coffee in a simple accident. Jill, also under pressure, tried to stop him but he simply winked at her then walked away. Chris began investigating Umbrella alone, without even telling Jill. When he finally did tell her after inviting her to his apartment, she decided she was not willing to let Chris do this alone, and called for Barry to help them out too.

Eventually, Chris mailed a fax to the RPD HQ telling them he had left for Europe, but not the specific location. He agreed with Jill and Barry for them to follow him soon after.

His sister; Claire, would find the fax reply during the Raccoon City Outbreak. It would reveal that, although they tried to find incriminating evidence regarding the G-virus, no evidence confirmed it existence. However, they did find that chief Irons was hiding a dark past and may or may not be taking bribes. Claire determined that Umbrella had a facility in Paris, and believed Chris may have gone there.

Rockfort Island and Antarctica
Yeah! It's payback time. We've gotta destroy Umbrella. Now, let's finish this once and for all!

While in Europe investigating Umbrella's activities, Chris received a message from Leon S. Kennedy, and headed to Rockfort Island in an attempt to rescue his young sister, who was imprisoned by Umbrella after being captured in their HQ in Paris while looking for Chris. He soon learns that Claire isn't there, but discovered that Wesker had survived their encounter in the Arklay mountains during the Mansion Incident several months ago and now carries a strong vendetta against Chris. They have a brief scuffle, in which Wesker reveals to Chris that Claire is in Antarctica. After following Claire to Antarctica, he found her in a replica of Spencer's Arklay mansion and eventually confronted Alexia Ashford, the creator of the T-Veronica virus, who had mutated to combat Wesker's superhuman strength. With Claire's help, Chris was able to finish her off. Chris has a fist-fight with Wesker after he tells Claire to wait for him at the jet. Chris was beaten by Wesker, was willing to give up, and started coughing out blood, but Chris fights back, remembering his promise to Claire not to die on her. The fight was interrupted by the imminent destruction of the facility. Chris jumped to the Harriet Jump-jet (While Claire looks at him curiously and says 'Hey, I always make good on my promises'). Chris escaped the facility along with Claire in the Harriet Jump-Jet before it's destruction, but not before vowing to Wesker that they will meet another time to settle the score again once and for all. Some plot elements are confirmed to be featured in the live-action film Resident Evil: Afterlife, such as when he and Claire reunite (like in the movie).

The End of Umbrella


The nightmare ends, here and now!

Five years later, in 2003, Chris had by now focused his life on exposing and destroying Umbrella. He and Jill Valentine, now partners, were dropped off at a Russian Umbrella facility, where they carried out a full-scale assault on the facility, destroying any of Umbrella's old Bio-Weapons encountered, and skillfully avoiding traps.

Eventually, they were confronted with a new experimental Bio-Weapon, codenamed T-A.L.O.S. Sergei Vladimir revealed himself to be the creator, and sealed Chris and Jill inside the T-A.L.O.S. containment room and activated the monster. Having no choice but to fight, Chris and Jill were successfully able to defeat it eventually, finally ending Umbrella once and for all.

After escaping the facility, Chris and Jill made it clear that their old nemesis Wesker was still out there despite their troubles with Umbrella over.

Umbrella was then truly finished, and Chris and Jill remained partners.

After Umbrella


After the collapse of Umbrella, rivals and terrorist groups managed to get their hands on Umbrella's projects. Chris and Jill both joined the Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance (BSAA) dedicating to stopping the creation and usage of bio-weapons. There, they appointed themselves partners, and aside from locating Wesker, Chris and Jill travelled the world together in missions to reduce the growing number of bio-weapons, ranging from stopping bio-weapons in Asia to destroying bio-weapon labs in South America to arresting smugglers in Europe.

In 2006, the pair received a tip off from a reliable source detailing former Umbrella founder Ozwell E. Spencer's location, and Chris and Jill intended to raid his hideout and arrest him for questioning. Entering the estate, it was not long before they discovered the bodies of Spencer's bodyguards, who had already been brutally killed through "unconventional means". Both himself and Jill had to survive and endure numerous puzzles and traps built on the estate, whilst fighting off the multiple Guardians of Insanity which relentlessly pursued them throughout their mission. Whilst proceeding through the estate's gardens, they fell through an old bridge and landed in the sewers below, losing most of their equipment in the process. Defenseless, the agent's relied solely on their wits to outsmart and eliminate the remaining Guardians of Insanity before making their escape from the sewer. When they arrived at the last hallway in the estate, they discovered more of his bodyguards horrifically murdered outside the entrance. When they opened the last door where Spencer could be hiding, they were greeted by a suspecting Wesker, standing over the corpse of Spencer, whom he killed a few minutes prior to the pair's arrival. Opening fire, a brief battle soon followed. Although the two put up a fight, both Chris and Jill were easily beaten by Wesker's super-human powers, and just as Wesker was about to deal the blow that would end Chris' life, Jill launched herself at Wesker, hurling the pair through the nearby window and into the chasm beyond the cliff the mansion was built upon. Chris could do nothing as he watched his partner fall to her death.

The BSAA conducted a three month search for Jill's body, with no success. As a result, Jill Valentine was officially declared dead in the line of duty.

Kijuju Incident & Wesker's Death
More and more I find myself wondering if it's all worth fighting for. For a future without fear? Yeah, it's worth it.



Three years later, in 2009, Chris was sent to Kijuju to arrest a Bio weapon dealer named Ricardo Irving. With the help of fellow BSAA member and new partner Sheva Alomar. They soon discovered that Kijuju was suffering from new and more advanced forms of Las Plagas, and were forced to take down hordes of vicious "Majini". They had also encountered a new type of B.O.W. that was responsible for the deaths of BSAA Alpha Team Members. With the aid of other B.S.A.A members such as Kirk Mathison and Josh Stone they were able to survive through a variety of horrific dangers eventually coming into contact with Irving who evaded them with his partner, a mysterious cloaked woman. It was soon after that Chris came upon a file depicting a blonde girl who he recognized as being his old friend and partner, Jill Valentine.

With Irving eventually taken down, Chris told Sheva that he only got involved in the mission so he could find Jill, who he suspected was still alive. Although surprised, Sheva vows to stick with Chris to the end. The duo discover a large area full of capsules used to store test subjects. Chris rushes to a monitor and searches for Jill. As the platform they are stood on raises to Jill's capsule, Chris and Sheva are attacked by a large creature known as U-8. This promptly stops the platform, forcing Chris and Sheva to fight back.

After its defeat, both are greeted to an empty capsule, and Excella Gionne via the monitor, who denies any knowledge of Jill. Sheva recognizes Excella as one of TriCell's co-founders, and tells Chris she is lying. Later, they meet Excella again in a lab, where they came across a test subject, who then mutates into Uroboros Mkono. After defeating the monstrosity that resulted, they eventually track down Excella, who is accompanied by Albert Wesker, and a mysterious cloaked female acquaintance. Chris demands to know the whereabouts of Jill, and is stunned when Wesker removes the hood of his mysterious helper, who is none other than Jill herself. Despite Chris' attempts to bring her back to realization, he and Sheva are attacked and overwhelmed by her.

As Wesker prepares to leave, Chris manages to get through to Jill, Wesker, although surprised, activates a device that causes her extreme pain, and leaves Chris to watch her suffer. Sheva spots a device on Jill's chest and helps Chris forcefully remove it.

Jill collapses, Chris rushes over to her and is relieved to find that she is alive and back to her senses. She apologizes for her actions and urges Chris to continue and stop Wesker before he can finish his preparations. Chris initially refuses, more concerned on getting Jill to safety. Jill grabs him and tells him that he is the only one capable of stopping Wesker. Chris backs into the elevator, and Jill tells Sheva to look out for him.

The pair find Excella, and she runs off in a panic, dropping a vial of something which Sheva keeps after Chris explains it may be important if Excella wanted to guard it so badly. Later it soon becomes clear that Wesker has no loyalty to Excella when she is revealed to have been injected with the Uroboros virus, which consumes her. It attacks the two, though they are eventually able to defeat it, turning their sights to Wesker. It is then that Chris receives a call from Jill who explains that Wesker needs to inject himself with a serum to keep the virus inside of him stable, but overdosing it would weaken him. It is then that the two find out the vial Excella had dropped is the serum they need to inject Wesker with. After a very one sided battle with him, Chris and Sheva manage to take control briefly and inject the serum into Wesker's chest, causing him to flee onto his airship with Chris and Sheva in hot pursuit. They manage to take advantage of his weakness and send him flying out of the cargo room but their advantage decreases when he grabs Sheva's leg in an attempt to take them down with him. Chris watches, images of Jill rush through his mind as he remembers how he thought he had lost her trying to kill Wesker. He jumps to grab Sheva as she loses her grip, with Wesker determined to take both of them, but Sheva shoots him in the face and he is sucked from the plane. Crashing in a volcano, Chris and Sheva are shocked to find Wesker alive and angry, puncturing a container of Uroboros, Wesker begins to mutate with it and attacks Chris and Sheva. They retreat, but the rocks they cross over break and they are separated. Sheva shouts that Chris get higher so she can attack Wesker, who turns his attention towards her. Stranded, she shouted for help and Chris was forced to push a huge boulder out of the way so Sheva could join him. Wesker follows but Chris and Sheva are able to overpower him, and as Wesker stands injured, the ground beneath him begins to break and he slips into the lava. Jill and Josh arrive in a helicopter just in time to witness the scene and Jill throws down a rope ladder, Chris grabs it and Sheva starts to climb, but as Chris goes for it, the ground beneath him also breaks. He stumbles, and jumps for the ladder, catching it one handed. Sheva and Chris are helped into the helicopter only for Wesker to emerge from the lava and catch one of his tentacles onto the helicopter skids. Jill points to the two RPG-7's that were in the chopper, Chris and Sheva both take aim and fire, and Wesker is finally killed. 

As they fly away, A voiceover of Chris saying while looking at Jill and Sheva: "More and more I find myself wondering if it's all worth fighting for. For a future without fear? Yeah, it's worth it."

Appearance
Chris Redfield is depicted as the typical "tough guy" of action movies: spiked hair, bare muscular build and likes combat knifes. In his debut, Chris wears the standard uniform of S.T.A.R.S. His clothing is a white shirt covered with a green kevlar vest (the vest features a knife case at the left breast), gray pants, holster, knee-pads and black combat boots. The uniform did not show any change in the remake of the game, and was also used in the scenario "The Mansion Incident", in The Umbrella Chronicles. In his appearance in Resident Evil 2, Chris uses the same uniform, but with some additions. There is a large drawing of an angel and the inscription "Made in Heaven" on the back of his vest. He also uses elbow-pads.

In Resident Evil - CODE: Veronica, Chris uses a variation of th S.T.A.R.S. suit. Consiting of green shirt with an R.P.D. black vest, green panths and black boots. The vest has a large S.T.A.R.S. logo on the back. The outfit is seen later in Resident Evil: The Dark Side Chronicles scenario, "Game of Oblivion". In Chris's epilogue, he wears a white shirt with a brown jacket. It seems to be the same alternative outfit from the original Resident Evil. In "Umbrella's End" scenario, from Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, is set in the Caucasus. So he wears a special uniform. It consists of a white coat, black gloves, green vest, white pants and black combat boots. The knife sheath is now on the right leg, and in its place on the vest, there is a walkie-talkie like radio.

Chris in Resident Evil 5 is initialy seen with a safari suit. After finding Reynard Fisher, Chris removes the safari jacket and puts on his military equipment. Chris is seen in the game in a mix of civilian clothing with the standard attire for the BSAA.: green shirt with logos of the BSAA. on both sleeves, a large pocket for his machete on the back, radio with headset, black gloves, a flashlight on his belt, PDA, holster in the right leg, knee-pads and green shoes.

Chris will appear in Resident Evil: Revelations, wearing his standard uniform of B.S.A.A., previously seen in Resident Evil 5 Alternative Edition.

Personality
In most games which he appears, he's a protector, always close to his friends. He has a great love for his little sister Claire Redfield and would give his own life to protect her. Chris has a great friendship with Barry Burton, who recruits him for S.T.A.R.S., after Chris leaves the Air Force.

Serving as Point Man in S.T.A.R.S. Alpha Team, Chris has earned the trust of his new friends for their successful missions,through which Chris has acted with intelligence and strategy. Chris also develops a close relationship with Jill Valentine. After the mansion incident, Chris became obsessed with the Umbrella Corporation, seeking for information to bring the company down and avenge the death of his friends. Later, Chris and Jill make an alliance to overthrow the company.

Between Chris and Albert Wesker is an old hatred, since the mansion incident. Their confrontations are always violent.

During a B.S.A.A. mission to capture Ozwell E. Spencer, Jill Valentine sacrifices herself to save Chris in a fight against Wesker. After this day, Chris is seen strongly shaken by the death of his friend and partner, acting coldly, but exceptionally, in his missions

Resident Evil: Afterlife


Wentworth Miller portrayed Chris in the fourth film: Resident Evil: Afterlife. In the plot, Chris will be reunited with his sister Claire when both of them are trapped along with Luther West, Bennett, Angel Ortiz, Crystal Waters and Kim Yong in a besieged prison. In the film, it is confirmed that he will not "know" Wesker as the movies are non-canon to the games. He still, however, fought Wesker along with Alice. A bit of a backstory of Chris was released on the official movie site. He was working for a military unit when the outbreak reached Los Angeles and his team used the Los Angeles County Jail as a command post and all but him were killed. He and the survivors barricaded themselves in the prison, safe. His team was eventually killed and the released prisoners trapped him in a cage-cell in the basement as an act of irony and he was kept there by the survivors as they felt he must be a dangerous prisoner and didn't trust him. After Alice releases him, he is reunited with an amnesiac Claire who doesn't remember him. In the end, he fights Wesker side-by-side with Claire, but is defeated by him and is trapped in a holding tank while Claire is trapped in another, leaving him desperate to get to his sister. Finally, Wesker is defeated by Alice with the help of Claire's old friend K-Mart and Alice releases him and Claire. Wesker is not dead despite Alice blowing his head open, so Claire and Chris unload their pistols into him. Wesker doesn't die so the group locks him in the room with Bennett who begs to be released over the intercom, annoying Chris so much that he shoots the intercom to shut him up. Wesker escapes but his helicopter is destroyed with a bomb planted by Alice. Chris witnesses Alice sending out a message of hope of her own to any other survivors and the arrival of a massive Umbrella force.

Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds
Chris will be a playable character in the upcoming game Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds. Chris will be wearing his BSAA costume and use a large variaty of weapons such as the the Smith & Wesson Model 29 Magnum, the Ithaca M37 Shotgun, the Stun Rod, the Combat knife, the Flamethrower, Proximity Bomb Grenade, the Satellite Laser Device, the Milkor MGL Mk.1 Grenade Launcher, the Škorpion vz. 61 Submachine Gun, A Hand Grenade, the RPG-7 Rocket Launcher and his standard Beretta 92F/FS Handgun, and some of his melee attacks from Resident Evil 5 are also included.

Novels
Chris appears as a central character in S.D. Perry's novelizations of the games. Along with Jill, he is a main character in the first book in the series, referenced in the second, briefly appears in in the third, alongside Jill, and returns as the main character alongside his sister, Claire, in the sixth book in the series.


 * Resident Evil: The Umbrella Conspiracy (Based on Resident Evil)


 * Resident Evil: Caliban Cove (Original Novel)


 * Resident Evil Code: Veronica (Based on Code: Veronica)

The Mercenaries
Chris is a playable character in "The Mercenaries". He is playable in several costumes.

Trivia

 * Chris's character is motion-captured by actor Reuben Langdon who voices Dante in the Devil May Cry games. Devil May Cry is another game developed by Capcom.


 * Chris has, so far, appeared in 6 games. (Resident Evil, Resident Evil 2 (Extreme Battle), Resident Evil: Code Veronica, Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, Resident Evil 5, and Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles)


 * In the Umbrella Chronicles his counter attack is a swing hit implanting a combat Knife into the skull of the enemy's head, followed by a spinning back kick.


 * Chris is the only playable character from Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles that could also be playable in Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, other characters such as Wesker, Ada, and HUNK appeared as well, however they were non-playable.


 * His quote when chosen in Resident Evil: Deadly Silence multiplayer is "Domo-kun #1!"


 * Makes a guest appearance in Resident Evil 2 as an unlockable character in the minigame Extreme Battle.


 * Chris is motion captured by Reuben Langdon in Resident Evil 5 and voiced by Roger Craig Smith. Langdon is best known for voicing and motion capturing Dante in Devil May Cry 3 and 4, he also did the motion capture for Chris in Resident Evil Code: Veronica. Smith has done numerous commercial and anime voiceovers, and is also the voice of Curtis in Resident Evil: Degeneration.


 * An interesting note is that all of Chris' combat outfits have green as a main color except for the Resident Evil: Afterlife version of Chris in which he is just wearing a grey outfit.


 * In the Resident Evil 5 Viral Campaign, Chris is played by Will Lupardus. The first viral campaign trailer states that Chris' full name is Christopher Redfield. However, this name is never acknowleged in any of the Resident Evil games.


 * There are 3 new outfits for Chris in Resident Evil 5 Alternative Edition, one being the "Flashback BSAA" which can only be seen in Lost in Nightmares another being "Warrior" and a brand new outfit known as "Heavy Metal".


 * So far, all four of Chris's partners have been female. (Jill Valentine, Rebecca Chambers, Claire Redfield, Sheva Alomar)


 * In Chris's Epilogue, it was stated that he learned that Claire was searching for him, until she was caught. It is believed that Leon S. Kennedy spotted Chris since Leon did share Chris the information about Claire's whereabouts as Leon stated in Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles.


 * In the game Dead Rising, also developed by Capcom, Chris's name makes a cameo. The restaurant Chris's Fine Foods uses Chris's name, just like the restaurant Jill's Sandwiches uses Jill's name. In Jill's Sandwiches, a slogan reads, 'Jill is a master of sandwich making,' in reference to 'You were almost a Jill Sandwich!' and 'The master of unlocking'.


 * If Chris is Partnered with either Barry Burton or Rebecca Chambers in Mercenaries Reunion, His Uppercut and Neck Breaker Melee Moves will be Replaced with a Rising upper which is a Refrence to the DMC move Rising Uppercut and a Hammer Elbow which both do 1500 hp.


 * Chris will appear as a playable fighter in the upcoming Capcom crossover game Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds. In the teaser of the game, Chris is fighting the Incredible Hulk from Marvel. Other RE characters who have appared in Capcom crossover games, include Jill Valentine (Marvel vs. Capcom 2), Bruce McGivern and Fong Ling (Namco x Capcom) and Albert Wesker (Marvel vs Capcom 3).

Stun Rod - Beretta 92F/FS- Flamethrower - Grenade Launcher - Proximity Bomb - Incendiary Grenade - Sub-Machine Gun - Super Combo: Knife, Shotgun, Sub-Machine Gun, Magnum Revolver, Rocket Launcher
 * Chris' medical records can also be found in "The Hive" scenario in Resident Evil Outbreak as a special item.
 * In Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds Chris is known (so far) to attack with:
 * Chris is confirmed character of Resident Evil: Revelations with his partner Jill Valentine.
 * Chris's alternate outfit from Resident Evil 1 has the same "Made in Heaven" design on the back, his sister, Claire, has in Resident Evil 2.