Protagonist · 3 titles
Niko Bellic
A veteran of the Balkan wars who arrives in Liberty City on his cousin's promise of a mansion and finds a cab office and a debt. He stays because the man who sold out his unit is somewhere in the city.
Voiced by Michael Hollick.
Established in the game itself · Voice credit: community reported
Dossier
Role and place in GTA IV.
GTA IV2008
Balkan war veteran, taking work as hired muscle from whoever in Liberty City offers it.
- Based in
- Hove Beach in Broker to begin with; the story rehouses him in Bohan, Algonquin and Alderney in turn.
Arrives in Liberty City aboard the Platypus, the cargo ship he crossed the Atlantic working on.
Across the franchise
Three titles between 2008 and 2009. Playable in GTA IV.
- Supporting
GTA IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony
2009 · HD Era
The same diamonds a third time — here he is a man Luis Lopez runs into rather than the one telling the story.
- Supporting
GTA IV: The Lost and Damned
2009 · HD Era
Appears from the outside. The Lost and Damned retells the diamond deal from the bikers' side of the room.
- Protagonist
GTA IV
2008 · HD Era
Playable. Arrives in Liberty City on his cousin's promises and spends the game finding out what he actually came for.
Mission involvement
93 documented missions across three titles, playable in 90.
GTA IV
- 01
- 02
- 03
- 04
- 05
- 06
- 07
- 08
- 09
- 10
- 11
- 12
The remaining 78 missions
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
- 27
- 28
- 29
- 30
- 31
- 32
- 33
- 34
- 35
- 36
- 37
- 38
- 39
- 40
- 41
- 42
- 43
- 44
- 45
- 46
- 47
- 48
- 49
- 50
- 51
- 52
- 53
- 54
- 55
- 56
- 57
- 58
- 59
- 60
- 61
- 62
- 63
- 64
- 65
- 66
- 67
- 68
- 69
- 70
- 71
- 72
- 73
- 74
- 75
- 76
- 77
- 78
- 79
- 80
- 81
- 82
- 83
- 84
- 85
- 86
One of two paths: Deal
- 87
One of two paths: Revenge
- 88
- 89
One of two endings: Deal
- 90
One of two endings: Revenge
GTA IV: The Lost and Damned
- 07Buyer's MarketAppears
- 20Collector's ItemAppears
GTA IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony
- 16Not So FastAppears
Connections
One other person in the character database is directly connected to Niko Bellic.
Explore more from Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony
A few of the vehicles, weapons and locations that appear in the same title. Each row links on to all of them.
- Locations
- AlderneyLiberty City