Jason Duval in GTA 6

Jason's backstory in GTA 6

Jason's backstory in GTA 6 runs through the Army, which he joined to get away from a troubled youth spent around hustlers and crooks.¹

Now he is in the Keys, working for local drug runners because it is the work he knows, and wondering whether it is time to try something new. Rockstar sums him up this way: "Jason wants an easy life, but things just keep getting harder."¹

Lucia is the wild card. Rockstar says meeting her could be the best or the worst thing that ever happens to him.¹ Her side of the story is on Lucia's page.

A line on his profile, with no speaker named, reads: "If anything happens, I'm right behind you."¹

Jason's life in the Keys

Jason's life in the Keys revolves around Brian Heder, an old-school smuggler who lets him live rent-free in one of his properties in exchange for help with local shakedowns.¹

Brian still runs product through his boat yard with his third wife, Lori, and gets other people to do his dirty work.¹ PC Gamer says the Caracara 4x4 pickup in Trailer 2, a Ford F-150 homage, belongs to Brian.³

Jason's friend Cal Hampton works for Brian too: a homebody and conspiracy theorist who listens in on Coast Guard radio over a few beers.¹ In Game Informer's account of the Extended Look, Brian is the one giving out most of the missions.⁴

Rockstar describes the islands as a laid-back chain of bars and boats, and they have their own Leonida Keys map page.¹

Jason in the GTA 6 trailers

Jason in the GTA 6 trailers gets a quiet scene to open Trailer 2: GamesRadar notes that it starts with him fixing the roof of his home, then later shows him in a fight outside a motel.⁵

In the Extended Look, the hammer-wielding neighbor from Trailer 1 greets him as he walks up. GamesRadar also picked out two ways he steals cars there: with a slim jim or by smashing a window.⁵ Game Informer describes him shooting from cover with his AI partner giving covering fire, and police cars flipping and crashing when he fires on them during a chase.⁴

Rockstar's Launch Gallery adds three scenes: Jason on a motorbike with a patrol car and several helicopters behind him, Jason refueling as two cops come up behind him with guns drawn, and Jason bench-pressing.⁶ The cop cars and helicopters chasing him are on the GTA 6 police cars page.

Jason's truck, safehouse and gear in GTA 6

Jason's truck in GTA 6 is a well-worn Vapid Ganado, a low-riding pickup that Rockstar names in its Ultimate Edition notes.² PC Gamer says the Ganado is based on the 1970 Ford Ranchero.³

The Ultimate Edition adds a Retro Build mod kit for the Ganado, plus a Dinka Enduro motorcycle in Army fatigue colors and a Crest Kayak at Jason's safehouse.² Every vehicle Rockstar has named is on the GTA 6 cars list.

His Ultimate Edition sidearm is a Girardi ES9 pistol, and the pre-order Vintage Vice City Pack gives him a vintage pastel linen suit.²

Who plays Jason in GTA 6

Who plays Jason in GTA 6 has not been announced: Rockstar has not credited a voice or motion-capture actor for him on its character page as of November 8, 2026.¹

Several names have been floated online, but they trace back to rumors and unnamed sources, so this page does not repeat them.

Stephen Root has said he is in GTA 6 without saying which character he plays, so tying him to Jason or anyone else is speculation.⁷ The rest of the cast is on the full GTA 6 character list.