Internet sleuths reckon they've found Grand Theft Auto 5's lead actor

By Wesley Yin-Poole Published 14 November, 2011

Is Ned Luke Albert De Silva?

Internet sleuths reckon they've tracked down Grand Theft Auto 5's lead actor: a TV star who's appeared in Law & Order.

iGTAV believes Ned Luke provided voice work for the character who narrates the Grand Theft Auto 5 trailer.

The GTAV IMDB page lists Luke as playing the role of Albert De Silva. Fans also reckon his voice and likeness, as shown by his demo reel, match.

A Tweet by actor Jimmy Taenaka also adds evidence for the case. It said: "my fellow thespian Ned Luke is the lead voice and profile in the upcoming game by Rockstar Grand Theft Auto 5! Way to go Ned! Wholly Molly!"

And then, "Grand Theft Auto V trailer with Ned Luke our homey as the LEAD!"

It appears Taenaka has backtracked somewhat, however. On Twitter again: "@RockstarGames #GTAV looks awesome! it's not official but I know that voice and look #NedLuke He is bigger & badder than Statham... lookout."

And more recently: "GTA 5 playaz across the globe! I just recognized the voice & profile -that's all I can say respectfully. I am looking forward to GTA 5 :-)"

Someone claiming to be Luke's cousin has also taken to Twitter to make the link. And Luke's Twitter account mentioned "When I finally figured out how to turn on the PS3" with reference to "GrandTheftAutoMemories".

Luke's Twitter account was then deleted.

Grand Theft Auto 5 is shrouded in mystery, with Rockstar yet to announce launch platforms or a release window.

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Comments (14) Latest comment 6 months ago

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  • ShiroBen #1 6 months ago

    Wait a minute. If what you're saying is true ... then I still don't care.

  • Adamical #2 6 months ago

    ^ :D

  • bad09 #3 6 months ago

    "Grand Theft Auto 5 is shrouded in mystery, with Rockstar yet to announce launch platforms or a release window."

    ? We all know where it's going. 360/PS3 not on PC "at this time"....6 months later on PC.

    The release date is (possibly!) hinted at in the trailer. A postal van in the trailer has 2405 on it and the words "we aim not to lose it".

  • Deckard1 #4 6 months ago

    I think I speak for everyone here, when I say, who the fuck is Ned Luke?

  • jonfon #5 6 months ago

    @Deckard1
    Agreed. Normally when you specify an actor who is going to be taking a role you'd clarify by stating what else they starred in.

    Having looked at his IMDb page I can see why this might have been a problem in this case though...

  • Trigg3rHippie #6 6 months ago

    Whatever...

  • Ryze #7 6 months ago

    Great.

  • X201 #8 6 months ago

    I'm in GTA V and I can exclusively reveal to Eurogamer that I play Steet Sweaper No. 5 and Tramp no. 12.

  • bburdett #9 6 months ago

    @bad09 So the 24th May 2012? That's a Thursday, so seems unlikely. Plus, Americans right the month first then the date...

  • bad09 #10 6 months ago

    @bburdett

    Yeah with it being a Thursday it could be people reading into it too much (it's why I said possibly!) but remember Rockstar North are not American so they probably wouldn't be all backward with the date like yanks :)

    April/May would be a pretty fair guess anyway so it might be right.

  • Genyus #11 6 months ago

    Look at it the other way people, if he really is the voice actor for the protagonist then there's more to it, looking as how they are really similar in appearance. I'm gonna call a wild shot here but to me this makes it very reasonable to assume they are using the same motion tracking as they used in LA Noire.

  • cowell #12 6 months ago

    Massively pointless coincidence/ conspiracy....

    Ned Luke played a character called Ken Gosgrove in Law and Order. A character with the same name appeared in Mad Men, played by Aaron Stanton. Aaron Stanton was the lead actor in LA Noire, published by Rockstar Games who also publish GTA 5.


    I think this proves that Elvis shot JFK and is still alive.....

  • Bigglesworth #13 6 months ago

    @bad09
    Surely "we aim not to lose it" is a joke at mail employees 'going postal'. As for the numerology floating around the net...

  • Dave #14 6 months ago

    @X201: And I'm Frightened Inmate #2!

    Douchechill...
    Edited by Dave at 14/11/11 @ 20:11