The Call of Duty series might soon join the Xbox family with Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard. With that major deal looking set to close, we're looking back at the history of Call of Duty and specifically all the celebrities who have lent their voices and likenesses to the series over the years. Given the enormity of the Call of Duty series, it's no big surprise that Activision would recruit major stars for roles big and small, and there have been many famous actors and celebrities who have suited up and gone to virtual war in Call of Duty since the series debuted in 2003.
In this gallery, we're rounding up all the biggest celebrities to appear in Call of Duty over the years, from 2003's Call of Duty up to the current day. This gallery includes characters from across Call of Duty campaigns, Zombies, and Call of Duty: Warzone. There are many celebrities featured here, so many so that there are some you likely forgot appeared in Call of Duty. Also, there is no order or ranking for this gallery.
Idris Elba, the popular British actor known for Luther, played Sergeant "Truck" in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011). He played a memorable role in the campaign, ultimately perishing in dramatic fashion during a major structure collapse.
Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey played the main villain role in 2014's Advanced Warfare. Spacey played the head of a criminal private military company named Atlas. Spacey's star was soaring at the time thanks in part to the success of House of Cards, but in 2017, sexual assault allegations came to light, prompting him to be written off House of Cards and losing other jobs.
All the way back in 2003, action movie star Jason Statham played the British SAS soldier Sergeant Waters in the original Call of Duty, which was a World War II game. Statham wasn't exactly a household name at the time, although prior to Call of Duty, he had starred in the Guy Ritchie movies Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch.
Call of Duty's Zombies mode has welcomed a great number of top-tier celebrity talent over the years, including Fight Club star Helena Bonham Carter in Black Ops 4. She played Madame Mirela, a fake psychic and con artist.
The beloved Jurassic Park actor lent his talents to Call of Duty: Black Ops III's Zombies mode. He played Nero Blackstone, a down-on-his luck magician who was part of a team fighting zombies in the Shadows of Evil campaign.
One of the best celebrity performances in Call of Duty over the years was Gary Oldman as Viktor Reznov in Call of Duty: World at War and Call of Duty: Black Ops. Oldman delivered many memorable lines and guttural screams as the major villain from the campaign.
Katee Sackhoff, known for her starring role on Battlestar Galactica as well as The Mandalorian, appeared in Black Ops 3's campaign as Sarah Hall. She played an IT specialist member of the team. Hall was also available as an unlockable character in Black Ops 4's Blackout mode.
Meet Sgt. Pspsps and Sgt. Sprinkles, new characters available in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and Warzone 2.0. The new cat skins inside the game would cost you 2,400 CoD points (equivalent to $20).
Previously, the Call of Duty team revealed that operators, weapons, and bundles from Modern Warfare 2 will be transferred to Call of Duty 2023. Rumors say the game will be called Modern Warfare 3 and bring weapon blueprints, scrapped content from Vanguard, and more.
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This is a funny one. This Otter skin is a nod to Christian Craighead, the SAS operator who was photographed during an active firefight in Kenya. He grabbed his weapon and assisted local Kenyan authorities when there was a terrorist attack on a hotel and he was off-duty nearby.
This next one is another actual soldier, Emil Daubon, who was a US Army Green Beret before going into film as a writer and actor. The likeness to D-Day is obvious with this one.
Any Law and Order fans? They will have recognized Jamie Gray Hyder instantly. Unlike Roze, she seems like a far nicer person, and does a lot of work with veterans and charities, besides acting.
Andy Arrabito, the inspiration for Talon, is a retired Navy SEAL who's taken up acting since leaving the Navy. He's also an ambassador for the custom knife company Half Face Blades.
How could we not end on the classic. Captain Price is based on John McAleese, a decorated British soldier, who fought in the Falklands, and in Ireland during The Troubles, and on countless undisclosed missions. He's been the bodyguard of three Prime Ministers, and he led the famous SAS raid on the Iranian Embassy during the hostage crisis of 1980. Yep, a real-life Captain Price.
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