Call of Duty 4 Characters
13 illustrated campaign profiles, from Soap and Captain Price to the Marine squad and Zakhaev’s allies.
Campaign cast
Campaign spoilers. These profiles describe the original game’s characters and events. Viewpoint pictures are labelled where a playable character has no verified original face portrait.
SAS
Campaign viewpoint: Soap faces Gaz aboard the helicopter at the start of Crew Expendable. Picture sourceJohn “Soap” MacTavish
Soap joins Captain Price’s team after training at Hereford. The player follows his first-person perspective through the SAS missions and the final joint operation.
Character artwork depicting Price’s original Call of Duty 4 appearance. Picture sourceCaptain Price
Price leads Soap and Gaz against Al-Asad and the Ultranationalists. The Pripyat flashback also places the player in his boots as a lieutenant serving under MacMillan.
Campaign scene: Gaz during F.N.G. in the original 2007 game. Picture sourceGaz
Gaz teaches Soap the basic weapons drills at Hereford, then accompanies Price’s team through the campaign. He carries a shotgun for the freighter’s close quarters.
Campaign scene: MacMillan in his ghillie suit during All Ghillied Up. Picture sourceCaptain MacMillan
MacMillan leads Lieutenant Price through Pripyat in All Ghillied Up and One Shot, One Kill. His ghillie suit, stealth tactics and extraction instructions define the sniper missions.
U.S. Marines
Campaign viewpoint: Jackson mans a Mk 19 grenade launcher during Shock and Awe. Picture sourcePaul Jackson
Jackson is the American campaign’s playable Marine. He serves under Lieutenant Vasquez, fights beside Griggs and mans a helicopter grenade launcher during Shock and Awe.
Original campaign appearance: Vasquez in his Marine uniform and helmet. Picture sourceLieutenant Vasquez
Vasquez commands Jackson’s platoon during the search for Al-Asad. His squad clears the television station, protects the War Pig tank and rescues a downed helicopter pilot.
Campaign scene: Griggs during Charlie Don’t Surf in the original 2007 game. Picture sourceStaff Sergeant Griggs
Griggs fights with the Marines during the early assault, then joins Price’s team. He supports the pursuit of Victor Zakhaev and the attack on the missile facility.
Russian allies
Original campaign appearance: Nikolai, the Russian informant. Picture sourceNikolai
Nikolai provides intelligence on the Ultranationalists. Price’s SAS team rescues him in Blackout; he later points them toward Al-Asad’s hiding place in Azerbaijan.
Campaign scene: Kamarov holding binoculars in the original 2007 game. Picture sourceKamarov
Kamarov’s Loyalists cooperate with Price’s team during the rescue of Nikolai. He also helps the operation targeting Victor Zakhaev and sends help during the bridge battle.
Coup and Ultranationalists
Campaign dossier: satellite scan of President Al-Fulani in The Coup briefing. Picture sourceYasir Al-Fulani
Al-Fulani is the deposed president seen through the player’s eyes in The Coup. Captured by Al-Asad’s forces, he is driven through the occupied city toward a televised execution.
Original campaign appearance: Al-Asad during the coup. Picture sourceKhaled Al-Asad
Al-Asad seizes power and executes President Al-Fulani. The Marines pursue him through the Middle Eastern campaign, while his connection to Zakhaev draws in Price’s SAS team.
Campaign dossier: Zakhaev’s photograph from the original 2007 game. Picture sourceImran Zakhaev
Zakhaev backs Al-Asad and directs the Russian Ultranationalists. He survived Price’s assassination attempt in Pripyat and is identifiable by his missing left arm.
Campaign scene: Victor Zakhaev in his tracksuit during The Coup. Picture sourceVictor Zakhaev
Victor commands Ultranationalist forces for his father, Imran Zakhaev. Price’s team targets him in The Sins of the Father, hoping his capture will lead them to Imran.
Edition notes
Original Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007), its PC/Mac editions and original console maps. Wii Reflex (2009) shares the campaign and launch maps, with differences noted. Modern Warfare Remastered, the 2019 reboot and the separate DS game are outside this guide.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare game imagery © Activision. Original game pictures and references: Call of Duty Guide.
References
Covered edition: Original Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007), its PC/Mac editions and original console maps. Wii Reflex (2009) shares the campaign and launch maps, with differences noted. Modern Warfare Remastered, the 2019 reboot and the separate DS game are outside this wiki.
- John "Soap" MacTavish — Call of Duty Wiki
- John Price — Call of Duty Wiki
- Gaz — Call of Duty Wiki
- MacMillan — Call of Duty Wiki
- Paul Jackson — Call of Duty Wiki
- Vasquez — Call of Duty Wiki
- Griggs — Call of Duty Wiki
- Nikolai (Modern Warfare) — Call of Duty Wiki
- Kamarov — Call of Duty Wiki
- Yasir Al-Fulani — Call of Duty Wiki
- Khaled Al-Asad — Call of Duty Wiki
- Imran Zakhaev — Call of Duty Wiki
- Victor Zakhaev — Call of Duty Wiki