Black Ops 2 Characters
Meet the campaign and Zombies cast through 25 short profiles, grouped by timeline or crew.
These descriptions cover the original Black Ops II campaign and its Zombies DLC. Campaign outcomes vary with player choices.
Campaign: 1980s
The flashback cast behind Woods’ account of the original hunt for Menendez.
Alex Mason
The returning playable CIA operative whose missions in the 1980s reveal the roots of the conflict with Raul Menendez.
Frank Woods
Alex Mason’s longtime comrade fights through the 1980s missions and recounts those events to David in 2025.
Jason Hudson
A CIA agent who coordinates operations with Mason and Woods during the campaign’s flashback missions.
Campaign: 2025
Section’s team and the people at the center of the 2025 conflict. Menendez’s story spans both campaign timelines.
David “Section” Mason
Alex Mason’s son leads the 2025 missions as a Navy SEAL pursuing Menendez and his planned cyberattack.
Mike Harper
Section’s outspoken Navy SEAL partner accompanies him through the 2025 operation against Cordis Die.
Javier Salazar
A Nicaraguan-born member of Section’s team with a personal connection to Menendez’s rise to power.
Farid
A CIA agent embedded in Cordis Die who supplies intelligence and helps Section’s team navigate Colossus.
Chloe “Karma” Lynch
The expert hacker codenamed Karma whose knowledge of Celerium makes her crucial to stopping Menendez’s plan.
Admiral Tommy Briggs
The admiral overseeing Section’s team and the Strike Force operations aboard the USS Barack Obama.
Raul Menendez
A Nicaraguan arms dealer turned Cordis Die leader whose vendetta connects the 1980s and 2025 campaigns.
Zombies: Victis
The four playable survivors in TranZit, Die Rise and Buried.
Abigail “Misty” Briarton
A brash survivor with a farming background who fights alongside Marlton, Stuhlinger and Russman across the Victis maps.
Marlton Johnson
A technically minded survivor whose weapon knowledge and elaborate vocabulary stand out among the Victis crew.
Samuel J. Stuhlinger
A suspicious, conspiracy-minded survivor who can hear Richtofen’s instructions while the other Victis members cannot.
Russman
The gruff older member of Victis, whose missing memories and former connection to Broken Arrow hint at his past.
Zombies: Mob of the Dead
The four playable prisoners in the Alcatraz map from Uprising.
Salvatore “Sal” DeLuca
The imprisoned crime boss who treats himself as the leader of the four mobsters attempting to escape Alcatraz.
Billy Handsome
Sal’s violent hitman confronts the prison’s undead with little remorse for the crimes that brought him there.
Michael “Finn” O’Leary
A former bookmaker in Sal’s gang who joins the escape attempt after his gambling crimes land him in Alcatraz.
Albert “Weasel” Arlington
A schemer and would-be comic artist who devises the Icarus plane as the group’s route out of Alcatraz.
Zombies: Origins
The younger alternate cast introduced in Apocalypse’s Origins, set in 1918.
“Tank” Dempsey
The American soldier sent to investigate Group 935 who allies with Nikolai, Takeo and Richtofen at the 1918 dig site.
Nikolai Belinski
A Russian soldier sent to find Richtofen who must work with the other Origins characters to survive the trenches.
Takeo Masaki
The Japanese soldier investigating Group 935 who becomes part of the uneasy four-person alliance in Origins.
Edward Richtofen (Origins)
The younger, alternate German scientist working with Group 935 at the Origins excavation in northern France.
Zombies: Story figures
Important voices behind the Zombies quests. Different incarnations of a character can appear in different settings.
Ultimis portrait · Black Ops (2010)Edward Richtofen (Aether voice)
Richtofen speaks directly to Stuhlinger and competes with Maxis for control of the towers in TranZit, Die Rise and Buried.
Archival portrait · Origins (2013)Ludvig Maxis
Richtofen’s rival directs Victis through one branch of the tower quests, while an alternate Maxis powers the drone in Origins.
Origins ending · Black Ops IISamantha Maxis
The girl whose voice guides the Origins crew toward the elemental staffs and asks them to free her from Agartha.
Character notes
The playable Origins Richtofen is a different incarnation from the Richtofen who speaks to Stuhlinger during the Victis quests. This cast guide keeps the Origins appearance separate.
Unnamed soldiers, standard Zombies and brief cameos are outside this selection.
Reference: Black Ops II, TranZit, Mob of the Dead and Origins on the Call of Duty Guide.
Black Ops II character imagery © Activision. Image references: Call of Duty Guide.
References
Covered edition: Original Black Ops II, with Revolution, Uprising, Vengeance and Apocalypse content. DLC availability varies by platform.