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Max Payne 3 Characters: cast, allies and story roles

Identify the important Max Payne 3 characters and the relationships behind the campaign.

Edition covered

Original 2012 single-player campaign and original PC publisher screenshots. Multiplayer services and bundled downloadable packs are outside the campaign mechanics reference.

6 characters · one picture per entry · open a picture for full size.

Characters

Max Payne in Max Payne 3
Playable bodyguard

Max Payne

A former New York detective working for the Branco family in São Paulo.

Reference

Quick notes

  • Max is an outsider in the Branco job. Max’s work as a bodyguard places him inside the Branco family’s crisis without giving him a full understanding of their political and criminal connections.
  • Passos connects the time periods. Passos appears in both the Brazil story and the New Jersey flashbacks.
  • Family and staff roles differ. Rodrigo is Max’s employer, Fabiana is the kidnapped family member and Giovanna becomes involved through her family connection.
  • Da Silva provides investigative context. Wilson Da Silva supplies information beyond what Max sees in a single gunfight.

Passos connects the time periods

Story connections
CharactersConnectionWhy it matters
Max and PassosBodyguards and associatesTheir past explains the Brazil assignment
Max and RodrigoEmployee and employerThe security contract starts the campaign
Fabiana and GiovannaSistersConnects the rescue and escape storylines
Max and Da SilvaOutsider and detectiveInformation broadens the investigation
Useful tip

Wilson Da Silva supplies information beyond what Max sees in a single gunfight.

References
Guide references
ReferenceWebsite
Max Payne 3 publisher listingstore.steampowered.com
Official Rockstar PC manualmedia-rockstargames-com.akamaized.net
Official strategy guide sampleptgmedia.pearsoncmg.com