Video Game Characters Based on Real People

Video game developers today are always trying to push the limits of graphical fidelity. Whether it's to create realistic environments or design life-like characters, ridiculously huge budgets are used in order to constantly push video game graphics to new heights. In fact, real people are often used as models for video game characters. With each passing day, it's becoming more common to see celebrities and models appear as characters in video games.

The following is a compilation of various video game characters and the real-life people that they are modeled after.

Miranda Lawson (Mass Effect 2)
Model: Yvonne Strahovski

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Male Commander Shepard (Mass Effect)

Model: Mark Vanderloo

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Liara T'Soni (Mass Effect)

Model: Jillian Murray

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The Illusive Man (Mass Effect 2)

Model: Martin Sheen

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Sheva Alomar (Resident Evil 5)

Model: Michelle Van Der Water

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Alan Wake (Alan Wake)
Model: Ilkka Villi

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Starkiller (Star Wars: The Force Unleashed)
Model: Samuel Witwer

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Zoey (Left 4 Dead)
Model: Sonja Kinski

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Alyx Vance (Half-Life 2)
Model: Jamil Mullen

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Madison Paige (Heavy Rain)
Model: Jaqui Ainsley

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Scott Shelby (Heavy Rain)

Model: Sam Douglas

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Norman Jayden (Heavy Rain)

Model: Leon Ockenden

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Ethan Mars (Heavy Rain)
Model: Pascal Langdale

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Lucy Stillman (Assassin's Creed)

Model: Kristen Bell

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Samanosuke Akechi (Onimusha: Warlords)

Model: Takeshi Kineshiro

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Genesis (Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core)
Model: Gackt Camui

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Laughing Beauty (Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots)

Model: Lyndall Jarvis

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Raging Beauty (Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots)

Model: Yumi Kikuchi

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Crying Beauty (Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots)

Model: Mieko Rye

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Screaming Beauty (Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots)

Model: Scarlett Chorvat

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Second Guy in Your Family (Family Feud, Sega Genesis)
Model: Chuck Norris

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