Tanner

“

Our source in the police has informed us that one of our drivers is a strangely animated undercover cop! He's more or less useless out of his car, so we've tagged it with a tracer. Make him bleed!

”

— Asuka Kasen about Tanner.

Type	CHARACTER
Tanner
Appears in	Grand Theft Auto III
Voiced by	None
Biographical information
Full name	Tanner
Nationality	American
Status	Deceased
Place of birth	America
Date of death	October 2001
Home	Liberty City
Main affiliation	LCPD Asuka Kasen
Vehicle(s)	Esperanto
Businesses	Police Officer
Physical description
Gender	Male

Tanner was a character in Grand Theft Auto series who appears as a minor character in Grand Theft Auto III (set in 2001).

Tanner is an undercover police officer with the Liberty City Police Department. He is not voiced during his appearance.

Background

Tanner was born and raised in the United States and, at some point, joined the Liberty City Police Department, later becoming an undercover officer. He is later tasked with following Yakuza co-leader Asuka Kasen and becomes her chauffeur.

Events of GTA III

Death

Asuka later discovers this and hires Claude to kill him on the streets of Staunton Island. Asuka leaves a note for Claude and tells Claude where is Tanner. Claude arrives to the place. Tanner sees him, rushes to his car and tries to escape, but Claude manages to kill him.

References to "Driver" series

Tanner's name is a reference to the Driver protagonist, John Tanner, who is also referenced in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

Tanner runs like a female pedestrian, a reference to the criticism that the Driver protagonist walks like a girl.

Mission appearances

GTA III

• Two-Faced Tanner (Killed)

See also

• Dick Tanner, a character in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

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