Which actor voiced Officer Frank Tenpenny in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas?

Samuel L. Jackson voiced Officer Frank Tenpenny in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

Tenpenny is the game’s central corrupt police antagonist and leads the Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums, or CRASH, officers in Los Santos. He exploits his authority to threaten Carl “CJ” Johnson and forces him into criminal operations, making him one of the story’s most memorable villains.

Jackson’s casting was part of San Andreas’s unusually prominent voice cast. The game was released by Rockstar Games in 2004 and also featured performers such as Young Maylay, James Woods, Ray Liotta, and David Cross. Those names can create confusion, especially because several were major film actors associated with the Grand Theft Auto series.

Tenpenny’s storyline ends during the Los Santos riots. After the charges against him collapse, he escapes with stolen money, loses control of a fire truck, and dies after crashing near Grove Street. Jackson later supplied archival Tenpenny recordings for Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition.