From Camp Cook to Resident of Leonida - RDR 2 Actor Confirms His Participation in GTA 6
Rockstar stays tight-lipped, yet tidbits still leak out — sometimes from places you'd least expect. This time the hint came from Jim Santangeli, best known to players as Simon Pearson, the camp cook in Red Dead Redemption 2.
He let it slip during a low-key TikTok livestream — the kind of IRL chat where nothing feels scripted. A Redditor jumped into the stream (only ~150 ppl were watching) and caught Santangeli say he’s been working with Rockstar. When asked to clarify, he replied:
I did some really cool stuff for GTA VI, but my role there is small.
Rockstar often recycles familiar faces for voice and mocap; it’s part routine, part practical.
The actress cast as Lucia reportedly had prior GTA Online work, so it’s not a stretch to think Santangeli prob lent voice and likeness to some oddball NPC wandering the neon streets.
The shortage of official info has pushed fans to weird extremes — yes, we covered the folks counting cigarette butts and measuring air near the office: Divining by cigarette butts: is the new Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer close?
Release is still slated for November 2026 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.
So: wait for the trailer and the pre-order popup — meanwhile, we’ll watch devs’ crumbs and try not to get too carried away.