Ken Rosenberg

Background

Ken Rosenberg is a former lawyer from Vice City, last seen in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City as Tommy Vercetti's attorney. By 1992 he has been disbarred, has gone through rehab in Fort Carson and has fallen under the control of the three Liberty City mafia families, who make him the manager of Caligula's Palace in Las Venturas.

In Vice City, set in 1986, Rosenberg was Tommy Vercetti's lawyer and close friend, but his cocaine habit drove them apart. In San Andreas he has been disbarred and works for the three families who own Caligula's.

Events of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Rosenberg first appears in the game's opening film and then properly in Las Venturas. He is a nervous wreck, stuck as the go-between for the Leone, Sindacco and Forelli families, who all have a stake in Caligula's. He gives CJ two missions. In Intensive Care, the Forellis learn that Johnny Sindacco is in hospital recovering from the heart attack CJ caused in Fender Ketchup, and when Forelli men take Johnny away in an ambulance, CJ hijacks it and delivers him to the Sindaccos before a mob war can land on Rosenberg. In The Meat Business, a relapsed and overconfident Rosenberg drags CJ to visit Johnny at the Sindacco abattoir in Whitewood Estates; Johnny recognises CJ, dies of another heart attack, and the two have to shoot their way out.

Rosenberg, Kent Paul and Maccer later turn up at Madd Dogg's mansion in Los Santos, working alongside CJ on the rapper's comeback.

Rosenberg is terrified of being blamed for any violence between the families. He explains to CJ that the families trust no one else to run the casino, so he is caught in the middle. In Don Peyote, Kent Paul brings CJ and Maccer to his office.

Personality

Rosenberg is anxious, talkative and dependent on others, prone to panic and to substance problems. Despite that he is loyal to the friends who help him.

He is talkative and anxious, prone to panic attacks and relapses. Even so, he is good-hearted and grateful to anyone who helps him.

Relationships

He is friends with Kent Paul and Maccer, works under Salvatore Leone and the Sindacco family, and becomes a close friend of CJ.

His friendship with Tommy Vercetti from Vice City has ended by 1992. In San Andreas, CJ becomes the friend who gets him out of trouble, and Kent Paul and Maccer are his constant companions.

Trivia

• Rosenberg is voiced by William Fichtner, who also voiced him in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
• He went through rehab at a medical centre in Fort Carson before taking the Caligula's job.
• He is one of the characters who appears in both Vice City and San Andreas.