Avery Carrington

Background

Avery Carrington is a Texan property developer who has come to Vice City to cash in on the 1980s real estate boom. He wears a cowboy hat, loves talking about his father and the old days, and openly believes that any method of driving down land prices is fair game, from rioting and arson to murder. He retains Ken Rosenberg for legal advice and is a regular guest at Colonel Cortez's parties.

Avery's site in Vice Point serves as his base of operations, and he treats every piece of land in the city as a potential investment. Driving down property values through violence is, in his view, simply good business sense.

Events of GTA Vice City

• Avery first appears in Riot, meeting Tommy Vercetti at Ken's office. He wants Tommy to wreck the Spand Express depot so the company will sell its land, and Tommy starts a riot among the striking workers before destroying the delivery trucks.
• In Four Iron, Avery has Tommy deal with a rival developer who refuses to sell. Tommy buys a golfing outfit, enters the Leaf Links country club without guns and kills the developer on the course with a golf club. Avery's silent apprentice, Donald Love, is present when Tommy is briefed.
• In Demolition Man, Tommy uses an RC Goblin helicopter to plant bombs around a half-built structure on a construction site, flattening it before the time limit runs out.
• In Two Bit Hit, Avery wants a full-scale gang war to drive down property prices in Little Havana and Little Haiti. Tommy dresses in a Cuban outfit and kills the new Haitian gang leader at his predecessor's funeral, making the Haitians blame the Cubans.
• Avery's advice helps convince Tommy to expand into legitimate-looking businesses after he takes over Diaz's empire.

Personality

Avery is folksy, charming and utterly ruthless. He talks about business in down-home Texan sayings but sees violence and chaos as tools to make money. He views Tommy as a capable protege and treats him with a kind of fatherly approval.

He rarely gets his own hands dirty, preferring to explain the economics of a job while someone else does the work. His approval of Tommy grows with every mission, and he openly encourages Tommy to think like a businessman rather than a hired gun.

Relationships

• Donald Love: his young apprentice, learning how to make a fortune from property.
• Ken Rosenberg: his lawyer.
• Tommy Vercetti: a trusted hired hand.
• Juan Cortez: a social acquaintance.

Trivia

• Avery is voiced by Burt Reynolds.
• His apprentice Donald Love later becomes a powerful media and property tycoon in Liberty City in GTA III.
• Avery's construction site in Vice Point is where Tommy picks up his missions.