Earnest Kelly

Background

Earnest Kelly is the elderly manager of the Print Works on the border between Little Havana and Little Haiti. He has quietly been printing small amounts of counterfeit money for years.

The Print Works is one of the most expensive business properties in the game, and Earnest stays on as its manager after the sale.

Events of GTA Vice City

• After Tommy Vercetti buys the Print Works, Earnest suggests printing money on a larger scale. Tommy reveals that his own father ran a print shop and that he cleaned the rollers as a boy.
• In Spilling the Beans, Tommy learns where a counterfeiting syndicate gets its plates, and in Hit the Courier he steals the plates, letting Earnest start producing high-quality fake cash.
• In Cap the Collector, Forelli enforcers beat Earnest up to take Sonny's cut. Tommy sends him to hospital and hunts down the collectors. Earnest recovers.

Personality

Earnest is gentle, old-fashioned and devoted to his craft.

His quiet kindness is a contrast to most of the people around Tommy, and he is one of the few characters for whom Tommy shows real tenderness.

Relationships

• Tommy Vercetti: his new boss, who treats him almost like family.

Trivia

• The Print Works generates up to $8,000 per day once Hit the Courier is complete.