
Modeler Yosuke Yamagata added that they "made a new design that retained their signature color-green for Chris, blue for Jill-to carry over the same look from the past. In Resident Evil 5, Chris' increased muscle mass was to show that he had trained heavily in order to fight the series' powerful villain Albert Wesker bare-handed.

Reuben Langdon did Chris' motion capture for several Resident Evil games.

During the game's development, Chris was also designed to be physically tougher than Jill Valentine, being able to run faster and absorb more damage. Hideki Kamiya, described Chris as a "blunt, tough-guy type", admitting that he was a fan of this archetype. Some have also commented on the character's notable visual redesigns across the franchise.Ĭhris smoking a cigarette in the original game's uncut intro sequence The character has been well received by critics, being considered one of the most important characters in the franchise, and recognized for his sex appeal. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds and Marvel vs. He has appeared twice in the cross-franchise Marvel vs. Chris also appears in the 2017 computer animated film Resident Evil: Vendetta, set in the same continuity as the video games. Chris returns in Resident Evil Village as the Alpha leader of Hound Wolf squad of the B.S.A.A.Ĭhris also appears in Resident Evil: Afterlife, the fourth film in the live-action film series, played by Wentworth Miller. He makes a cameo appearance at the end of Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, leading a revised Umbrella Corporation team aligned with the B.S.A.A, and stars in the game's downloadable content Not a Hero and End of Zoe. Chris returns in Resident Evil 6, where he and his partner Piers Nivans attempt to stop a worldwide bio-terrorism attack.

Chris returned in Resident Evil 5, working alongside his new partner Sheva Alomar, and in Resident Evil: Revelations. Vowing to never let any tragedies like Raccoon City happen again Chris becomes a founding member of the United Nations' Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance (B.S.A.A) in order to protect the innocent and prevent any B.O.W spread.Ĭhris also appears in Resident Evil - Code: Veronica, in which he looks for his missing younger sister, Claire, and in Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, where he manages to take down the Umbrella Corporation with Jill. Chris debuted as one of the two playable characters of the original Resident Evil video game, alongside his partner Jill Valentine, as a member of the Raccoon City police department's Special Tactics And Rescue Service (S.T.A.R.S).
