Jon
Voiced by Kale Browne
Jon is one of the named cast of Red Dead Redemption 2, working as character. The facts below are the ones the wiki records.
Turns up in the story without fitting any of the other labels.
- Role
- Other characters
- Voice actor
- Kale Browne
- Status
- Not stated
- Occupation
- Frontiersman
- Affiliations
- Not stated
- Also known as
- Grizzled Jon, Big Jon
Player notes
Jon, also called Grizzled Jon or Big Jon, is an American frontiersman and Bessy's husband. He describes a violent past spent hunting Native Americans, claiming to have killed many of them and eaten one man's heart. He also says he slaughtered bison. A heavy drinker, Jon resents the spread of civilization and insists that men have grown less wild. His drunken tirades target Native Americans and other ethnic groups, and his hostility regularly spills into insults and fights.
From Chapter 2, Jon appears intermittently at Smithfield's Saloon in Valentine, between noon and early morning. He either occupies a rear table beside the barber's chair or drinks at the far end of the bar. Dressed in weathered pelts and hides, with a long grey beard, a blind left eye and a raccoon-skin mountain hat, he loudly complains to anyone nearby. Arthur Morgan can listen to him before provoking him, which usually brings Jon to violence.
Jon normally attacks with his fists, though he sometimes draws a knife. He may initially dismiss Arthur as beneath his attention, but continued taunting makes him hostile. If he is knocked down, his Classic Raccoon Mountain Hat falls away and can be taken. Jon attacks at once if Arthur wears it near him. He can be encountered eight times before vanishing from the game. By 1907, he appears older, greyer and more worn.
Trivia
- โHis overall appearance bears resemblance to the Sasquatch Hunter featured in the Red Dead Redemption DLC Undead Nightmare. As such, he also has a similar appearance to the Sasquatch Hunter from Grand Theft Auto V, another title by Rockstar Games.
- โJon the Trapper is a doppelganger for, and ironic reference to, in-universe folklore hero Josiah Blackwater -- while citizens of Valentine revere Josiah Blackwater as a legendary figure, Jon the Trapper's rants reveal a personality, deportment, and life which make him practically identical to the stories about Josiah Blackwater, and yet Jon is ignored and shunned by the citizens of Valentine.
- โThe hat he wears during the epilogue appears to differ from the one he wears during the previous chapters of the game, since it cannot be saved to the wardrobe if picked up.
- โHe is much harder to knock out than the average NPC, and is one of the most difficult NPCs to best in a fistfight.
- โIn addition to disliking Natives, he also holds a grudge against the inhabitants of Valentine, and is critical of the quality of alcohol served at Smithfieldโs, among other things.
- โIf the player puts on his raccoon hat in the hotel or general store's wardrobe, he will immediately rush to attack them.
- โAttacking him first will trigger a wanted level, although during the fight, the lawmen will simply wait and watch until the fight is over, before asking the player to move along. Alternatively, the player can also fight him by bumping into him when he leaves the saloon.
- โAfter exiting the saloon, he will simply pass out on the ground between the Saloon and the General Store. If bumped into, he will wake up and ride away on a horse if one is available, or simply walk away. If attacked he will not fight back, but simply run away. If he isnโt followed outside the saloon, he will disappear until his next encounter, or permanently if itโs his eighth encounter.
- โIf the fight with Jon goes outside the saloon, he may pull out a hunting knife. This can also happen if the player draws a weapon of their own or tries to evade him.
- โSometimes, a glitch may occur when Jon's attack on the player may trigger too late. During this time, if the protagonist sits at the poker table or sits down to get a haircut, Jon will stand next to the player and shuffle about in a fighting pose until the player leaves the activity, at which point he will begin to attack.
- โJon visibly appears to have previously sustained many injuries to his head, including great scars from a cracked forehead, a blinded/missing left eye, and scars outward from the mouth between his cheeks and jawline. Suriving these injuries could explain his belligerently hostile personality.
Character data from Red Dead Wiki, CC BY-SA. Not affiliated with Rockstar Games.
Last verified September 14, 2026