Brian Heder
Brian Heder is GTA 6's veteran Leonida Keys drug runner, moving product through his boat yard with his third wife Lori and housing Jason Duval.
- Role
- Drug runner, supporting character
- Operation
- Boat yard smuggling
- Location
- Leonida Keys
- Family
- Third wife, Lori
- Tenant
- Jason Duval
- Casting
- Stephen Root (reported, unconfirmed)
Brian Heder is a supporting character in Grand Theft Auto VI, a veteran drug runner operating out of the Leonida Keys. Rockstar's official bio notes he is "still moving product through his boat yard with his third wife, Lori," which makes his smuggling operation one of the confirmed criminal businesses of Leonida. A boat yard used to move product fits the coastal geography of the Keys, forming the logistics layer of the game's contraband economy as laid out in the official character bios.
Jason's landlord and employer
Heder anchors the early story of protagonist Jason Duval, who works for him and lives rent-free at one of his properties. That arrangement embeds Jason inside Heder's smuggling network from the start, a relationship explored in Jason and Lucia's story explained.
The Stephen Root report
According to a report from Den of Geek, actor Stephen Root — widely known for King of the Hill and a long live-action career — plays Brian Heder. It is the firmest casting report attached to any GTA 6 role, but it remains exactly that: a report. Rockstar has not confirmed any voice actor for the game, consistent with how the studio handled casting for GTA V.
Official presence
Heder is one of the eight characters featured with a dedicated character clip and a set of four official screenshots on Rockstar's GTA 6 website ahead of the November 19, 2026 launch. The full lineup is covered in the confirmed cast explainer and on the GTA 6 hub.