Niko Bellic

Niko Bellic (born 1978) is the main protagonist of the video game Grand Theft Auto IV. He is voiced by Michael Hollick.

Bellic is a former soldier from Eastern Europe who moved to Liberty City to escape his past life and to pursue the American Dream. He was persuaded to move by his cousin Roman who claimed he was rich, with a life of luxury, beautiful women and sports cars. Niko soon finds out that Roman lied and that he lives in poverty, running a failing taxi business and with mounting debts to various criminals in Liberty City. Knowing of Niko's violent past, Roman lied to convince his cousin to move to the city, knowing that Niko would fight against his pursuers. He started working for organized crime syndicates as a hired-gun.

After the Yugoslav Wars ended, Niko's goal was to find and kill one of two men: Florian Cravic and Darko Brevic, for one of them betrayed Niko's army squad, killing 12, and nearly killing him.