Who are the main protagonists in each grand theft auto title?

Grand Theft Auto 2, released in 1999 by DMA Design and published by Rockstar Games, places the player in the role of a criminal operating within the retrofuturistic metropolis of Anywhere City. The game’s narrative does not assign a specific name or backstory to this character; the player is simply the criminal who accepts jobs from various crime syndicates and navigates an open world. The introductory scenes are live‑action but do not identify the protagonist. Since the evidence does not mention any other GTA titles, we cannot confirm the presence or absence of named protagonists in those games. Generally, the series has been known to allow players to create or choose a character, often without a fixed identity, which aligns with the lack of named protagonists in the documented source.