John Price (Original)

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“	The healthy human mind doesn't wake up in the morning thinking this is its last day on earth. But I think that's a luxury, not a curse. To know you're close to the end is a kind of freedom. Good time to take... inventory. Outgunned. Outnumbered. Out of our minds. On a suicide mission. But the sand and rocks here stained with thousands of years of warfare... they will remember us. For this. Because out of all our vast array of nightmares this is the one we choose for ourselves. We go forward like a breath exhaled from the earth. With vigor in our hearts and one goal in sight: We. Will. Kill him.	„
	~ Price speech in Modern Warfare 2 "Just Like Old Times".

“	Prisoner #627. I'm coming for you, Makarov.	„
	~ Price to Makarov Dust to Dust.

Captain John Price is one of the main characters and the main protagonist of the Call of Duty Modern Warfare series, and a major character in Call of Duty: Online and Call of Duty: Heroes, and as a playable skin in Call of Duty: Ghosts and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4.

He is a British S.A.S. Captain and sniper later reformed into Task Force 141 who participated in the Second Russian Civil War and World War III, and played a major point in stopping the Ultranationalists and the Four Horseman - Imran Zakhaev, Viktor Zakhaev, Khaled Al-Asad, and his archenemy, Vladimir Makarov.

He was voiced by Billy Murray in the series, who also played Johnny Allen in EastEnders. In Find Makarov and Find Makarov: Operation Kingfish, he was portrayed by David Kinsman.

SAS

Lieutenant

“	I was just a 'Leftenant' back then...doing some wetwork. Chernobyl. Christmas for the bad guys. Even a decade later, a lot of 'em still used it to get their hands on nuclear material...a lot of 'em, including one Imran Zakhaev.	„
	~ Captain Price telling his story of Zakhaev's attempted assassination.

In 1996 as a Lieutenant, he attempted to assassinate Russian Ultranationalist leader Imran Zakhaev under order of then Captain MacMillan. Although Price shot Zakhaev and thought to have killed him, he only shot and removed his left arm and Zakhaev got away. Price was force to carry and protect MacMillan after the latter's legs were injured from a falling helicopter. Price would think that he killed Zakhaev, and continued his services.

Captain

“	Right… What the hell kind of name is Soap, eh? How'd a muppet like you pass Selection?	„
	~ Captain Price to Soap, his famous quote.

In Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, now holding the rank of Captain and along with then Sergeant "Soap" Mactavish and Gaz, Price and Bravo Team were deployed to a ship containing a nuclear warhead at the Bering Strait. At the end of the mission, Price saves Soap from falling into the ocean and to his death. Then his team is deployed to Russia to save there Loyalist informant going by the codename of "Nikolai".

A few missions later, Price and his team go to the safehouse of Al-Asad to capture him. After learning that Imran Zakhaev is still alive, Al-Asad is executed. Price's team is then deployed to capture Zakhaev's son, Victor Zakhaev. But the mission fails when he commits suicide. Zakhaev then launches nuclear missiles, but are then deactivated. After SSgt. Griggs and Gaz are killed, Price gives Soap his M1911 to kill Zakhaev and his bodyguards. Price and Soap are extracted to a hospital in Russia after said action.

Task Force 141

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

“	Have to trust someone to be betrayed. I never did.	„
	~ Captain Price to Soap on Shepherd's betrayal.

Price returns in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 having been broken out of a Russian gulag by now Captain "Soap" Mactavish and Task Force 141. After learning that the world has broken into a war by the Russians after a massacre caused by Ultranationalist Vladimir Makarov, Price launches EMPs at Washington D.C. which ends up saving Sgt. Foley, Cpl. Dunn, Pvt. Ramirez, and other Rangers. After learning that General Shepherd betrayed Task Force 141, Price and Soap engage in one objective, kill Shepherd. In the mission Endgame, Price shoots down Shepherd's pave low and before Shepherd attempts to execute Soap, he and Price gets into a fist fight and Price is overpowered. After Shepherd is killed, Price and Nikolai extracts Soap while on the run for killing Shepherd and Task Force 141 is then disavowed.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

“	This is for Soap.	„
	~ Captain Price to Yuri before fighting Makarov's men.

Price and Soap are now disavowed for the murder of General Shepherd. Price and Nikolai get the fatally wounded Soap to a safehouse that is under attack by Vladimir Makarov's Inner Circle. 2 months after Soap's recovery from his wounds, Price, Soap, Nikolai, and a new ally called Yuri are still focusing on Task Force 141's main mission, take down Vladimir Makarov. After Soap's death, Yuri reveals that he knew Makarov but betrayed him because of the massacre at Zakhaev International Airport, making it hard for Price to trust him.

During the Stronghold mission, He and Yuri infiltrated the old castle near Prague to got intel Makarov send his men to Berlin to capture Russian President Boris Vorshevsky's daughter, Alena. During the mission Down the Rabbit Hole, Price and Delta Force attempt to rescue the Russian President Boris Vorshevsky and his daughter from Makarov's men and succeeded but with the loss of Team Metal and the wounding of Yuri.

After such, Price and Yuri go to Hotel Oasis in the Arabian Peninsula to finally kill Makarov. After a Little Bird destroys the upper area of the hotel badly wounding Yuri, Price continues up to the roof to prevent Makarov getting away again. When he was just about to be killed by Makarov, Yuri shoots Makarov in the shoulder which gets Yuri killed, but buys Price enough time to restrain Makarov and wrap a cable around his neck and break down through the glass roof, causing Makarov to be hung and cut by shards of glass. After Makarov's death, Price survives the fall and smokes a cigar under Makarov's dead body.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

Main article: John Price (2019) Captain Price appears in reboot Call of Duty: Modern Warfare from 2019 as an one of main protagonist.

He is voiced by Barry Sloane.

Quotes

“	Just another day at the office.	„
	~ Captain Price's first words in the Modern Warfare series.

“	That's a new squadron record, Soap. Not bad at all.	„
	~ Captain Price if Soap beats Gaz's squadron record.

“	Ghost, come in! This is Price! We're under attack by Shepherd's men in the boneyard! Soap, hold the left flank! Do not trust Shepherd! I say again, do not trust Shepherd! Soap, get down!	„
	~ Price after learning of Shepherd's betrayal, failing to warn Ghost and Roach.

“	This is for the record. History is written by the victor. History is filled with liars. If he lives, and we die, his truth becomes written - and ours is lost. Shepherd will be a hero, 'cause all you need to change the world is one good lie and a river of blood. He's about to complete the greatest trick a liar ever played on history. His truth will be the truth. But only if he lives, and we die.	„
	~ Captain Price.

“	Your moves are miscalculated, and underestimating your enemies—your biggest mistake. You will find the will of a single man can be broken.	„
	~ Captain Price in the Redemption trailer.

“	The life you knew before is gone. Today, we fight to bring it back.	„
	~ Captain Price in the Modern Warfare 3 trailer.

“	Your world as you knew it is gone. How far would you go to bring it back? Shepherd created a war, but only we knew the truth.	„
	~ Captain Price in the opening of Modern Warfare 3.

“	They say truth is the first casualty of war. But who defines what's true? [...] Truth is just a matter of perspective. The duty of every soldier is to protect the innocent, and sometimes that means preserving the lie of good and evil—that war isn't just natural selection played out on a grand scale. [...] The only truth I found is that the world we live in is a giant tinderbox. All it takes...is someone to light the match.	„
	~ Price in the cutscene of "Turbulence".

“	Soap TRUSTED you. I thought I could too. So WHY IN BLOODY HELL, DOES MAKAROV KNOW YOU?!!	„
	~ Captain Price to Yuri.

“	There's a clocktower in Hereford where the names of the dead are inscribed. We try to honor their deeds, even as their faces fade from our memory. Those memories are all that's left, when the bastards have taken everything else.	„
	~ Price in the cutscene of "Stronghold".

“	There's a simplicity to war. Attacking is the only secret. Dare—and the world yields. How quickly they forget that all it takes to change the course of history...is the will of a single man.	„
	~ Captain Price in "Dust to Dust".

“	My war ends with you.	„
	~ Price to Makarov.

Gallery

Captain Price in Modern Warfare.

Price sliding his M1911 to Soap to kill Zakhaev.

Price in Soap's journal.

Photo of Price with Soap, Ghost and Sandman during Operation Kingfish.

Captain Price Find Makarov: Operation Kingfish.

Captain Price in Modern Warfare 2, revealed to be the prisoner 627.

Price's wanted poster.

Price preparing to kill a Shadow Company soldier in "Just Like Old Times".

Price stops Shepherd from executing Shepherd.

Price vs. Shepherd.

Price being saved from death by Soap, who kills Shepherd.

Captain Price in Modern Warfare 3.

Price in the MW3 campaign menu.

Price executes Warrabe.

Price mourning the loss of Soap.

Price holds Yuri at gunpoint, wanting him to reveal how Makarov's knows him.

Price about to hang Makarov, killing him once and for all.

Price celebrates his victory by smoking a cigar as MW3 ends.

Captain Price in the Call of Duty: Ghosts multiplayer.

Captain Price in Call of Duty: Heroes.

Captain Price in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Remastered.

Price with Captain MacMillan in 1999 (remastered).

Captain Price in "F.N.G.", meeting Soap (remastered).

Price helping Soap (remastered).

Price interrogating Khaled Al-Asad (remastered).

Captain Price in "No Fighting in the War Room" (remastered).

Price unconscious after Zakhaev's death (remastered).

Photo of Price with Gaz, Griggs, and Vasquez after completing "Mile High Club" (remastered).

Captain Price in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4s Blackout.

Captain Price in Call of Duty: Mobile.

Captain Price in Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered.

Captain Price aiming at Roach (remastered).

Soap holding Price at gunpoint (remastered).

Price receiving his M1911 from Soap.

Captain Price helping up Roach (remastered).

Captain Price hiding from Ultranationalists soldiers in "Contingency" (remastered).

Captain Price fighting Shadow Company, attempting to stop Shepherd from escaping (remastered).

Price vs. Shepherd in the remaster, note Captain Price's boonie hat having fell off of his head.

Price being saved by Soap in the remaster, note Price's hair being shown.

Price with Soap, Ghost and the U.S. Army Rangers in the game's photo (remastered).

Trivia

• Favorite brand of cigars are Villa Clara's.
• He is rarely seen not wearing a hat on his head, only exception is "Crew Expendable".
  • In Modern Warfare 2 Remastered, the developers added his hat falling off during his fight with Shepherd. This revealed that he has a bald spot on the top of his head.
• His signature weapon through all the three games is the M4A1.
  • Strangely, on his character card for Mountain Dew, it states that his weapon is the CM901 and MSR, weapons he never uses in the campaign.
• His appearance in Blackout makes him the first non-Treyarch character in appear in one of their Call of Duty games.
• In remastered of Modern Warfare 2, in his fight with Shepherd, It shown Price's hair when his signature hat falls off.