Leon Scott Kennedy is a fictional character in the Resident Evil (Biohazard in Japan) horror franchise by Capcom. He debuted as one of the two playable characters of the 1998 video game Resident Evil 2, where he is a rookie police officer for the Raccoon City Police Department (R.P.D) and later returns as a D.S.O Agent in Resident Evil 4.
During the events of Resident Evil 2, Leon is a rookie police officer who arrives in the doomed Raccoon City late for his first day on the job, only to confront a zombie outbreak first-hand. During the course of the game, he teams up with civilian survivor Claire Redfield, rescues the young Sherry Birkin, and is aided by the mysterious Ada Wong. Six years later, in Resident Evil 4, Leon returns as an agent for the U.S. federal government, part of a special anti-Umbrella task force, assigned to rescue the president's daughter, Ashley Graham, from a sinister cult. In Resident Evil 6, he continues to work for the U.S. government and reunites with Ada and an adult Sherry.
Leon also appears as a player character in several other video games, and has a leading role in four CG animated installments: Resident Evil: Degeneration, Resident Evil: Damnation, Resident Evil: Vendetta, and Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness, in which he is a special agent for the government. The version of Leon in the live-action film series is portrayed by Johann Urb in Resident Evil: Retribution. Leon has been met with positive critical reception, and ranks consistently as a fan favorite character in the franchise.