The Faces Behind Mass Effect Characters 

I can’t imagine how weird it would be to bump into real life commander Shepard

Shepard is a fictional character, he cant hurt you. Vanderloo: Report to the ship as soon as possible. I should go.

Holy crap the actress who was the model for Jack is absolutely beautiful.

Fun fact: Mordin's facial wrinkles and squinting were made after Clint Eastwood to give him a more "experienced" appearance compared to the other Salarians.

So is Legion based on the little Pixar lamp?

Well I guess you left Ashley on Virmire

Um Illusive Man is clearly modeled after a younger Martin Sheen. (who also does the voice)

Its confirmed. Everyone in the Mass Effect universe (including the aliens) is a model. Now you can imagine Wrex doing his little dance on the catwalk.... as if you weren't already.

You have to have an amazing jawline to be in mass effect

Got the chance to meet Mark Meer at a con a few years ago. He's genuinely one of the nicest people I've ever met. He gave the guy infront of me in line a new ringtone: "I'm commander Shepard and this is my favorite ringtone on the Citadel". His Shepard cosplay was also fantastic!

Ok, it's real creepy to see the real person but still see an asari.

The unknown for Zaeed looks really spot on. I know Robin Sachs voiced him but I thought he was the character model too. Robin passed in 2013. At the time one of the Facebook Mass Effect Multiplayer groups held a tribute for him was a helluva good time. We ran gold and platinum levels with just 'Jessie' and incendiaries was crazy fun.

And here I was hoping I'd see EDI's model. Devastated.

holy shit of all of these that guy IS Zaeed, that resemblance is insane, definitely the best modelling job they did imo

Yvonne Strahovski 🥰

James Vega : that guy at your local gym ,in every local gym there's one .

It should be illegal to be as hot as Jack. And she's not just a pretty face either, Courtenay Taylor breathed soul into her and made her one of the best characters in gaming for me.

Met Luciano at a convention. Dude is incredibly laid back and friendly.

who did talis face ?

Seth Green and Yvonne Strahoski are the only models/actors I knew from other works before playing Mass Effect. While I immediately recognized Yvonne Strahoski the first time I saw Miranda I have never guessed Jeff was modeled after Seth Green until I saw this video.

HUH? We all know the Illusive Man is just Martin Sheen

Who modelled Wrex ??

Oh my god... I never thought that I would see the face of my favorite romance partner in Mass Effect 2. Subject Zero: Jack. I had no idea that her beautiful, chiseled high fashion face was that of a real person.

Okay Liara, now I get it why you were so cute

You missed Ashley

I had no idea a real life commander Shepard exists

How does one become a "Rumoured Appearance Model"?

The appearance actor for Zaeed is named Robin Sachs sadly he passed away in 2013

This was pretty dope

I can't believe you left out a character that we meet early in the first game and can survive through the entire series as a squadmate in each of them, they are even a love interest! How could you forget Tali?

0:21 "Commander Shepard, Saren was spotted in Hades Gamma cluster wearing H&M. We must go there and save the system with our superior Balenciaga."

Jack and Samara always had SUCH alluring bone structure!

Yvonne (Miranda) is gorgeous.

Jack 😍😍😍

Shepard and Samara look so much alike to the original. I know Yvonne Strahovsky was the model for Miranda but they sort of changed her face a bit in the game, broader for the most part than Yvonne's face.

its crazy how good they rendered these characters

Samara’s model is just drop dead gorgeous! 😱 oh lord

0:53 Just wanted to point out Casey Hudson confirmed he's based off someone else apparently. I still like to think this is true though even though it apparently isn't.

good job thank you

Wrex: Harvey Weinstein

Who modeled Grunt, Legion and Javik?

No love for Ashley? Damn

so good

Shout-out to all my Chuck fans out there! 😏👍

Yes, but what about Wrex and Grunt? Who were their appearance models? And the Hannar ambassador?

Think I've met the model for Garrus Vakkarian in real life ... Well, he certainly looked like he'd taken a rocket to the face anyway 😉

Zaeed Massani was voiced by late actor Robin Sachs (1951-2013)

surprised VegA isn't Ricky Martin

Thought it was the complete roster but cool video anyhow

I love that Rana does a cosplay of Morinth and Samara.

Great video,good data...

dude thanks

Diana you can't fool us! we all know its Maria Ozawa!

Seems Jessica Chobot looks better than Diana Allers in real life, I wonder how Jane Douglass or Ellen Rose would've looked in the game 🤔. I still would've preferred Shepard's favorite reporter Emily Wong Is there no face model for Ashley, you mean they made her from scratch. If that's the case, seems she was designed to be perfect. Some fans hated that she let her hair down in the third game because Jack grows out her hair nobody bats an eye, but Ashley let's her hair down & everyone loses their mind

So they basically created joker just for Seth Green. I mean he both face modeled and voices him. So cool love Seth Green.

Nadine Velasquez was supposedly used as the model for Ashley, for those who are curious.

Thane and the fish? Where are they at

“Appearance Model” is one of the most redundant terms I’ve ever seen.

I could totally embrace eternity with Samara's appearance model

The voice actor/appearance model for zaeed was robin sachs

The weird thing is I can see Ali Hillis in Liara as well.

All these years I thought Jacob was Kayne!

Dang I never even thought to consider that ME characters had face models. I thought this was a more recent technique in games, so with ME being so old, I figured they might’ve not used it back then.

The guy that is rumored to be zaheed is just as mysterious as the characters. Unknown

Who modelled the female Shepard?

You forgot Fem Shepard.

Straight to the point.. you get a like

Had no idea Joker was Dr. Evil’s son.

Could have shown a picture of Kanye for Jacob and no one would have batted an eye. Space Yeezus

Jack's model Candice is just…wow.

Damn I was hoping Jacob was modelled after Kanye...

Jack's model - wow

Mass effect is a very good saga, with all these faces shown from the second game they should try to make a movie with the real people maybe showing some acting skills if they don't know and it sure would be a success, Shepard vs the illusive man :-).

Jack is 10x hotter in life, damn

I always figured Zaeed was modeled after Robin Sachs but wow I stand corrected.

Smiling live action Kaiden is a cursed image lol

i thought jack looked like Keira knightly

Holy shit real life Jack is stunning! Oh... My... God! I mean they're all good looking but Jack is in a league of her own

Cool

we need the movie!!

Wait... Miranda is Yvonne??? Damn, real life certainly beats the game :))

Lmao Zaeed Massani: some dude somewhere who looked like Zaeed xD And Shepard is spot on, most of them are, though i think TIM was modeled after martin sheen?

Epic music / sound: beat!!! Wowww heavy bass beautiful overal sound, Did you make this sound yourself or is this of a song, please let me know, Greetings,

wow, he really does look like the illusive man.

*any answers for zaeed?*

So, Lance Hendrikson doesn't get a mention? Hackett out!

The Real Joker looks cool

I want to see the face model of the hanar

Interesting. But missed default FemShep, Ashley and Kasumi. Would have been nice to see some other characters too like Anderson, etc.

I honestly thought Miranda was modeled after Michael Jackson.

That makes Shepard appearance Canon.

Believe it or Not: My aunt actually met Rana McNear at PAX East 2012. I dunno if I still have the pics though

Kaidan/Luciano have to be one of the most handsome men. Oofta.

Now i feel like replaying the trilogy again.

Working on my r/TrueCastingCosplay subreddit, and I finally got some more content to post. A few of them cosplayed (voice or model) their own characters.

Du we nead ta tawk Commandar? Yeah Allers, meet me at the airlock!

I understand why people hate Kai Lang but I feel if Bioware had more time he could have been a legit great villain, something like Saren in ME1. His voice actor did a great job and his appearance was striking

Damn it Jack, why are you my lesbian heart breaker 😔

Who was the model for Femshep tho?

Here's a good question who is Samantha Traynor's face model?