21 Facts About Ethan Winters

Ethan Winters is a character in Resident Evil, a survival horror video game series created by the Japanese company Capcom.

Ethan Winters returned in the 2021 sequel Resident Evil Village, where he searches for his kidnapped daughter in a mysterious European village.

Ethan Winters is voiced by Hidenobu Kiuchi in Japanese and Todd Soley in English.

Ethan Winters has received a mixed reception from video game publications.

Ethan Winters's face is never shown within the gameplay for Resident Evil 7 or Resident Evil Village due to players controlling Ethan Winters from a first-person perspective.

Ethan Winters was voiced by American actor Todd Soley for Resident Evil 7: Biohazard and Resident Evil Village and by Hidenobu Kiuchi in the Japanese versions of the games.

Ethan Winters first appears in Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, where he searches in Louisiana for his wife, Mia, after her abduction by the Baker family.

Ethan Winters is captured by Jack Baker and forced to join a family dinner, after which he escapes and kills Jack and his wife Marguerite.

Ethan Winters later discovers that the Baker family has been under the control of the game's main antagonist, Eveline, a powerful genetically engineered bio-weapon.

Ethan Winters finally destroys Eveline with assistance from a paramilitary company led by Chris Redfield.

Three years after the events of the previous game, Ethan Winters and Mia are living in Europe with their newborn daughter, Rosemary.

Ethan Winters ends up in a remote village, where he looks for his daughter.

Ethan Winters soon discovers that the person shot was not Mia, but a disguised cult leader known as Mother Miranda.

Ethan Winters tells him that she intends to use Rosemary to bring back her daughter, Eva, who died from the Spanish flu.

Ethan Winters takes physical form during Rosemary's battle with Eveline, in a scene filled with swift cuts that hide his face from the player.

Ethan Winters has received positive reviews from critics for his role as a relatable "everyman".

Josh West from GamesRadar+ noted that Ethan Winters became the first Resident Evil protagonist to return for a direct sequel, hailing the move as unprecedented.

Ray Porreca of Destructoid thought that Ethan Winters's clean-cut attire was a sharp contrast with the "murky" environments of Resident Evil 7, praising his markedly different style compared to previous protagonists of the series.

Matthew Bryd of Den of Geek felt Ethan Winters was the worst protagonist of a Resident Evil title and even gaming in general, citing "bad voice acting, bad writing, and questionable lore", as well as further character flaws.

Moises Taveras of Paste did not feel that Ethan Winters belonged in the game world due to his lack of physical appearance.

Some journalists have noted a tendency throughout the games for Ethan Winters to suffer from serious injury or complete dismemberment of his limbs, particularly his hands, then quickly heal or re-attach them with little effort.