Leon Scott Kennedy is a character from the Resident Evil survival horror games and the films Resident Evil: Degeneration and Resident Evil: Damnation. During the events of Resident Evil 2, Leon is a rookie police officer who arrives in Raccoon City for his first day on the job, only to confront the T-Virus outbreak first-hand. Six years later in Resident Evil 4, Leon returns as a secret agent for the U.S. government, assigned to protect the President's family. He was voiced by Paul Haddad in Resident Evil 2, Paul Mercier in Resident Evil 4 until Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, Christian Lanz in Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City and Matthew Mercer since Resident Evil 6 and onwards.