Chris Redfield is a Special Operations Agent (SOA) of the Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance (BSAA), of which he is a founding member. Formerly, he served in the US Air Force; before moving on to law enforcement as a member of the RPD's Special Tactics And Rescue Service's (S.T.A.R.S.) Alpha Team. After S.T.A.R.S. were disbanded following the Raccoon City Incident, he and his partner, Jill Valentine, became members of a Private Regional Biohazard Containment Unit (BCU), and took part in the fall of Umbrella in 2003.
Chris is the older brother of Claire Redfield and one of few survivors of the mansion incident, during the Arklay Mountains outbreak in 1998. In addition to his qualification to pilot fixed-wing aircraft, Chris has been trained strictly in several fighting techniques like close-quarters combat, is an expert in knife and firearm combat, and is also gifted with great accuracy.
Also notorious for punching a boulder in the climax of Resident Evil 5.
Chris is a muscular man with black hair and blue eyes. His appearance varies throughout the series.