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Downes based his personification of the Chief on an initial character sketch which called for a Clint Eastwood–type character of few words. The character is voiced by Steve Downes, a Chicago disc jockey, in the video games in which he appears. He is commonly referred to by his naval rank, rather than his given birth-name or serial-designation. The Master Chief is a towering and faceless biochemically and cybernetically-enhanced supersoldier, raised and trained from an early age to be a weapon he is almost never seen without his green-colored armor and helmet.
