Dan Houser
Co-founder and longtime head writer of Rockstar Games, from 1998 to 2020; founder of Absurd Ventures.
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Roles
Rockstar Games (before)
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- Dan Houser is an English writer and producer.
- With his brother Sam he co-founded Rockstar Games in 1998, and he was its head writer and vice president of creativity until he left on 11 March 2020.
- He was lead writer on most Grand Theft Auto games, Red Dead Redemption and Red Dead Redemption 2, Bully and Max Payne 3.
- In 2021 he founded Absurd Ventures, which makes games, books, comics and audio series, among them A Better Paradise and American Caper.
Key facts
- Born
- November 1973, London1
- Rockstar Games
- Co-founder, December 1998; head writer and vice president of creativity until 11 March 20201
- Writing
- Grand Theft Auto series, Red Dead Redemption (2010), Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018), Bully (2006), Max Payne 3 (2012)1
- Absurd Ventures
- Founded 2021; A Better Paradise (novel, October 2025), American Caper (comic, from November 2025)1
- Education
- St Paul's School; Christ Church, Oxford (geography)1
- Honours
- TIME 100, 2009; Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame, 2014 (both with Sam Houser)1
Roles
Before
Founded until Mar 2020
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