Player - Carmen Sandiego

As a White Hat hacker, he uses his talents only for good reasons and seems to have a strong moral compass. He tends to ignore personal property when he hacks into computer systems.
He is the first and youngest friend of Carmen Sandiego after the former got into contact with the latter after he hacked through twenty-seven layers of V.I.L.E. Academy's security. He is a friend of Zack and Ivy and member of Team Red. He is known as a gray-hat hacker.
He seems mild-mannered and makes jokes often, being able to hold light friendly banter with Carmen. He mentions being perfectly happy in his "dark little cave", and doesn't seem all that interested in going outside for himself.
Player first met Carmen (back when she was Black Sheep) when hacking into V.I.L.E.'s security. Player was Carmen's only connection to the outside world, and they quickly became friends. Player would constantly talk to Carmen when she is out of class and alone with no prior knowledge on where or who she really is.

He ended up in school even though he used to study at home, his parents decided that he spent too much time locked in his room, so they sent him to a public school. He gets average grades in schoolwork, but he is exceptionally good at geography because he was Carmen's informant for quite some time. The teacher has him in his sights because Player isn't allowed to use devices in class, but he does it anyway, which has led to some problems. When Team Red has problems, he was always the one available to help. Now that he's in school, that's become complicated, because he's one of the most useful members of the team, capable of providing all the necessary information in an instant and hacking systems from other countries from his computer.

Player is a young teenager with side-fringed dark brown hair, greyish-blue eyes, and tan skin. He wears a grey and red jacket over a red shirt, with navy blue shorts and grey sneakers. He is also the shortest member of Team Red.

According to Player himself, his father ran out on him, leaving Player and his mother alone. He spent several months tracking the man down (and along the way developing the skills he'd later use to assist Carmen and the other members of Team Red) but, upon finally finding his father, Player came to the realization that his mother and him were better off without him. (Though not before messing with his father's 'account numbers').
Sometime after coming to this decision, his mother remarried to Player's current step-dad (who he seems on good terms with, even calling him a 'great guy').