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Brian Heder
“Nothing better than a Mudslide at sunset.”
Rockstar's official site calls Brian Heder a classic drug runner from the golden age of smuggling in the Keys, still moving product through his boat yard with his third wife, Lori. It says he looks like a Leonida beach bum and moves like a great white shark. It also says he is letting Jason Duval live rent-free at one of his properties, so long as Jason helps with local shakedowns.
01 / Official bio
Who is Brian Heder
Brian is a classic drug runner from the golden age of smuggling in the Keys.
He is still moving product through his boat yard with his third wife, Lori.
He looks like a Leonida beach bum and moves like a great white shark.
He has been around long enough to let others do his dirty work.
Brian is letting Jason Duval live rent-free at one of his properties, so long as Jason helps with local shakedowns.
“I hauled so much grass in that plane, I could make the state of Leonida levitate.”
Not from Rockstar
Creator speculation
Not confirmed by Rockstar — each theory is credited to the creator who made it.
- TGG
The seaplane screenshot shows the Leonida Keys seen facing east, with Hamlet and Vice City in the distance, and the plane as one of Brian's on a smuggling or drug-running mission with Jason aboard.
02 / Sourced facts
What is confirmed
- Boat yard sign
A storefront sign in Berserker's Leonida Keys footage reads "Brian's Boat Works & Marina, 786-555-0109", naming and giving a phone number for Brian Heder's boat yard.
Official mediaBerserker - Game Informer screenshot
A seaplane lettered "Brian's Boat Works & Marina" drops a package ahead of a dark storm front, over turquoise water with small islets, boats and a long bridge.
Official mediaTGG
03 / Official footage
Brian Heder in screenshots
04 / Connections
Who they are tied to
Still open
What we don't know
- Whether Brian's boat yard is the same "Brian's Boat Works & Marina" named on the Keys sign: the match is very likely, but no single source explicitly ties Brian Heder's bio to that sign.
- Which property Jason lives in, and whether it is part of the boat yard: Rockstar's panel does not say.
Questions & answers
Brian Heder questions
Who is Brian Heder in GTA 6?
Rockstar's official site calls Brian Heder a classic drug runner from the golden age of smuggling in the Keys, still moving product through his boat yard with his third wife, Lori.
What is Brian Heder's connection to Jason Duval?
Rockstar says Brian is letting Jason live rent-free at one of his properties so long as Jason helps with local shakedowns.
What is Brian's Boat Works & Marina in GTA 6?
A sign in the Leonida Keys footage reads "Brian's Boat Works & Marina", and a seaplane in a Game Informer screenshot carries the same lettering. Rockstar describes Brian's boat yard in the Keys, but no source explicitly ties the two together.
Who is Lori in GTA 6?
Rockstar's site names Lori as Brian Heder's third wife, with whom he moves product through his boat yard, and says Jason is expected to stop by for her sangria once in a while.
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