GTA 5’s Steve Haines Actor Says He Auditioned for 60 GTA 6 Roles - and Rockstar Never Called Back

He voiced an FIB agent players loved to hate. He asked for nothing more than a small part in the next Grand Theft Auto. He never got a reply.

Robert Bogue, the actor behind Steve Haines in GTA 5, says he auditioned for roughly 60 roles in GTA 6, from background characters to major story parts, and heard nothing back from Rockstar Games. The story surfaced in early August 2026 through an Instagram direct message between Bogue and an X user named Burak, and it has since moved through the gaming community at full speed. With GTA 6 set to arrive on November 19, 2026, for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, the anecdote offers a rare, human glimpse into a casting process that is famously sealed shut.

The Story: 60 Auditions, Zero Response

Robert Bogue is an American actor, born in 1964, and to millions of players he will always be Steve Haines. In GTA 5, Haines