Ethan Winters (born c.1984-10 Febuary 2021) is a character in the Resident Evil horror franchise by Capcom. Ethan was introduced as one of the playable characters in the video game Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, in which he is depicted as an ordinary civilian searching for his missing wife whitin a dilapidated estate in Louisiana. He is also the protagonist of the sequel Resident Evil: Village, where he is forced to locate his kinapped daughter in a mysterious Europe village.