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Branko
May 24, 2026 at 04:49 PM
Promoted from a 656-character stub to a structured page documenting confirmed casting, the name-origin inference, the in-development cinematic context, and an explicit what-is-known-and-not section. Avoided fabricating role details that CDPR has not disclosed.
Branko is a character confirmed to appear in The Witcher IV. His name was first reported in November 2024 via casting information associated with the game. The character is played by Jake Lampert, an actor whose credits include Andor and Call the Midwife.
Branko is voiced by Jake Lampert. The casting credit was identified through public motion-capture and voice-acting credits associated with The Witcher IV. Beyond the casting confirmation, CD Projekt Red has not released in-game footage of the character.
Branko is a Slavic name. By naming convention, that suggests a character drawn from the Northern Kingdoms cultural region of the setting rather than Nilfgaard or Skellige, both of which use distinct naming patterns. The Witcher IV is set in Kovir, a northern realm of the setting, so a Northern-Kingdoms-coded character would be at home there. This is an inference from naming, not a CDPR statement about the character's origin.
CD Projekt Red has not disclosed Branko's specific role in The Witcher IV. The character could be a quest-giver, a recurring companion, an antagonist, or a one-off NPC; nothing in the publicly available material yet narrows this down. Until the studio shows in-game footage or releases a character bio, the wiki cannot describe what Branko does in the story.
Branko's scenes are being directed by Kate Saxon, the cinematic director on The Witcher IV. Saxon has previously directed cinematic sequences on other narrative-driven games. Her involvement is a quality signal for the character's scenes, even though it tells you nothing about the role itself.
Confirmed: the character exists in The Witcher IV; the voice actor is Jake Lampert; the cinematic director on the project is Kate Saxon. Not confirmed: Branko's species, affiliation, alignment, relationship to Ciri, appearance in cinematic versus gameplay scenes, or scope of involvement. As more details about The Witcher IV are revealed, Branko's place in the story should become clearer.
