In Midnight Club: Los Angeles, the playable character (simply known as "Player") interacts with other characters primarily as racing opponents or mission givers. Apart from occasional cutscenes in which Player leaves his vehicle, the entire game is played within vehicles, so there is not a significant amount of character interaction.
List of Characters
| Character name | Role, interactions |
|---|---|
| Andre | Available as online player |
| Andrew | Available as online player |
| Annie | One-on-one race opponent, mission giver |
| City champ | |
| Carl | South Central wager racer |
| Dave | Mack Burger wager racer and Freeway Racer |
| Doc | Garage owner (South Central) |
| Dora | Downtown Tournament, Freeway Racer, available as online player |
| Fumiko | Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood Racer |
| Henry | Beaches Tournament |
| Hugo | Diamond Lot wager races |
| Jin | Payback target |
| Joe | Available as online player |
| Julian | Tuner champ, available as online player |
| Karol | Garage owner (Hollywood, Beaches), eventual garage partner, gives Payback missions, one-on-one race opponent, mission giver |
| Laticia | Beaches champ |
| Leon | Hills champ |
| Lester | Luxury champ, available as online player, pinkslip racer |
| Marcel | Muscle champ |
| Martin | Introduction to Red light racing |
| Miguel | Downtown Time Trial |
| Mikey | South Central Time Trial |
| Nikolai | Wager races in the Hills |
| Oro | South Central Tournament |
| Oswaldo | Motorcycle champ, available as online player |
| Pete | Exotic champ |
| Pinky | Pinkslip racer |
| Playable character, available as online player | |
| Raymond | South Central champ |
| Tommy | Downtown champ, Hills Tournament |
| Toshi | Racer |
| Trevor | Racer |
| Victor | Racer |