Commander Shepard is the player character in the Mass Effect video game series by BioWare.
Mark Meer (left) and Jennifer Hale (right) provided the voices for the male and female Shepard.
Mass Effect is a military science fiction media franchise created by Casey Hudson. The franchise depicts a distant future where humanity and several alien civilizations have colonized the galaxy using technology left behind by advanced precursor civilizations.
Writer Mac Walters in front of a Mass Effect poster at the Dark Horse Comics booth at the 2011 New York Comic Con