A nano augmented agent working for the United Nations Anti Terrorist Coalition (UNATCO). He has a brother named Paul Denton who was working for UNATCO before JC. Each nano augmented agent comes at a price of 50 billion dollars (US). He is the hero of the popular award winning game Deus Ex. The game is set in the year 2032 where the world is suffering from a terrible plague called the Gray Death. The United States is in a state of undeclared civil war. The gap between rich and poor is increasing. International governments are collapsing everyday and new tyrants are taking control.

JC Denton (fictionally born 17 March 2029) is the player character and protagonist of the first-person role-playing computer game Deus Ex. He is voiced by Jay Anthony Franke in both Deus Ex and its sequel, Deus Ex: Invisible War.

What the letters "JC" stand for is never revealed in either game. According to Harvey Smith, an idea was considered during development that the character would be a descendant of Jesus Christ. Warren Spector stated in an interview that the player was originally to be able to choose the gender of the character, with the ambiguity of J.C. being a "nice, unisex name" to flow with Denton. Although the feature was not implemented, the name was left unchanged.

JC has solid, bright blue eyes as a result of nano-augmentation to enhance his night-vision, which he obscures by wearing sunglasses. In the PC-version his hair and skin color can be chosen by the player at the start of the game from a pre-generated set; changes made to JC's appearance affect those of Paul as well.

JC's origins are muddled in the game. In Area 51, a datacube reveals JC's ...