This is a list of fictional secret agents .
Books
*Alec Leamas in John le Carré's ''
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
''The Spy Who Came in from the Cold'' is a 1963 Cold War spy fiction, spy novel by the British author John le Carré. It depicts Alec Leamas, a United Kingdom, British intelligence officer, being sent to East Germany as a faux Defection, defect ...
''
*
Alex Rider
''Alex Rider'' is a series of spy novels by the English author Anthony Horowitz. The novels revolve around the teenaged spy Alex Rider and are primarily aimed towards young adults. The series comprises 14 novels, as well as seven graphic ...
, young "informal" MI6 agent in
Anthony Horowitz
Anthony John Horowitz (born 5 April 1955) is an English novelist and screenwriter specialising in mystery and suspense. His works for children and young adult readers include the '' Alex Rider'' series featuring a 14-year-old British boy who spi ...
's ''
Alex Rider
''Alex Rider'' is a series of spy novels by the English author Anthony Horowitz. The novels revolve around the teenaged spy Alex Rider and are primarily aimed towards young adults. The series comprises 14 novels, as well as seven graphic ...
'' series. The series also includes
Alan Blunt
This is a list of characters from Anthony Horowitz's ''Alex Rider'' series. This includes characters from the novels, the film, the TV series, the graphic novels, and the short stories.
Cast overview
Protagonists
The following is a ...
, head of MI6 Special Operations
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Ali Imran
Ali Imran () is a fictional character in various Urdu language detective novels written by Asrar Ahmed under the pseudonym of Ibn-e-Safi. He serves as the titular protagonist in the '' Imran Series'' novels. He is usually referred to only by h ...
in the
''Imran'' series
*
Basil Argyros
Basil Argyros (; – after 1023) was a Byzantine nobleman and general of the Argyros family and a brother of the emperor Romanos III.Kazhdan (1987), p. 69. Basil was the maternal grandfather of emperor Romanos IV Diogenes.
According to the ''Sy ...
in the
Harry Turtledove
Harry Norman Turtledove (born June 14, 1949) is an American author who is best known for his work in the genres of alternate history, historical fiction, fantasy, science fiction, and mystery fiction. He is a student of history and completed his ...
short story series collected in ''Agent of Byzanium''
*Basil St. Florian, the main protagonist of
Stephen Hunter
Stephen Hunter (born March 25, 1946, in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American novelist, essayist, and film critic.
Life and career
Hunter was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and grew up in Evanston, Illinois. His father was Charles Francis Hunte ...
's 2021 novel ''Basil's War''
*
Blackford Oakes
Blackford "Blackie"/"Black" Oakes is a fictional character, a Central Intelligence Agency officer, spy and the protagonist of a series of novels written by William F. Buckley, Jr.
Early life
Oakes was born in 1925. He served in World War II as ...
is a
Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA; ) is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with advancing national security through collecting and analyzing intelligence from around the world and ...
officer,
spy
Espionage, spying, or intelligence gathering, as a subfield of the intelligence field, is the act of obtaining secret or confidential information (intelligence). A person who commits espionage on a mission-specific contract is called an ''e ...
and the protagonist of a series of novels written by
William F. Buckley
*
Carl Hamilton, Swedish secret agent from the Books of
Jan Guillou
Jan Oskar Sverre Lucien Henri Guillou (, ; born 17 January 1944) is a French-Swedish author and journalist. Guillou's fame in Sweden was established during his time as an investigative journalist, most notably in 1973 when he and co-reporter Pet ...
*Daniel Marchant, MI6 agent in ''
Dead Spy Running'' and ''
Games Traitors Play
''Dead Spy Running'' is a 2009 spy novel by Jon Stock.
Plot
When suspended MI6 agent Daniel Marchant participates in the London Marathon he discovers a suicide bomber among the other runners. As Marchant eventually figures out the very man is d ...
'' by
Jon Stock
*David Shirazi in Joel C. Rosenberg's ''
The Twelfth Imam''
*Dominika Egorova, an
SVR agent and the main protagonist of the ''
Red Sparrow
''Red Sparrow'' is a 2018 American spy thriller film directed by Francis Lawrence and written by Justin Haythe, based on the 2013 novel of the same name by Jason Matthews. The film stars Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaert ...
'' trilogy by
Jason Matthews
*Drongo in
Chingiz Abdullayev
Chingiz Akif oğlu Abdullayev (; born 7 April 1959 in Baku) is an Azerbaijani writer, Secretary of the Union of Azerbaijani Writers.
Early life
Originating from a family of intellectuals with roots in the Agdam region of Karabakh, Chingiz Abdu ...
's books
*Elinor White in the 2023 novel ''The White Lady'' by
Jacqueline Winspear
Jacqueline Winspear (born 30 April 1955) is a mystery writer, author of the '' Maisie Dobbs'' series of books exploring the aftermath of World War I. She has won several mystery writing awards for books in this popular series.
Personal life an ...
*
Emily Pollifax
Mrs. Emily Pollifax is the heroine of a series of spy- mystery novels by Dorothy Gilman.
Character overview
Mrs. Pollifax is a widow and senior citizen who decides one day to leave her comfortable apartment in New Brunswick, New Jersey and j ...
in
Dorothy Gilman
Dorothy Edith Gilman (June 25, 1923 – February 2, 2012) was an American writer. She is best known for the Mrs. Pollifax series. Begun in a time when women in mystery meant Agatha Christie's Miss Marple and international espionage meant young ...
's books
*Emma Makepeace in a series of novels by Ava Glass
*
George Smiley
George Smiley OBE is a fictional character created by John le Carré. Smiley is a career intelligence officer with " The Circus", the British overseas intelligence agency. He is a central character in the novels '' Call for the Dead'', '' A ...
in the novels of
John le Carré
David John Moore Cornwell (19 October 193112 December 2020), better known by his pen name John le Carré ( ), was a British author, best known for his espionage novels, many of which were successfully adapted for film or television. A "sophist ...
*Hal Ambler, in ''
The Ambler Warning
''The Ambler Warning'' is a Robert Ludlum spy thriller set in part on Parrish Island, a restricted island off the coast of Virginia.
Left as an incomplete manuscript by Ludlum's death in 2001, the author's estate hired an author and an editor to ...
'' by
Robert Ludlum
Robert Ludlum (May 25, 1927 – March 12, 2001) was an American author of 27 Thriller (genre), thriller novels, best known as the creator of Jason Bourne from the original ''Bourne (novel series), The Bourne Trilogy'' series. The number of copi ...
*Jack Ryan, in ''
The Hunt for Red October
''The Hunt for Red October'' is the debut novel by American author Tom Clancy, first published on October 1, 1984, by the Naval Institute Press. It depicts Soviet submarine captain Marko Ramius as he seemingly goes rogue with his country's cutt ...
'' and ''
Patriot Games
''Patriot Games'' is a thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and published in July 1987. '' Without Remorse'', released six years later, is an indirect prequel, and it is chronologically the first book featuring Jack Ryan, the main character ...
'' by
Tom Clancy
Thomas Leo Clancy Jr. (April 12, 1947 – October 1, 2013) was an American novelist. He is best known for his technically detailed espionage and military science, military-science storylines set during and after the Cold War. Seventeen of ...
*
James Adams from the
Robert Muchamore
Robert Kilgore Muchamore (born 26 December 1971) is an English author of young adult fiction. He's best known for his ''CHERUB'', '' Henderson's Boys'' and '' Rock War'' series.
Early life
Robert Kilgore Muchamore was born in Tufnell Park, Lon ...
's
CHERUB
A cherub (; : cherubim; ''kərūḇ'', pl. ''kərūḇīm'') is one type of supernatural being in the Abrahamic religions. The numerous depictions of cherubim assign to them many different roles, such as protecting the entrance of the Garden of ...
series
*
James Bond
The ''James Bond'' franchise focuses on James Bond (literary character), the titular character, a fictional Secret Intelligence Service, British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels ...
in
Ian Fleming
Ian Lancaster Fleming (28 May 1908 – 12 August 1964) was a British writer, best known for his postwar ''James Bond'' series of spy novels. Fleming came from a wealthy family connected to the merchant bank Robert Fleming & Co., and his ...
's books, which also include CIA agent
Felix Leiter
Felix Leiter is a fictional character created by Ian Fleming in the ''James Bond'' books, films, and other media. The character is an operative for the CIA and James Bond's friend. After losing a leg and a hand to a shark attack, Leiter joined ...
. See
List of James Bond allies
This is a list of allies of James Bond (literary character), James Bond who appear throughout the film series and novels.
MI6
M
M is a Rear Admiral of the Royal Navy, and the head of the MI6, Secret Intelligence Service. Ian Fleming ba ...
for a complete list of 00-agents and secret agents found throughout Fleming's books
*James Wormold in
Graham Greene
Henry Graham Greene (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991) was an English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading novelists of the 20th century.
Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, Greene acquired a re ...
's ''
Our Man in Havana
''Our Man in Havana'' (1958) is a novel set in Cuba by the British author Graham Greene. Greene uses the novel to mock intelligence services, especially the British MI6, and their willingness to believe reports from their local informants.
Th ...
''
*Jane Blonde, in the ''Jane Blonde'' series by Jill Marshall
*
Jason Bourne
Jason Bourne () is the titular character and the protagonist in a series of novels and subsequent film adaptations. The character was created by novelist Robert Ludlum. He first appeared in the novel '' The Bourne Identity'' (1980), which wa ...
in the ''Bourne'' books by
Robert Ludlum
Robert Ludlum (May 25, 1927 – March 12, 2001) was an American author of 27 Thriller (genre), thriller novels, best known as the creator of Jason Bourne from the original ''Bourne (novel series), The Bourne Trilogy'' series. The number of copi ...
*Jason Love in ''
Passport to Oblivion'' by
James Leasor
James Leasor (20 December 1923 – 10 September 2007) was a prolific British writer of historical books and thrillers. He was one of the best-selling British authors of the 20th century. After beginning his writing career as a journalist he wro ...
*Jason Monk, a CIA recruiter and agent runner in Frederick Forsyth's ''
Icon
An icon () is a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, in the cultures of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Catholic Church, Catholic, and Lutheranism, Lutheran churches. The most common subjects include Jesus, Mary, mother of ...
''
*
Jerry Cornelius in ''
Michael Moorcock
Michael John Moorcock (born 18 December 1939) is an English writer, particularly of science fiction and fantasy, who has published a number of well-received literary novels as well as comic thrillers, graphic novels and non-fiction. He has wo ...
s books and short-stories
*John Craig in
James Munro's books
*John Morpurgo in books by
William Garner
*John Wells in ''
The Faithful Spy'' by
Alex Berenson
*
Johnny Fedora in
Desmond Cory's books
*Lemmy Caution, in
Peter Cheyney
Reginald Evelyn Peter Southouse-Cheyney (22 February 1896 – 26 June 1951) was a British crime fiction writer who flourished between 1936 and 1951. Cheyney is perhaps best known for his short stories and novels about agent/detective Lemmy C ...
's novels
*
Masud Rana
Masud Rana is a fictional character created in 1966 by the writer Qazi Anwar Hussain, who featured him in 472 books (325 novels and 6 short stories). Qazi Anwar Hussain created the adult spy-thriller series Masud Rana, at first modeled after J ...
, a
major
Major most commonly refers to:
* Major (rank), a military rank
* Academic major, an academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits
* People named Major, including given names, surnames, nicknames
* Major and minor in musi ...
and BCI (
Bangladesh Counter Intelligence) agent (codename-MR9) portrayed in the ''
Masud Rana
Masud Rana is a fictional character created in 1966 by the writer Qazi Anwar Hussain, who featured him in 472 books (325 novels and 6 short stories). Qazi Anwar Hussain created the adult spy-thriller series Masud Rana, at first modeled after J ...
'' series by
Qazi Anwar Hussain
Qazi Anwar Hussain (19 July 1936 – 19 January 2022) was a Bangladeshi writer of spy thrillers, detective novels, and adventure-based literature, many of which were adaptations or heavily influenced by foreign works.
Early life and education
...
*Matt Drake, a
DIA operative and the main protagonist of a series of novels by Don Bentley
*Matt Helm, in
Donald Hamilton
Donald Bengtsson Hamilton (March 24, 1916 – November 20, 2006) was an American writer of novels, short stories, and non-fiction about the outdoors. His novels consist mostly of paperback originals, principally spy fiction, but also crime ...
's books
*Michael Jagger in books by
William Garner
*
Mitch Rapp, CIA agent in
counterterrorism
Counterterrorism (alternatively spelled: counter-terrorism), also known as anti-terrorism, relates to the practices, military tactics, techniques, and strategies that governments, law enforcement, businesses, and Intelligence agency, intelligence ...
unit known as the "Orion Team" in books by
Vince Flynn
Vincent Joseph Flynn (April 6, 1966 – June 19, 2013) was an American author of political thriller novels featuring the fictional assassin Mitch Rapp. He was a story consultant for the fifth season of the television series ''24 (television), 24'' ...
*
Modesty Blaise
''Modesty Blaise'' is a British comic strip featuring a fictional character of the same name, created by author Peter O'Donnell and illustrator Jim Holdaway in 1963. The strip follows Modesty Blaise, an exceptional young woman with many talen ...
, from the books by Peter O'Donnel
*
Nancy Drew
Nancy Drew is a fictional character appearing in several mystery book series, movies, video games, and TV shows as a teenage amateur sleuth. The books are ghostwriter, ghostwritten by a number of authors and published under the collective pseudo ...
in
Carolyn Keene
Carolyn Keene is the pseudonym of the authors of the Nancy Drew mystery stories and ''The Dana Girls'' mystery stories, both produced by the Stratemeyer Syndicate. In addition, the Keene pen name is credited with the Nancy Drew spin-off, ''Riv ...
's books
*
Nick Carter-Killmaster
''Nick Carter-Killmaster'' is a series of spy adventures published from 1964 until 1990, first by Award Books, then by Ace Books, and finally by Jove Books. At least 261 novels were published. The character is an update of a pulp fiction priva ...
(books)
*Normanby in P.G. Dixon's 2021 book ''Normanby''
*Paul Kagan in
David Morrell
David Morrell (born April 24, 1943) is a Canadian-American author whose debut 1972 novel ''First Blood (novel), First Blood'', later adapted as the 1982 First Blood, film of the same name, went on to spawn the successful Rambo (franchise), ''Ra ...
's 2008 novel ''The Spy Who Came for Christmas''
*Penelope St. John-Orsini, in ''
The Baroness'' novels by Paul Kenyon
*
Peter Pettigrew the pet rat of
Ron Weasly in
Harry Potter
''Harry Potter'' is a series of seven Fantasy literature, fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the lives of a young Magician (fantasy), wizard, Harry Potter (character), Harry Potter, and his friends ...
working for
Lord Voldemort
Lord Voldemort ( , in the films) is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the ''Harry Potter'' series of novels by J. K. Rowling. He first appears in ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' (1997) and returns either in pers ...
*''Philip McAlpine'' in four novels by
Adam Diment
*''Philip Quest'' in four novels by
Peter Townend
*
Quiller in the series of thrillers by
Elleston Trevor
Elleston Trevor (17 February 1920 – 21 July 1995) was a British novelist and playwright who wrote under several pseudonyms. Born Trevor Dudley-Smith, he eventually changed his name to Elleston Trevor. Trevor worked in many genres, but is princ ...
, writing as Adam Hall
*Sam Durell in
Edward S. Aarons' books
*
Sam Fisher in
Tom Clancy
Thomas Leo Clancy Jr. (April 12, 1947 – October 1, 2013) was an American novelist. He is best known for his technically detailed espionage and military science, military-science storylines set during and after the Cold War. Seventeen of ...
's ''
Splinter Cell
''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell'' is a series of stealth action-adventure video games, the first of which was released in 2002, and their tie-in novels that were endorsed by Tom Clancy. The series follows Sam Fisher, a highly trained agent of a ...
'' books
*Sam Joseph in the 2021 novel ''Damascus Station'' by David McCloskey
*Scorpion from
Andrew Kaplan
Andrew Gary Kaplan (born May 18, 1941) is an American author, best known for his spy thriller novels. He may also be the world's first "virtual person" with the creation and first release of "Andy-bot", a chat-bot created by the Hereafter company ...
's book
*Sean Ryan, ex-IRA member who features in series of novels by
Brian Cleeve
Brian Brendon Talbot Cleeve (22 November 1921 – 11 March 2003) was a writer, whose published works include twenty-one novels and over a hundred short stories. He was also an award-winning broadcaster on RTÉ television. Son of an Irish father ...
*
Severus Snape
Severus Snape is a fictional character in the ''Harry Potter'' series of novels by J. K. Rowling. In the first five novels, he is the professor of Potions at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. In the sixth book, he teaches Defence ...
, an
agent provocateur
An is a person who actively entices another person to commit a crime that would not otherwise have been committed and then reports the person to the authorities. They may target individuals or groups.
In jurisdictions in which conspiracy is a ...
,
informant
An informant (also called an informer or, as a slang term, a "snitch", "rat", "canary", "stool pigeon", "stoolie", "tout" or "grass", among other terms) is a person who provides privileged information, or (usually damaging) information inten ...
, and
double agent
In the field of counterintelligence, a double agent is an employee of a secret intelligence service for one country, whose primary purpose is to spy on a target organization of another country, but who is now spying on their own country's organi ...
working for Dumbledore
*
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes () is a Detective fiction, fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a "Private investigator, consulting detective" in his stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with obser ...
in
Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for ''A Study in Scarlet'', the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Hol ...
's books
*
Simon Templar
The Saint is the nickname of the fictional character Simon Templar, featured in a List of works by Leslie Charteris, series of novels and short stories by Leslie Charteris published between 1928 and 1963. After that date other authors collaborat ...
, "The Saint", from the
Leslie Charteris
Leslie Charteris (; born Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin; 12 May 1907 – 15 April 1993), was a British-Chinese author of adventure fiction, as well as a screenwriter.[Jack Heath
Jack Heath is an Australian writer of fiction for children and adults who is best known for the Danger, Scream, Liars and Timothy Blake series. He has been shortlisted for the ACT Book of the Year Award, CBCA Notable Book Award, Nottinghamshire ...](_blank)
*Stephen Metcalfe in ''
The Tristan Betrayal'' by
Robert Ludlum
Robert Ludlum (May 25, 1927 – March 12, 2001) was an American author of 27 Thriller (genre), thriller novels, best known as the creator of Jason Bourne from the original ''Bourne (novel series), The Bourne Trilogy'' series. The number of copi ...
*Switters in
Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates by
Tom Robbins
Thomas Eugene Robbins (July 22, 1932 – February 9, 2025) was an American novelist. His most notable works are "seriocomedies" (also known as "comedy dramas"). Robbins had lived in La Conner, Washington, since 1970, where he wrote nine of his ...
*
The Hardy Boys
The Hardy Boys, brothers Frank and Joe Hardy, are fictional characters who appear in a series of mystery novels for young readers. The series revolves around teenage amateur sleuths, solving cases that often stumped their adult counterparts. ...
in
Franklin W. Dixon's books
*
The Secret Seven
The Secret Seven or Secret Seven Society is a fictional group of child detectives created by Enid Blyton and based on the publisher's children. They appear in one of several adolescent detective series which Blyton wrote.
The Secret Seven c ...
written by
Enid Blyton
Enid Mary Blyton (11 August 1897 – 28 November 1968) was an English children's writer, whose books have been worldwide bestsellers since the 1930s, selling more than 600 million copies. Her books are still enormously popular and have been tra ...
(four child detectives)
*Tim Donohue, British secret agent from the book ''
The Constant Gardener
''The Constant Gardener'' is a 2001 novel by British author John le Carré. The novel tells the story of Justin Quayle, a British diplomat whose activist wife is murdered. Believing there is something behind the murder, he seeks to uncover the t ...
'' by
John le Carré
David John Moore Cornwell (19 October 193112 December 2020), better known by his pen name John le Carré ( ), was a British author, best known for his espionage novels, many of which were successfully adapted for film or television. A "sophist ...
*Tom Klay in
Bryan Christy's 2021 novel ''In the Company of Killers''
*
Wyman Ford, from books by
Douglas Preston
Douglas Jerome Preston (born May 31, 1956) is an American journalist and author. Although he is best known for his thrillers in collaboration with Lincoln Child (including the '' Agent Pendergast'' series and ''Gideon Crew'' series), he has als ...
Comics
*
Abbey Chase
*
Anacleto, agente secreto
''Anacleto, agente secreto'' (Anacleto, Secret Agent) is a Spanish comic character created by cartoonist Manuel Vázquez Gallego in 1964, protagonist of the series of the same name. Anacleto is an inept secret agent with very bad luck. His ad ...
, Spanish secret agent in the comic series of the same name
*
Captain Francis Blake
*
Cybersix
Cybersix is an Argentine comics character and comic book series published in 1991, created by the Argentine authors Carlos Trillo (story) and Carlos Meglia (art) for the comics magazine '' Skorpio'' (Eura Editoriale). The series first appeared ...
*
Derek Flint
Derek Flint is a fictional world adventurer and master spy featured in a series of movies and comic books. Flint, a parody of James Bond and Doc Savage, is an agent for Z.O.W.I.E. (Zonal Organization World Intelligence Espionage).
Origins
In 1965 ...
*
Dick Tracy
''Dick Tracy'' is an American comic strip featuring Dick Tracy, a tough and intelligent police detective created by Chester Gould. It made its debut on Sunday, October 4, 1931, in the '' Detroit Mirror'', and was distributed by the Chicago T ...
*
Dynamo
"Dynamo Electric Machine" (end view, partly section, )
A dynamo is an electrical generator that creates direct current using a commutator. Dynamos employed electromagnets for self-starting by using residual magnetic field left in the iron cores ...
,
Thunder Agents
*
Jimmy Olsen
Jimmy Olsen is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Olsen is most often portrayed as a young photojournalist working for the ''Daily Planet''. He is close friends with Lois Lane and Superman, Clark Kent ...
*
John Stone, agent of S.T.O.R.M. in
Wildstorm
Wildstorm Productions (stylized as WildStorm) is an American comic book imprint. Originally founded as an independent company established by Jim Lee and Brandon Choi to publish through Image Comics, Wildstorm became a publishing imprint of DC C ...
's comic ''
Planetary''
*
KGBeast
KGBeast (Anatoli Knyazev) is a supervillain appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Jim Starlin and Jim Aparo, the character first appeared as an adversary of Batman.
KGBeast has appeared in numerous series and films. Anatoli ...
in
DC Universe
The DC Universe (DCU) is the shared universe in which most stories in American comic book titles published by DC Comics take place. In context, the term "DC Universe" usually refers to the main DC Continuity (fiction), continuity. It contains v ...
*
Lord Peter Flint in ''
Warlord
Warlords are individuals who exercise military, Economy, economic, and Politics, political control over a region, often one State collapse, without a strong central or national government, typically through informal control over Militia, local ...
''
*
Lorraine Broughton in ''
The Coldest City'' graphic novel
*
Modesty Blaise
''Modesty Blaise'' is a British comic strip featuring a fictional character of the same name, created by author Peter O'Donnell and illustrator Jim Holdaway in 1963. The strip follows Modesty Blaise, an exceptional young woman with many talen ...
*
Mortadelo and Filemón Pi, Spanish secret agents of the T.I.A.
*
Slylock Fox
*
Sarge Steel
Sarge Steel is a detective/ spy character published by Charlton Comics during the 1960s. As he was published during the time of Charlton's ''Action Heroes'' line of superheroes, and had loose ties to some, he is sometimes included with that group. ...
is a detective/spy character published by Charlton Comics during the 1960s. As he was published during the time of Charlton's Action Heroes line of superheroes, and had loose ties to some, he is sometimes included with that group. He was purchased by DC Comics along with the other "Action Heroes".
*
King Faraday
King Faraday is a fictional secret agent featured in DC Comics. Faraday first appeared in ''Danger Trail'' #1 (August 1950), and was created by Robert Kanigher and Carmine Infantino.
Faraday's last appearance in the 1950s was in ''World's Finest C ...
, featured in DC Comics. Faraday first appeared in ''Danger Trail'' #1 (July 1950), and was created by Robert Kanigher and Carmine Infantino.
*
Amanda Waller
Amanda Belle Waller (née Blake), also known as "the Wall", is a fictional character featured in some American comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in '' Legends'' #1 in 1986 and was created by John Ostrander, Len We ...
appears in comic booklets in the DC Comics universe. The character first appeared in the ''Legends'' #1 issue of November 1986 and was created by writers John Ostrander and Len Wayne and illustrator John Byrne.
*
Spy vs. Spy
*Twilight (alias Loid Forger), Nightfall (Fiona Frost), Daybreak, from ''
Spy × Family
''Spy × Family'' (stylized as ''SPY×FAMILY'' and pronounced "spy family") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tatsuya Endo. The story follows Loid Forger, an enigmatic spy who has to "build a family" to execute a missio ...
''
*Sir Roland King in ''King of Spies'' by
Mark Millar
Mark Millar (; born 24 December 1969) is a Scottish comic book writer who first came to prominence with a run on the superhero series ''The Authority (comics), The Authority'', published by DC Comics' Wildstorm imprint. Millar has written ext ...
and Matteo Scalera
Marvel
*
Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)
Black Widow is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by editor Stan Lee, scripter Don Rico, and artist Don Heck, the character debuted as an enemy of Iron Man in ''Tales of Suspense'' #52 (1964). ...
*
Yelena Belova
Yelena Belova () is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Devin Grayson and artist J. G. Jones, the character appeared as a sketch in ''Marvel Knights: Wave 2 Sketchbook'' #1 (Janu ...
*
Clive Reston
Clive Reston is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was patterned on James Bond and Roper from the Bruce Lee Movie ''Enter the Dragon''. Clive Reston was an agent of MI-6 and an ally to ...
*
Jimmy Woo
James "Jimmy" Woo (Woo Yen Jet) is a fictional secret agent appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by EC Comics writer Al Feldstein and artist Joe Maneely, the Chinese American character first appeared in '' Yellow ...
*
Maria Hill
Commander Maria Christina Hill is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Brian Michael Bendis and David Finch (comics), David Finch, the character first appeared in ''The New Avengers (comics), The Ne ...
*
Bucky
*
Richard and Mary Parker
Richard and Mary Parker are characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They are the parents of Peter Parker, the superhero known as Spider-Man, and Teresa Parker, a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent.
Richard and Mary Parker have b ...
*
Shang-Chi
Zheng Shang-Chi,. also known as the Master of Kung Fu and Brother Hand, is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Steve Englehart and artist Jim Starlin, debuting in ''Spec ...
*
Peter Parker
Spider-Man is a superhero in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, he first appeared in the anthology comic book ''Amazing Fantasy'' #15 (August 1962) in the Silver Age of ...
*
Pete Wisdom
Peter "Pete" Wisdom is a fictional secret agent appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared in '' Excalibur'' #86 (February 1995), and was created by Warren Ellis and Ken Lashley. Wisdom is a British Secret ...
*
Sharon Carter
Sharon Carter (also known as Agent 13) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Dick Ayers, the character first appeared in '' Tales of Suspense'' #75 (March 1966). Sharon ...
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Lord NUke
*
Elektra Natchios
*
Nick Fury
Colonel (United States), Colonel Nicholas Joseph "Nick" Fury Sr. is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer/artist Jack Kirby and writer Stan Lee, he first appeared in ''Sgt. Fury and ...
Television/film
*
Aaron Cross from ''
The Bourne Legacy'', a spin-off film from the Jason Bourne trilogy.
*
Adam Carter in ''
Spooks''
* Agent 13 from the 1960s spy satire/parody sitcom, ''
Get Smart
''Get Smart'' is an American comedy television series parodying the Spy fiction, secret agent genre that had become widely popular in the first half of the 1960s with the release of the ''James Bond'' films. It was created by Mel Brooks and Bu ...
''
* Agent 44 from the 1960s spy satire/parody sitcom, ''
Get Smart
''Get Smart'' is an American comedy television series parodying the Spy fiction, secret agent genre that had become widely popular in the first half of the 1960s with the release of the ''James Bond'' films. It was created by Mel Brooks and Bu ...
''
* Agent 99 from the 1960s Spy satire/parody sitcom, ''
Get Smart
''Get Smart'' is an American comedy television series parodying the Spy fiction, secret agent genre that had become widely popular in the first half of the 1960s with the release of the ''James Bond'' films. It was created by Mel Brooks and Bu ...
''
* Agent Double 0-0 from ''
Phineas and Ferb
''Phineas and Ferb'' is an American animated series, animated Musical film, musical-television comedy, comedy television series created by Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh for Disney Channel and Disney XD. The series originally aired on t ...
''
* Agent Flemming from ''
Beavis and Butthead Do America
''Beavis and Butt-Head Do America'' is a 1996 American adult animated comedy road film based on the MTV animated television series ''Beavis and Butt-Head''. The film was co-written and directed by series creator Mike Judge, who also reprises h ...
''
*
Agent J
Agent J (usually called J), born James Darrell Edwards III, is one of the two protagonists of the ''Men in Black'' film series. Born October 19, 1965, Jay is an agent of the MIB, recruited by Agent K. He is energetic and tries to bring life and ...
from the movies ''
Men in Black (film)'', ''
Men in Black II
''Men in Black II'' (stylized as ''MIIB'') is a 2002 American science fiction action comedy film based on the Marvel Comics series of a similar name based on the conspiracy theory. Produced by Columbia Pictures and Amblin Entertainment in ass ...
''
*
Agent K
Agent K (usually called Kay), born Kevin Cunningham Brown, is a fictional character and one of the two main protagonists of the ''Men in Black'' franchise (the other being Agent J). Kay is portrayed by Tommy Lee Jones in the three films, with ...
from the movies ''
Men in Black (film)'', ''
Men in Black II
''Men in Black II'' (stylized as ''MIIB'') is a 2002 American science fiction action comedy film based on the Marvel Comics series of a similar name based on the conspiracy theory. Produced by Columbia Pictures and Amblin Entertainment in ass ...
''
* Agent Larabee from the 1960s spy satire/parody sitcom, ''
Get Smart
''Get Smart'' is an American comedy television series parodying the Spy fiction, secret agent genre that had become widely popular in the first half of the 1960s with the release of the ''James Bond'' films. It was created by Mel Brooks and Bu ...
''
* Agent Six from ''
Generator Rex
''Generator Rex'' is an American animated superhero television series created by Man of Action for Cartoon Network, with John Fang of Cartoon Network Studios as supervising producer. It is based on the comic '' M. Rex'', created by Aaron Sowd, ...
''
*
Agent Smith
Agent Smith (later simply Smith) is a fictional character and the main antagonist of ''The Matrix'' franchise. The character was primarily portrayed by Hugo Weaving in the first trilogy of films and voiced by Christopher Corey Smith in '' The ...
of
The Matrix (franchise)
''The Matrix'' is an American cyberpunk media franchise consisting of four feature films, beginning with ''The Matrix'' (1999) and continuing with three sequels, ''The Matrix Reloaded'', ''The Matrix Revolutions'' (both 2003), and ''The Matrix ...
* Agent Vinod, from the
1977
Events January
* January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
* January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (no ...
and
2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
Indian spy films of the same name
* Alec Leamas, in the 1965 film ''
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
''The Spy Who Came in from the Cold'' is a 1963 Cold War spy fiction, spy novel by the British author John le Carré. It depicts Alec Leamas, a United Kingdom, British intelligence officer, being sent to East Germany as a faux Defection, defect ...
''
* Alexander Scott, from the TV series ''
I Spy
I spy is a guessing game where one player (the ''spy'' or ''it'') chooses an object within sight and announces to the other players that "I spy with my little eye something beginning with...", naming the first letter of the object. Other players a ...
''
* Allen Gamble and Terry Hoitz, from the movie ''
The Other Guys
''The Other Guys'' is a 2010 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Adam McKay, who co-wrote it with Chris Henchy. It stars Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg with Eva Mendes, Michael Keaton, Steve Coogan, Ray Stevenson, Samu ...
''
* Amos Burke, from TV series ''Burke's Law''
* Annie Walker from the USA original series ''Covert Affairs''
* Arun Khanna, from the 2003 Indian film ''
The Hero: Love Story of a Spy''
* Austin Powers from the Austin Powers Movies
* Bob Ho in ''
The Spy Next Door
''The Spy Next Door'' is a 2010 American spy action comedy film directed by Brian Levant, written by Jonathan Bernstein, James Greer and Gregory Poirier, produced by Robert Simonds with music by David Newman. The film stars Jackie Chan, with ...
''
* Blain Whitaker in "
MI High
''M.I. High'' is a British action television series produced by Kudos for CBBC and created by Keith Brumpton. The series focused on a team of undercover teenage spies working for the fictional British secret intelligence agency MI9 who had to b ...
"
* Brianna Kelleher in ''
Access Denied''
*
Bullwinkle J. Moose
Bullwinkle J. Moose is a fictional character and one of the two main protagonists of the 1959–1964 animated television series ''Rocky and His Friends'' and ''The Bullwinkle Show'', often collectively referred to as ''Rocky and Bullwinkle'', pro ...
and
Rocky the Flying Squirrel
Rocket "Rocky" J. Squirrel, also known as Rocky the Flying Squirrel, is one of the two protagonists of the 1959–1964 animated series ''Rocky and His Friends'' and ''The Bullwinkle Show'' (both shows often referred to collectively as '' The Roc ...
from ''
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle may refer to:
Television and film
*'' The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends'', an American animated television series 1959–1964
* ''The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle'' (film), a 2000 Americ ...
''
*
Burt Macklin in ''Parks and Recreation (TV series)''
* Callan in
''Callan'' (TV series)
* Cammie Morgan, from ''
I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You
''I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You'' (2006) is a young adult fiction novel written by Ally Carter and is the first of seven books in the Gallagher Girls series. In October 2007, a sequel was released titled ''Cross My Heart ...
''
* Carl the Intern from ''
Phineas and Ferb
''Phineas and Ferb'' is an American animated series, animated Musical film, musical-television comedy, comedy television series created by Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh for Disney Channel and Disney XD. The series originally aired on t ...
''
*
Carrie Mathison
Carrie Anne Mathison, played by actress Claire Danes, is a fictional character and the protagonist of the American television drama/thriller series ''Homeland'' on Showtime, created by Alex Gansa and Howard Gordon. Carrie is a CIA officer who ...
, from Showtime's ''
Homeland (TV series)
''Homeland'' (stylized as ''HOMƎLAND'') is an American espionage thriller television series developed by Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa. Based on the Israeli series '' Prisoners of War'' (, literally "Abductees"), it was created by Gideon Raf ...
''
* ''Charles Hood'', in five novels by
James Mayo
*
Charles Vine
''Licensed to Kill'' is an Eastmancolor 1965 superspy imitation James Bond film starring Tom Adams (actor), Tom Adams as British secret agent Charles Vine. It was directed and co-written by Lindsay Shonteff. Producer Joseph E. Levine picked it ...
in ''
Licensed to Kill (1965 film)
''Licensed to Kill'' is an Eastmancolor 1965 superspy imitation James Bond film starring Tom Adams (actor), Tom Adams as British secret agent Charles Vine. It was directed and co-written by Lindsay Shonteff. Producer Joseph E. Levine picked it ...
''/''
The Second Best Secret Agent in the Whole Wide World
''Licensed to Kill'' is an Eastmancolor 1965 superspy imitation James Bond film starring Tom Adams as British secret agent Charles Vine. It was directed and co-written by Lindsay Shonteff. Producer Joseph E. Levine picked it up for American ...
'', ''Where the Bullets Fly'', ''Somebody's Stolen Our Russian Spy''
*
Chloe O'Brian
Chloe O'Brian is a fictional character played by actress Mary Lynn Rajskub on the US television series '' 24''. An analyst at CTU Los Angeles (and later New York), she is Jack Bauer's most trusted colleague, often doing unconventional and unau ...
in the Fox TV series ''
24''
*
Chuck Bartowski
Charles Irving Bartowski is the title character of the American spy show ''Chuck'' on NBC. He is portrayed by Zachary Levi. UGO.com named him one of the best TV nerds.
Character profile
At the outset of the show, Chuck Bartowski is presented ...
from the television series ''
Chuck
Chuck () is a masculine given name or a nickname for Charles or Charlie. It may refer to:
People
Arts and entertainment
* Chuck Alaimo, American saxophonist, leader of the Chuck Alaimo Quartet
* Chuck Barris (1929–2017), American TV produce ...
''
*
Cobra Bubbles
Disney's ''Lilo & Stitch'' is an American science fiction media franchise that began in 2002 with the animated film of the same name written and directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois. The franchise, which consists of four animated films, ...
from ''
Lilo & Stitch
''Lilo & Stitch'' () is a 2002 American animated Science fiction film, science fiction comedy-drama film, comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation for Walt Disney Pictures. It was written and directed by Chris Sanders and De ...
''
*
Cody Banks from the movie ''
Agent Cody Banks
''Agent Cody Banks'' is a 2003 American action comedy film directed by Harald Zwart. The film stars Frankie Muniz as a 15-year-old who has to finish his chores, avoid getting grounded, and save the world by going undercover for the CIA as a J ...
''
*
Cool McCool
''Cool McCool'' is a Saturday morning animated series that ran on NBC from September 10, 1966, to January 21, 1967, with three segments per show, consisting overall of sixty segments. It was created by Bob Kane—who was most famous as one of ...
, from the cartoon of the same name
* Craig Stirling, Richard Barrett and Sharron McCready from the 1960s series, ''
The Champions
''The Champions'' is a British espionage thriller/science fiction/occult detective fiction adventure television series. It was produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment production company, and consists of 30 episodes broadcast in the UK on ...
''
*
Dar Adal, from Showtime's ''
Homeland (TV series)
''Homeland'' (stylized as ''HOMƎLAND'') is an American espionage thriller television series developed by Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa. Based on the Israeli series '' Prisoners of War'' (, literally "Abductees"), it was created by Gideon Raf ...
''
* Darius Stone (
Ice Cube
O'Shea Jackson Sr. (born June 15, 1969), known professionally as Ice Cube, is an American rapper, songwriter, actor, and film producer. His lyrics on N.W.A's 1989 album '' Straight Outta Compton'' contributed to gangsta rap's widespread popu ...
) in ''
XXX: State of the Union''
* David Percival from ''
Atomic Blonde
''Atomic Blonde'' is a 2017 American action thriller film directed by David Leitch (receiving his first credit as feature film director) from a screenplay by Kurt Johnstad, based on the 2012 graphic novel ''The Coldest City'' by Antony Johns ...
''
*
Derek Flint
Derek Flint is a fictional world adventurer and master spy featured in a series of movies and comic books. Flint, a parody of James Bond and Doc Savage, is an agent for Z.O.W.I.E. (Zonal Organization World Intelligence Espionage).
Origins
In 1965 ...
, ''
In Like Flint
''In Like Flint'' is a 1967 American spy fi comedy film directed by Gordon Douglas, the sequel to the parody spy film '' Our Man Flint'' (1966).
It posits an international feminist conspiracy to depose the ruling American patriarchy with a f ...
'', ''
Our Man Flint
''Our Man Flint'' is a 1966 American spy-fi comedy film that parodies the ''James Bond'' film series. The film was directed by Daniel Mann, written by Hal Fimberg and Ben Starr (from a story by Hal Fimberg), and starred James Coburn as maste ...
''
* Dirk Bannon, Talia Bannon née Knockemoff, Spike Bannon, Elle Bannon and Boris Bannon from ''
My Spy Family
''My Spy Family'' is a British live-action family comedy series created by Paul Alexander that aired from 2007 to 2010. The series was a co-production between Kindle Entertainment and Turner Broadcasting System Europe, with Decode Enterprises ...
'' TV series
* Dudley Puppy and Kitty Katswell from ''
T.U.F.F. Puppy''
* Elihu 'Sam' Nivens in ''
The Puppet Masters
''The Puppet Masters'' is a 1951 science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, in which American secret agents battle parasitic invaders from outer space. It was originally serialized in ''Galaxy Science Fiction'' (September, Oct ...
''
*
Elim Garak
Elim Garak ( ) is a fictional character from the television series ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', in which he is portrayed by Andrew Robinson (actor), Andrew J. Robinson.
In the series, Garak is an exiled spy from the Cardassia Prime, Cardass ...
from ''
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''
*
Energy Management Center
Energy () is the quantitative property that is transferred to a body or to a physical system, recognizable in the performance of work and in the form of heat and light. Energy is a conserved quantity—the law of conservation of energy ...
from ''
Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters
is a Japanese tokusatsu television series and the 36th entry in Toei Company's Super Sentai metaseries, following ''Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger''. Its theme is based on spy movies and cyber technology on February 26, 2012 on TV Asahi, joining ''Kame ...
''
* Erik Heller from the 2011 film ''
Hanna'' and the ''
2019 TV series of the same name''
*
Ethan Hunt
Ethan Matthew Hunt is a fictional character and the protagonist of the ''Mission: Impossible'' film series. He is portrayed by Tom Cruise. The character of Ethan Hunt is a highly skilled field agent and operative for the Impossible Missions Force ...
in the
Mission Impossible film series
* Evelyn Salt in ''
Salt
In common usage, salt is a mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride (NaCl). When used in food, especially in granulated form, it is more formally called table salt. In the form of a natural crystalline mineral, salt is also known as r ...
''
* Father Unwin from ''
The Secret Service
''The Secret Service'' is a 1969 British science fiction television series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and filmed by their production company, Century 21, for ITC Entertainment. It follows the exploits of Father Stanley Unwin, a ...
''
* FDR Foster in ''This Means War''
* Felicity Sarah Flint in the
webcomic
Webcomics (also known as online comics or Internet comics) are comics published on the internet, such as on a website or a mobile app. While many webcomics are published exclusively online, others are also published in magazines, newspapers, or ...
s ''Basil Flint, P.I.'' and Felicity Flint, agent from H.A.R.M.
* Miss Froy, in
Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English film director. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 featu ...
's 1938 film ''
The Lady Vanishes
''The Lady Vanishes'' is a 1938 British Mystery film, mystery Thriller (genre), thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Margaret Lockwood and Michael Redgrave. Written by Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder, based on the 1936 novel '' ...
''
*
George Smiley
George Smiley OBE is a fictional character created by John le Carré. Smiley is a career intelligence officer with " The Circus", the British overseas intelligence agency. He is a central character in the novels '' Call for the Dead'', '' A ...
from
John le Carré
David John Moore Cornwell (19 October 193112 December 2020), better known by his pen name John le Carré ( ), was a British author, best known for his espionage novels, many of which were successfully adapted for film or television. A "sophist ...
's novels
* Ginger Cat from ''
Talking Friends
''Talking Friends'' is an animated mini-series that premiered on June 8, 2012 on Disney.com and YouTube. Based on the popular app franchise of the same name by Outfit7 Limited, it is the first television installment in the ''Talking Tom & Fr ...
''
* Gru and Lucy from ''
Despicable Me
''Despicable Me'' is an American media franchise created by Sergio Pablos, Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio. It centers on a supervillain turned secret agent named Gru, his adoptive daughters, Margo, Edith, and Agnes, and his yellow-colored Minions ...
''
*
Hans Kloss/J-23 in ''
Stawka większa niż życie'' (Stakes Larger Than Life)
*
Harry Palmer from ''
The Ipcress File
''The IPCRESS File'' is Len Deighton's first spy novel, published in 1962. The story involves Cold War brainwashing and includes scenes in Lebanon and on an atoll for a United States atomic weapon test, as well as information about Joe One, ...
'', ''
Funeral in Berlin
''Funeral in Berlin'' is a 1964 spy novel by Len Deighton set between Saturday 5 October and Sunday 10 November 1963. It was the third of Deighton's novels about an unnamed British agent. It was preceded by '' The IPCRESS File'' (1962) and '' ...
'', and ''
Billion Dollar Brain
''Billion Dollar Brain'' is a 1967 British spy film, espionage film directed by Ken Russell and based on the 1966 novel ''Billion-Dollar Brain'' by Len Deighton. The film features Michael Caine as secret agent Harry Palmer, the anti-hero prota ...
'' based on novels by
Len Deighton
Leonard Cyril Deighton ( ; born 18 February 1929) is a British author. His publications have included cookery books and works on history, but he is best known for his spy novels.
After completing his national service in the Royal Air Force, D ...
* Harry Tasker in ''
True Lies
''True Lies'' is a 1994 American action comedy film written and directed by James Cameron. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as Harry Tasker, a U.S. government agent, who struggles to balance his double life as a spy with his familial duties, ...
''
* Hymie the CONTROL robot from the 1960s Spy satire/parody sitcom, ''
Get Smart
''Get Smart'' is an American comedy television series parodying the Spy fiction, secret agent genre that had become widely popular in the first half of the 1960s with the release of the ''James Bond'' films. It was created by Mel Brooks and Bu ...
''
*
Howard Finch from the CBS crime drama television series ''
Person of Interest
"Person of interest" is a term used by law enforcement in the United States, Canada, and other countries when identifying someone possibly involved in a criminal investigation who has not been arrested or formally accused of a crime. It has no leg ...
''
* Irina Derevko from ''
Alias''
*
Jack Bauer
Jack Bauer is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Fox television series '' 24''. Throughout the majority of the series' running, Bauer serves as a key member of the fictional CTU and other institutions. Bauer's job usually involv ...
in the Fox TV series ''
24''
* Jack Burns, an agent of Sector 7 in the 2018 film ''
Bumblebee
A bumblebee (or bumble bee, bumble-bee, or humble-bee) is any of over 250 species in the genus ''Bombus'', part of Apidae, one of the bee families. This genus is the only Extant taxon, extant group in the tribe Bombini, though a few extinct r ...
''
*
Jake Peralta, Rosa Diaz, Charles Boyle, Amy Santiago, and Terry Jeffords from ''
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'' is an American police procedural sitcom television series that aired on Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox, and later on NBC, from September 17, 2013, to September 16, 2021, for eight seasons and 153 episodes. Created by Dan G ...
''
*
James Bond
The ''James Bond'' franchise focuses on James Bond (literary character), the titular character, a fictional Secret Intelligence Service, British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels ...
in the movies based on
Ian Fleming
Ian Lancaster Fleming (28 May 1908 – 12 August 1964) was a British writer, best known for his postwar ''James Bond'' series of spy novels. Fleming came from a wealthy family connected to the merchant bank Robert Fleming & Co., and his ...
's novels, which also include CIA agent
Felix Leiter
Felix Leiter is a fictional character created by Ian Fleming in the ''James Bond'' books, films, and other media. The character is an operative for the CIA and James Bond's friend. After losing a leg and a hand to a shark attack, Leiter joined ...
. See
List of James Bond allies
This is a list of allies of James Bond (literary character), James Bond who appear throughout the film series and novels.
MI6
M
M is a Rear Admiral of the Royal Navy, and the head of the MI6, Secret Intelligence Service. Ian Fleming ba ...
for a complete list of 00 agents and secret agents found throughout the movies.
*
Jason Bourne
Jason Bourne () is the titular character and the protagonist in a series of novels and subsequent film adaptations. The character was created by novelist Robert Ludlum. He first appeared in the novel '' The Bourne Identity'' (1980), which wa ...
from ''
Bourne'' trilogy based on the novels by
Robert Ludlum
Robert Ludlum (May 25, 1927 – March 12, 2001) was an American author of 27 Thriller (genre), thriller novels, best known as the creator of Jason Bourne from the original ''Bourne (novel series), The Bourne Trilogy'' series. The number of copi ...
* Jason Monk from the 2005 film ''
Frederick Forsyth's Icon''
*
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch; March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, singer, filmmaker and humanitarian, with a career spanning seven decades in film, stage, television and radio. Famously nicknamed as "Th ...
from ''Totally Spies''. Head of WOOHP.
*
Jill Munroe
Recurring characters found in the ''Charlie's Angels'' franchise include:
In television 1976 series
Characters in the 1976–81 television series ''Charlie's Angels'' include: from ''
Charlie's Angels
''Charlie's Angels'' is an American crime drama television series created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts for ABC. It originally aired from September 22, 1976, to June 24, 1981, airing for five seasons consisting of 115 episodes. It was produ ...
''
* John & Jane Smith, from ''
Mr. and Mrs. Smith''
*
John Casey from the television series ''
Chuck
Chuck () is a masculine given name or a nickname for Charles or Charlie. It may refer to:
People
Arts and entertainment
* Chuck Alaimo, American saxophonist, leader of the Chuck Alaimo Quartet
* Chuck Barris (1929–2017), American TV produce ...
''
*
John Drake in ''
Danger Man
''Danger Man'' (retitled ''Secret Agent'' in the United States for the revived series, and ''Destination Danger'' and ''John Drake'' in other overseas markets) is a British television series that was broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again ...
''
*
John Steed
Major The Hon. John Wickham Gascoyne Beresford Steed usually known as John Steed, is a fictional character and the central protagonist on the 1960s British spy series '' The Avengers'' and its 1970s sequel '' The New Avengers'', played by Patric ...
,
Cathy Gale
Dr. Catherine "Cathy" Gale is a fictional character played by Honor Blackman, on the 1960s British series '' The Avengers''. She was the first regular female partner of John Steed, following the departure of Steed's original male co-star, Dr Da ...
Emma Peel
Emma Peel is a fictional character played by Diana Rigg in the British 1960s adventure television series '' The Avengers'', and by Uma Thurman in the 1998 film version. She was born Emma Knight, the daughter of an industrialist, Sir John Knight. ...
and
Tara King
Tara King is a fictional character of British 1960s adventure television series '' The Avengers'', played by Canadian actress Linda Thorson. The sixth partner of agent John Steed (and fourth female partner), she appeared in series six (in colo ...
in ''
The Avengers
Avenger(s) or The Avenger(s) may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Marvel Comics universe
* Avengers (comics), a team of superheroes
**Avengers (Marvel Cinematic Universe), a central team of protagonist superheroes of "The Infinity Sag ...
''
*
John Reese from the CBS crime drama television series
Person of Interest
"Person of interest" is a term used by law enforcement in the United States, Canada, and other countries when identifying someone possibly involved in a criminal investigation who has not been arrested or formally accused of a crime. It has no leg ...
.
*
John Steed
Major The Hon. John Wickham Gascoyne Beresford Steed usually known as John Steed, is a fictional character and the central protagonist on the 1960s British spy series '' The Avengers'' and its 1970s sequel '' The New Avengers'', played by Patric ...
,
Mike Gambit
Mike Gambit (or Michael Gambit) is a fictional character in the British TV series '' The New Avengers'', played by actor Gareth Hunt.
Overview
Gambit was John Steed's first male partner since Drs. David Keel and Martin King in the original '' Th ...
and
Purdey in ''
The New Avengers''
* Jonathan Pine from ''
The Night Manager (British TV series)
''The Night Manager'' is a British spy thriller television serial based on the 1993 novel of the same name by John le Carré and adapted by David Farr. The six-part first series, directed by Susanne Bier and starring Tom Hiddleston, Hugh L ...
''
*
June Stahl
The following is a list of characters from ''Sons of Anarchy'', and its spin-off ''Mayans M.C.'' Both are American crime drama television series created by Kurt Sutter. ''Sons of Anarchy'' aired from 2008 to 2014, ''Mayans M.C.'' from 2018 to 20 ...
from ''
Sons of Anarchy
''Sons of Anarchy'' is an American Action film, action crime drama television series created by Kurt Sutter for FX (TV channel), FX. Originally aired from September 3, 2008, to December 9, 2014, ''Sons of Anarchy'' follows the lives of a close-k ...
''
* Kelly Robinson, from the TV series ''
I Spy
I spy is a guessing game where one player (the ''spy'' or ''it'') chooses an object within sight and announces to the other players that "I spy with my little eye something beginning with...", naming the first letter of the object. Other players a ...
''
*
Kelvin Inman in ''
Lost''
*
Kim Possible
''Kim Possible'' is an American animated Action comedy TV series, action comedy television series created by Bob Schooley and Mark McCorkle for Disney Channel. The Kim Possible (character), title character is a teenage girl tasked with saving ...
, from the TV series ''
Kim Possible
''Kim Possible'' is an American animated Action comedy TV series, action comedy television series created by Bob Schooley and Mark McCorkle for Disney Channel. The Kim Possible (character), title character is a teenage girl tasked with saving ...
''
* Lance Sterling from the film ''
Spies in Disguise
''Spies in Disguise'' is a 2019 American animated spy comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios and distributed by 20th Century Fox. Loosely inspired by the 2009 animated short ''Pigeon: Impossible'' by Lucas Martell, the film is directed by T ...
''
* Lancelot Link "
Lancelot Link: Secret Chimp"
*
Leon S Kennedy, from ''
Resident Evil 4
''Resident Evil 4'' is a 2005 survival horror game developed and published by Capcom for the GameCube. Players control the special agent Leon S. Kennedy on a mission to rescue the US president's daughter, Ashley Graham (Resident Evil), Ashley ...
''
* Liu Jian from ''
Kiss of the Dragon
''Kiss of the Dragon'' (''Le Baiser mortel du dragon'' in French) is a 2001 English-language French action film directed by Chris Nahon, written and produced by French filmmaker Luc Besson, and starring an international cast led by Jet Li, Bri ...
''
* Lorraine Broughton from ''
Atomic Blonde
''Atomic Blonde'' is a 2017 American action thriller film directed by David Leitch (receiving his first credit as feature film director) from a screenplay by Kurt Johnstad, based on the 2012 graphic novel ''The Coldest City'' by Antony Johns ...
''
*
Luther Sloan from ''
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''
* Lyla Lolliberry in ''
Phineas and Ferb
''Phineas and Ferb'' is an American animated series, animated Musical film, musical-television comedy, comedy television series created by Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh for Disney Channel and Disney XD. The series originally aired on t ...
''
* MacGyver from ''
MacGyver
Angus "Mac" MacGyver is the title character and the protagonist in the TV series ''MacGyver''. He is played by Richard Dean Anderson in the MacGyver (1985 TV series), 1985 original series. Lucas Till portrays a younger version of MacGyver in Mac ...
''
* Martin Rauch (codename Kolibri) from "Deutschland" series (''
Deutschland 83
''Deutschland 83'' is a 2015 German spy thriller television series starring Jonas Nay as a 24-year-old native of East Germany who is sent to West Germany in 1983 as an undercover spy for the HVA, the foreign intelligence agency of the Stasi. I ...
'', ''
Deutschland 86
''Deutschland 86'' () is a 2018 German spy thriller television series starring Jonas Nay as an agent of East Germany in 1986, in relation to the Angolan Civil War.
It is a sequel to the 2015 series ''Deutschland 83'' and precedes the 2020 seri ...
'', ''
Deutschland 89'')
* Mater, Finn McMissile and Holley Shiftwell from ''
Cars 2
''Cars 2'' is a 2011 American animated spy comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It is the sequel to '' Cars'' (2006), the second film in the ''Cars'' franchise, and the 12th animated film from the studio ...
''
*
Matt Helm
Matt Helm is a fictional character created by American author Donald Hamilton (1916–2006). Helm is a U.S. government counter-agent, a man whose primary job is to kill or nullify enemy agents—not a spy or secret agent in the ordinary sense of ...
from ''The Silencers'' (1966), ''Murderer's Row'' (1966), ''The Ambushers'' (1967), ''The Wrecking Crew'' (1969)
* Matt in ''
Death Note
''Death Note'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. It was serialized in Shueisha's Shōnen manga, manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from December 2003 to ...
''
*
Maxwell Smart Maxwell Smart may refer to:
* Maxwell Smart, fictional character in the television series ''Get Smart''
* Maxwell Smart, a Holocaust survivor and subject of the 2019 documentary '' Cheating Hitler: Surviving the Holocaust'' and the 2023 film '' Th ...
from the 1960s spy satire/parody sitcom, ''
Get Smart
''Get Smart'' is an American comedy television series parodying the Spy fiction, secret agent genre that had become widely popular in the first half of the 1960s with the release of the ''James Bond'' films. It was created by Mel Brooks and Bu ...
''
*
McGruff the Crime Dog
McGruff the Crime Dog is an anthropomorphic animated bloodhound created by Dancer Fitzgerald Sample advertising executive Jack Keil (who also voiced the character) through the Ad Council and later the National Crime Prevention Council to increase ...
* Michael 'Desolation' Jones from ''
Desolation Jones''
*
Michael Westen
This is a list of fictional characters in the television series '' Burn Notice''. The article deals with the series' main and recurring characters.
Main characters
Michael Westen
Michael Westen played by Jeffrey Donovan is a burned spy ...
from the USA original series ''
Burn Notice
''Burn Notice'' is an American espionage television series created by Matt Nix, which originally aired on the USA Network for a total of seven seasons from June 28, 2007, to September 12, 2013. The show stars Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, ...
''
*
Mike Traceur, also known as Michael, Mike, Knight from the 2008 ''
Knight Rider
''Knight Rider'' is an American media franchise, entertainment franchise created by Glen A. Larson. The core of ''Knight Rider'' is its three-television series: the original ''Knight Rider (1982 TV series), Knight Rider'' (1982–1986) and sequ ...
''
*
Michael Knight, played by David Hasselhoff in the original ''Knight Rider'' series
*
Mr. Black and Mr. White from ''
Johnny Test
''Johnny Test'' is an animated television series created by Scott Fellows, originally produced in the United States by Warner Bros. Animation and later produced in Canada by Cookie Jar Group, Cookie Jar Entertainment. It premiered on Kids' WB ...
''
* Mr. Verloc in
Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, ; 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924) was a Poles in the United Kingdom#19th century, Polish-British novelist and story writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest writers in the Eng ...
's ''
The Secret Agent
''The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale'' is an anarchist spy fiction novel by Polish-British author Joseph Conrad, first published on 12 September 1907.. The story is set in Soho, London in 1886 and deals with Mr. Adolf Verloc and his work as a sp ...
''
* Mylene Hoffman, from the anime ''
009-1
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shotaro Ishinomori. The manga was serialized in the Futabasha publication ''Weekly Manga Action'' from 1967 to 1970, then returned briefly in 1974. The story concerns Miléne Hoffman (" ...
''
* Nikita, Michael, Birkoff, Walter, Madeline, Paul of Section 1 ''
La Femme Nikita''
*
Number Six in ''
The Prisoner
''The Prisoner'' is a British television series created by Patrick McGoohan. McGoohan portrays Number Six (The Prisoner), Number Six, an unnamed British intelligence agent who is abducted and imprisoned in a The Village (The Prisoner), mysteri ...
''
*
Pathan
Pashtuns (, , ; ;), also known as Pakhtuns, or Pathans, are an Iranic ethnic group primarily residing in southern and eastern Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan. They were historically also referred to as Afghans until 1964 after the ...
, from the Indian
YRF Spy Universe
YRF Spy Universe is an Indian media franchise and shared universe centered on a series of spy action films, which feature various fictional RAW agents. The first three films in the universe - '' Ek Tha Tiger'' (2012), ''Tiger Zinda Hai'' (20 ...
* Paul Janson in ''
The Janson Directive''
*
Perry the Platypus
Perry the Platypus is a fictional anthropomorphic bipedal platypus from the American animated series ''Phineas and Ferb'' and '' Milo Murphy's Law''. Perry was created by Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh. Perry is featured as the star of ...
from ''
Phineas and Ferb
''Phineas and Ferb'' is an American animated series, animated Musical film, musical-television comedy, comedy television series created by Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh for Disney Channel and Disney XD. The series originally aired on t ...
''
* Peter the Panda from ''
Phineas and Ferb
''Phineas and Ferb'' is an American animated series, animated Musical film, musical-television comedy, comedy television series created by Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh for Disney Channel and Disney XD. The series originally aired on t ...
''
*
Phil Coulson
Agent Phillip J. "Phil" Coulson ( ) is a fictional character portrayed and voiced by Clark Gregg in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise. Coulson is depicted as a high-ranking member of the espionage agency S.H.I.E.L.D. and longt ...
of
Marvel Cinematic Universe
The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is an American media franchise and shared universe centered on List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films, a series of superhero films produced by Marvel Studios. The films are based on characters that appe ...
* Philip and Elizabeth Jennings of ''
The Americans
''The Americans'' is an American historical drama, period spy fiction, spy drama television series created by Joe Weisberg for FX (TV channel), FX. It aired for six seasons from 2013 to 2018. Weisberg and Joel Fields also served as showrunners ...
''
* Pinky the Chihuahua from ''
Phineas and Ferb
''Phineas and Ferb'' is an American animated series, animated Musical film, musical-television comedy, comedy television series created by Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh for Disney Channel and Disney XD. The series originally aired on t ...
''
* The Protagonist from ''
Tenet
Tenet may refer to:
Media
* ''Tenet'' (film), a 2020 science fiction action-thriller film written and directed by Christopher Nolan
** ''Tenet'' (soundtrack), the soundtrack album to the film
* Tenet Media, a right-wing US influencer group alleg ...
''
*
Rouge the Bat
The ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' video game franchise began in 1991 with the video game ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' for the Sega Genesis, which pitted a blue anthropomorphic hedgehog named Sonic against a rotund male human villain named Doctor Eggman (o ...
, a secret agent for
GUN
A gun is a device that Propulsion, propels a projectile using pressure or explosive force. The projectiles are typically solid, but can also be pressurized liquid (e.g. in water guns or water cannon, cannons), or gas (e.g. light-gas gun). So ...
in the
''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series
*
Russ Cargill from ''
The Simpsons Movie
''The Simpsons Movie'' is a 2007 American Animation, animated comedy film based on the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox animated sitcom ''The Simpsons'' created by Matt Groening. The film was directed by series veteran David Silverman (animator) ...
''
* Sam in ''
Spynet''
*
Sam,
Clover
Clovers, also called trefoils, are plants of the genus ''Trifolium'' (), consisting of about 300 species of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae originating in Europe. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution with the highest diversit ...
and
Alex
Alex is a given name. Similar names are Alexander, Alexandra, Alexey or Alexis.
People
Multiple
* Alex Brown (disambiguation), multiple people
* Alex Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
* Alex Forsyth (disambiguation), multiple people
* Al ...
and
others
Others or The Others may refer to:
Fictional characters
* Others (''A Song of Ice and Fire''), supernatural creatures in the fictional world of George R. R. Martin's fantasy series ''A Song of Ice and Fire''
* Others (''Lost''), mysterious inh ...
from ''
Totally Spies
''Totally Spies!'' is a French anime-influenced animated spy-fi series created by Vincent Chalvon-Demersay and David Michel mainly produced by French company Zodiak Kids & Family France, with seasons three to five being co-produced with Canadi ...
''.
*
Sameen Shaw from the CBS crime drama television series
Person of Interest
"Person of interest" is a term used by law enforcement in the United States, Canada, and other countries when identifying someone possibly involved in a criminal investigation who has not been arrested or formally accused of a crime. It has no leg ...
.
*
Sarah Walker from the television series ''
Chuck
Chuck () is a masculine given name or a nickname for Charles or Charlie. It may refer to:
People
Arts and entertainment
* Chuck Alaimo, American saxophonist, leader of the Chuck Alaimo Quartet
* Chuck Barris (1929–2017), American TV produce ...
''
*
Saul Berenson
This is a list of characters appearing in the Showtime drama television series ''Homeland''.
Appearances
: = Main cast (credited)
: = Recurring cast (3+)
: = Guest cast (1-2)
Main cast
Recurring cast
;Notes
Main characters
The fo ...
, from Showtime's ''
Homeland (TV series)
''Homeland'' (stylized as ''HOMƎLAND'') is an American espionage thriller television series developed by Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa. Based on the Israeli series '' Prisoners of War'' (, literally "Abductees"), it was created by Gideon Raf ...
''
* Scarecrow (Lee Stetson) in ''Scarecrow and Mrs. King''
*
Secret Squirrel
''Secret Squirrel'' is a cartoon character created by Hanna-Barbera for '' The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show'', which debuted in 1965 on Saturday mornings. The character was given his own show in 1966, titled ''The Secret Squirrel Show'', but w ...
and
Morocco Mole
* Several agents for the Organization Without a Cool Acronym (OWCA) in ''
Phineas and Ferb
''Phineas and Ferb'' is an American animated series, animated Musical film, musical-television comedy, comedy television series created by Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh for Disney Channel and Disney XD. The series originally aired on t ...
''
*
Shadow the Hedgehog
is a character created by the Japanese game developers Takashi Iizuka (game designer), Takashi Iizuka, Shiro Maekawa, and Kazuyuki Hoshino. He is a major character in Sega's ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' franchise. An Anthropomorphism, anthropomorph ...
, a secret agent for
GUN
A gun is a device that Propulsion, propels a projectile using pressure or explosive force. The projectiles are typically solid, but can also be pressurized liquid (e.g. in water guns or water cannon, cannons), or gas (e.g. light-gas gun). So ...
in the
''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series
*
Special Agent Oso
''Special Agent Oso ''( ) is an American animated children's television series created by Ford Riley for Playhouse Disney. It features Oso, a panda who is a special agent working for the United Network for Investigating Quite Usual Events (U.N ...
* Stan Smith from the animated series ''
American Dad!
''American Dad!'' is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker (producer), Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series premiered on February 6, 2005, following Super Bowl XXXIX, with the r ...
''
* Sterling Archer from the animated series ''
Archer
Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In modern ...
''
*
Sydney Bristow
Sydney Anne Bristow (played by Jennifer Garner) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the television series '' Alias''. She is an American woman with a Russian-Canadian family background who thought she was working as a spy for the ...
in ''
Alias''
* ''
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'' is an American spy fiction television series produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television and first broadcast on NBC. The series follows secret agents Napoleon Solo, played by Robert Vaughn, and Illya Kuryakin, p ...
'' 1960s TV show; Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin
*
Tiger/Avinash Singh Rathore, from the Indian
''Tiger'' film series, part of the
YRF Spy Universe
YRF Spy Universe is an Indian media franchise and shared universe centered on a series of spy action films, which feature various fictional RAW agents. The first three films in the universe - '' Ek Tha Tiger'' (2012), ''Tiger Zinda Hai'' (20 ...
* Tobin Frost and Matt Weston, the main characters in the 2012 film ''
Safe House
A safe house (also spelled safehouse) is a dwelling place or building whose unassuming appearance makes it an inconspicuous location where one can hide out, take shelter, or conduct clandestine activities.
Historical usage
It may also refer to ...
''
*
Tom Quinn in ''
Spooks''
*
Tony Almeida
Anthony "Tony" Almeida is a fictional character portrayed by Carlos Bernard on the television series '' 24''. Almeida appeared in a total of 126 episodes (including '' 24: Legacy''), the second highest number of episodes of any character in the ...
in the Fox TV series ''
24''
* Tuck Henson in ''This Means War''
* Twilight in ''
Spy × Family
''Spy × Family'' (stylized as ''SPY×FAMILY'' and pronounced "spy family") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tatsuya Endo. The story follows Loid Forger, an enigmatic spy who has to "build a family" to execute a missio ...
''
* Vishwanath in the Indian spy films ''
Vishwaroopam
''Vishwaroopam'' (titled ''Vishwaroop'' in Hindi; ) is a 2013 Indian action spy film co-written, directed and produced by Kamal Haasan, who also enacts the lead role. The film also stars Rahul Bose, Shekhar Kapur, Pooja Kumar, Andrea Jeremia ...
'' (2013) and ''
Vishwaroopam
''Vishwaroopam'' (titled ''Vishwaroop'' in Hindi; ) is a 2013 Indian action spy film co-written, directed and produced by Kamal Haasan, who also enacts the lead role. The film also stars Rahul Bose, Shekhar Kapur, Pooja Kumar, Andrea Jeremia ...
'' (2018)
*
Vesper Lynd
Vesper Lynd is a fictional character featured in Ian Fleming's 1953 James Bond novel '' Casino Royale''. She was portrayed by Ursula Andress in the 1967 James Bond parody, which merely contained vague elements of the novel, and by Eva Green ...
from ''
Casino Royale''
* Xander Cage (
Vin Diesel
Mark Sinclair (born July 18, 1967), known professionally as Vin Diesel, is an American actor and film producer. One of the world's highest-grossing actors, he is best known for portraying Dominic "Dom" Toretto in the '' Fast & Furious'' fra ...
) in ''
xXx
XXX may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Film and television
* ''XXX'' (film series), American action film series
** ''XXX'' (2002 film), an action film starring Vin Diesel
** '' XXX: State of the Union'', 2005
** '' XXX: Return of Xander Cage' ...
''
*
Ziva David
Ziva David (; Hebrew: זיוה דוד, , feminine form of Ziv: "Radiance"; birth date November 12, 1982, Beersheba in the Negev desert of southern Israel). She was born in Be'er Sheva, Israel. is a fictional character from the CBS television seri ...
from ''
NCIS NCIS or N.C.I.S. may refer to:
Law enforcement
* National Criminal Intelligence Service, the predecessor to the Serious Organised Crime Agency of the United Kingdom
* Naval Criminal Investigative Service, a United States law enforcement and intelli ...
''
* Bill Cunningham from The Enid Blyton Adventure Series
Video games
*
Ada Wong
is a character in ''Resident Evil'' (''Biohazard'' in Japan), a survival horror video game series created by the Japanese company Capcom. Ada was first mentioned in the original ''Resident Evil (1996 video game), Resident Evil'' (1996), befo ...
, from the videogame series ''
Resident Evil
''Resident Evil'', known as in Japan, is a Japanese horror game series and media franchise created by Capcom. It consists of survival horror, third-person shooter and first-person shooter games, with players typically surviving in environments ...
''
*
Agent 47
Agent 47 is a fictional character (arts), character and the player character of the Hitman (franchise), ''Hitman'' stealth game franchise created and developed by IO Interactive. He has been featured in all games of the series, as well as vario ...
, from the videogame series ''
Hitman
Contract killing (also known as murder-for-hire) is a form of murder or assassination in which one party hires another party to kill a targeted person or people. It involves an illegal agreement which includes some form of compensation, moneta ...
''
*Agent Blackbird, Boxer, Deacon, Desdemona, Doctor Carrington, Drummer Boy, Dutchman, Father Clifford, Glory, Helena, Herbert Dashwood, Highrise, Liam "Patriot" Binet, Manya Vargas, Maven, Mister Tims, P.A.M., Ricky Dalton, Songbird, Tinker Tom, Tommy Whispers, Tulip, Victoria Watts, and the Sole Survivor (optional-if you join the Railroad organization) from ''
Fallout 4
''Fallout 4'' is a 2015 action role-playing game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. It is the fourth main game in the ''Fallout'' series and was released worldwide on November 10, 2015, for Microsoft Windo ...
''
*Agents Sasha Nein and Milla Vodello from ''
Psychonauts
''Psychonauts'' is a 2005 platformer, platform game developed by Double Fine Productions and published by Majesco Entertainment for Microsoft Windows, Xbox (console), Xbox and PlayStation 2. Set in a Retrofuturism, retro-futuristic version of t ...
''
*Alexi Dravic from ''
Alpha Protocol
''Alpha Protocol'' is a 2010 action role-playing game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Sega. The player assumes control of agent Michael Thorton, a new recruit at a clandestine United States agency called Alpha Protocol, whic ...
''
*
Big Boss, from the videogame series ''
Metal Gear
is a Media franchise, franchise of stealth games created by Hideo Kojima. Developed and published by Konami, the first game, ''Metal Gear (video game), Metal Gear'', was released in 1987 for MSX, MSX home computers. The player often takes con ...
''
*Bishop and Shiela from the
PS2
The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was first released in Japan on 4 March 2000, in North America on 26 October, in Europe on 24 November, in Australia on 30 November, ...
video game ''
Spy Fiction
Spy fiction is a genre of literature involving espionage as an important context or plot device. It emerged in the early twentieth century, inspired by rivalries and intrigues between the major powers, and the establishment of modern intellig ...
''
*Booger Hasenpfeffer from
Webkinz
Webkinz is a Stuffed toy, plush toy and toys-to-life video game franchise created by the Canadian toy company Ganz Midwest-CBK, Ganz. The game launched on April 15th, 2005, with Webkinz Day being celebrated on April 29th.
Each Webkinz plush toy ...
*
Cate Archer
Catherine Ann "Cate" Archer, codenamed The Fox, is a player character and the protagonist in the ''No One Lives Forever'' video game series by Monolith Productions. Cate, a covert operative for British-based counter-terrorism organization UNITY ...
from ''
No One Lives Forever
''The Operative: No One Lives Forever'' (abbreviated as ''NOLF'') is a first-person shooter video game developed by Monolith Productions and published by Fox Interactive, released for Windows in 2000. The game was Porting, ported later to the P ...
''
*
Cole Phelps from ''
L. A. Noire''
*David Wolf from ''
Secret Agent
Espionage, spying, or intelligence gathering, as a subfield of the intelligence field, is the act of obtaining secret or confidential information (intelligence). A person who commits espionage on a mission-specific contract is called an ''e ...
''
*Desmond from ''
Fallout 3
''Fallout 3'' is a 2008 action role-playing game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. The third major installment in the ''Fallout'' series, it is the first game to be developed by Bethesda after acquiring ...
''
*Director from
Club Penguin
''Club Penguin'' was a massively multiplayer online game (MMO) that ran from 2005 to 2017. The game featured a virtual world that included a wide range of online games and activities. It was created by New Horizon Interactive (now known as Di ...
(EPF)
*Dot (D.) from
Club Penguin
''Club Penguin'' was a massively multiplayer online game (MMO) that ran from 2005 to 2017. The game featured a virtual world that included a wide range of online games and activities. It was created by New Horizon Interactive (now known as Di ...
(EPF)
*G. from
Club Penguin
''Club Penguin'' was a massively multiplayer online game (MMO) that ran from 2005 to 2017. The game featured a virtual world that included a wide range of online games and activities. It was created by New Horizon Interactive (now known as Di ...
(EPF)
*Gabriel Logan from ''
Syphon Filter
''Syphon Filter'' is a third-person shooter video game series created by Bend Studio (formerly Eidetic) and owned by Sony Interactive Entertainment. for the PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable
The PlayStation Portable (PSP ...
''
*
Genya Arikado from ''
Castlevania
''Castlevania'' (), known in Japan as is a gothic horror action-adventure video game series and media franchise created by Konami. The series is largely set in the castle of Count Dracula, the arch-enemy of the Belmont clan of vampire hunters. ...
''
*Goober Hasenpfeffer from
Webkinz
Webkinz is a Stuffed toy, plush toy and toys-to-life video game franchise created by the Canadian toy company Ganz Midwest-CBK, Ganz. The game launched on April 15th, 2005, with Webkinz Day being celebrated on April 29th.
Each Webkinz plush toy ...
*
Iron Bull
The Iron Bull is a fictional character in BioWare's ''Dragon Age'' franchise. He appears in the 2014 video game '' Dragon Age: Inquisition'', where he serves as a companion party member. He is a Qunari, a member of metallic-skinned race of larg ...
from ''
Dragon Age: Inquisition''
*JC Denton from ''
Deus Ex
''Deus Ex'' is a series of cyberpunk role-playing video games, set during the mid 21st century. Focusing on the conflict between secretive factions who wish to control the world by proxy, and the effects of transhumanistic attitudes and technol ...
''
*Jet Pack Guy from
Club Penguin
''Club Penguin'' was a massively multiplayer online game (MMO) that ran from 2005 to 2017. The game featured a virtual world that included a wide range of online games and activities. It was created by New Horizon Interactive (now known as Di ...
(EPF)
*
Joanna Dark
Joanna Dark is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the ''Perfect Dark'' video game series. She debuted in the Nintendo 64 first-person shooter ''Perfect Dark'' and is a player character in all the games of the series. Outside of vide ...
in the
Nintendo 64
The (N64) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on June 23, 1996, in North America on September 29, 1996, and in Europe and Australia on March 1, 1997. As the successor to the Super Nintendo E ...
video game
A video game or computer game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick, game controller, controller, computer keyboard, keyboard, or motion sensing device) to generate visual fe ...
''
Perfect Dark
''Perfect Dark'' is a 2000 first-person shooter developed and published by Rare for the Nintendo 64. The first game of the '' Perfect Dark'' series, it follows Joanna Dark, an agent of the Carrington Institute research centre, as she attempts ...
''
*Michael Thorton from ''
Alpha Protocol
''Alpha Protocol'' is a 2010 action role-playing game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Sega. The player assumes control of agent Michael Thorton, a new recruit at a clandestine United States agency called Alpha Protocol, whic ...
''
*
Max Payne
''Max Payne'' is a neo-noir third-person shooter video game series developed by Remedy Entertainment (''Max Payne'' and ''Max Payne 2'') and Rockstar Studios (''Max Payne 3''). The series is named after its protagonist, Max Payne, a New York C ...
from the videogame series ''
Max Payne
''Max Payne'' is a neo-noir third-person shooter video game series developed by Remedy Entertainment (''Max Payne'' and ''Max Payne 2'') and Rockstar Studios (''Max Payne 3''). The series is named after its protagonist, Max Payne, a New York C ...
''
*Natalya Ivanova from ''
Destroy All Humans 2''
*Leliana (Sister Nightingale) from the ''
Dragon Age
''Dragon Age'' is a media franchise centered on a series of fantasy role-playing video games created and developed by BioWare, which have seen releases on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows, OS X, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation ...
'' series.
*Norman Jayden, from ''
Heavy Rain
''Heavy Rain'' is a 2010 action-adventure video game developed by Quantic Dream and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3. A port to the PlayStation 4 was released in 2016 while a port to Windows published by Quantic ...
''
*PP from
Club Penguin
''Club Penguin'' was a massively multiplayer online game (MMO) that ran from 2005 to 2017. The game featured a virtual world that included a wide range of online games and activities. It was created by New Horizon Interactive (now known as Di ...
(EPF)
*
Raiden, from the videogame series ''
Metal Gear
is a Media franchise, franchise of stealth games created by Hideo Kojima. Developed and published by Konami, the first game, ''Metal Gear (video game), Metal Gear'', was released in 1987 for MSX, MSX home computers. The player often takes con ...
''
*
Revolver Ocelot
Revolver "Shalashaska" Ocelot (known in his youth as Major "ADAM" Ocelot) is a fictional character and the main antagonist of Konami's ''Metal Gear'' series, created by Hideo Kojima. Throughout the series, he takes on a variety of roles: the arche ...
, from the videogame series ''
Metal Gear
is a Media franchise, franchise of stealth games created by Hideo Kojima. Developed and published by Konami, the first game, ''Metal Gear (video game), Metal Gear'', was released in 1987 for MSX, MSX home computers. The player often takes con ...
''
*Rookie from
Club Penguin
''Club Penguin'' was a massively multiplayer online game (MMO) that ran from 2005 to 2017. The game featured a virtual world that included a wide range of online games and activities. It was created by New Horizon Interactive (now known as Di ...
(EPF)
*Russell Adler from
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
*
Sam Fisher, from the videogame series ''
Splinter Cell
''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell'' is a series of stealth action-adventure video games, the first of which was released in 2002, and their tie-in novels that were endorsed by Tom Clancy. The series follows Sam Fisher, a highly trained agent of a ...
''
*
Solid Snake
, real name David, is a fictional character and one of the protagonists of Konami's ''Metal Gear'' series, created by Hideo Kojima. He is depicted as a former United States Army Special Forces, Green Beret and highly skilled special operations so ...
, from the videogame series ''
Metal Gear
is a Media franchise, franchise of stealth games created by Hideo Kojima. Developed and published by Konami, the first game, ''Metal Gear (video game), Metal Gear'', was released in 1987 for MSX, MSX home computers. The player often takes con ...
''
*Spy Fox, from the videogame series ''
Spy Fox
''Spy Fox'' is a software gaming series from Humongous Entertainment starring a fictional anthropomorphic fox of the same name, intended for children 8 and up. The series follows the eponymous character, an anthropomorphic fox and secret agent t ...
''
*Steve Haines, Dave Norton, and Andreas Sanchez from ''
Grand Theft Auto V
''Grand Theft Auto V'' is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the seventh main entry in the Grand Theft Auto, ''Grand Theft Auto'' series, following 2008's ''Grand Theft Auto IV'', and ...
''
*Tallis from ''
Dragon Age II: Mark of the Assassin''
*The Spy from ''
Team Fortress 2
''Team Fortress 2'' (''TF2'') is a Multiplayer video game, multiplayer first-person shooter game developed and published by Valve Corporation in 2007. It is the sequel to the 1996 ''Team Fortress'' Mod (video gaming), mod for ''Quake (video g ...
''
*Luciel Choi from ''
Mystic Messenger''
*Vanderwood from ''
Mystic Messenger''
*
United Liberty Paper Contact and Karen Daniels from ''
Grand Theft Auto IV
''Grand Theft Auto IV'' is a 2008 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the sixth main entry in the Grand Theft Auto, ''Grand Theft Auto'' series, following 2004's ''Grand Theft Auto: San And ...
''
*Kyle Crane from ''
Dying Light
''Dying Light'' is a 2015 survival horror video game developed by Techland and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The game's story follows undercover agent Kyle Crane who is sent to infiltrate a quarantine zone in a fictiona ...
''
Radio dramas
Jason Whittaker from ''
Adventures in Odyssey
''Adventures in Odyssey'' (AIO), or simply ''Odyssey'', is an Evangelical Christian radio drama and Radio comedy, comedy series created and produced by Focus on the Family. Aimed at families with children age 12 and younger, the series first air ...
''
Parodies of secret agents
*
Agent 327
*
Austin Powers
''Austin Powers'' is a series of American satirical spy comedy films created by Mike Myers, who stars as the British spy Austin Powers as well as his arch-nemesis, Dr. Evil. The series consists of '' International Man of Mystery'' (1997), ' ...
*Boris and Natasha from ''
Rocky and Bullwinkle
''Rocky'' is a 1976 American independent sports drama film directed by John G. Avildsen and written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. It is the first installment in the ''Rocky'' franchise and also stars Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weat ...
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*Brandon Scofield in ''
The Matarese Circle
''The Matarese Circle'' (1979) is a novel by Robert Ludlum.
Story
On Christmas Eve in 1978, General Anthony Blackburn, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is killed in a New York brothel. Some time later, Soviet nuclear physicist Dmitri Yuri ...
'' and ''
The Matarese Countdown''
*Derek Flint from ''
Our Man Flint
''Our Man Flint'' is a 1966 American spy-fi comedy film that parodies the ''James Bond'' film series. The film was directed by Daniel Mann, written by Hal Fimberg and Ben Starr (from a story by Hal Fimberg), and starred James Coburn as maste ...
'' and ''
In Like Flint
''In Like Flint'' is a 1967 American spy fi comedy film directed by Gordon Douglas, the sequel to the parody spy film '' Our Man Flint'' (1966).
It posits an international feminist conspiracy to depose the ruling American patriarchy with a f ...
''
*Desmond Simpkins from ''
Carry On Spying
''Carry On Spying'' is a 1964 British spy comedy film directed by Gerald Thomas. It is the ninth in the series of 31 ''Carry On'' films (1958–1992).
It marks Barbara Windsor's first appearance in the series. Series regulars Kenneth Willia ...
''
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I Spy
I spy is a guessing game where one player (the ''spy'' or ''it'') chooses an object within sight and announces to the other players that "I spy with my little eye something beginning with...", naming the first letter of the object. Other players a ...
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Jane Blonde
Jane Blonde is the eponymous heroine of the Jane Blonde series of young adult novels by Jill Marshall. Jane Blonde is a James Bondesque spy, who is sent on missions and equipped with (often disguised) gadgets. Reviewers have praised Marshall's act ...
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Johnny English
''Johnny English'' is a 2003 spy action comedy film directed by Peter Howitt and written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and William Davies. It is a British-French venture produced by StudioCanal and Working Title Films, and distributed by Unive ...
*Joonas G. Breitenfeldt from ''
Agent 000 and the Deadly Curves
''Agentti 000 ja kuolema kurvit'' (English title ''Agent 000 and the Deadly Curves'') is a 1983 in film, 1983 Cinema of Finland, Finnish spy film, spy comedy film, comedy film directed by Visa Mäkinen and written by Ismo Sajakorpi. The film stars ...
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Lego Agents
Lego Agents (stylized as ''LEGO Agents'') is a discontinued Lego theme that was first introduced in June 2008 after the discontinued Lego Alpha Team theme. The theme was inspired by James Bond as well as various spy movies. The 13 toy sets in t ...
*Maxwell Smart and Agent 99 from ''
Get Smart
''Get Smart'' is an American comedy television series parodying the Spy fiction, secret agent genre that had become widely popular in the first half of the 1960s with the release of the ''James Bond'' films. It was created by Mel Brooks and Bu ...
'', 1960s TV show
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Perry the Platypus
Perry the Platypus is a fictional anthropomorphic bipedal platypus from the American animated series ''Phineas and Ferb'' and '' Milo Murphy's Law''. Perry was created by Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh. Perry is featured as the star of ...
from the cartoon ''
Phineas and Ferb
''Phineas and Ferb'' is an American animated series, animated Musical film, musical-television comedy, comedy television series created by Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh for Disney Channel and Disney XD. The series originally aired on t ...
''
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OSS 117
OSS 117 is the codename for Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, a fictional secret agent created by French writer Jean Bruce (and continued by his widow Josette following Bruce's accidental death). Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath is described as being an Am ...
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Secret Squirrel
''Secret Squirrel'' is a cartoon character created by Hanna-Barbera for '' The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show'', which debuted in 1965 on Saturday mornings. The character was given his own show in 1966, titled ''The Secret Squirrel Show'', but w ...
, a cartoon character
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Spy Kids
''Spy Kids'' is an American media franchise centered on a series of spy action comedy films created by Robert Rodriguez. The plot follows children siblings, who discover that their respective parents are spies and become involved in an espionag ...
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Spy vs. Spy
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Sterling Archer
Sterling Malory Archer, almost exclusively referred to by his surname Archer, and sometimes referred to by his codename Duchess, is a fictional character and the titular protagonist of the American adult animated sitcom '' Archer''. Created by A ...
, from the animated series ''
Archer
Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In modern ...
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See also
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Government
A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a State (polity), state.
In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive (government), execu ...
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Emergency
An emergency is an urgent, unexpected, and usually dangerous situation that poses an immediate risk to health, life, property, or environment and requires immediate action. Most emergencies require urgent intervention to prevent a worsening ...
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Police
The police are Law enforcement organization, a constituted body of Law enforcement officer, people empowered by a State (polity), state with the aim of Law enforcement, enforcing the law and protecting the Public order policing, public order ...
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United States Border Patrol
The United States Border Patrol (USBP) is a Federal law enforcement in the United States, federal law enforcement agency under the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and is responsible for secu ...
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SWAT
A SWAT (''Special Weapons and Tactics'') team is a generic term for a police tactical unit within the United States, though the term has also been used by other nations.
SWAT units are generally trained, equipped, and deployed to res ...
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic Intelligence agency, intelligence and Security agency, security service of the United States and Federal law enforcement in the United States, its principal federal law enforcement ag ...
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Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA; ) is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with advancing national security through collecting and analyzing intelligence from around the world and ...
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List of fictional secret police and intelligence organizations
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List of fictional espionage organizations
Fictional espionage organizations with fancy-sounding acronyms are a common theme in spy fiction. Such acronyms are similarly also common in superhero fiction and science fiction.
Overview
During the 1960s trend for action-adventure spy thr ...
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MI5
MI5 ( Military Intelligence, Section 5), officially the Security Service, is the United Kingdom's domestic counter-intelligence and security agency and is part of its intelligence machinery alongside the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), Gov ...
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Police officer
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Spy agent
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Spy fiction
Spy fiction is a genre of literature involving espionage as an important context or plot device. It emerged in the early twentieth century, inspired by rivalries and intrigues between the major powers, and the establishment of modern intellig ...
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