List of fictional spymasters
This is a list of fictional spymasters, deputy directors, director generals, and executive directors of Intelligence agencies.
This is an incomplete list that may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.
Books
- M, the head of MI6 in Ian Fleming's James Bond series.
- Lord Varys, known as the Master of Whisperers, is a spymaster of the King's Small Council in the fictional Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, from George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series of novels.
- Control (Britain), George Smiley (Britain) and Karla (Soviet Union) in John le Carré novels.
- Simon Illyan, head of ImpSec(Barrayaran Imperial Security) in the Vorkosigan Saga series.
Comics
Anime and manga
- Jiraiya (Naruto), the spymaster for the Village Hidden in the Leaves.
Film
Television
- Arvin Sloane, a character in the American TV series Alias
- William Walden and David Estes, the former/deceased Director of the CIA and Director of the Counter-terrorism Center, respectively, during seasons 1–2 of Homeland (TV series); throughout seasons 3, Saul Berenson was the acting-Director of the CIA.
- Phillip "Phil" Coulson, after announcing his plan to go undercover for a while, General Fury hands Coulson the 'toolbox', a small cube containing coordinates and a few other things, and appoints Coulson acting Executive Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., with a mandate to rebuild the organization from the ground up.
Video games
- Hiram Burrows is the Empire Spymaster in the game Dishonored, who later becomes the first Lord Regent, the main antagonist in the game.
- Caius Cosades is the Imperial Grand-Spymaster of the Blades (who are an order of the Emperor's secret agents and protectors) in Morrowind, who acts as a guide, mentor and supervisor of the player character.[8]
- Sam Fisher, in Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist.
- Jurah (The Master of Whispers) is a spymaster for the Order of Whispers in Guild Wars.
- Daniel Carrington, head of the Carrington Institute in the Perfect Dark series
- Leliana is the spymaster for the Inquisition in Dragon Age: Inquisition.
Parodies of spy masters
See also
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