Spy Game
It's not how you play the game. It's how the game plays you.
2001 | 126m | English
Popularity: 5 (history)
| Director: | Tony Scott |
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| Writer: | Michael Frost Beckner, David Arata |
| Staring: |
| On the day of his retirement, a veteran CIA agent learns that his former protégé has been arrested in China, is sentenced to die the next morning in Beijing, and that the CIA is considering letting that happen to avoid an international scandal. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 18, 2001 |
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| Director: | Tony Scott |
| Writer: | Michael Frost Beckner, David Arata |
| Genres: | Action, Crime, Thriller |
| Keywords | spy, china, central intelligence agency (cia), cold war, vietnam war, espionage, palestinian-israeli conflict, flashback, terrorism |
| Production Companies | TOHO, Kalima Productions, Metropolitan Filmexport, Douglas Wick Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $143,049,560
Budget: $115,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Sep 17, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Robert Redford | Nathan Muir |
| Brad Pitt | Tom Bishop |
| Catherine McCormack | Elizabeth Hadley |
| Stephen Dillane | Charles Harker |
| Larry Bryggman | Troy Folger |
| Marianne Jean-Baptiste | Gladys Jennip |
| Matthew Marsh | Dr. Byars |
| Todd Boyce | Robert Aiken |
| Michael Paul Chan | Vincent Vy Ngo |
| Garrick Hagon | Cy Wilson |
| Andrew Grainger | Andrew Unger |
| Bill Buell | Fred Kappler |
| Colin Stinton | Henry Pollard |
| Ted Maynard | CIA Administrator |
| Tom Hodgkins | CIA Lobby Guard |
| Rufus Wright | Folger's Secretary |
| Demetri Goritsas | Billy Hyland |
| Quinn Collins | OPS Center Security Officer |
| Sam Scudder | Back Bencher |
| Yann Johnson | CIA Back Bencher |
| Pat McGrath | Cleaner |
| Shane Rimmer | Estate Agent |
| David Hemmings | Harry Duncan |
| James Aubrey | Mitch Alford |
| In-sook Chappell | Receptionist |
| Benedict Wong | Tran |
| Ken Leung | Li |
| Adrian Pang | Jiang |
| Ho Yi | Prison Warden |
| David Y. Cheung | Down's Prisoner |
| Tony Xu | Interrogator |
| Mark Sung | Ambulance Driver |
| David K.S. Tse | Prison Doctor |
| Logan Wong | Prison Guard |
| Hon Ping Tang | Prison Guard |
| Dan Tse | Warden's Lieutenant |
| Vincent Wang | Outer Gate Guard |
| Stuart Milligan | Captain |
| Joseph Chanet | VC General |
| Eddie Yeoh | General Hun Chea |
| Freddie Joe Farnsworth | Radioman |
| Joerg Stadler | Schmidt |
| Zsolt Zágoni | West German Businessman |
| Balázs Tardy | VOPO No. 1 |
| Pál Oberfrank | VOPO No. 2 |
| Géza Schramek | East German Refugee |
| Imre Csuja | Bar Owner |
| Melinda Völgyi | Bar Owner's Wife |
| Károly Rékasi | East German Border Guard |
| Kimberly Tufo | Sandy |
| Iain Smith | Ambassador Cathcart |
| Gregory Groth | CIA Training Instructor |
| Peter Linka | CIA Polygraph |
| Omid Djalili | Doumet |
| Amidou | Sheik's Doctor |
| Nabil Massad | Sheik Salameh |
| Mohamed Picasso | Colonel Ajami |
| Aziz Ait Essahmi | Checkpoint Guard |
| Moustapha Moulay | Arab Businessman |
| Mohamed Quatib | Motorcyclist/Decoy Man |
| Farid Regragui | Suicide Van Driver |
| Dale Dye | Commander Wiley |
| Tim Briggs | Heli Pilot |
| Frank Nall | CNN Reporter |
| Ian Porter | US-China Reporter |
| Charlotte Rampling | Anne Cathcart |
| Philip Harvey | Lift CIA Agent (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Tony Scott | Director |
| Michael Frost Beckner | Screenplay, Story |
| Harry Gregson-Williams | Original Music Composer |
| Dan Mindel | Director of Photography |
| Bonnie Timmermann | Casting |
| Fríða Aradóttir | Hairstylist |
| Norris Spencer | Production Design |
| Louise Frogley | Costume Design |
| Christian Wagner | Editor |
| David Arata | Screenplay |
| Lucinda Syson | Casting |
| Jille Azis | Set Decoration |
| Alan Gilmore | Assistant Art Director |
| Carmila Gittens | Art Department Coordinator |
| Ferenc Ormos | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Robert Cowper | Assistant Art Director |
| Kelly Dent | Stunt Double |
| Richard Wu | Stunts |
| Steven Rosenblum | Additional Editing |
| Andy Nicholson | Art Direction |
| Anna Worley | Script Supervisor |
| Karin Anderson | Script Coordinator |
| Graham Johnston | Hairstylist |
| Charles Bodycomb | Armorer |
| Trevor Wood | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Tena Parker | Hairstylist |
| Lizz Wolf | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Ray De-Haan | Stunts |
| Gary Liddiard | Makeup Artist |
| Dominic Ackland-Snow | Carpenter |
| Saïd Raïs | Construction Coordinator |
| Ben Ansell | Art Department Assistant |
| Jean Ann Black | Makeup Artist |
| Andy Merchant | Stunts |
| David Leitch | Stunts, Stunt Double |
| Bradley Farmer | Stunt Double |
| Greg Campbell | Stunt Coordinator |
| Theo Kypri | Stunts |
| Steve Dent | Stunt Coordinator |
| Rob Inch | Stunts |
| Peter Katona | Stunts |
| Levente Lezsák | Stunts |
| Dominic Preece | Stunts |
| Reg Wayment | Stunts |
| C.C. Smiff | Stunts |
| Adam Somner | Second Assistant Director |
| Arto Tunçboyacıyan | Music |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Marc Abraham | Producer |
| Douglas Wick | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 27 | 45 | 15 |
| 2024 | 5 | 31 | 52 | 20 |
| 2024 | 6 | 23 | 34 | 13 |
| 2024 | 7 | 29 | 59 | 14 |
| 2024 | 8 | 22 | 37 | 15 |
| 2024 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 14 |
| 2024 | 10 | 17 | 28 | 13 |
| 2024 | 11 | 20 | 40 | 13 |
| 2024 | 12 | 19 | 41 | 12 |
| 2025 | 1 | 21 | 43 | 12 |
| 2025 | 2 | 15 | 25 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 2025 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 2 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2025 | 10 | 592 | 639 |
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2025 | 9 | 279 | 540 |
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2025 | 5 | 876 | 878 |