Spy movie fans will be excited for the Russo Brothers ' latest film , The Gray Man . With headliner such as Chris Evans , Ryan Gosling and   Regé - Jean Page in the mould , there ’s every ground for audiences to part with 130 min so as to see what they ’ll be up to .

There ’s likely to be a standout spy or two in the newest Russo Brothers release , but will they match up to the many others who have add up before ? Over the year , numberless secret agents have appeared in pic and TV show , andRanker ’s user have collectively voted to determine which deserve to be in the Spy Hall of Fame .

Note : Ranker lists are buff - vote , live , and continue to accrue votes , so some ranking may have interchange after this publishing .

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Jack Bauer - 24 (2001–12)

Bauer solve at the Counter Terrorist Unit , a fictional way tasked with identify and stopping terrorist attack in the United States . He also serves as the governing body ’s managing director at different stages of the show .

Out of all the spies on the listing , Bauer is arguably the most skilled combatant . No enemy ever matches him in boxing or a gunfight and as such , buff are always treated to marvellous military action successiveness whenever he is on sieve . He is well tie in too , often having the confidence of the President of the United States as well as many other influential figure .

Harry Tasker - True Lies (1994)

To his family , Tasker is a calculator salesman but in existent life , he is an factor for a spy organization known as Omega Sector .   Soon his undercover agent activities sink into his kin life .

Harry ’s trouble in juggling family life-time and undercover agent piece of work is what hit him an interesting character . While he is a vivid agentive role , he struggles to make his married woman glad and presently becomes envious , pull him to test her loyalty in rather hilarious slipway . But as the lively person that he is , he eventually figures out a way to make trusted all areas of his life feed smoothly .

Napoleon Solo - The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015)

Napoleon Solo wreak for the spy establishment U.N.C.L.E. during the Cold War . He gets hired because of his experience in the military and the CIA , as well as his private career as an antique stealer .

Solo is almost Bond - like in coming into court and mannerism as he always wear thin tailor - made suits and is a screw womanizer . However , he is n’t too much into violence , instead focus on his strengths , which are gambling , percolation and cracking safe . Solo ’s history also make a case for him as a formidable agent . He joined the armed forces at 16 and was once wanted by four nation for his criminal offense .

Illya Kuryakin - The Man From U.N.C.L.E (2015)

Kuryakin   is the vernal person to ever join the KGB . He team up with Napoleon Solo and another agent to stop a nuclear menace that might destroy the world .

Spies need to be able to flee and pursue others easily and   Kuryakin is one of the good in that . His drive skills are unmatched , something he show when he live on after Solo in East Berlin . He is n’t a walkover in fighting either as he was once a Russian Sambo cover . But what   Kuryakin does best is preserve his spy cover . Even when a mugger take his begetter ’s prized vigil , he refuse to beat him down so as to not draw in attention .

Nick Fury (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Even 14 years into the MCU , rooter still havequestions about the mysterious Nick Fury , but there ’s a spate they do cognize about his history . Fury starts out in the military before join the CIA . He is then recruited to   S.H.I.E.L.D , an organization meant to protect the United States from both human and extraterrestrial menace .

Those who are good at their Job always bump a way of life to climb the corporal ravel and that ’s what Fury does . Starting out as a desk agent , he finally rise to be the Director of   S.H.I.E.L.D. Under him , the agency fulfil a caboodle , most notably gathering and supervise the team of superheroes known as the Avengers .

Harry Hart - Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)

After a least sandpiper in the armed services , Harry Hart is recruited into the secret agency know as Kingsman . Over time , he enter in numerous delegacy around the world .

What stands out most about Harry is his human reflexes . He is able to circumvent confining - range gunfire and as such , he gets to last longer in the dangerous world of espionage . Harry also has arguably one of thebest natural process scenes of all sentence inKingsmanwhen he conduct on hundreds of attackers inside a crowded church . And thanks to his proficiency in the   Bartitsu field of study , he can campaign quite brilliantly using an umbrella .

William Brandt  - Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol (2011)

William Brandt is introduce as the Chief Analyst to the Secretary of the Impossible Missions Force ( IMF ) . He then go on to work closely with the friend , Ethan Hunt , during his missions .

Unlike other undercover agent , Brandt has a sense of humans . He feel remorseful for not being able to protect Ethan ’s wife . He is very well-educated too , always depicted as having all the facts about targets , Despite how emotional as he tends to get , he is even a better fighter than Ethan Hunt , managing to disarm him twice .

Ethan Hunt - Mission: Impossible Franchise (1996–present)

commission : Impossibleprotagonist Ethan Hunt has quite a CV . He fought in   Operation Desert Storm . He also   forked - majored in engineering science and international relations before joining the CIA and later the IMF .

One ofthe bravest IMF agents inMission : Impossible , Ethan is best known for his wild stunts . Whether it ’s wax the Burj Khalifa or combat on the edge of a cliff , he will gladly take the risk . And he is n’t just good at sneaking in . An escape creative person , Ethan always knows how to get out of the toughest of site too .

Jason Bourne - The Bourne Franchise (2002–16)

The CIA black ops group Operation Treadstone defect after give out to assassinate an African dictator with his minor present . He loses his memory after failed attempts to vote down him so he attempts to tack together together who he is .

Jason Bourne ’s intelligence information and situational awareness are his standout traits as he is always able to assemble together clues quickly and foreknow threats way in improvement . His   skills on the steering wheel   are unmatched too as he is fancy employ in gamy - fastness chases through complex city road while drive vehicles that are by and large considered boring .

James Bond - James Bond Franchise (1962–present)

doubtlessly the most famous fictional spy of all time , James Bond is an MI6 factor . He has also had more screen metre than any other spy , having debut in the other ' 60s .

There is plenty to love about Bond , including his duologue , his alcoholic drink taste , his way sense and his general daredevilry . Most ofJames Bond ’s best one - linersare insufferable to block , and so are his encounters with villain , in which he always mother the upper hand in the most unusual of ways . There is variety in the character too , in that fans can always get to piece which adaptation   ( or era ) of Bond they wish best .

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Illya Kuryak points a gun in The Man From U.N.C.L.E (2015)

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Harry Hart in Kingsman The Golden Circle

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