They must carry out their missions while also keeping their true identities a secret from those around them.

InSkyfall, Bond proves his loyalty to M when the agency is under siege.

All in a days work.

Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys as Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, ‘The Americans’

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A drunk and narcissistic version of James Bond.

But the longer she works as an operative, the more complicated her life becomes.

As if that werent enough, he even served two terms as the President of the United States.

Daniel Craig as James Bond, Skyfall

Henry Cavill as Napoleon Solo, The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

The group fakes Nikitas death to use her deadly combination of evil and beauty.

When Powers is cryogenically unfrozen to combat his enemy, Dr.

Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer, 24

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Evil, he brings his 60s mojo with him.

Its groovy, baby.

When Eggsy takes him up on the offer 17 years later, Galahad recognizes his Kingsman potential.

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Still, when the agency needs someone to solve particularly difficult cases, Mathison is the go-to girl.

The CIA agent is based on the woman who dedicated 10 years of her life to making it happen.

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Zachary Levi as Chuck Bartowski, Chuck

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The voice of H. Jon Benjamin as Sterling Archer, Archer

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Eric Close as Michael Wiseman, Now and Again

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Piper Perabo as Annie Walker, Covert Affairs

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Joe Morton as Rowan Pope, Scandal

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Melissa McCarthy as Susan Cooper, Spy

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Angelina Jolie as Evelyn Salt, Salt

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Harrison Ford as Jack Ryan, Patriot Games

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Matt Damon as Jason Bourne, The Bourne Ultimatum

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Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt, Mission: Impossible: Rogue Nation

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Henry Cavill as Napoleon Solo, The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

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Anne Parillaud as Nikita, La Femme Nikita

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Ulrich Mühe as Hauptmann Gerd Wiesler of the Stasi, The Lives of Others

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Gary Oldman as George Smiley, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

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Mike Myers as Austin Powers, Austin Powers in Goldmember

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Colin Firth as Galahad, Kingsman: The Secret Service

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Jessica Chastain as Maya, Zero Dark Thirty

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Ben Affleck as Tony Mendez, Argo

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Gabriel Allon, Daniel Silva’s book series

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