An assassin is a person who commits assassination.
The origin of the term is the medieval Order of Assassins, a secretive Nizari Ismaili religious order that existed from around 1090–1275 CE and carried out high-profile assassinations during the crusader states period.
Assassin, or variants, may also refer to:
Film and television Film Assassin (1969 film), a South Korean thriller Assassin (1973 film), a British thriller Assassin, a 1986 TV movie starring Robert Conrad Assassins (1995 film), starring Sylvester Stallone and Antonio Banderas Assassin (2015 film), starring Danny Dyer Assassins (2020 film), an American documentary Assassin (2023 film), starring Bruce Willis Assassin(s), a 1997 French film The Assassin, British title for Gunfighters, a 1947 American film The Assassin, American title for Venetian Bird, a 1952 British film The Assassin (1961 film), an Italian crime drama The Assassin, a 1967 Shaw Brothers film The Assassin, or Point of No Return (1993 film) The Assassin (2015 film), a wuxia film The Assassin (2023 film), a South Korean historical action-drama The Assassins (film), a 2012 Chinese film
Television The Assassin (TV series), 2025 "Assassin" (Law & Order: Criminal Intent) "Assassin" (Star Wars: The Clone Wars) "Assassin", a 1981 episode of Blake's 7 "Assassins" (The Crown) "Assassins" (Desperate Housewives) "The Assassin" (The Borgias), a 2011 episode "The Assassin", an episode of MacGyver (1985 TV series)
Gaming Assassin (video game), 1992 The Assassin (cancelled video game) Assassin (Villains and Vigilantes), a 1985 adventure for the game Villains and Vigilantes Assassin (game), a live-action game Assassin!, a The Way of the Tiger gamebook
Literature Assassin (Cain novel), by Tom Cain, 2008 Assassins (LaHaye novel), by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim Lahaye, 1999 "L'Assassin", an 1887 short story by Guy de Maupassant The Assassini, a 1990 novel by Thomas Gifford The Assassins, a 1972 novel by Elia Kazan The Assassins, a 2005 novel by Oliver North and Joe Musser The Assassins: A Radical Sect in Islam, a 1967 non-fiction book by Bernard Lewis Krondor: The Assassins, a 1999 novel by Raymond E. Feist
Music Groups Assassin (band), an American heavy metal band Assassin (German band), a German thrash metal band Assassin (deejay) (born 1982), Jamaican dancehall deejay Assassin (group), a French hardcore rap group
Albums Assassin (album), by Assassin, 1984 Assassins, by Into a Circle, 1984 Assassins: Black Meddle, Part I, by Nachtmystium, 2008 I, Assassin, by Gary Numan, 1982 The Assassin (album), by Big Ed, 1998
Songs "Assassin" (The Orb song), 1992 "Assassin", by John Mayer from the 2009 album Battle Studies "Assassin", by Morbid Saint from the 1989 album Spectrum of Death "Assassin", by Motörhead from the 1998 album Snake Bite Love "Assassin", by Muse from the 2006 album Black Holes and Revelations "Assassing", by Marillion from the 1994 album Fugazi "Assassins", by Lightning Bolt from the 2003 album Wonderful Rainbow "Assassins", by The Insane Clown Posse from the 1999 album The Amazing Jeckel Brothers "The Assassin", by Iron Maiden from the 1990 album No Prayer for the Dying
Sport Assassin (horse) (1779 – 1794), Thoroughbred racehorse that won the 1782 Epsom Derby The Assassin, a nickname for former American football defensive back Jack Tatum The Assassin, a nickname for streetball player Brandon Durham The Assassin, a ring name of professional wrestler Jody Hamilton Assassins (professional wrestling), a wrestling tag team
Other uses Assassins (musical), 1990, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim The Assassin (play), by Irwin Shaw, 1945 Assassin, a 2005 tour and comedy album by Margaret Cho
See also
Assassination (disambiguation) List of assassinations Assassin bugs, a genus in the family Reduviidae Assassin spiders, a genus in the family Archaeidae All Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae (ASAS-SN)