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M1911 pistol series
For help identifying 1911 style guns, see 1911 Gallery.
The M1911A1 pistol and variants are used by the following actors in the following movies, television series, anime, and video games:
Specifications
(1911 - Present)
Type: Pistol
Caliber: .45 Automatic Colt Pistol (ACP). Various additional calibers in slide conversion units and clone copies including .22 LR, .380 ACP, .38 Super, 9x19mm, .40 S&W, .357 SIG, 10mm Auto, and .45 GAP
Capacity: 7+1 (original), 8, 9, 10, 15,(all single stack magazines for original M1911A1) 30-round drum. Various capacities for clone copies.
Fire Modes: Semi-automatic (single action)
Information
The 1911 pistol is considered by many gun collectors and veterans to be the greatest self-loading pistol ever made and the grandfather of the modern handgun, which despite its age is still used alongside modern pistols today. Designed by John Moses Browning in 1910 with patent dates going as far back as 1897, the .45 caliber pistol was adopted into the U.S. military arsenal February 14, 1911. Browning had combined traits of his former pistols and built a prototype around the recently-developed .45 ACP round. The end result was the M1911.
Browning sold the pistol to Colt, the first major company that would market the handgun. During initial testing in the military trials, the M1911 fired 1,000 rounds flawlessly, becoming the first self-loading pistol to pass with a 100% grade. After World War I, the military modified the M1911 design to optimize it for combat, adding a slightly larger ejection port, shortening the trigger, extending the grip safety tang to help prevent "slide bite", and adding an arched mainspring housing to allow the gun to better fit in the user's hand. The new firearm was called the Colt M1911A1. Many companies manufactured the M1911 for the U.S. military besides Colt, including Remington and Springfield Armory. The M1911A1's power and reliability kept it in circulation through the Korean and Vietnam Wars before the pistol began showing its age. However, it should be noted that at the time that the military began looking for a new sidearm, no new M1911s had been purchased since 1945 (note; this statement only applies to large contract orders, many small special purpose purchases have been made for 1911 pattern pistols since). In the 1980s, the U.S. Military held new handgun trials, during which they tested numerous pistols, the finalists being the SIG-Sauer P226 and the Beretta 92F. Due to the high price of the SIG-Sauer's magazines, the Beretta 92F was chosen to replace the M1911A1, a highly controversial decision to this day.
The M1911A1 remains alive in the hands of many gun enthusiasts and many U.S. Military special forces. Modern incarnations include models built by Colt, responsible for the M1911A1, Commander and Officers series, and Springfield Armory which faithfully continues building 1911's based on their original designs. Para USA (formally Para-Ordnance) manufactures a number of high-capacity double stack variations, including the P13, P14 and the LDA (Light Double Action). Kimber, who is acknowledged as the first large scale factory mass produced "custom" 1911 manufacturer, produces versions such as the Desert Warrior and the Custom TLE II, variations that are used by some special forces and SWAT teams.
Countless foreign copies are also in circulation, including Llamas, Mausers, and Argentinian clones. Despite being over 100 years old, the 1911 pistol continues to be manufactured with almost no major design changes, and has proven itself as one of the most popular handguns ever made.
Colt Variants
M1911
The original M1911 first issued to the U.S. Military during WWI. When identifying, note a smaller ejection port (not visible in photo), smaller grip safety spur, original diamond cut checker wood grips, a flat mainspring housing (on the rear of the grip below the grip safety), longer trigger, lack of trigger finger recess frame cuts, and a larger hammer spur.
Film
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doctor Who | Nicholas Courtney | Brigadier Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart | Various episodes | 1963-1989 |
| Harriet Philpin | Bettan | "Genesis of the Daleks" | ||
| Angela Bruce | Brigadier Winifred Bambera | "Battlefield" | ||
| Dorota Rae | Lt. Lavel | |||
| Garrison's Gorillas | Telly Savalas | Wheeler | "The Big Con" | 1967-1968 |
| Ron Harper | Lt. Craig Garrison | "Banker's Hours" | ||
| Cesare Danova | Actor | |||
| Brendon Boone | Chief | "Now I Lay Me Down to Die" | ||
| Christopher Cary | Goniff | |||
| Mission: Impossible | Peter Graves | Jim Phelps | "The Slave, Parts 1 and 2" (S02E05/06) | 1967 |
| Warren Stevens | Karl de Groo | "The Slave, Part 1" (S02E05) | ||
| Percy Rodrigues | Jara | "The Slave, Part 2" (S02E06) | ||
| The Twelve Chairs (12 stulyev) | A robber | 1977 | ||
| Investigation Held by ZnaToKi (Sledstvie vedut ZnaToKi) | Leonid Kanevskiy | Aleksandr Nikolaevich Tomin | "Case No.13" | 1978 |
| Hill Street Blues | Danny Glover | Jesse Huston | 1981-1987 | |
| Mirage | Ints Burans | Ed Black | 1983 | |
| The A-Team | Various characters | 1983-1988 | ||
| Reilly: Ace of Spies | Barry Stokes | Commander Cromie | 455 Webley | 1984 |
| Agatha Christie's Poirot: Mystery of Hunters Lodge | Diana Kent | Zoe Havering | 1991 | |
| Medicopter 117 - Jedes Leben zählt - Season 2 | bandit | 1999 | ||
| Medicopter 117 - Jedes Leben zählt - Season 4 | Robert Ritter | Vastic | third episode | 2001 |
| Frank Riva - Season 1 | Alain Delon | Frank Riva | 2003 | |
| Matthieu Rozé | Lt. Jean-Luc Roth | |||
| Boardwalk Empire | Stephen Graham | Al Capone | 2010-Present | |
| Michael Shannon | Nelson Van Alden | |||
| Michael K. Williams | "Chalky"White | Nickel plated | ||
| True Detective | cartel member | 2015 | ||
| Agent Carter | Hayley Atwell | Peggy Carter | 2015 | |
| The Man in the High Castle | Cara Mitsuko | Sara | 2016 | |
| The Man in the High Castle | Tate Donovan | George Dixon | 2016 | |
| The Son - Season 1 | Pierce Brosnan | Eli McCullough | 2017 | |
| The Son - Season 2 | Pierce Brosnan | Eli McCullough | 2019 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sailor Moon | A few characters | 1992 | |
| The Place Promised in Our Early Days | Okabe | 2004 | |
| When They Cry: Kai | Miyo Takano | 2007 | |
| Shigofumi: Letters from the Departed | Fumika, Kirameki Mikawa | 2008 | |
| Violet Evergarden | Brigadier General Merkulov | 2018 | |
| Lycoris Recoil | Mika | 2022 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Notes | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medal of Honor: Underground | 2000 | ||
| Eternal Darkness | 2001 | ||
| The Sum Of All Fears | 2002 | ||
| Medal of Honor: Rising Sun | "M1911" | 2003 | |
| Battlefield: 1918 | 2004 | ||
| The Suffering: Ties That Bind | Dual-wield | 2005 | |
| Medal of Honor: European Assault | "M1911" | 2005 | |
| UberSoldier | "Colt" | 2006 | |
| Medal of Honor: Vanguard | "M1911" | Only available in multiplayer | 2007 |
| S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl | "Kora-919" | 2007 | |
| S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky | "Kora-919" | 2008 | |
| Payday 2 | "Crosskill Chunky Compact" | Hybrid with M1911A1; Added in 2021 | 2013 |
| Verdun | "U.S. Automatic Pistol .45 M1911" | 2015 | |
| Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades | M1911 | 2016 | |
| Battlefield 1 | M1911 | Hybrid with M1911A1 | 2016 |
| Tannenberg | "U.S. Automatic Pistol .45 M1911" | Added in "Latvian Expansion" | 2019 |
| Call of Duty: Vanguard | "1911" | 2021 | |
| Beyond The Wire | "M1911" | 2022 |
M1911A1
The U.S. military was re-issued the 1911 pistol in 1924, now designated the M1911A1. Changes to the gun included a larger ejection port, a shortened trigger, a longer grip-safety spur and slightly shaved hammer spur to prevent hammer bite, serrated front sight, a curved mainspring housing, simplified checkered grips (although diamond grips still appeared on some), and relief cuts around the trigger guard on the frame.
Note: many in the list below could actually be Colt Mark IV Series 70/80 Government Models, Springfield Armory, or another manufacturer, instead of a former military issued M1911A1, unless it is a war film. Since the markings of the gun aren't always clear, M1911A1 is a catch-all term. Being most 1911 manufacturers pistols are based off the M1911A1 platform.
Film
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McHale's Navy | Ernest Borgnine | Lt. Cmdr. McHale | 1962-1966 | |
| Tim Conway | Ensign Charles Parker | 1962-1966 | ||
| Joe Flynn | Capt. Binghamton | 1962-1966 | ||
| Bob Hastings | Lt. Elroy Carpenter | 1962-1966 | ||
| Gary Vinson | George "Christy" Christopher | 1962-1966 | ||
| Billy Sands | "Tinker" Bell | "Who Was That German I Saw You With?" (S4E26) | 1966 | |
| Carl Ballantine | Lester Gruber | "Rumble on Taratupa" (S3E31) | 1965 | |
| Edson Stroll | Virgil Edwards | "The McHale Mob" (S2E32) | 1964 | |
| German soldiers | "Who Was That German I Saw You With?" (S4E26) | 1966 | ||
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | David McCallum | Illya Kuryakin | 1964-1968 | |
| I Spy | Bill Cosby | Alexander Scott | 1964-1968 | |
| Mission: Impossible | Peter Graves | Jim Phelps | "The Mercenaries" (S03E04) | 1968 |
| Martin Landau | Rollin Hand | |||
| Bo Svenson | Karl | |||
| Pernell Roberts | Colonel Hans Krim | |||
| The Adjutant of His Excellency (Adyutant ego prevoskhoditelstva) | A White officer | 1969 | ||
| Father Brown | Antony Scott | Harris | Nickel plated; "The Arrow of Heaven" (Ep.12) | 1974 |
| Columbo | Peter Falk | Lt. Columbo | Nickel plated w/ pearl grips/ "Double Exposure" (S03E04) | 1976 |
| Robert Culp | Dr. Bart Kepple | Nickel plated w/ pearl grips/ "Double Exposure" (S03E04) | ||
| Part of the murder mechanism, A cop | Nickel plated/ "Columbo Goes to College" (S10E01) | 1990 | ||
| S.W.A.T. | Steve Forrest | Lieutenant Dan "Hondo" Harrelson | 1975-1976 | |
| Starsky and Hutch | Paul Michael Glaser | Detective David Starsky | "Starsky and Hutch" | 1975-1979 |
| Waves of the Black Sea (Volny Chyornogo morya) | Film 2; Seen on table | 1976 | ||
| It Was in Kokand (Eto bylo v Kokande) | Vahab Abdullaev | A Basmach | 1977 | |
| Magnum, P.I. | Tom Selleck | Thomas Magnum | 1980-1988 | |
| World War III | David Soul | Colonel Jake Caffey | 1982 | |
| Richard Yniguez | Captain Cordobes | |||
| Simon & Simon | Jameson Parker | A.J. Simon | 1981-1989 | |
| The Greatest American Hero | Robert Culp | F.B.I.Agent Bill Maxwell | 1981-1983 | |
| T.J. Hooker | Timothy Scott | Whit | "The Protectors" (S1E01) | 1982 |
| Mirage | Regimantas Adomaitis | Frank Morgan | 1983 | |
| Ints Burans | Ed Black | |||
| Police and security guards | ||||
| Fiery Roads (Ognennye dorogi) | Timofey Spivak | Capt. Richardson | Ep.9 | 1983 |
| Miami Vice | Jim Zubiena | Ludovici Armstrong | "The Hit List" (S01E05) | 1984 |
| Airwolf | Alex Cord | Archangel | 1984-1986 | |
| Bergerac | Michael John Paliotti | Dino Percotti | "The Last Interview" (S04E01) | 1985 |
| Liza Goddard | Philippa Vale | "Return of the Ice Maiden" (S04E05) | ||
| Ahmed El-Mazri's bodyguards | "Avenge O Lord" (S04E09) | |||
| On Wings of Eagles | Paul Le Mat | Jay Coburn | 1986 | |
| In EDS team's weapon's cache | ||||
| Sledge Hammer! | Frank Doubleday | Cliff | "Dori Day Afternoon" (S01E05) | 1986-1988 |
| Anne-Marie Martin | Det. Dori Doreau | "Desperately Seeking Dori" (S01E18) | ||
| Crime Story | Dennis Farina | Lt. Mike Torrello | elastic band wrapped around grip safety | 1986-1988 |
| Star Trek: The Next Generation | Henchman | "The Big Goodbye" (S1E12) | 1988 | |
| Gregory Beecroft | Mickey D | "The Royale" (S2E12), with nickel finish and pearl grips | 1989 | |
| Drug Wars: The Camarena Story | Cartel Members | 1990 | ||
| The Sea Wolf (Morskoy volk) | Liubomiras Laucevicius | Wolf Larsen | In holster | 1991 |
| Andrey Rudenskiy | Humphrey Van Weyden | |||
| Law & Order - Season 2 | Shooting range patron | "Trust" (S02E15); 9mm | 1992 | |
| Hearts of Three (Serdtsa tryokh) | Vladimir Shevelkov | Francis Morgan | 1992 | |
| Nestor Burma - Season 2 | Marcel Bluwal | Moshe | "Du Rebecca rue des Rosiers" (S2E3) | 1992 |
| Jacques Seiler | Georges Terzian | "Un croque-mort nommé Nestor" (S2E5) | 1993 | |
| Julie Lescaut | Philippe Magnan | Ducret | "Question de confiance" (S06E05) | 1992-2013 |
| Xavier Mussel | Gambier | "Secrets d'enfants" (S13E03) | ||
| Sébastien Haddouk | Franck Bricleux | "Les risques du métier" (S21E05) | ||
| Christophe Reymond | Willy Koskas | "L'aveu" (S22E03) | ||
| Various | ||||
| The X-Files | Various | Various | 1993 - 2002 | |
| The X-Files - Season 2 | Tony Todd | Augustus Cole | "Sleepless" (S2E04) | 1994 |
| The Stand | U.S. Army Soldiers | 1994 | ||
| Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Several Gangsters | "That Old Gang of Mine" | 1994 | |
| Sahara | James Belushi | Master Sgt. Joe Gunn | 1995 | |
| Lady Cop (Die Kommissarin) - Season 2 | Christian Berkel | Walter Neumann | "Das Amulett" (S02E03) | 1995 |
| The X-Files - Season 4 | Mitch Pileggi | FBI Assistant Director Walter Skinner | "Zero Sum" (S4E21) | 1997 |
| Star Trek: Voyager | Robert Beltran | Chakotay | "The Killing Game" | 1998 |
| Roxann Dawson | B'Elanna Torres | |||
| Kate Mulgrew | Katherine Janeway | |||
| Robert Duncan McNeill | Tom Paris | |||
| Jeri Ryan | Seven of Nine | |||
| Law & Order - Season 8 | Andrew Van Dusen | Andy | "Expert" (S08E12) | 1998 |
| The X-Files - Season 6 | Darren E. Burrows | Bernard | Colt Commerical Blued finish / "Monday" (S6E14) | 1999 |
| Gillian Anderson | FBI Special Agent Dana Scully | |||
| The X-Files - Season 8 | Gangbanger | "Surekill" (S8E08) | 2001 | |
| Medicopter 117 - Jedes Leben zählt - Season 3 | a few characters | ep. 6 and 4 | 2001 | |
| Band of Brothers | David Schwimmer | Capt. Herbert Sobel | "Replacements" | 2001 |
| U.S. Army Paratroopers | ||||
| The X-Files - Season 9 | Corrupt Mexican Policemen | "John Doe" (S9E07) | 2002 | |
| CSI: Miami | 2002-2012 | |||
| Firefly | Badger's writer | stainless, "Serenity" (S01E01) | 2002 | |
| Brigada | Pavel Maikov | Viktor Pchyolkin | 2002 | |
| Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin | Sergey Zhigunov | Archie Goodwin | Eps.1-5 | 2002 |
| Sergey Lysov | Dazy Perrit | Ep.1 | ||
| Nataliya Fisson | Mrs. Carlisle | Ep.4 | ||
| Medicopter 117 - Jedes Leben zählt - Season 6 | a few characters | 2003 | ||
| Foyle's War - Season 2 | Bill Davey | Fred Pierce | "Among the Few" (S2E2) | 2003 |
| Foyle's War - Season 3 | Talbot Brothers' henchman | "A War of Nerves" (S3E4) | 2004 | |
| Frank Riva - Season 2 | Alain Delon | Frank Riva | 2004 | |
| Jacques Perrin | Xavier Unger | Custom two-tone, with ajustable rear sight | ||
| New Adventures of Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin (Noviye priklucheniya Nero Wolfa i Archie Goodwina) | Sergey Zhigunov | Archie Goodwin | Eps. 2,3,4 | 2004 |
| Prison Break - Season 1 | Michael Gaston | Quinn | 2005-2006 | |
| Jared Padalecki | Sam Winchester | Nickel plated with engraved slide and ivory grips | ||
| Jensen Ackles | Dean Winchester | |||
| My Name is Earl | 2005-2009 | |||
| Sailor Suit and Machine Gun | Mantarô Koichi | Kōhei Kuroki | 2006 | |
| Prison Break - Season 2 | Peter Stormare | John Abruzzi | nickel | 2006-2007 |
| Amaury Nolasco | Fernando Sucre | |||
| Tony Denison | Aldo Burrows | |||
| Paul Adelstein | Paul Kellerman | |||
| Channon Roe | Robber | "Chicago" (S2E16) | ||
| Jared Padalecki | Sam Winchester | Nickel plated with engraved slide and ivory grips | ||
| Jensen Ackles | Dean Winchester | |||
| Emmanuelle Vaugier | Madison | "Heart" (S02E17); Nickel plated with engraved slide and ivory grips | ||
| Prison Break - Season 3 | Dominic Purcell | Lincoln Burrows | 2007-2008 | |
| Wentworth Miller | Michael Scofield | |||
| Jensen Ackles | Dean Winchester | Nickel plated with engraved slide and ivory grips | ||
| Christian Tessier | Wayne | |||
| Supernatural - Season 4 | Jared Padalecki | Sam Winchester | Nickel plated with engraved slide and ivory grips | 2008-2009 |
| Jensen Ackles | Dean Winchester | |||
| Sanctuary | Emilie Ullerup | Ashley Magnus | 2008-2011 | |
| Amanda Tapping | Dr. Helen Magnus | Season 4 | ||
| Fringe | Navy Officer's wife. | 2008-2013 | ||
| Criminal Minds - Season 5 | C. Thomas Howell | 'The Reaper' / George Foyet | "100" (S05E09) | 2009 |
| Stargate: Atlantis | Joe Flanigan | Det. John Sheppard | "Vegas"; Normally a Para-Ordnance P.14 (Alternate universe) | 2009 |
| Iris - Season 1 | So-yeon Kim | Kim Seon-hwa | with suppressor | 2009 |
| NSS agent | ||||
| Supernatural - Season 5 | Jensen Ackles | Dean Winchester | Nickel plated with engraved slide and ivory grips | 2009-2010 |
| Colton James | Gary Frankle | |||
| Kerry van der Griend | Roy | |||
| The Pacific | Jon Seda | John Basilone | 2010 | |
| James Badge Dale | Robert Leckie | |||
| Breaking Bad - Season 3 | Colt Gold Cup National Match (Mark IV, Series 80) with stainless steel finish, similar to those used by the cousins/"No Más" (S3E01) and "One Minute" (S3E07) | 2010 | ||
| Supernatural - Season 6 | Jensen Ackles | Dean Winchester | Nickel plated with engraved slide and ivory grips | 2010-2011 |
| Jim Beaver | Bobby SInger | Nickel plated with engraved slide and ivory grips / "Frontierland" (S06E18) | ||
| The Walking Dead | Melissa McBride | Carol Peletier | 2010-???? | |
| Blue Bloods | 2010- | |||
| Justified - Season 1 | Walton Goggins | Boyd Crowder | "Fire in the Hole" (S1E01) | 2010 |
| Southland - Season 2 | Shawn Hatosy | Detective Sammy Bryant | "What Makes Sammy Run?" (S2E05) | 2010 |
| Humanoid Monster Bem | Kôji Nakamura | Robber | (Ep.01) | 2011 |
| Mobster | (Ep. 10) | |||
| Falling Skies | Sarah Carter | Maggie | Season 1, Season 2, Season 3 | 2011-2013 |
| Detroit 1-8-7 | Dennis Grimes | Tommy Devlin | nickel-plated, "Blackout" (S01E18) | 2011 |
| Tommy Flanagan | Albert Stram | |||
| Shaun Majumder | Det. Vikram Mahajan | |||
| James McDaniel | Sgt. Jesse Longford | |||
| The Promise | Christian Cooke | Len Matthews | 2011 | |
| Irgun fighters | ||||
| Supernatural - Season 7 | Jared Padalecki | Sam Winchester | Nickel plated with engraved slide and ivory grips | 2011-2012 |
| Blued finish with wood grips / "Time After Time" (S07E12) | ||||
| The Bridge (Bron) | Henning Valin Jakobsen | Jesper Andersson | S1E08 | 2011- |
| Revolution | Billy Burke | Miles Matheson | 2012 | |
| David Lyons | Sebastian Monroe | |||
| Continuum - Season 2 | Roger R. Cross | Travis Berta | nickel plated | 2013 |
| Raul Wolford's guards | ||||
| Strike Back - Season 4 | Greg Kolpakchi | Viktor Ulyanov | Nickel plated with white grips / S04E01 | 2013 |
| Mob City | Edward Burns | Bugsy Siegel | 2013 | |
| Crossing Lines | Gabriella Pession | Eva Vittoria | "Desperation & Desperados" (S01E08) | 2013 |
| Crossing Lines | Richard Flood | Tommy McConnel | 2013 | |
| Crossing Lines | Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz | Angela | 2013 | |
| Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - Season 1 | Ming-Na Wen | Melinda May | "0-8-4" (S1E02) | 2013 |
| Foyle's War - Season 8 | US MPs | "Sunflower" (S8E3) | 2013 | |
| Endeavour - Season 1 | Nick Court | Vince Kasper | "Home" (S01E04) | 2013 |
| Witches of East End - Season 2 | Casey Manderson | Kyle Hutton | "The Old Man and the Key" (S2E03) | 2014 |
| Justified - Season 5 | Justin Welborn | Carl | "A Murder of Crows" (S5E01) | 2014 |
| Jere Burns | Wynn Duffy | Nickel; "A Murder of Crows" (S5E01) | ||
| The Spoils of Babylon | Tobey Maguire | Devon Morehouse | "The Foundling" (E1), "So Sweet the Bells" (E6) | 2014 |
| True Detective | Woody Harrelson | Detective Martin "Marty" Hart | Snub Nose | 2014 |
| Days of Honour. Uprising (Czas honoru. Powstanie) | Polish insurgent | 2014 | ||
| Peaky Blinders - Season 2 | Sabini's gangster | Episode 1 | 2014 | |
| Cillian Murphy | Thomas Shelby | Episode 3 | ||
| Parer's War | A US Marine | 2014 | ||
| Agent Carter | Hayley Atwell | Peggy Carter | 2015 | |
| Agent Carter | Bridget Regan | Dottie | 2015 | |
| Naked Among Wolves (2015) | Tim Williams | A U.S. officer | In holster | 2015 |
| Banshee - Season 3 | various | 2015 | ||
| The Last Ship | Nathan Sutton | McGregor | "No Place Like Home" (S1E10) | 2014 |
| The Last Ship | Nathan Sutton | McGregor | "Unreal City" (S2E1) | 2015 |
| Fargo | Michael Hogan | Otto Gerhardt | "Fear and Trembling" (S2E04) | 2015 |
| Foyle's War - Season 9 | Michael Ryan | Ian Hughes | "Trespass" (S9E2) | 2015 |
| Pushpinda Chani | Gerry Aziz | |||
| The Blacklist - Season 3 | Baz | Baz | "Zal Bin Hasaan (No. 31)" (S3E07) | 2015 |
| "The Director (No. 24): Conclusion" (S3E10) | 2016 | |||
| Fear the Walking Dead - Season 2 | Unknown | young Daniel | "Shiva" (S2E07) | 2016 |
| V.I.P. Murders (V.I.P. vraždy) | A thug | "Skvělé vyhlídky" (S1E04) | 2016 | |
| Agent Carter | Chad Michael Murray | Chief Jack Thompson | 2016 | |
| Agent Carter | Wynn Everett | Whitney Frost | "Monsters" (S02E07) | 2016 |
| Agent Carter - Season 2 | James D'Arcy | Edwin Jarvis | "The Edge of Mystery" (S2E08) | 2016 |
| Stranger Things | Government agents | 2016 | ||
| Stranger Things | Sean Astin | Bob Newby | 2017 | |
| The Mist | Danica Curcic | Mia Lambert | 2017 | |
| Endeavour - Season 4 | (uncredited) | Thomas Fraser | "Lazaretto" (S04E03) | 2017 |
| Wynonna Earp | Katherine Barrell | Nicole Haught | Nickel-plated with Commander-style hammer, adjustable rear sight and Beavertail grip safety | 2018 |
| Roger LeBlanc | Samuel Larson | Commander hammer, adjustable rear sight, Beavertail grip safety, "Leaving on Your Mind" (S1E03) | 2016 | |
| The Indian Detective | Hamza Haq | Amal Chandekar | Ep.2 | 2017 |
| The Man in the High Castle | Jason O'Mara | Wyatt | 2018 | |
| Endeavour - Season 5 | Mark Arden | Eddie Nero | (S05E06) | 2018 |
| The Man in the High Castle | Jason O'Mara | Wyatt Price | 2019 | |
| Babylon Berlin - Season 3 | Misel Maticevic | Edgar Kasabian | Ep. 21 | 2020 |
| Henchmen | ||||
| Fortunate Son | Ty Olsson | Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer | In holster | 2020 |
| Spy City | Ep. 02 | 2020 | ||
| The Defeated | Taylor Kitsch | Max McLaughlin | 2020 | |
| Nina Hoss | Elsie Garten | |||
| U.S. MPs | ||||
| The Falcon and the Winter Soldier | seen on display in the museum; "New World Order" (S1E01) | 2021 | ||
| Madripoor resident | Nickel; "Power Broker" (S1E03) | |||
| Madripoor resident | Golden; "Power Broker" (S1E03) | |||
| Emily VanCamp | Sharon Carter | Holstered; "One World, One People" (S1E06) | ||
| For All Mankind | On a table; "Triage" (S2E09) | 2021 | ||
| Joel Kinnaman | Ed Baldwin | "The Grey" (S2E10) | ||
| Ellen Wroe | Sally Ride | "The Grey" (S2E10) | ||
| Hawkeye | Piotr Adamczyk | Tomas | "Hide and Seek" (S1E02), "Echoes" (S1E03), "So This is Chrismas?" (S1E06) | 2021 |
| Tracksuit Mafia members | "Echoes" (S1E03), "Ronin" (S1E05) | |||
| Boys, The - Season 3 | Erin Moriarty | Starlight | 2022 | |
| Tokyo Vice | Shun Sugata | Hitoshi Ishida | "Everybody Pays" (E05) | 2022 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Notes | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lupin III: The Fuma Conspiracy | Inspector Zenigata | 1987 | |
| Appleseed | Olympus Police | 1988 | |
| Mad Bull 34 | Various Characters | 1990 | |
| Lupin III: Voyage to Danger | Keith Hayden | 1993 | |
| Fujiko Mine | |||
| John Klause | |||
| Interpol Agents | |||
| You're Under Arrest! - Season 1 | Natsumi Tsujimoto | First opening | 1994 - 1999 |
| Miyuki Kobayakawa | File #10 "The Totally Invincible Gentsuki Obasan!" | ||
| Lupin III: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure | Inspector Zenigata | 1995 | |
| Case Closed - Season 1 | Okita | Ep. "The Strange Person Finding Murder Case" | 1996 |
| An armed Tiger Gang soldier | Ep. "The Mysterious Shooting Message Case" | ||
| Case Closed - Season 2 | Takashi Matsuo | Ep. "TV Station Murder Case" | 1996 - 1997 |
| Burn-Up W | Detective | seen only in the holster | 1996 |
| Lupin III: The Secret of Twilight Gemini | French police officers | 1996 | |
| Inspector Zenigata | |||
| Geltic leader | |||
| Case Closed - Season 3 | Kinoshita | Ep. "A Ghost Ship Murder Case (Part 2)" | 1997 |
| An actor | Ep. "Shinigami Jinnai Murder Case" | ||
| Hyper Police | 1997 | ||
| Mezzo Forte | Mikura Suzuki | 1998 | |
| Cowboy Bebop | Vicious | 1998-1999 | |
| Case Closed - Season 5 | Wataru Takagi | Ep. "The Mystery Writer Disappearance Case (Part 2)" | 1998 - 1999 |
| Japanese Police | |||
| Gangsters | Ep. "A Mysterious Sniper Murder Case (Part 1)" | ||
| Case Closed - Season 6 | Criminals | 1999 | |
| Pet Shop of Horrors | Leon Orcot | 1999 | |
| Amazing Nurse Nanako | Commander | 1999 | |
| Mystery of the Necronomicon | Sheriff, Asuka Kashiwagi | 1999 | |
| Ceres, Celestial Legend | Guards, Toya, Wei Fei Li | 2000 | |
| Oni-Tensei - The Demon Collection | Jun Ando henchmen | 2000 | |
| Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu | Yakuza | 2002 | |
| Elfen Lied | Kurama | 2004 | |
| Desert Punk | 2004 | ||
| Burn-Up Scramble | Maya Jingu | 2004 | |
| Mezzo DSA | Mikura Suzuki | 2004 | |
| Asami Igarashi | |||
| Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. 2nd GIG | Murder | heavily customized | 2004-2005 |
| Phantom: The Animation | Mobsters | 2004 | |
| Blood+ | Kai Miyagusuku | 2005-2006 | |
| Black Lagoon | Various | 2006 | |
| El Cazador de la Bruja | Nadie | 2007-2008 | |
| Baccano! | assorted characters | 2007 | |
| Shigofumi: Letters from the Departed | "Beginning" (E08) | 2008 | |
| The Strange Case Files of Ryoko Yakushiji | Sectarians | 2008 | |
| Batman: Gotham Knight | assorted characters | 2008 | |
| The Sky Crawlers | Midori Mitsuya | 2008 | |
| The Skull Man | White Bell officer | Nickel plated | 2009 |
| Eden of the East | 2009 | ||
| Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom | Zwei | 2009 | |
| Shiga Tooru | |||
| Cat Planet Cuties | 2010 | ||
| Noragami | Bishamonten | 2014 | |
| Case Closed: Dimensional Sniper | Bill Murphy | 2014 | |
| FBI Agent Andre Camel | |||
| Wizard Barristers: Benmashi Cecil | Gumegoma terrorists | 2014 | |
| Magic Kaito 1412 | Criminals | 2014 - 2015 | |
| Punch Line | Qmei Tsubouchi | "Punch Line" (E12) | 2015 |
| Ajin | Satou | 2016 | |
| Case Closed: The Darkest Nightmare | FBI Agent Andre Camel | 2016 | |
| Bungo Stray Dogs | Japanese MP officers | Ep. 03 "Yokohama Gangster Paradise" | 2016 |
| Bungo Stray Dogs | Osamu Dazai | Ep. 19 "Will of Tycoon" | 2016 |
| Japanese Police | |||
| Gifted Special Operations Division | |||
| The Dragon Dentist | Captain | 2017 | |
| Allied officers | |||
| JoJo's Bizarre Adventure | Gang member | S5E5, "Find Polpo's Fortune!" | 2018 |
| Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple | Gifted Special Operations Division members | 2018 | |
| Case Closed - Season 28 | Iwao Takatori | Nickel Plated; Ep. "Conan Kidnapped (Part One/Two)" | 2018 - 2019 |
| Tokuro Utsumi | |||
| Teruaki Shimazu | |||
| Case Closed: The Fist of Blue Sapphire | Rishi Ramanathan | Nickel Plated | 2019 |
| Pirates |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notes | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty | Unusable | 1999 | ||
| Medal of Honor (1999) | 1999 | |||
| Medal of Honor: Underground | 2000 | |||
| Tomb Raider: Chronicles | "Pistols" | Nickel plated. Appear as the inventory screen model for the "pistols," and enemy-used pistols | 2000 | |
| Commandos 2: Men of Courage | "M1911A" | With unlimited ammo | 2001 | |
| Devil May Cry | Extensively customized with unlimited ammo | 2001 | ||
| Fallout Tactics | "Colt M1911 A1" | Erroneously holds 12-rounds | 2001 | |
| Ghost Recon | Nickel-plated, unusable | 2001 | ||
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein | Can be dual-wielded | 2001 | ||
| Grand Theft Auto III | 2001 | |||
| Battlefield: 1942 | 2002 | |||
| Medal of Honor: Allied Assault | Nickel-plated | 2002 | ||
| Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven | 2002 | |||
| Grand Theft Auto: Vice City | 2002 | |||
| Medal of Honor: Frontline | "Colt .45" | 2002 | ||
| Forgotten Hope | 2003 | |||
| Vietcong | 2003 | |||
| Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory | Can be dual-wielded, erroneously holds 8-rounds, and has an optional sound suppressor | 2003 | ||
| Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness | "M-V9" | Custom version with front cocking serrations, erroneously chambered in 9mm and holds 12-rounds | 2003 | |
| Commandos 3: Destination Berlin | With unlimited ammo | 2003 | ||
| Hidden & Dangerous 2 | "Colt 1911" | 2003 | ||
| Call of Duty | 2003 | |||
| Battlefield: Vietnam | Erroneously holds 9-rounds | 2004 | ||
| Söldner: Secret Wars | 2004 | |||
| Shellshock Nam '67 | "9mm" | Standard and suppressed versions | 2004 | |
| Call of Duty: United Offensive | 2004 | |||
| Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising | "Colt 1911A1" | 2004 | ||
| Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault | With bright, wooden grips | 2004 | ||
| Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater | Standard and heavily customized versions | 2004 | ||
| S.W.A.T. 4 | Equipped with a tactical flashlight, erroneously holds 8-rounds, and can fire JHP and FMJ ammunition | 2005 | ||
| Close Combat: First to Fight | ".45 Pistol" | 2005 | ||
| Cold Fear | Two-tone with laser and weaponlight | 2005 | ||
| Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | "9mm" | Standard and suppressed versions, erroneously holds 17-rounds | 2005 | |
| Vietcong 2 | "M-1911 A1" | 2005 | ||
| Call of Duty 2 | 2005 | |||
| Shadow the Hedgehog | 2005 | |||
| Condemned: Criminal Origins | ".45 Cal" | Erroneously holds 9-rounds | 2005 | |
| Darkest Hour: Europe '44-'45 | 2005 | |||
| Project Reality | 2005 | |||
| Elite Warriors Vietnam | 2005 | |||
| Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood | 2005 | |||
| Chameleon | 2005 | |||
| Hitman: Blood Money | "Custom 1911" | Heavily customized | 2006 | |
| Scarface: The World is Yours | With a suppressor, erroneously holds 12-rounds | 2006 | ||
| Call of Duty 3 | Available only in multiplayer | 2006 | ||
| Rainbow Six: Vegas | Nickel-plated, unusable | 2006 | ||
| The Godfather | "Pistol" | Comes in many different "levels" | 2006 | |
| Little Busters! | 2007 | |||
| Medal of Honor: Airborne | "Colt M1911A1 Pistol" | Can be upgraded with quick draw holster to switch weapons with the pistol faster, a match trigger to improve rate of fire, and "Magnum" rounds for increased fire power. | 2007 | |
| Forgotten Hope 2 | "M1911A1 Colt" | Added in v2.2 (2009) | 2007 | |
| Hour of Victory | 2007 | |||
| 7.62 High Calibre | "M1911 A1" | 2008 | ||
| Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 | Nickel-plated, unusable | 2008 | ||
| Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots | Can be unlocked via password | 2008 | ||
| Mercenaries 2: World in Flames | Unusable | 2008 | ||
| Xenus 2: White Gold | Unusable | 2008 | ||
| Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 | Has golden ring hammer, golden safety switch, slide release, and pearl grips; unusable | 2008 | ||
| Call of Duty: World at War | "Colt M1911" | Standard version erroneously holds 8-rounds and "Holy Pistol" version firing grenades, also the hammer is always cocked | 2008 | |
| Mirror's Edge | Erroneously holds 8-rounds | 2008 | ||
| Art of Murder: Hunt for the Puppeteer | Standard and nickel-plated versions | 2009 | ||
| Art of Murder: Cards of Destiny | 2009 | |||
| 1968 Tunnel Rats | 2009 | |||
| X-Men Origins: Wolverine | Standard and nickel-plated versions but aren't usable | 2009 | ||
| ArmA II | Erroneously used by USMC Force Recon units and snipers, also by British Army units | 2009 | ||
| Death to Spies: Moment of Truth | 2009 | |||
| Bioshock 2 | Seen on a poster, unusable | 2010 | ||
| Heavy Rain | Has tan checked grips | 2010 | ||
| Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker | With optional suppressor | 2010 | ||
| Mafia II | Standard version and special costume version with 23-rounds | 2010 | ||
| Battlefield Play4Free | "M1911" | Basic, "veteran" (more ammo/high damage) and "elite" (more high damage/has tan grips) versions | 2011 | |
| L.A. Noire | 2011 | |||
| Duke Nukem Forever | "M1911" | Heavily customized, gold-plated and fitted with laser aiming module | 2011 | |
| Rage | Very worn blued finish, the finish is worn completely off the slide, used only by enemies | 2011 | ||
| 7554 | "Colt 1911" | 2011 | ||
| Batman: Arkham City | Seen on unlockable concept art | 2011 | ||
| NCIS: The Video Game | Various models; seen on poster | 2011 | ||
| World War II Online: Battleground Europe | Released with v1.34 update | 2011 | ||
| Max Payne 3 | Standard and gold-plated versions, erroneously holds 8-rounds | 2012 | ||
| Project Reality: Vietnam | Used by Officer, Sniper and Pilot classes of the US Army and USMC factions | 2012 | ||
| Sniper Elite V2 | "Colt M1911" | 2012 | ||
| Aliens: Colonial Marines | "M4A3 Service Pistol" | w/ various attachments | 9mm version, holds 12 rounds, fitted with an underbarrel accessory rail, infinite reserve ammo | 2013 |
| "Vasquez's Pistol" | With pearl grips, infinite reserve ammo | |||
| Project Reality: Normandy | 2013 | |||
| State of Decay | 1911A1 Officer | w/ black grips | 2013 | |
| Survarium | 2013 | |||
| Company of Heroes 2 | Added with Western Front Armies add-on | 2013 | ||
| Heroes & Generals | "Colt M1911" | 2016 | ||
| Arctic Combat | 2012 | |||
| Counter-Strike Online | "M1911A1" | 2014 | ||
| Enemy Front | M1911 | 2014 | ||
| Contract Wars | 2014 | |||
| World of Guns: Gun Disassembly | Colt M1911A1 | different types of pistol grip | 2014 | |
| Sniper Elite III | "M1911" | "Patriot Weapons Pack" DLC | 2014 | |
| Alekhine's Gun | 2016 | |||
| The Walking Dead: A New Frontier | two-tone | 2016 | ||
| Mafia III | 2016 | |||
| Escape from Tarkov | Colt M1911A1 .45 ACP pistol | custom catch levers, triggers, hammers, grips; mount for sights and lasers, 11-rounded magazine, muzzle brake | added in patch 0.12.5.7184 (2020) | 2016 |
| Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades | "M1911A1 Classic" | Blued finish, wooden grips | 2016 | |
| "M1911A1 Gold" | Gold finish, illuminated sights, black grips | |||
| "M1911A1 Modern" | Matte finish, illuminated sights, green synthetic grips | |||
| "Floppy McLongFlopper" | 1 meter barrel, fully automatic, gold finish, illuminated sights, black grips | |||
| "M1911A1 Dillinger" | Loosely based on Lebman Machine Pistol; Fully automatic, fixed compensator, Thompson-style foregrip, blued finish, wooden grips | |||
| "Oversize M1911A1" | Gigantic M1911A1 that fires mortar shells, fixed bipod and several attached grips | |||
| "Sound Check" | Stylized with cartoon proportions, blued finish, wooden grips | |||
| "IPSICK Pistol" | Visually similar to STI 2011 Grand Master Racegun; single-shot Break-Action in .50 BMG, with extra-long compensator, YOLOgraphic reflex sight, and several different bright colors on each component. | |||
| Sniper Elite 4 | "M1911" | 2017 | ||
| Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 | "M1984" | 2017 | ||
| Rising Storm 2: Vietnam | 2017 | |||
| The Walking Dead: The Final Season | two-tone | 2018 | ||
| Post Scriptum | "M1911" | 2018 | ||
| Phantom Doctrine | ".45" | Can be modified with pistol suppressor, various kinds of ammunition, barrel, magazine, "receiver" and trigger modifications. | 2018 | |
| Strange Brigade | "Marley .45 Automatic" | 2018 | ||
| Vigor | "M1911" | 2018 | ||
| State of Decay 2 | 2018 | |||
| Ghost Recon Breakpoint | "M1911" | 2019 | ||
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 1911 | 2020 | ||
| Battlefield 2042 | 2021 | |||
| Enlisted | 2021 | |||
| Sniper Elite 5 | 2022 |
Animation
| Title | Voice Actor | Characters | Notation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Love, Death & Robots - Season 1 | Emily O'Brien | Witness Girl | "The Witness" (S1E03)" | 2019 |
| Ben Sullivan | Man | |||
| What If...? - Season 1 | Hayley Atwell | Peggy Carter/Captain Carter | "What If... Captain Carter Were The First Avenger?" (S1E01) | 2021 |
| Sebastian Stan | Bucky Barnes | |||
| Love, Death & Robots - Season 3 | "Three Robots: Exit Strategies" (S3E01) | 2022 | ||
| seen in armory; "Kill Team Kill" (S3E05) |
Colt Government Model
Aside from Colt selling the M1911A1 to the US military, the gun was also sold under the name "Colt Government Model" to the civilian market, and called the "Pre-Series 70" guns today.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Colt Is My Passport | Kôjirô Kusanagi | Hitman | 1967 | |
| Shimazu's thug | ||||
| Marlowe | 1969 | |||
| Sharky's Machine | Burt Reynolds | Sgt. Tom Sharky | 1981 | |
| Bernie Casey | Arch | |||
| Brian Keith | Papa | |||
| Deadly Circuit (Mortelle randonnée) | Michel Serrault | Beauvoir | 1983 | |
| Isabelle Adjani | Catherine Leiris | |||
| Revenge of the Ninja | Arthur Roberts | Braden | 1983 | |
| Revenge of the Ninja | John LaMotta | Joe | 1983 | |
| Silent Night, Deadly Night | Police officers | 1984 | ||
| Band of the Hand | . | Miami Drug Dealer | 1986 | |
| Legacy of Rage | Henchmen | 1986 | ||
| Cobra | Reni Santoni | Sgt. Tony Gonzales | 1986 | |
| Eye of the Tiger | Yaphet Kotto | J.B. Deveraux | Stainless | 1986 |
| Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 | A police officer | 1987 | ||
| Red Heat | Cleanhead assassins | Two-tone Govt. model | 1988 | |
| L.A. Bounty | Robert Quarry | James 'Jimmy' Hayes | 1989 | |
| Branscombe Richmond | Willis | |||
| The Silence of the Lambs | FBI instructor | Deactivated | 1991 | |
| Thunderheart | Graham Greene | Walter Crow Horse | 1992 | |
| The Democratic Terrorist | Karl Heinz Maslo | Werner | nickel-plated | 1992 |
| Plan B | Paul Sorvino | Joe Malone | 2001 | |
| Diane Keaton | Fran Varecchio | |||
| Darkness Falls | seen at the Gun Shop | 2003 | ||
| Stander | David O'Hara | Allan Heyl | Two-tone Govt. model | 2003 |
| 36th Precinct | Roschdy Zem | Hugo Silien | nickel-plated, custom slide | 2004 |
| Gérard Depardieu | Denis Klein | |||
| Employee of the Month | Matt Dillon | David Walsh | Nickel plated, engraved | 2004 |
| Notorious | Jamal Woolard | Biggie Smalls | 2009 | |
| Yakuza Hunters 2: The Revenge Duel in Hell | Asami Sugiura | Asami | 2010 | |
| Yakuza thugs | ||||
| The Hit List | Cuba Gooding Jr | Jonas Arbor | 2011 | |
| Cole Hauser | Allan Campbell | |||
| Jack Reacher | Thug | 2012 | ||
| Miss Zombie | Tôru Tezuka | Teramoto | 2013 | |
| Makoto Togashi | Shizuko | |||
| Ayaka Komatsu | Sara | |||
| Real | Haruka Ayase | Atsumi Kazu | 2013 | |
| Takeru Satô | Kôichi Fujita | |||
| American Assassin | Dylan O'Brien | Mitch Rapp | 2017 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magnum, P.I. | Tom Selleck | Thomas Magnum | 9mm model | 1980-1988 |
| The Black Tower | Art Malik | Julius Court | 1985 | |
| Boss | Takayuki Yamada | Tajima Shingo | Stainless and Two tone | 2009 |
| Yutaka Takenouchi | Nodate Shinjiro | blued | ||
| Longmire - Season 1 | Robert Taylor | Walt Longmire | stag grips | 2012 |
| Lobo Sebastian | Octavio Muara | "The Cancer" (S01E04) | ||
| Fear the Walking Dead - Season 2 | Unknown | Store guard | "Los Muertos" (S2E09) | 2016 |
| Shades of Blue - Season 1 | Ray Liotta | Lieutenant Matt Wozniak | "False Face, False Heart" (S1E03) | 2016 |
| Gladbeck | Sascha A. Geršak | Hans-Jürgen Rösner | 2018 | |
| Moon Knight - Season 1 | Loic Mabanza | Bek | Stainless; "The Friendly Type" (S1E03) | 2022 |
| Oscar Isaac | Marc Spector |
Video Games
| Title | Appears as | Mods | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resident Evil: Revelations | Handgun Government | nickel with laser sight | uses 9mm ammo | 2012 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Dream Hunter Rem: Massacre in the Phantasmic Labyrinth | is seen in the Geppetto base | 1992 | |
| Aria the Scarlet Ammo | Aria H. Kanzaki | One with a blued finish, the other stainless steel | 2011 |
Colt MK IV Series 70
The Colt MK IV Series 70 was an improvement over the M1911A1/Government Model by redesigning the barrel bushing to grip the barrel and give the production gun much improved accuracy. These "collet" bushings worked well but were prone to breaking due to being smaller than the slide diameter, hence the original bushing was made standard once again in 1988.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karate Kill | Kirk Geiger | Vendenski | 2016 | |
| Mana Sakura | Mayumi | |||
| Asami | Keiko | |||
| Katarina Leigh Waters | Simona | |||
| A Walk Among the Tombstones | Liam Neeson | Matthew Scudder | 2014 | |
| Black Dynamite | Michael Jai White | Black Dynamite | 2009 | |
| CIA agents | ||||
| Henchman | ||||
| The Assassin Next Door | Shalva Ben-Moshe | Roni´s bodyguard | 2009 | |
| Roy Assaf | Sixth | |||
| Miracle at St. Anna | Robert John Burke | Major General Edward Almond | 2008 | |
| No Country for Old Men | Tommy Lee Jones | Sheriff Ed Tom Bell | Combat Government | 2007 |
| Four Brothers | Mark Wahlberg | Bobby Mercer | 2005 | |
| Detention | Dolph Lundgren | Sam Decker | Nickel plated | 2003 |
| Larry Day | Earl Hendorf | |||
| Dov Tiefenbach | Willy Lopez | |||
| Richard Yearwood | Leon | |||
| Heist | Henchman | 2001 | ||
| The Way of the Gun | Ryan Phillippe | Parker | 9mm | 2000 |
| Benicio del Toro | Longbaugh | |||
| The World Is Not Enough | Pierce Brosnan | James Bond | 1999 | |
| The Pentagon Wars | U.S. military guards | 1998 | ||
| Hoodlum | Tim Roth | Dutch Schultz | Anachronistic | 1997 |
| The Pest | Police officer | 1997 | ||
| Dance with the Devil | Santiago Segura | Shorty Dee | Stainless steel or nickel plated | 1997 |
| Desperado | Joaquim de Almeida | Butcho | 1995 | |
| Copycat | J.E. Freeman | Lt. Quinn | 1995 | |
| Blown Away | MIT Student Bomber | 1994 | ||
| Falling Down | Michael Douglas | William 'D-Fence' Foster | 1993 | |
| Under Siege | Steven Seagal | Chief Casey Ryback | 1992 | |
| Johnny Handsome | Lance Henriksen | Rafe Garrett | 1989 | |
| The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | O.J. Simpson | Detective Nordberg | 1988 | |
| Leslie Nielsen | Lt. Frank Drebin | |||
| Shoot To Kill | Clancy Brown | Steve | 1988 | |
| Married to the Mob | F.B.I. agent | 1988 | ||
| Yes, Madam! (Huang jia shi jie) | Dick Wei | "Dick" | Customized, suppressed | 1985 |
| Michelle Yeoh | Inspector Ng | Customized | ||
| Cynthia Rothrock | Inspector Carrie Morris | |||
| For a Cop's Hide (Pour la peau d'un flic) | Alain Delon | Choucas | 1981 | |
| The Exterminator | Christopher George | Det. James Dalton | 1980 | |
| A Force of One | Clint Ritchie | Melrose | 1979 | |
| Jennifer O'Neill | Mandy Rust | |||
| Lisa James | Harriett | |||
| The Driver | Bank Robber | 1978 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hill Street Blues | Kiel Martin | Detective John "J.D." LaRue | 1982 - 1987 | |
| Dempsey and Makepeace | Glynis Barber | Sgt. Makepeace | "Burning" , Part 2 | 1986 |
| Hijacker | ||||
| Hunter - Season 3 | Don Edmonds | Det. Rayner | "The Contract" | 1986 |
| Sal Lopez | Tony Melendez | "Overnight Sensation" | ||
| Hunter - Season 2 | Leo Rossi | Tony Cochran | "Case X" | 1985 |
| Sam Anderson | Vincent Cochran | |||
| Hunter - Season 1 | Dennis Franz | NYPD Sgt. Jackie Molinas | "The Snow Queen" | 1984 |
| V: The Original Miniseries | Rebel leader | 9mm | 1983 | |
| Strapped | gun safe | 1993 | ||
| Lady Cop (Die Kommissarin) | Til Schweiger | Det. Nick Siegel | S01, S02 | 1994-1996 |
| Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei | 1996-???? | |||
| Bonnie and Clyde | William Hurt | Frank Hamer | 2013 | |
| Emile Hirsch | Clyde Barrow |
Video Games
| Game Title | Referred as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Fire | "Colt 1911" | 2007 | ||
| "Dual Colt" | dual-wielded |
Anime
| Film Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cowboy Bebop | Julia | Stainless Steel Finish | 1998-1999 |
| Vicious | |||
| Appleseed | Deunan Knute | 1988 | |
| Stella Women's Academy, High School Division Class C3 | Honoka Mutsu | Airsoft | 2013 |
Colt MK IV Series 80
The Colt MK IV Series 80 was first produced in 1983 to replace the Series 70 and is notoriously known as the first 1911 to make major improvements to the design. The first major improvement was incorporating a new firing pin block safety system, where a series of internal levers and a plunger positively blocked the firing pin from moving until the trigger was pressed, thus eliminating the possibility of the gun discharging if dropped onto a hard surface or struck hard. The second improvement to the design was adding a re-designed half-cock notch. Instead of the old hook style, the flat-top style was made to eliminate the problem of the hook breaking when the hammer slipped and fell to half cock. You can tell the gun has this feature by pulling the trigger on half cock. If the hammer falls, the gun has this type of half-cock system. Since the hammer doesn't have a sufficient distance to fall on half-cock, the weapon will not discharge. Also the series 80's had three dot sights, unlike the old fashioned iron sights. Much like the Series 70, this gun was also sold with the "collet" type barrel bushing until 1988.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zombieland: Double Tap | Abigail Breslin | Little Rock | engraved | 2019 |
| The Last Stand | Arnold Schwarzenegger | Sheriff Ray Owens | 2013 | |
| Djinns (Stranded) | Thierry Frémont | Sgt. Vacard | 2010 | |
| Stéphane Debac | Lt. Durieux | |||
| Machete | Robert De Niro | Senator McLaughlin | Nickel plated Engraved with Pearl Grips | 2010 |
| Street Kings | Keanu Reeves | Tom Ludlow | 2008 | |
| Pulse 3: Invasion | Todd Giebenhain | Thomas Ziegler | 2008 | |
| Pulse 2: Afterlife | Todd Giebenhain | Thomas Ziegler | 2008 | |
| Blood Brothers | Daniel Wu | Ah Feng | 2007 | |
| Chen Chang | Mark | |||
| The Cutter | Chuck Norris | John Shepherd | 2005 | |
| Heaven's Prisoners | Alec Baldwin | Dave Robicheaux | 1996 | |
| Bad Blood | Lorenzo Lamas | Travis Blackstone | Stainless steel | 1994 |
| Guarding Tess | Federal Agent | 1994 | ||
| Carlito's Way | Luis Guzmán | Pachanga | 1993 | |
| Scent of a Woman | Al Pacino | Lt. Col. Frank Slade | 1992 | |
| The Passport | An Izraeli police officer | 1991 | ||
| F/X | Cliff De Young | Lipton | 1986 | |
| Miami Supercops | Terence Hill | Doug Bennet | Stainless | 1985 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Vice - Season 3 | Walter Gotell | Mark Klizer | "When Irish Eyes are Crying" (S03E01) / Heavily customized | 1986-1987 |
| CSI: Miami - Season 3 | "Sex & Taxes" (S3E19) / Engraved, nickel plated / seen in a cabinet | 2004-2005 | ||
| Adam Rodriguez | Eric Delko | "10-7" (S3E24) / Commander version (4" barrel), Engraved, nickel plated | ||
| CSI: Miami - Season 4 | Murderer | "Dead Air" (S4E21) | 2005-2006 | |
| CSI: NY - Season 5 | Plain clothed NYPD Officer | "Veritas" (S05E01) | 2008-2009 | |
| CSI: NY - Season 6 | Michael Massee | Casey Steele | "Hammer Down" (S06E07) | 2009-2010 |
| CSI: NY - Season 7 | Store Clerk | "Exit Strategy" (S07E22) | 2010-2011 | |
| Dark Blue | Dylan McDermott | Lt. Shaw | 2009-2010 | |
| Chase | Cole Hauser | Jimmy | 2010-2011 | |
| Elementary - Season 1 | Lord Jamar | Raul Ramirez | "You Do It to Yourself" (S01E09) | 2012-2013 |
| Defiance - Season 1 | Graham Greene | Rafe McCawley | "Pilot" (S01E01) / "Enhanced" model | 2013 |
| Hap and Leonard | James Purefoy | Hap | "War" (S1E05) | 2016 |
| Hap and Leonard | Jimmi Simpson | Soldier | nickel plated | 2016 |
| The Rookie | Shawn Christian | Jeremy "The Hawk" Hawke | 2018 |
Video Game
| Game Title | Referred as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Matador | 2006 | |||
| Tomb Raider: Anniversary | dual pistols | with Commander ring-hammers | always dual-wielded | 2007 |
Colt MK IV Series 80 Combat Elite
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes, Madam! (Huang jia shi jie) | Hark Tsui | "Aspirin" | in the trunk | 1985 |
| National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | SWAT officer | Colt Combat Elite | 1989 | |
| The Getaway | Alec Baldwin | Carter "Doc" McCoy | 1994 | |
| Total Western | Marc Andréoni | José | 2000 | |
| Contraband | Mark Wahlberg | Chris Farraday | 2012 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Dominion Tank Police | Embassy Bodyguard | 1993 |
Colt Gold Cup National Match
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The Gold Cup National Match was a factory produced "custom" version of the Series 70 and Series 80 M1911A1 pistols that was purpose-built for improved accuracy, reliability, and handling in competitive shooting. It is easily recognized by its distinctive Elliason adjustable rear sight, flat topped slide, lightened hollow steel trigger with over-travel stop, and slanted slide serrations. The National Match was also produced in an "Enhanced" model which featured an enlarged "Duckbill" grip safety, skeleton hammer and undercut trigger guard, and were available in both stainless steel and blued carbon steel finishes. The National Match was discontinued in 1996 and replaced by the Trophy model, unfortunately several features of the Trophy rendered the pistol ineligible to compete in the NRA CMP National Matches without modification. For this reason Colt reintroduced a version of the National Match in 2011, however this model is significantly different to the original with a rounded top to the slide, different sights, aluminium 3-hole trigger, and generally less fine of a finish.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suicide Squad | Margot Robbie | Harley Quinn | 2016 | |
| Jared Leto | The Joker | |||
| The Gift | J.K. Simmons | Sheriff Johnson | 2005 | |
| U.S. Marshals | Tommy Lee Jones | U.S. Deputy Marshal Sam Gerard | Stainless Steel Finish; Promo Only | 1998 |
| Wesley Snipes | Mark Sheridan | Stainless Steel Finish | ||
| Lethal Weapon 4 | Chris Rock | Detective Lee Butters | Stainless Steel Finish | 1998 |
| The Long Kiss Goodnight | David Morse | Daedalus | Stainless Steel Finish | 1996 |
| The Getaway | Kim Basinger | Carol McCoy | Stainless Steel Finish | 1994 |
| UHF | 1989 | |||
| Band of the Hand | Daniele Quinn | Carlos | . | 1986 |
| Cobra | Sylvester Stallone | Marion Cobretti | Special Order Gold Cup in 9mm | 1986 |
| Day of the Dead | Gary Howard Klar | Pvt. Steel | 1985 | |
| Miami Supercops | Bud Spencer | Steve Forest | 1985 | |
| The French Connection | Marcel Bozzuffi | Pierre Nicoli | 1971 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top Shot | Various | Various | Used at the nomination range | 2012 |
| CSI:NY | Moe Irvin | Melvin La Grange | "Out of the Sky" (S7E05) | 2010-2011 |
| Lock 'n Load With R. Lee Ermey | R. Lee Ermey | Himself | "Pistols" (S1E04) | 2009 |
| CSI: Miami | Mala Noche Boss | "Rampage" (S4E24) | 2005-2006 | |
| Sons of Anarchy | Charlie Hunnam | Jackson 'Jax' Teller | Suppressed, custom grips/ "J'ai Obtenu Cette" (S5E13) | 2011 |
| Sons of Anarchy | Kim Coates | Tig Trager | Suppressed, custom grips/ "J'ai Obtenu Cette" (S5E13) | 2011 |
| Quantico | Priyanka Chopra | Alex Parrish | "Run" (S1E01) | 2015 |
| Murder in the First | Mo McRae | Anthony 'Suger' Cascade | "State of the Union" (S2E07), "Down Time" (S2E11) | 2015 |
| Murder in the First | Travis Parker | Calvin Jackson | "Tropic of Cancer" (S3E02) | 2016 |
Colt XSE
The Colt XSE is a modern Colt 1911 with added front cocking serrations and a few cosmetic changes. A railed model was also introduced which was later renamed the Colt Rail Gun. In 2012 a variant of the Rail Gun was adopted by the US Marine Corps for use by MEU(SOC) units and was designated the M45A1 Close Quarter Battle Pistol, replacing the original M45 pistol which has been in service since the 1980s.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Losers | Holt McCallany | Wade | 2010 | |
| Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Brad Pitt | John Smith | suppressor | 2005 |
| xXx 2: State of the Union | Samuel L. Jackson | Agent Augustus Gibbons | 2005 | |
| Shaft | Samuel L. Jackson | John Shaft II | 2019 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note/Episode | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Blacklist | Ritchie Coster | Anslo Garrick | M45A1 / "Anslo Garrick (No. 16)" (S1E09) | 2013 |
| Training Day | Bill Paxton | Det. Frank Roarke | 2017 | |
| Tales of The Walking Dead - Season 1 | Terry Crews | Joe | Stainless; "Evie / Joe" (S1E01) | 2022 |
| Olivia Munn | Evie |
Anime
| Anime Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jormungand | Jonah, Mildo, and Lu | 2012 |
Video Game
| Game Title | Referred as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Godfather II, The (VG) | 2009 | |||
| Escape from Tarkov | Colt M45A1 .45ACP pistol | 11-rounded magazine, muzzle brake, rail for flashlights, custom catch levers, triggers and hammers | added in the v0.12.8.9457 patch (2020) | 2016 |
| Black Squad | M45 CQBP | 2017 | ||
| Insurgency: Sandstorm | "M45" | M45A1 CQBP | 2018 |
Colt Commander
The Commander model 1911 is basically an M1911A1 with a 4.25" barrel (instead of 5") produced in various styles since 1951, and was chambered in 9x19 mm Parabellum, .45 ACP and .38 Super. There are several versions of the Commander. The original aluminum framed "Commander" was renamed the "Lightweight Commander" in 1970, when an all steel version called the "Combat Commander" was introduced. Later versions include the Colt Commander Gold Cup National Match, the Combat Elite and the Concealed Carry Officer's model, which mated the Commander slide and barrel with the smaller frame of the Colt Officer's Model.
Film
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I Spy | Bill Cosby | Alexander Scott | 9mm | 1966 - 1968 |
| The Professionals | 1977-1983 | |||
| The Black Tower | Art Malik | Julius Court | 1985 | |
| Law & Order - Season 10 | Neal Huff | Dennis Trope | "Gunshow" (S10E10), stainless | 1999-2000 |
| The Sopranos | Michael Imperioli | Christopher Moltisanti | Irregular Around the Margins (S05E05) | 1999-2007 |
| Ultimate Force | Tom Georgeson | Brian Duggan | 2002 | |
| Russell Tovey | "Weasel" | |||
| CSI: Miami - Season 4 | Robber | "Deviant" (S04E16), 9mm Stainless Combat Commander | 2005-2006 | |
| Emily Procter | Calleigh Duquesne | "Deviant" (S04E16), 9mm Combat Commander | ||
| CSI: NY - Season 4 | Kam Heskin | Suspect X | "Down The Rabbit Hole" (S04E05) & "DOA For A Day" (S04E15), .45 ACP Stainless Commander w/pearl grips and a stainless suppressor. | 2007-2008 |
| Sanctuary | Amanda Tapping | Dr Helen Magnus | 2008 - Present | |
| True Detective | James Frain | Lt. Burris | 2015 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appleseed | Athena | 1988 | |
| Wizard Barristers: Benmashi Cecil | A Gumegoma terrorist | 2014 | |
| JoJo's Bizarre Adventure | S5E3, "Meet the Gangster Behind the Wall"; S5E4, "Joining the Gang" | 2018 |
Colt Officer's ACP
A 1911 with a 3.5" barrel and shorter grip frame, this weapon is commonly mixed up with the Colt Commander, which has a longer barrel, slide, and frame than the Officer.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat | Al Pacino | Lt. Vincent Hanna | With ivory grips | 1995 |
| City of Industry | Harvey Keitel | Roy Egan | With ivory grips | 1997 |
| Conspiracy Theory | Julia Roberts | Alice Sutton | 1997 | |
| Exit Wounds | Steven Seagal | Orin Boyd | 2001 | |
| Employee of the Month | Andrea Bendewald | Wendy | stainless, suppressed | 2004 |
| The Punisher | Thomas Jane | Frank Castle | custom two-tone with Novak-style sights, flared magwell, slanted slide serrations, skeletonized hammer, trigger, and ambidextrous safety | 2004 |
| Sin City | Nick Stahl | Roark Jr. | With two-tone finish | 2005 |
| Pineapple Express | Danny McBride | Red | custom two-tone with Novak-style sights, flared magwell, slanted slide serrations, skeletonized hammer, trigger, and ambidextrous safety | 2008 |
| Seth Rogen | Dale | |||
| Terminator Salvation | Unknown | Gas Station Refugee | custom two-tone with Novak-style sights, flared magwell, slanted slide serrations, skeletonized hammer, trigger, and ambidextrous safety | 2009 |
| Takers | Paul Walker | John Rahway | custom two-tone with Novak-style sights, flared magwell, slanted slide serrations, skeletonized hammer, trigger, and ambidextrous safety | 2010 |
| The Raid 2 | Oka Antara | Eka | airsoft | 2014 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Law & Order - Season 2 | Kelli Williams | Maggie | "Sisters of Mercy" (S02E17) | 1992 |
| CSI: Miami - Season 4 | Emily Proctor | Calleigh Duquesne | custom two-tone with Novak-style sights, flared magwell, slanted slide serrations, skeletonized hammer, trigger, and ambidextrous safety; "Deviant" (S4E16) | 2006 |
| Burn Notice - Season 1 | Mark Pellegrino | Quentin King | custom two-tone with Novak-style sights, flared magwell, slanted slide serrations, skeletonized hammer, trigger, and ambidextrous safety; "Identity" (S1E02) | 2007 |
| Burn Notice - Season 2 | Robin Givens | Kandi | custom two-tone with Novak-style sights, flared magwell, slanted slide serrations, skeletonized hammer, trigger, and ambidextrous safety; "Scatter Point" (S2E05) | 2008 |
| Rogue - Season 1 | Marton Csokas | Jimmy Laszlo | "The Second Amendment" (S01E06) | 2013 |
| Chicago P.D. - Season 3 | Bokeem Woodbine | Derek Keyes | custom two-tone with Novak-style sights, flared magwell, slanted slide serrations, skeletonized hammer, trigger, and ambidextrous safety, sometimes with a suppressor | 2015-2016 |
| The Walking Dead - Season 8 | Unknown | Savior | Custom two-tone with wood grips; "Wrath" (S08E16) | 2018 |
| Andrew Lincoln | Rick Grimes | |||
| Pollyanna McIntosh | Anne | |||
| The Rookie | criminal | 2018 |
Anime
| Film Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino | John Doe | 2008 |
Video Games
| Title | Appears as | Mods | Notes | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fallout: New Vegas | A Light Shining In Darkness | Trench sights, rattle snake grips and greek text engraved on slide | Added in the DLC Honest Hearts | 2011 |
Colt Defender
Specifications
(???? - Present)
- Type: Pistol
- Caliber: .45 ACP, 9x19mm
- Weight: 1.5 lbs (0.7 kg)
- Length: 6.8 in (17.1 cm)
- Barrel length: 3 in (7.6 cm)
- Capacity: 7 (.45 ACP), 9 (9x19mm)
- Fire Modes: Semi-Auto
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sin City | Powers Boothe | Senator Roark | 2005 | |
| Already Dead | Patrick Kilpatrick | The Detective | 2007 | |
| The Guy from Our Cemetery (Paren s nashego kladbishcha) | at the gun shop | 2015 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uncharted 2: Among Thieves | ".45 Defender" | holds 8 rounds | 2009 |
| Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception | ".45 Defender" | holds 8 rounds | 2011 |
| Uncharted: Golden Abyss | ".45 Defender" | holds 9 rounds | 2011 |
| The Last of Us | "9mm Pistol" | 2013 | |
| Payday 2 | "Crosskill Guard" | Added in a 2017 update, chambered in 9x19mm, unrealistically holds 17 rounds | 2013 |
| Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades | "Defender45" | 2016 |
Other Variants
AMT Hardballer
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Terminator | Arnold Schwarzenegger | The Terminator | Longslide w/ laserlock sight | 1984 |
| L.A. Bounty | Sybil Danning | Ruger | Longslide | 1989 |
| Wings Hauser | Timothy Cavanaugh | |||
| Predator 2 | Danny Glover | Mike Harrigan | Longslide, only briefly seen and handled | 1990 |
| Natural Born Killers | police officer | Longslide | 1994 | |
| The Phantom | Billy Zane | Phantom | Longslide | 1996 |
| Poor White Trash | Todd Babcock | Deputy Haggard | Longslide | 2000 |
| townsman | Longslide | |||
| Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles | Alex Kuzelicki | Jean-Paul Chagal | Longslide | 2001 |
| Lone Hero | Robert Forster | Gus | 2002 | |
| A biker | ||||
| My Name Is Bruce | Bruce Campbell | Bruce Campbell | Longslide | 2007 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sledge Hammer! | Jesse Aragon | Feliz Navidad | Longslide, "Under the Gun" (S01E01) | 1986 |
| D.W. Brown | Weird Williard Luxley | |||
| Homicide: Life on the Street | Wilford Brimley | Harry Prentice | "See No Evil" (S2E02) | 1994 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Referred as | Notes | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hitman: Codename 47 | AMT Hardballer | 2000 | |
| Hitman 2: Silent Assassin | Silverballer | Available w/ suppressor | 2002 |
| Hitman: Contracts | Silverballer | Available w/ suppressor | 2004 |
| Hitman: Blood Money | Silverballer | w/ variety of accessories | 2006 |
| Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days | seen on DVD covers & posters, not usable | 2010 | |
| Hitman: Absolution | 2012 | ||
| Tomb Raider | Silverballer | DLC weapon | 2013 |
| State of Decay 2 | 2018 | ||
| Ghost Recon Breakpoint | Stainless Extended .45 | Added via TU 1.1.0 Longslide w/ laserlock sight |
2019 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Lagoon | Chang | Longslide | 2006 |
| Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom | Lizzie Garland | Longslide | 2009 |
Auto-Ordnance M1911A1
The Auto-Ordnance company is best known for its "Tommy guns", they also manufactured 1911 pattern pistols, at times to varying degree of quality depending on the ownership at time of production. M1911A1s produced by Auto-Ordnance is impossible to differentiate from a genuine M1911A1 at a distance or in the hands of an actor. While they sometimes have a longer trigger, the easiest way to identify it is by the slanted grooves on the slide.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trouble Man | stick-up men | 1972 | ||
| The Killer | Shing Fui-On | Wong Hoi | 1989 | |
| Carlito's Way | Al Pacino | Carlito Brigante | 1993 | |
| Wayne's World 2 | Dana Carvey | Garth Algar | Nickel plated with pearl grip | 1993 |
| Pulp Fiction | John Travolta | Vincent Vega | Nickel plated with pearl grips | 1994 |
| Road Ends | Chris Sarandon | Esteban Maceda | 1997 | |
| Exiled | Roy Cheung | Cat | 2006 | |
| Go Fast | Jean-Michel Fête | Méco | Dual Tone version | 2009 |
| God Bless America | Tara Lynne Barr | Roxy | 2012 | |
| Joel Murray | Frank Murdock |
Video Games
| Game Title | Referred as | Notes | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Receiver | Colt 1911 | 2012 | |
| Terminator: Resistance (VG) | M1911 Pistol | Chambered in 9x19mm with a 9-round magazine capacity; has a stock front sight with an aftermarket rear sight | 2019 |
IMBEL M1911A1
"Industria de Material Bélico do Brasil" (IMBEL) makes several copies of the basic 1911 pattern, in several calibers.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elite Squad 2 (Tropa de Elite 2) | BOPE officers | MD5 LX variant | 2010 | |
| City of God | Leandro Firmino da Hora | Li'l Ze | 2002 | |
| Darlan Cunha | Filé com Fritas |
M45 / MEU(SOC)
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The M45 Pistol (previously called the MEU(SOC) Pistol) is a refurbished and upgraded M1911A1 Pistol and has been the standard issue sidearm for the Force Recon Element of the United States Marine Corps' Marine Expeditionary Units since the mid-1980s. However, it has recently begun to be supplemented, first by the Kimber ICQB Pistol, then by the Colt M45A1 CQBP in 2012.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolf Warriors 2 | Hans Zhang | Zhuo Yifan | 2017 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black and White | Harbor City SWAT officer | Airsoft model | 2009 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Notes | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Combat Arms | 2008 | ||
| Insurgency: Modern Infantry Combat | MEU SOC 1911 | 2007 | |
| Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising | MEU (SOC) | 2009 | |
| Battlefield 3 | "M1911" | Available with suppressor or flashlight | 2011 |
| Medal of Honor: Warfighter | seen in trailer, replaced with Vickers Tactical 1911 | 2012 | |
| Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 | Unusable, seen only on main menu | 2013 | |
| Insurgency | w/ various attachments | 2014 | |
| Rainbow Six: Siege | M45 MEUSOC | 2015 |
Norinco M1911A1
Chinese copy of the M1911A1.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From Dusk Till Dawn | Quentin Tarantino | Richard Gecko | With nickel finish | 1996 |
| Diamond Dogs | Dolph Lundgren | Xander Ronson | With nickel finish | 2007 |
Remington 1911
The Remington-produced variant is also named as the Remington R1.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skin Trade | Ron Perlman | Viktor Dragovic | custom engraved nickel-plated R1 Enhanced, custom grips | 2015 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top Shot - Season 4 | "Trick Shot Shoot Off" (S04E07) "The Ultimate Prize" (S04E12) |
2012 | ||
| Fear the Walking Dead - Season 2 | Lorenzo James Henrie | Chris Manawa | with adjustable sights "Shiva" (S2E07) |
2016 |
Video Games
| Title | Appears as | Mods | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tomb Raider | Tactical Pistol | w/ various upgrades | Model 1911 R1 Enhanced | 2013 |
Rock Island Armory 1911
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silk | Mike Monty | Frampton | 1986 | |
| Cec Verrell | Silk | |||
| Joe Mari Avellana | Lt. Kobayashi | |||
| Ronnie Patterson | Vernon | |||
| Assassin | ||||
| Demon of Paradise | Henry Strzalkowski | Shelton | 1987 | |
| Solders | ||||
| Planet Terror | Quentin Tarantino | Lewis (Rapist #1) | 2007 | |
| Freddy Rodriguez | Wray |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Walking Dead - Season 7 | Chandler Riggs | Carl Grimes | Suppressed; "Rock in the Road" (S7E09) | 2017 |
| Karl Makinen | Richard | |||
| Andrew Lincoln | Rick Grimes | |||
| Danai Gurira | Michonne | Suppressed; "Say Yes" (S7E12) | ||
| Deborah May | Natania | "Something They Need" (S7E15) | ||
| Sydney Park | Cyndie | |||
| Alanna Masterson | Tara Chambler | "Something They Need" (S7E15), "The First Day of the Rest of Your Lives" (S7E16) |
Safari Arms .45
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild Geese II | Edward Fox | Alex Faulkner | Fitted with 'Survivor' Rifle kit, sniper scope and sound suppressor | 1985 |
| Cop's Honor (Parole de Flic) | Stéphane Ferrara | Abel Salem | With extended barrel | 1985 |
| Wanted | Angelina Jolie | Fox | Heavily Customized Matchmaster 5 | 2008 |
| Dawn of the Dead | Bruce Bhone | Andy | with a Surefire 310R/610R flashlight | 2004 |
| The Baytown Outlaws | thug | 2012 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck | Mark Pellegrino | Alexander Winterborne | "Chuck Versus the Fat Lady" (S2E07) | 2008-2009 |
| Hawaii Five-0 | kidnapper | "Pahele" (S2E11) | 2011-2012 | |
| Castle | seen in evidence bag |
Anime
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Dominion Tank Police | 1993 |
Smith & Wesson SW1911
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stone Cold | Tom Selleck | Chief Jesse Stone | SW1911SC | 2005 |
| Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise | Tom Selleck | Chief Jesse Stone | SW1911SC | 2006 |
| Jesse Stone: Night Passage | Tom Selleck | Chief Jesse Stone | SW1911SC | 2006 |
| Jesse Stone: Sea Change | Tom Selleck | Chief Jesse Stone | SW1911SC | 2007 |
| Jesse Stone: Thin Ice | Tom Selleck | Chief Jesse Stone | SW1911SC | 2009 |
| Jesse Stone: No Remorse | Tom Selleck | Chief Jesse Stone | SW1911SC | 2010 |
| Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost | Tom Selleck | Chief Jesse Stone | SW1911SC | 2011 |
| Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt | Tom Selleck | Chief Jesse Stone | SW1911SC | 2011 |
| Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise | Tom Selleck | Chief Jesse Stone | 2015 | |
| One for the Money | Gavin-Keith Umeh | Benito Ramirez | stainless | 2012 |
| John Leguizamo | Jimmy Alpha | |||
| The Heat | Adam Ray | LeSoire | SW1911 E-series | 2013 |
| Homefront | Linds Edwards | Jojo Turrie | stainless | 2013 |
| Birdman | Michael Keaton | Riggan Thompson | SW1911SC E-Series | 2014 |
| Furious 7 | Paul Walker | Brian O'Conner | 2015 | |
| John Wick: Chapter 2 | Keanu Reeves | John Wick | SW1911SC E-series; suppressed | 2017 |
| John Wick: Chapter 2 | Ruby Rose | Ares | SW1911SC E-series; suppressed | 2017 |
| Wind River | Graham Greene | Ben | Stainless steel E-Series with rail | 2017 |
| John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum | SW1911SC E-series; seen in armory | 2019 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Las Vegas | Tom Selleck | A.J. Cooper | With Stag grips | 2003-2008 |
| Bones | Emily Deschanel | Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan | 2005-present | |
| Castle | "Cops and Robbers" (S4E07) | 2012 | ||
| NCIS | Muse Watson | Mike Franks | 2010-2011 | |
| The Following | Kevin Bacon | Ryan Hardy | 2014 | |
| The Walking Dead - Season 4 | Jeff Kober | Joe | SC E-series | 2014 |
| Andrew Lincoln | Rick Grimes | SC E-series, "A" (S4E16) | ||
| NCIS: LA | Sebastian Roché | Lee Asher | "An Unlocked Mind" (S07E07) | 2015-2016 |
| Bahram Khosraviani | Ahmed Salib | Performance Center "Round Butt", "Come Back" (S07E14) | ||
| Gotham | Ben McKenzie | Jim Gordon | SC E-series | 2016-2017 |
| Benedict Samuel | Jervis Tetch | |||
| Anthony Carrigan | Victor Zsasz |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notes | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance of Valiant Arms | With synthetic grips, stainless steel finish, and railed frame | 2007 | ||
| 007: Quantum of Solace | CR-1911 | Nickel-plating, optional suppressor | 2008 | |
| Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 | M1984 Pistol Rail | 2017 | ||
| Far Cry 5 | "1911" | M1911A1-style trigger | Missing external extractor | 2018 |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 2019 | |||
| Far Cry 6 | "1911" | 2021 |
TJ's Custom Gunworks Stealth-1
The Stealth-1 is a custom built compact M1911 originally made by movie armorer company TJ for Mr. & Mrs. Smith. It was the former smallest .45 caliber 1911 pistol, and only holds 4 + 1 rounds.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Angelina Jolie | Jane Smith | seen stuck in a garter belt; promotional material only | 2005 |
Wilson Combat "Protector"
Wilson Combat makes the "Protector" in .45 ACP, 9x19mm, .38 Super, .40 S&W, and 10mm.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saw | Michael Emerson | Zep Hindle | 2004 | |
| Monica Potter | Alison Gordon | |||
| Leigh Whannell | Adam | |||
| Danny Glover | Detective Tapp | briefly during a fight with Zep | ||
| The Death and Life of Bobby Z | Paul Walker | Tim Kearney | 2007 | |
| Cockneys vs. Zombies | Seen in lockup, not used | 2012 |
Wilson Combat "Vickers Elite"
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shooter - Season 3 | Ryan Phillippe | Bob Lee Swagger | "Red Meat" (S3E02) | 2018 |
Experimental Stamped M1911
Around the time of World War II, the Guide Lamp Division of General Motors (who also designed the FP-45 Liberator) developed an experimental simplified stamped steel version of the M1911 pistol. Aside from the barrel, the barrel link, and the pins holding the components together, the entire gun was made from stamped steel with a parkerized finish. It has a simplified magazine release, no grip safety (it had a rotating rear sight that acted as a safety instead), and no slide stop. It used a standard M1911A1 magazine.
Less than twenty prototypes were made, and one example resides in the Springfield Armory's Collection.
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades | 2016 |
OSS "Bigot" M1911
During WWII, the Office of Strategic Service designed a dart-firing conversion for the M1911 pistol. The name is a play on the word "spigot", as the device is a scaled-down spigot mortar used inside of a pistol.
The basic idea of the "Bigot" was a silent dart-firing conversion of an otherwise unmodified M1911 pistol. It required a breech plug to sit in the breech, which screwed into a thin tube that sat inside the barrel. A long firing pin is located inside the tube, which the dart sits around when inserted into the barrel. The M1911 firing pin strikes the tube's firing pin when the trigger is pulled. This firing pin detonates a .25 caliber blank round that is located inside the pointed tip of the dart, generating pressure and launching the dart silently. Practicality was limited, and a suppressor was almost certainly more effective, as the device prohibited use of .45 rounds. It needed to be removed in order for the pistol to fire regular bullets.
At least 5 different darts were designed for the "Bigot", which were presumably used in testing to determine the most efficient design:
- "Single-Use" - the most common and popular dart model. It features sliding, notched fins that rest around the muzzle and are forced backwards to control the trajectory of the dart as it flies. A ridge on the end of the dart keeps them on the dart body. The point is 4-sided.
- "Reusable" - very similar to the "Single-Use" design, with smaller fins and a smooth point, with no edges. The point is threaded and can be unscrewed so you can replace the .25 blank for multiple uses of the dart.
- "Halfway Fins" - 4-sided point and square fins fixed just behind the point, stopping the dart from being fully inserted into barrel, instead the dart sits halfway in the barrel.
- "Finless" - smooth point, no fins.
- "Rifled" - smooth point, rifled end (opposite the point) which locks into the rifling of the M1911 barrel and generates a spinning motion as it is fired, much like a bullet is spun due to the rifling. Wider dart body than the other designs.
The first 3 designs are roughly 6 inches long, with the "Finless" being roughly 5.5 inches and the "Rifled" is roughly 4 to 4.5 inches long.
As well as darts, someone in the OSS recognised the similarity between the "Bigot" mechanism and a rifle grenade, and two different grenades were developed with the same functionality as the darts - placed around the tube and using a .25 blank to propel them. The grenades were of different sizes and (presumably) different explosive loads, although specific information regarding performance or details are hard to find.
No testing data has yet been found for any of the darts or grenades. An indeterminate amount were made, and none were fielded.
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phantom Forces | attachment for M1911A1 and Colt Rail Gun pistols | 2015 | ||
| Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond | featured in the U-Boat level, given to the player by Ollie | 2020 |
Blank Firing Replicas
Bruni 1911
A replica of the M1911 (with M1911A1 features) made by Italian firm Bruni, firing 8mm blanks. It is also avaliable in chrome. The Bruni M1911 can be identified by its distinctive slide markings, fully straight slide, single-screw grip, short hammer, and its thin magazine with a protrusion.
Not to be confused with the Bruni 96, which has a different design; most blank-firing M1911s described as "Bruni M1911s" on the internet are actually Bruni 96s (see below).
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Transporter | Jason Statham | Frank Martin | Nickel Variant | 2002 |
| Matt Schulze | Wall Street | |||
| Qi Shu | Lai | |||
| Crocodile 2: Death Swamp | Jon Sklaroff | Sol | 2002 | |
| James Parks | Squid | |||
| David Valcin | Justin | |||
| Heidi Lenhart | Mia | |||
| Razor Blade Smile | Eileen Daly | Lilith Silver | Standard Variant | 1998 |
| Kevin Howarth | Platinum | |||
| Illuminati thug | ||||
| Marie from the Bay of Angels (Marie Baie des Anges) | Frédéric Malgras | Orso | Standard Variant | 1997 |
| Vahina Giocante | Marie | |||
| Man Bites Dog | Benoît Poelvoorde | Ben | Nickel Variant | 1992 |
| Rémy Belvaux | Rémy | |||
| The Democratic Terrorist | Paul Moerman | Jean Michel | 1992 | |
| Heikko Deutschmann | Martin | |||
| May Buchgraber | Eva | |||
| Blues Brothers 2000 | Indiana State Trooper | 1998 | ||
| Brazil | Guard | 1985 | ||
| Umbrella Coup (Le Coup du parapluie) | Gordon Mitchell | Moskovitz | 1980 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midsomer Murders | Sean McGinley | Sean O'Connell | "Who Killed Cock Robin?" (S04E04) | 1997 - Present |
| Ultimate Force | Leader of the Zimbabwean "Fire Brigade" | (S03E02) | 2004 | |
| Head of Medusa (Hlava Medúzy) | hanging on the wall | "Hlava Medúzy" (S1E1) | 2021 |
Bruni 96
A different replica of the M1911, with many differences compared to the Bruni M1911. The Bruni 96 can be primarily identified by its gas port behind ejection port, short fully-cocked hammer, and external extractor.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Running Scared | Paul Walker | Joey Gazelle | 2006 |
Kimar 911
The Kimar 911 is a blank-firing 1911 replica made by Italian manufacturer Kimar. It comes in 9mm PAK caliber (7+1 rounds) or 8mm blank caliber (10+1 rounds), and has either a black or nickel finish. It is easily identified by its thick wooden grips with large screw holes. One drawback of the gun in terms of model accuracy is its completely different safety mechanism, which visibly differs from that of the original 1911.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Picasso Trigger | Rustam Branaman | Glen | 1988 | |
| Various thugs | ||||
| Pusher | Kim Bodnia | Frank | 1996 | |
| Pusher | Levino Jensen | Mike | 1996 | |
| Guns | William Bumiller | Lucas | 2008 | |
| XIII: The Conspiracy | Jonathan Higgins | Calwin Wax | 2008 | |
| Antikiller D.K. | "Kolgan"'s bodyguard | dual with Umarex GPDA | 2009 |
Umarex Colt Government 1911 A1
A blank firing replica of the Colt M1911A1 (although with its higher profile sight sand straight mainspring housing it more closely resembles the Colt MK IV Series 80) manufactured by the German company "Umarex" which can be identified by its external extractor (as seen here).
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Preacher | Peter Paul Muller | Klaas | Nickel version | 2004 |
| Dead Man's Bluff (Zhmurki) | Aleksey Panin | Sergey | Nickel plated | 2005 |
| Dead Man's Bluff (Zhmurki) | Dmitri Dyuzhev | Simon | 2005 | |
| Dead Man's Bluff (Zhmurki) | Grigoriy Siyatvinda | Baklazhan | Nickel plated | 2005 |
| A Yakuza's Daughter Never Cries | Yoshitaka Yamagami | Nakato | 2010 |
Television
| Title | Character | Actor | Note | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei | Various | Various | Blank and nickel versions | 1996 - ???? |
Reck Commander
A German manufactured blank firing replica of the Colt Commander which can be identified by its external extractor. It appeared in late 1970s.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild Geese II | Ingrid Pitt | Stroebling's henchwoman | 1985 | |
| Wild Geese II | Stroebling's henchmen | 1985 |
Reck Government
A German manufactured blank firing replica of the M1911A1 which is identifiable by its external extractor.
Televison
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meteor | Michael Rooker | Calvin Stark | 2009 | |
| Meteor | Stephen Bridgewater | Dwight | 2009 | |
| Operation "Satan" (Operatsiya "Satana") | Seen in the drawer | 2018 |
Airsoft Replicas
KWC M1911A1
KWC (Kien Well Corporation) is a Taiwanese manufacturer of airsoft guns and markets a wide line of gas and spring powered airsoft guns. Part of their portfolio is a number of airsoft guns inspired by match-versions of the M1911A1, these guns can be identified by the manufacturer initials and ‘Made in Taiwan’ on the right side of the slide just above the forward section of the trigger guard.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Out | seen during intro credits | 2012 |
Tanfoglio Witness 1911
This is a modified airsoft KWC M1911 distributed (mostly in Europe and America) by Cybergun under the name of Tanfoglio. "Real-life" Tanfoglio never made 1911 style firearms.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys Don't Cry (Chlopaki nie placza) | Cezary Pazura | Fred | 2000 | |
| The Vulture (Sęp) | Michal Zebrowski | Aleksander Wolin alias 'Sęp' | 2013 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kryminalni | Various | 2004-2008 |
Non Firing Replicas
MGC M1911A1
Model Gun Corp of Japan made these excellent all metal replica handguns between the late 1960s and the early 1980s. A batch of original MGC M1911s were discovered and hit the market once again in the early 2000s for a limited time. Despite intentional dimensional differences between it and the real M1911A1, all the parts assemble and disassemble just like the real firearm.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day of the Dead | Gary Howard Klar | Pvt. Steele | Non Firing Scenes | 1985 |
| Man Bites Dog | Benoît Poelvoorde | Ben | 1992 | |
| The Nightingale |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boss | Tetsuji Tamayama | Detective Katagiri Takuma | 2009 |
See Also
- Colt's Manufacturing Company - A list of all firearms manufactured by Colt.
- Star 1911 Series - A Spanish derivative of the 1911, frequently used in older live action production in place of actual M1911s due to unreliability of .45 ACP blanks.