# Agent

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**Agent** may refer to:

## Espionage, investigation, and law

- [Espionage § Agents in espionage](/source/Espionage#Agents_in_espionage), spies or intelligence officers
- [Law of agency](/source/Law_of_agency), laws involving a person authorized to act on behalf of another - [Agent of record](/source/Agent_of_record), a person with a contractual agreement with an insurance policy owner - [Election agent](/source/Election_agent), a person responsible for the conduct of a political campaign - [Free agent](/source/Free_agent), a sports player who is eligible to sign with any club or franchise - [Literary agent](/source/Literary_agent), an agent who represents writers and their written works - [Modeling agency](/source/Modeling_agency), a person or a corporation which represents fashion models - [Press agent](/source/Press_agent), a professional publicist - [Foreign agent](/source/Foreign_agent), a person who carries out the interests of a foreign country - [Political agent (disambiguation)](/source/Political_agent_(disambiguation)) - [Patent attorney](/source/Patent_attorney), an attorney who represents clients in patent matters - [Real estate agent](/source/Real_estate_agent), an intermediary between sellers and buyers of real estate - [Registered agent](/source/Registered_agent), in the US, receives service of process for a party in a legal action - [Shipping agent](/source/Shipping_agent), a person responsible for handling shipments and cargo - [Sports agent](/source/Sports_agent), a legal representative for professional sports figures such as athletes and coaches - [Talent agent](/source/Talent_agent) or booking agent, a person who finds jobs for entertainment professionals - [Trade mark agent](/source/Trade_mark_agent), a person who represents clients in trade mark matters - [Travel agent](/source/Travel_agent), a retailer that provides travel and tourism related services
- [Special agent](/source/Special_agent), an American criminal investigator or detective for example

## Arts and entertainment

### Fictional characters

- [Agent (Marvel Comics)](/source/Agent_(Marvel_Comics)), a Marvel Comics character
- [Agent (*The Matrix*)](/source/Agent_(The_Matrix)), a group of characters in the series
- The Agents, superhuman characters in *[Seven Samurai 20XX](/source/Seven_Samurai_20XX)*

### Film and television

- [*The Agent* (1922 film)](/source/The_Agent_(1922_film)), featuring Oliver Hardy
- [The Agent (2010 film)](/source/The_Agent_(2010_film)), a short film
- [*Agent* (film)](/source/Agent_(film)), a spy thriller film
- [*Agent* (TV series)](/source/Agent_(TV_series)), a Polish reality competition

### Music

- [Agent (band)](/source/Agent_(band)), an American hardcore band from Long Island, New York
- [Agents (Finnish band)](/source/Agents_(Finnish_band)), a Finnish schlager/rock'n'roll band
- [The Agents (Australian band)](/source/The_Agents_(Australian_band)), led by James Griffin
- "Intro: The Agent", by Rhymefest from *[El Che](/source/El_Che_(album))* (2010)
- ["The Agent" (Little Man Tate song)](/source/The_Agent_(Little_Man_Tate_song)) (2006)

### Other uses in arts and entertainment

- [*Agent* (video game)](/source/Agent_(video_game)), a stealth action game

## Science and technology

### Biology and chemistry

- [Biological agent](/source/Biological_agent), a bacterium, virus, protozoan, parasite, or fungus used as a weapon
- Chemical agent, used as a [chemical weapon](/source/Chemical_weapon)

### Computing

- [Agent architecture](/source/Agent_architecture), a blueprint for software agents and control systems
- [Agent-based model](/source/Agent-based_model), a computational model for simulating the actions and interactions of individuals
- [Agentic AI](/source/Agentic_AI), autonomous artificial intelligence that can make decisions and act on those decisions on its own
- [Forté Agent](/source/Fort%C3%A9_Agent), an email and Usenet news client
- [Intelligent agent](/source/Intelligent_agent), an autonomous, goal-directed entity which observes and acts upon an environment
- [Software agent](/source/Software_agent), a piece of software that acts for a user or other program
- [User agent](/source/User_agent), software that is acting on behalf of a user

## Other uses

- [Agency (philosophy)](/source/Agency_(philosophy)), the capacity of an actor to act in a given environment
- [Agency (psychology)](/source/Agency_(psychology)), an attribute of humans and non-human animals
- [Agent (economics)](/source/Agent_(economics)), an actor and decision maker in a model
- [Agent (grammar)](/source/Agent_(grammar)), in linguistics, the thematic relation of a cause or initiator to an event
- [Agent noun](/source/Agent_noun), a word identifying an actor, derived from a word denoting an action
- [Cleaning agent](/source/Cleaning_agent), a substance used to remove bad smells, clutter, dirt, dust, or stains on surfaces

## See also

- [Agency (disambiguation)](/source/Agency_(disambiguation))
- [Agent 13 (disambiguation)](/source/Agent_13_(disambiguation))
- [Agent X (disambiguation)](/source/Agent_X_(disambiguation))
- [Bot (disambiguation)](/source/Bot_(disambiguation))
- *[Get Smart](/source/Get_Smart)*, an American comedy TV series which parodies the secret agent genre
- [Secret Agent (disambiguation)](/source/Secret_Agent_(disambiguation))

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