Agent

Agent may refer to:

Espionage, investigation, and law

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

Fictional characters

 * Agent (comics), a Marvel Comics character
 * Agent (The Matrix), a group of characters in the series
 * The Agents, superhuman characters in Seven Samurai 20XX

Film and television

 * The Agent (1922 film), featuring Oliver Hardy
 * The Agent (2010 film), a short film
 * Agent (film), an spy thriller film
 * Agent (TV series), a Polish reality competition

Music

 * Agent (band), an American hardcore band from Long Island, New York
 * Agents (Finnish band), a Finnish schlager/rock'n'roll band
 * The Agents (Australian band), led by James Griffin
 * "Intro: The Agent", by Rhymefest from El Che (2010)
 * "The Agent" (Little Man Tate song) (2006)

Other uses in arts and entertainment

 * Agent (video game), a stealth action game

Biology and chemistry

 * Biological agent, a bacterium, virus, protozoan, parasite, or fungus used as a weapon
 * Chemical agent, used as a chemical weapon

Computing

 * Agent architecture, a blueprint for software agents and control systems
 * Agent-based model, a computational model for simulating the actions and interactions of individuals
 * Intelligent agent, an autonomous, goal-directed entity which observes and acts upon an environment
 * Software agent, a piece of software that acts for a user or other program
 * User agent, software that is acting on behalf of a user

Other uses

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