Matador (disambiguation)

A matador is the central bullfighter who must kill the bull.

Matador(s), The Matador(s), El Matador, or Los Matadores may also refer to:

Comics

 * Matador (Marvel Comics), a super-villain in the Marvel Comics universe

Film, television, and theater

 * Matador (film) a 1986 film directed by Pedro Almodóvar
 * The Matador, a 2005 film starring Pierce Brosnan
 * The Matador (2008 film), a documentary
 * Matador (American TV series), a 2014 action series
 * Matador (Danish TV series), a 1978–1982 drama series
 * Matador (Danish musical), a 2007 musical based on the television series
 * Matador (English musical), a 1991 musical based on the story of El Cordobés

Games and toys

 * Matador (cards), a top trump in some card games
 * Matador (domino game)
 * Matador (toy), a wooden construction set
 * Matador (video game) or Brigador, a 2016 tactical game
 * El Matador (video game), a 2006 third-person shooter

Literature

 * Matador, a 1934 novel by Marguerite Steen
 * Matador series, a series of science fiction novels by Steve Perry

Bands

 * The Matadors (band), a 1960s Czech beat band

Albums

 * Matador (Kenny Dorham album) or the title song, 1963
 * Matador (Gaz Coombes album) or the title song, 2015
 * Matador (Grant Green album) or the title song, 1979
 * Matador: The Songs of Leonard Cohen, by Patricia O'Callaghan, 2012
 * Matador, by Arms and Sleepers, 2009
 * Matador, by Mickey 3D, or the title song, 2005
 * Matador, by Zoroaster, 2010

Songs

 * "Matador" (Akinori Nakagawa song), 2004
 * "Matador" (Los Fabulosos Cadillacs song), 1994
 * "Matador"/"Da Frame 2R", a single by Arctic Monkeys, 2007
 * "The Matador" (Johnny Cash song), 1963
 * "The Matador" (Sylvia song), 1981
 * "Matador", by Acumen Nation from Transmissions from Eville, 1994
 * "Matador", by Garland Jeffreys from American Boy & Girl, 1979
 * "Matador", by Halford from Halford IV: Made of Metal, 2010
 * "Matador", by Xmal Deutschland, 1986

Businesses and companies

 * Matador (company), a Slovakia-based global tire producer
 * Matador Content, an American television production company
 * Matador Cooperative Farm, a defunct agricultural cooperative near Kyle, Saskatchewan, Canada
 * Matador Records, an American record label
 * The Matador (bar), a defunct bar in Portland, Oregon, US
 * The Matador Club, a defunct country music venue in Toronto, Canada
 * The Matador (restaurant), an American chain of Mexican restaurants

Military

 * Matador (mine protected vehicle), an armoured mine protected vehicle produced by Paramount Group in South Africa
 * MATADOR, an anti-armour missile system developed by Singapore and Israel
 * AEC Matador, a military vehicle used by the Allies during World War II
 * AV-8S Matador, Spanish version of the AV-8A Harrier
 * MGM-1 Matador, one of the first cruise missiles ever introduced
 * Operation Matador (disambiguation), the name of several military or intelligence plans

People with the stage name or nickname

 * Matador (WA BMG 44), Senegalese hip hop musician
 * Edinson Cavani (born 1987), Uruguayan football player
 * Lloyd Daley (1939–2018), Jamaican reggae producer
 * Luis Hernández (footballer, born 1968), Mexican football player
 * Marcelo Salas (born 1974), Chilean football player
 * Tito Santana (born 1953), American professional wrestler
 * Luis Tejada (born 1982), Panamanian football player
 * Primo & Epico or "Los Matadores", a professional wrestling tag team
 * Ilia Topuria or "El Matador" (born 1997), Spanish mixed martial artist

Places

 * Matador, Texas, US
 * Matador Mountain, Antarctica

Sports

 * Cal State Northridge Matadors, the sports teams of California State University, Northridge
 * FK Matador Púchov, a Slovak football club, sponsored by the tyre producer

Transportation

 * AMC Matador, an automobile manufactured by American Motors Corporation from 1971 to 1978
 * Dodge Matador, an automobile model marketed during 1960
 * El Matador (custom car), a show car built by Bill Cushenbery 1959–1961
 * Tempo Matador, a series of light commercial vehicles originally designed by Tempo and subsequently built by several motor companies between 1949 and 2000.

Other uses

 * Matador (cocktail), a tequila-based cocktail
 * Avid Matador, a 1990s 2D painting software on Silicon Graphics computers