Mercenary (disambiguation)

Mercenary is an adjective meaning "motivated by private gain". It is also a noun: a mercenary is a person primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics, most often used to refer to a soldier who fights for hire.

Mercenary or mercenaries may also refer to:

Films and television

 * The Mercenaries, also known as Dark of the Sun, a 1968 film starring Rod Taylor
 * The Mercenary (film), a 1968 spaghetti western film
 * Mercenary (1996 film), a 1996 movie featuring Robert Pine
 * Mercenary (2008 film), a 2008 short film starring Billy Lush
 * Mercenaries (2011 film), a 2011 British film
 * Mercenaries (2014 film), an American action film
 * Mercenary (2016 film), a 2016 French film
 * The Mercenary, a 2019 American film starring Dominique Vandenberg
 * "The Mercenaries" (Mission: Impossible), a 1968 episode from Season 3 of Mission: Impossible

Games

 * Mercenary (board game), a board game about conquest set in medieval Europe published by Fantasy Games Unlimited in 1975
 * Mercenary (video game), a 1985 computer game by Novagen Software Ltd.
 * Mercenary III, a 1992 sequel
 * Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction, a 2005 Xbox and PlayStation 2 video game
 * Mercenaries (series)
 * Mercenaries 2: World in Flames, a 2008 sequel to Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction
 * Mercs Inc, a cancelled sequel to Mercenaries 2: World in Flames
 * MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries, a 1996 computer game by Activision
 * MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries, a 2002 computer game by Cyberlore Studios and FASA Studio


 * Traveller Book 4: Mercenary, a rulebook of the Traveller role-playing game series

Literature

 * El Mercenario (English: The Mercenary), a 1980–2003 graphic novel by Vicente Segrelles
 * The Mercenaries, a 1998 novel by Ed Greenwood

Music

 * Mercenary (band), a heavy metal band from Denmark
 * Mercenary (album), a 1998 album by the band Bolt Thrower
 * "Mercenary", a song by Brave Saint Saturn from the 2008 album Anti-Meridian
 * "Mercenary", a song by The Mission from the 1990 album Grains of Sand
 * "Mercenary", a song by Panic! at the Disco from the 2012 album Batman: Arkham City – The Album
 * "Mercenary", a song by The Go-Go's from the 1984 album Talk Show
 * "Mercenaries (Ready For War)", a song by John Cale from the 1979 album Sabotage/Live
 * "The Mercenary", a song by Iron Maiden from the 2000 album Brave New World

Sports

 * Mercenaries (basketball), a basketball club from Zimbabwe