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Colt Python
The Colt Python is a .357 Magnum caliber revolver formerly manufactured by Colt's Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Connecticut. It is sometimes referred to as a "Combat Magnum". It was first introduced in 1955 and was produced until 1999 (though custom builds continued until 2004). The Colt Python was intended for the premium revolver market segment and was frequently used by target shooters and law enforcement. As such, all Pythons were extensively hand-fitted and polished by experienced gunsmiths and renowned for their impeccable quality, accuracy and trigger. Some firearm collectors and writers such as Jeff Cooper, Ian V. Hogg, Chuck Hawks, Leroy Thompson, Scott Wolber, Renee Smeets and Martin Dougherty have described the Python as the finest production revolver ever made. Because of its quality and prestige, the Python has enjoyed a loyal following for many years, which has only been fueled by its many appearances in films and television. On January 1, 2020 Colt re-introduced the Python revolver. Externally, the "2020 Python" is almost an exact replica of the original Python (though a close examination will reveal small differences), but internally it is different and also made of a stronger steel alloy. Colt has stated that the new Python is designed for heavy magnum loads, having fired 12,000 .357 Magnum cartridges through a test model without any mechanical or structural failures. In addition, Colt pulled the trigger 40,000 times with no timing issues. The new Python is available in the following barrel lengths: 2.5 inches (64 mm), 3 inches (76mm), 4.25 inches (107mm), 5 inches (127mm) and 6 inches (152mm). From 2020 - 2024 the new Python was available only in stainless steel and wooden grips. At the 2024 SHOT Show Colt unveiled the new blued steel model.
The Colt Python and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Please check the Talk Page for other variants.
Specifications
(1955–2004, 2020-)
- Type: Revolver
- Caliber(s): .357 Magnum, .38 Special
- Weight: 1.08 lbs (1.1 kg) to 1.36 lbs (1.4 kg)
- Length: in ( mm)
- Barrel length(s): 2.5-inch (64 mm), 3-inch (76 mm), 4-inch (100 mm), 4.25-inch (107 mm), 6-inch (152 mm) and 8-inch (200 mm)
- Capacity: 6-round cylinder
- Fire Modes: SA/DA
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marlowe | James Garner | Philip Marlowe | 2.5 inch barrel | 1969 |
| Take the Money and Run | Gang Member | 1969 | ||
| Machine Gun McCain | Peter Falk | Charlie Adamo | 3-in barrel | 1969 |
| The Millions Game | Dieter Hallervorden | Köhler | 6-in barrel | 1970 |
| Cotton Comes to Harlem | Raymond St. Jacques | Coffin Ed Johnson | 4-inch barrel, Nickel-plated | 1970 |
| The Mechanic | Jan-Michael Vincent | Steve | 1972 | |
| The Getaway | Al Lettieri | Rudy Butler | 1972 | |
| Prime Cut | Les Lannom | O'Brien | 1972 | |
| Detroit 9000 | Alex Rocco | Lt. Bassett | 1973 | |
| Magnum Force | David Soul | Officer John Davis | 1973 | |
| Tim Matheson | Officer Phil Sweet | |||
| Kip Niven | Officer Alan "Red" Astrachan | |||
| Robert Urich | Officer Michael Grimes | |||
| Hal Holbrook | Lt. Neil Briggs | |||
| Charley Varrick | Walter Matthau | Charley Varrick | 1973 | |
| Electra Glide in Blue | Robert Blake | Officer "Big John" Wintergreen | 1973 | |
| The Violent Professionals | Luciano Bartoli | Giacomo | 1973 | |
| Mr. Majestyk | Al Lettieri | Frank Renda | 1974 | |
| Truck Turner | Isaac Hayes | Mack "Truck" Turner | 1974 | |
| McQ | John Wayne | Detective Lon McQ | 1974 | |
| A gangster | ||||
| 99 and 44/100% Dead | Tony Brubaker | Burt | 4" barrel | 1974 |
| Jerry Summers | Shoes | 2.5" barrel | ||
| A mobster | 4" barrel | |||
| Sheba, Baby | Pam Grier | Sheba Shayne | 1975 | |
| Breakout | Paul Mantee | Cable | Snub nose | 1975 |
| Bucktown | Thalmus Rasulala | Roy | snubnose | 1975 |
| Robert Burton | Deputy Merle | snubnose | ||
| Tony King | T.J. | |||
| Dolemite | Rudy Ray Moore | Dolemite | 1975 | |
| Willie Green's henchman | ||||
| Framed | Joe Don Baker | Ron Lewis | 4" and 2.5" barrels | 1975 |
| Gabriel Dell | Vince Greeson | 2.5" barrel | ||
| Paul Mantee | Frank | 4" barrel | ||
| Walter Brooke | Senator Tatum | 2.5" barrel | ||
| King Kong | Ed Lauter | Carnahan | 1976 | |
| Police Python 357 | Yves Montand | Inspector Ferrot | 1976 | |
| The Last Round (Il conto è chiuso) | Luc Merenda | Rico Manzetti | 4" barrel | 1976 |
| The Human Tornado | Rudy Ray Moore | Dolemite | 1976 | |
| The Car | James Brolin | Sheriff Wade Parent | 1977 | |
| Ronny Cox | Deputy Luke Johnson | In holster | ||
| Various | Sheriff's Deputies | |||
| The Threat (La menace) | Yves Montand | Henri Savin | 1977 | |
| Dawn of the Dead | 1978 | |||
| Who'll Stop the Rain | Richard Masur | DEA Agent Danskin | snub-nose | 1978 |
| Who'll Stop the Rain | Anthony Zerbe | DEA Agent Antheil | 1978 | |
| The Wild Geese | Mafia Hitman | 1978 | ||
| Convoy Busters (Un poliziotto scomodo) | Maurizio Merli | Commisioner Francesco Olmi | 2.5" barrel | 1978 |
| Cop or Hood (Flic Ou Voyou) | Jean-Paul Belmondo | Commissaire Stanislas Borowitz | 1979 | |
| The Police War (La Guerre des polices) | Étienne Chicot | Larue | 2.5" barrel | 1979 |
| Love and Bullets | Charles Bronson | Charlie Congers | 4" barrel | 1979 |
| From Corleone to Brooklyn (Da Corleone a Brooklyn) | Maurizio Merli | Giorgio Berni | Snub nose | 1979 |
| The Long Good Friday | IRA Hitmen, gangster | 1980 | ||
| Hopscotch | Walter Matthau | Miles Kendig | 1980 | |
| Ned Beatty | Myerson | |||
| The Exterminator | Food warehouse owner | 3" barrel | 1980 | |
| The Professional | Jean-Paul Belmondo | Josselin Beaumont | 6" barrel | 1981 |
| Fracchia the Human Beast (Fracchia la belva umana) | Lino Banfi | Commissaire Auricchio | 1981 | |
| Sandro Ghiani | De Simone | |||
| Police | ||||
| Wolfen | Bodyguard | 1981 | ||
| For a Cop's Hide (Pour la peau d'un flic) | Xavier Depraz | Kasper | 1981 | |
| The Loch Ness Horror | Stuart Lancaster | Prof. Pratt | 4-in barrel | 1981 |
| Sharky's Machine | Burt Reynolds | Sgt. Tom Sharky | 1981 | |
| Enter the Ninja | Venarius' bodyguard | 1981 | ||
| Choice of Arms | Gérard Lanvin | Inspector Sarlat | 4" barrel | 1981 |
| Jean-Claude Bouillaud | Andre | |||
| Bonnie and Clyde Italian Style (Bonnie e Clyde all'italiana) | Jean Sorel | The captain of Carabinieri | 1982 | |
| Ornella Muti | Giada | |||
| The Shock (Le Choc) | Jean-Louis Richard | Inspector Maubert | 4" barrel | 1982 |
| Alain Delon | Christian Morelli | |||
| Scarface | Ángel Salazar | Chi Chi | 1983 | |
| Octopussy | U.S. Air Force Base Security Guard | 1983 | ||
| The Fighter (Le Battant) | Alain Delon | Jacques Darnay | 1983 | |
| Sauvat's henchman | ||||
| Cover Up | Claude Brasseur | Martin Griffon | 4" barrel | 1983 |
| Jacques Bondoux | Rambert's henchman | |||
| The Outsider (Le Marginal) | Mecacci's henchman | snub nose | 1983 | |
| The Ruffian | Lino Ventura | Aldo Sévenac | 6" barrel | 1983 |
| Indians | ||||
| The Prize of Peril (Le Prix du danger) | Gérard Lanvin | François Jacquemard | 4" barrel | 1983 |
| Jean-Claude Dreyfus | Bertrand | |||
| Jean-Pierre Bagot | Alexandre | |||
| Steve Kalfa | Édouard | |||
| Zlata Numanagic | Jacqueline | |||
| Julien Bukowski | Arnaud | |||
| Firestarter | George C. Scott | John Rainbird | 4" barrel | 1984 |
| A Nightmare on Elm Street | 4" barrel | 1984 | ||
| Subway | Christopher Lambert | Fred | 4" barrel | 1985 |
| Police Academy 2 | Colleen Camp | Sgt. Kirkland | 1985 | |
| Hold-Up | Jean-Paul Belmondo | Grimm | 6" barrel | 1985 |
| The Annihilators | Bruce Evers | Jesse | Supposedly 2.5" barrel | 1985 |
| Into the Night | Federal agent | 1985 | ||
| Invaders from Mars | Jimmy Hunt | Chief Ward | 1986 | |
| Kenneth Kimmins | Officer Kenney | |||
| The Fugitives | Jean Benguigui | Labib | 1986 | |
| Attention bandits! | Jean Yanne | Simon Verini | 1986 | |
| Tough Guys | Armored truck guard | 1986 | ||
| Armed and Dangerous | John Candy | Frank Dooley | 6" barrel | 1986 |
| The Female Executioner (L'exécutrice) | A criminal | 4" barrel | 1986 | |
| Beverly Hills Cop II | Judge Reinhold | Detective Billy Rosewood | 1987 | |
| Dragnet | Tom Hanks | Detective Pep Streebeck | 1987 | |
| A Better Tomorrow II | Chow Yun-Fat | Ken Lee | 1987 | |
| Ti Lung | Sung Tse Ho | |||
| Kenneth Tsang | Ken | |||
| Best Seller | Shooter at firing range | 1987 | ||
| Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 | A police detective | Stainless, 4" barrel | 1987 | |
| A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines (Chelovek s bulvara Kaputsinov) | Aleksandr Inshakov | Johnson | 6" barrel | 1987 |
| Shoot To Kill | S.F.P.D. officer | 1988 | ||
| Mississippi Burning | 2.5" barrel with Herret grips | 1988 | ||
| In the Line of Duty III: Force of the Dragon | Stephan Berwick | Underground Gunsmith | 1988 | |
| Dead Heat | Shane Black | patrolman | 1988 | |
| Married to the Mob | Oliver Platt | Special Agent Ed Benitez | 1988 | |
| Colors | gang member | 1988 | ||
| Bulletproof | Don Pike | Montoya | 1988 | |
| Miracle Mile | Anthony Edwards | Harry Washello | 1988 | |
| Robert DoQui | Fred | |||
| Mare Winningham | Julie | |||
| Iron Eagle II | Louis Gossett Jr. | Brig. General Charles "Chappy" Sinclair | 1988 | |
| In the Line of Duty: The FBI Murders | Michael Gross | William Matix | 1988 | |
| They Live | Roddy Piper | Nada | stainless steel | 1988 |
| Violent Cop | Hakuryû | Kiyohiro | 4" barrel | 1989 |
| Kill Me Again | Bodyguard, patrolman | 4" barrel | 1989 | |
| Black Rain | Michael Douglas | Detective Nick Conklin | 1989 | |
| Dead Bang | Don Johnson | Jerry Beck | 1989 | |
| Tango & Cash | Gunman | 1989 | ||
| The Last of the Finest | Bill Paxton | Det. Jones | nickel plated | 1990 |
| Impulse | Theresa Russell | Lottie Mason | 1990 | |
| L.A. Story | L.A. commuter | 1990 | ||
| Kindergarten Cop | Richard Tyson | Crisp | 1990 | |
| The Cops are Robbers | James Keach | Sgt. Frank Moran | 1990 | |
| Darkman | Christopher Doyle | Goon | Stainless | 1990 |
| Have a Nice Night (Passez une bonne nuit) | Stéphane Bonnet | Inspector Jacobi | 1990 | |
| Want to Stay Alive (Le denier du colt) | Stéphane Bonnet | Inspector Jacobi | 1990 | |
| La Femme Nikita | 1990 | |||
| Cop Target | Peynado's henchmen | 4" barrel | 1990 | |
| The Silence of the Lambs | Ted Levine | Jame "Buffalo Bill" Gumb | 1991 | |
| Nothing But Trouble | Daniel Baldwin | Arthur | Snubnosed with nickel finish | 1991 |
| Boyz N The Hood | Laurence Fishburne | Furious | 6" barrel | 1991 |
| Cuba Gooding Jr | Tre | |||
| Shakes the Clown | Jack Gallagher | Officer Crony | 1991 | |
| Stone Cold | Robert Winley | Mudfish | 1991 | |
| Passenger 57 | police officer | 1992 | ||
| Menace II Society | Glenn Plummer | Pernell | 1993 | |
| City Hunter | Jackie Chan | Ryo Saeba | 1993 | |
| Martial Outlaw | Gary Wood | LAPD Lt. Evans | 4" barrel | 1993 |
| Mosquito | Mike Hard | Junior | 1994 | |
| Gunnar Hansen | Earl | |||
| Steve Dixon | Parks | |||
| The Getaway (1994) | Michael Madsen | Rudy Travis | 1994 | |
| Canadian Bacon | John Candy | Sheriff Bud Boomer | 1995 | |
| Kevin J. O'Connor | Roy Boy | |||
| La Haine | police officer | 6" barrel | 1995 | |
| Strange Days | A Robber | 1995 | ||
| Maximum Risk | A French police officer | 1996 | ||
| Twelve Monkeys | Bruce Willis | James Cole | Snubnose-nickel plated | 1995 |
| Casino | One of Tony Dogs' thugs | 1995 | ||
| Rumble in the Bronx | NYPD officers | 1995 | ||
| Silent Hunter | Sheriff deputies | 1995 | ||
| Midnight Man | James Shigeta | Mao Mak | 4" barrel | 1995 |
| Jingle All the Way | Minneapolis P.D. officer | 1996 | ||
| Bounty Hunters | Michael Dudikoff | Jersey | 1996 | |
| Mask of Death | Police officers | 4" | 1996 | |
| City of Industry | Stephen Dorff | Skip Kovich | stainless, snub nosed | 1997 |
| The Game | Michael Douglas | Nicholas Van Orton | nickel plate, snub-nose | 1997 |
| A Life Less Ordinary | Cameron Diaz]] | Celine Naville | nickel plated | 1997 |
| Blade | A hospital security guard | 1998 | ||
| Twilight | Liev Schreiber | Jeff Willis | 4" barrel | 1998 |
| Paul Newman | Harry Ross | |||
| Belly | A NYPD officer | 4" barrel | 1998 | |
| Classic | Sergey Nikonenko | Nikolay Gorsky | 6" barrel | 1998 |
| The Bone Collector | Ed O'Neill | Det. Sellitto | 1999 | |
| Fight Club | Brad Pitt | Tyler Durden | 1999 | |
| Holt McCallany | The Mechanic | |||
| The Boondock Saints | David Della Rocco | Roc | Snubnosed, nickel plated finish | 1999 |
| The Limey | Valentine's bodyguard | 1999 | ||
| K-911 | Vincent Castellanos | Harry Stripe | Stainless, 4" barrel | 1999 |
| Reindeer Games | Clarence Williams III | Merlin | 2000 | |
| Scotland, PA. | James LeGros | Mac | 2001 | |
| Crocodile 2: Death Swamp | bank security guards | 2002 | ||
| Steal | Steven McCarthy | Frank | 2002 | |
| Femme Fatale | Antonio Banderas | Nicola Bardo | 2002 | |
| Lone Hero | Ty Olsson | Sticky | Stainless, 6" barrel | 2002 |
| Robert Forster | Gus | |||
| Antikiller | "Barkas"'s henchman | 4" barrel | 2002 | |
| A Man Apart | Cartel soldier | nickel plated 2.5" barrel | 2003 | |
| Killer Pussy | Toshimichi Tasaki | Naoto Kuraki | 2004 | |
| Sakurako Kaoru | Mikage Ryoko | |||
| Starsky & Hutch | Owen Wilson | Kenneth "Hutch" Hutchinson | 2004 | |
| 36th Precinct | Gérard Depardieu | Denis Klein | stainless, 4" barrel | 2004 |
| The Trixxer | Oliver Kalkofe | Chief Inspector Even Longer | with 6" Barrel, nickel finish and 3rd generation grip | 2004 |
| Carlito's Way: Rise to Power | Luis Guzmán | Nacho Reyes | stainless steel | 2005 |
| Land of the Dead | Shawn Roberts | Mike | Taken from a zombie-cop to commit suicide | 2005 |
| Hostage | Kim Coates | The Watchman | Nickel plated | 2005 |
| Kilometer 31 | Carlos Aragón | Martin Ugalde | Stainless Steel | 2006 |
| Payback | Deborah Kara Unger | Mrs. Lynn Porter | 2006 | |
| A Few Days in September | Sara Forestier | Orlando | 4" Barrel, Nickel plated | 2006 |
| Juliette Binoche | Irène Montano | |||
| The Departed | Ray Winstone | Mr. French | 2.5" barrel | 2006 |
| Gangs of the Dead | James C. Burns | Campbell | Snub Nose, Stainless | 2006 |
| He Was A Quiet Man | 2007 | |||
| American Gangster | Denzel Washington | Frank Lucas | 2007 | |
| Planet Terror | Freddy Rodriguez | Wray | Stainless 4" Model | 2007 |
| Tom Savini | Deputy Tolo | |||
| Michael Biehn | Sheriff Hague | |||
| Death Sentence | Kevin Bacon | Nick Hume | 2007 | |
| Shootout at Lokhandwala | Abhishek Bachchan | Sub Inspector Mhatre | 2007 | |
| Hitler's Kaput! (Gitler kaput!) | Evelina Bledans | Gestapo 'Frau' Oddo | 2008 | |
| Righteous Kill | 2008 | |||
| The Girl Who Played with Fire | Noomi Rapace | Lisbeth Salander | nickel plated | 2009 |
| Give 'em Hell Malone | David Andriole | Pencil Stache | continuity error | 2009 |
| Henchmen | ||||
| Yakuza Busting Girls: Final Death Ride Battle | Yakuza thugs | 2010 | ||
| The Other Guys | Samuel L. Jackson | Det. Highsmith | 2010 | |
| 13 | Mickey Rourke | Jefferson | 2010 | |
| Sam Riley | Vince | |||
| Alexander Skarsgård | Jack | |||
| Tucker and Dale vs Evil | Philip Granger | The sheriff | 6 in barrel, rubber grips, holstered | 2010 |
| Travis Nelson | Chuck | 6 in barrel, rubber grips | ||
| Jesse Moss | Chad | |||
| Angel of Evil | Filippo Timi | Enzo | 6" barrel | 2010 |
| Stefano Chiodaroli | Armando | |||
| Paolo Mazzarelli | Beppe | |||
| Giant Woman vs Big Octopus | Seen in Kurosaki's base | 2011 | ||
| Bablo | Vladimir Sychev | Syoma | Stainless 6" Model | 2011 |
| Catch .44 | Jimmy Lee Jr. | Jesse | 2011 | |
| Paul | Sigourney Weaver | The "Big Guy" | stainless steel | 2011 |
| Street Kings 2: Motor City | Ray Liotta | Det. Kingston | stainless 4" model | 2011 |
| Flypaper | Tim Blake Nelson | Billy Ray 'Peanut Butter' McCloud | stainless 6" | 2011 |
| The ABCs of Death | Adam Wingard | Adam | 2012 | |
| The Lookout | Daniel Auteuil | Inspector Mattei | Snub-nose version | 2012 |
| Fire with Fire | Vinnie Jones | Boyd | 2012 | |
| Vincent D'Onofrio | Hagan | |||
| On the Other Side of the Tracks | Laurent Lafitte | François Monge | 6" model | 2012 |
| Casa de mi Padre | Manuel Urrego | Officer Blancardo | stainless or nickel, snub | 2012 |
| Suave Patria | Héctor Suárez | Comandante Porfirio Narvaez | stainless, 4" | 2012 |
| Battleground | Hugh Lambe | The Hunter | 2012 | |
| Cold in July | Don Johnson | Jim Bob Luke | 2014 | |
| Unfriended | Will Peltz | Adam Sewell | 4" Barrel | 2014 |
| John Wick | Clarke Peters | Harry | 2014 | |
| Adrianne Palicki | Ms. Perkins | |||
| Gila Baby | Adlin Aman Ramlie | Jerry | stainless | 2014 |
| Welcome to Happiness | Brendan Sexton III | Nyles | 4" Barrel | 2015 |
| Karate Kill | Asami | Keiko | 2016 | |
| Orson Chaplin | Texan Bar Customer | |||
| Capital Messiah members | ||||
| Triple 9 | Luis Da Silva Jr. | Luis Pinto | w/2.5" barrel | 2016 |
| Elle | Isabelle Huppert | Michèle Leblanc | 4", 6" model | 2016 |
| Dragged Across Concrete | Mel Gibson | Det. Brett Ridgeman | 2018 | |
| DreadOut | Police | 2019 | ||
| Zombieland: Double Tap | Jesse Eisenberg | Columbus | 2.5" barrel | 2019 |
| Copshop | Gerard Butler | Robert 'Bob' Vinnick | 2.5" barrel | 2021 |
| Chad Coleman | Duane Mitchell | |||
| Nobody | Yulian's mafia member | Snub | 2021 | |
| The Marco Effect | Zdenek Godla | Zola | With 6" Barrel and nickel finish | 2021 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.W.A.T. | Thug | "The Killing Ground" (S01E01) | 1975 | |
| Starsky and Hutch | David Soul | Kenneth "Hutch" Hutchinson | 1975-1979 | |
| In the Heat of the Night | Carroll O'Connor | Chief, and then Sheriff, William "Bill" Gillespie | 6-inch, 4-inch, and 2.5-inch Models were carried by Gillespie | 1988-1995 |
| The Professionals (TV Series) | Anthony Bailey | Phipps | "Man Without a Past" (S2E4) | 1977-1981 |
| Ahmed El Shenawi | Bodyguard | "Blind Run" (S2E9) | ||
| Hawaii Five-O | William Smith | Det. James "Kimo" Carew | snubnose | 1979 - 1980 |
| Hill Street Blues | James B. Sikking | Lt Howard Hunter | 1981-1987 | |
| Hill Street Blues | Michael Warren | Officer Bobby Hill | 1981 - 1987 | |
| Hunter | Fred Dryer | Det. Sgt. Rick Hunter | 1984-1991 | |
| Miami Vice - Season 3 | Haing S. Ngor | Inspector Nguyn Van Trahn | "Savage" (S3E15) | 1984-1989 |
| La Piovra | Michele Placido | Commissario Corrado Cattani | 2.5" barrel | 1984-2001 |
| Dempsey and Makepeace | Michael Brandon | Lt. Dempsey | 1985-1986 | |
| Glynis Barber | Det. Sgt. Makepeace | |||
| Crime Story | Dennis Farina | Lt. Mike Torello | 1986-1988 | |
| Bergerac | Don Crera | Cooper | Paintball replica, 6" barrel; "In Love and War" (S08E06) | 1990 |
| Nestor Burma - Season 1 | An actor | "Corrida aux Champs-Élysées" (S1E3) | 1992 | |
| Homicide: Life on the Street | Lee Tergesen | Officer Thormann | 1995 | |
| Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei | 1996- | |||
| The X-Files - Season 6 | Bryan Cranston | Patrick Crump | Stainless, 4" barrel, grooved grips / "Drive" (S6E02) | 1998 |
| Security Guard | Blued, 4" barrel / "Trevor" (S6E17) | 1999 | ||
| Dead Man's Tale (Chto skazal pokoynik) | Evgeniy Voskresenskiy | "Lame" | 6" barrel | 2000 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | David Keith | Detective Hawkins | Stainless steel snub/"Redemption" (S3E06) | 2001 |
| Fabio Montale | Eric Defosse | Loubet | 4" barrel | 2002 |
| Firefly | Alan Tudyk | Wash Hoburn | 6" barrel,stainless finish | 2002-2003 |
| The Pretenders (Los Simuladores) | Federico D'Elia | Mario Santos | 6" barrel | 2002-2004 |
| Debt collector | ||||
| Chappelle's Show | Dave Chappelle | Silky Johnston | 2003-2006 | |
| Mos Def | General Cornrow Wallace | 2003-2006 | ||
| All or Nothing (Pan ili propal) | Sergey Nikonenko | Commissioner Lars Muldgaard | 6" barrel | 2004 |
| NCIS - Season 6 | A gun dealer | "Deliverance" (S06E15) | 2008-2009 | |
| CSI: NY - Season 6 | Rufus Knox | "Uncertainty Rules" (S6E16) | 2009-2010 | |
| William R. Spencer | Troy Castro | "Unusual Suspects" (S6E21) | ||
| Hill Harper | Dr. Sheldon Hawkes | "Unusual Suspects" (S6E21) | ||
| My Name is Earl | Jaime Pressly | Joy | 2005-2009 | |
| Jericho | Skeet Ulrich | Jake Green | 2006-2008 | |
| Prison Break - Season 2 | Robert Knepper | T-Bag | 2006-2007 | |
| Sanctuary | Aleks Paunovic | "The Duke" | Stainless, 4" barrel / "Penance" | 2007-2008 |
| Ashes to Ashes | Phillip Glenister | DCI Gene Hunt | Stainless, 6" barrel, custom grips | 2008-2010 |
| Castle | 2009-Present | |||
| Caprica | "Ghosts in the Machine" (S01E07) | 2010 | ||
| The Walking Dead - Season 1 | Andrew Lincoln | Richard "Rick" Grimes | Nickel; "Days Gone Bye" (S1E01), "Guts" (S1E02), "Tell It to the Frogs" (S1E03), "Vatos" (S1E04), "Wildfire" (S1E05), "TS-19" (S1E06) | 2010 |
| Humanoid Monster Bem | Robber | (Ep. 01) | 2011 | |
| Falling Skies - Season 2 | Colin Cunningham | John Pope | 2011- | |
| The Walking Dead - Season 2 | Andrew Lincoln | Richard "Rick" Grimes | Nickel; "What Lies Ahead" (S2E01), "Bloodletting" (S2E02), "Save the Last One" (S2E03) | 2011-2012 |
| Pruitt Taylor Vince | Otis | Nickel; "Bloodletting" (S2E02), "Save the Last One" (S2E03) | ||
| Jon Bernthal | Shane Walsh | Nickel; "Save the Last One" (S2E03) | ||
| Norman Reedus | Daryl Dixon | "Judge, Jury, Executioner" (S2E11) | ||
| The Walking Dead - Season 3 | Andrew Lincoln | Rick Grimes | 2012-2013 | |
| Vincent Ward | Oscar | "Killer Within" (S3E04) | ||
| Laurie Holden | Andrea Harrison | "Welcome to the Tombs" (S3E16) | ||
| Criminal Minds - Season 9 | C. Thomas Howell | George Foyet / 'The Boston Reaper' | Nickel, 6" barrel / "Route 66" (S09E05) | 2013 |
| Endeavour - Season 1 | A British police officer | "Home" (S01E04) | 2013 | |
| The Walking Dead Webisodes: The Oath | Dead Hospital Security Guard | "Bond" (S1E03) | 2013 | |
| Wyatt Russell | Paul | |||
| Witches of East End - Season 2 | Eric Winter | Dan | "Boogie Knights" (S2E05) | 2014 |
| The Walking Dead - Season 4 | Andrew Lincoln | Rick Grimes | 2013-2014 | |
| Chandler Riggs | Carl Grimes | "After" (S4E09) | ||
| Tyrant | Abbudinian Special Forces soldier | Stainless / Episode 2 | 2014 | |
| The Walking Dead - Season 5 | Andrew Lincoln | Rick Grimes | 2014-2015 | |
| True Detective - Season 2 | Cesar Garcia | Ledo Amarilla | stainless steel | 2015 |
| Banshee - Season 3 | Sani Crow's tribesman | stainless / Episode 8 | 2015 | |
| Fargo | Shawn Doyle | Chief Thurman | 2014 | |
| Fargo | Patrick Wilson | Lou Solverson | 2015 | |
| The Walking Dead - Season 6 | Andrew Lincoln | Rick Grimes | 2015-2016 | |
| Austin Abrams | Ron Anderson | "Now" (S6E05) | ||
| Savior | "Last Day on Earth" (S6E16) | |||
| Bosch | Rick Otto | Bernardo Piccininni | "Follow the Money" (S2E08) | 2016 |
| The Walking Dead - Season 7 | Joshua Hoover | Joey | "The Cell" (S7E03), "Hearts Still Beating" (S7E08) | 2016-2017 |
| Norman Reedus | Daryl Dixon | "Hearts Still Beating" (S7E08) | ||
| Andrew Lincoln | Rick Grimes | |||
| Scavenger | "New Best Friends" (S7E10) | |||
| Wynonna Earp | Dominique Provost-Chalkley | Waverly Earp | "I Walk the Line" (S01E13), "Steel Bars and Stone Walls" (S02E01) | 2016-2017 |
| Tokyo Vampire Hotel | hanged on the wall | 2017 | ||
| Stranger Things | David Harbour | Chief Hopper | nickel finish | 2017 |
| Fear the Walking Dead - Season 4 | Andrew Lincoln | Richard "Rick" Grimes | Nickel, holstered; "What's Your Story?" (S4E01) | 2018 |
| True Detective - Season 3 | Mahershala Ali | Det. Wayne Hays | 2019 | |
| Fortunate Son | Officer Grady | 2020 | ||
| An undercover CIA agent | "Suspicious Minds" (S01E08) | |||
| Clarice | Simon Northwood | Buffalo Bill | "The Silence is Over" (S1E01) | 2021 |
| King and Jester (Korol i Shut) | 2023 | |||
| Bosch: Legacy - Season 2 | David Denman | Kurt Dockweiler | "The Lady Vanishes" (S2E01) | 2023 |
| The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live | Cailey Fleming | Judith Grimes | Stainless, holstered; "The Last Time" (S1E06) | 2024 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Resident Evil/Biohazard | 1996 | ||
| Half-Life | With laser sight in multiplayer version | 1998 | |
| Perfect Dark | "DY357 Magnum" | 2000 | |
| Hitman 2: Silent Assassin | "Revolver" | 2002 | |
| Grand Theft Auto: Vice City | "Colt Python" (v 1.0), ".357" (v 2.0) | 2002 | |
| Resident Evil | can fire .44 Magnum rounds too | 2002 | |
| Freedom Fighters | "Revolver" | 2003 | |
| Half-Life 2 | ".357 Magnum" | Incorrectly appears as HUD icon for in-game Anaconda revolver. | 2004 |
| Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories | 2005 | ||
| The Suffering: Ties That Bind | 2005 | ||
| S.W.A.T. 4 | 2005 | ||
| Punisher | 2005 | ||
| El Matador | 2006 | ||
| Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories | "Equalizer" | 2006 | |
| Alliance of Valiant Arms | "Python 357" | 2007 | |
| Team Fortress 2 | "Revolver" | With pearl grips | 2007 |
| Cross Fire | "Python" | 2007 | |
| 7.62 High Calibre | 2008 | ||
| Counter-Strike Online | "Python" | stainless | 2016 |
| Resident Evil 5 | heavily customized, Mercenaries Reunion DLC | 2008 | |
| Wanted: Weapons of Fate | not usable | 2009 | |
| Bloody Good Time | "Revolver" | 2010 | |
| Alan Wake | "Revolver" | 2010 | |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops | "Python" | With snub-nose barrel, speed loader, or scope | 2010 |
| Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D | heavily customized | 2011 | |
| LoveGear ~Kinematic Lovers | 2011 | ||
| Alan Wake's American Nightmare | "Revolver" | 2012 | |
| Black Mesa | ".357 Magnum" | 2012 | |
| Resident Evil: Revelations | "Python" "Pale Rider" |
stainless | 2012 |
| Yakuza: Dead Souls | Stainless finish, combat grips | 2012 | |
| State of Decay | "Viper P357" | Stainless Steel variant with 4" Barrel and Colt marked rubber combat grips | 2013 |
| The Walking Dead: Season Two | with 4" barrel | 2013 | |
| Grand Theft Auto V | unusable, seen on billboard | 2013 | |
| Warface | Colt Python Elite | Elite; with optic rail | 2013 |
| Survarium | 2013 | ||
| Contract Wars | 2014 | ||
| World of Guns: Gun Disassembly | Colt Python | different grips and barrel, scope | 2014 |
| Resident Evil: Revelations 2 | "Pale Rider" | long barrel | 2015 |
| Postal 2: Paradise Lost | "Revolver" | 6" barrel | 2003 |
| Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades | 2016 | ||
| Postal Redux | "Revolver" | 6" barrel | 2016 |
| Mafia III | "Masterson Phoenix" | 8" barrel | 2016 |
| Umbrella Corps | MAG-REV | w/ optional optics, black tactical grip, 6" barrel | 2016 |
| MAG-REV Umbrella | w/ optional optics, camo tactical grip, 6" barrel | 2016 | |
| Ghost Recon: Wildlands | ".357 Joker" | custom grip | 2017 |
| Ironsight | "Python" | Described using an 8" barrel while the model incorrectly uses a 6" barrel | 2018 |
| Phantom Doctrine | "Cobra" | with 4" barrel | 2018 |
| Vigor | "Combat Magnum" | 2018 | |
| State of Decay 2 | 2018 | ||
| Krunker | Revolver | 8" barrel, modified grip | 2019 |
| Alan Wake 2 | Revolver | 4" barrel, uses generic "pistol ammo" | 2023 |
Anime
Blank Firing Replicas
Bruni Magnum
A blank firing replica based on the Colt Python.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black List (Liste noire) | Gérard Sergue | Nino | 1984 | |
| Year of the Gun | Terrorist | 1991 | ||
| Man Bites Dog | Benoît Poelvoorde | Ben | 1992 | |
| Detention | Alex Karzis | Chester Lamb | 2003 | |
| Alan Catlin | Milt Dover | |||
| Jack Newman | A security guard | |||
| Bring Me the Head of the Machine Gun Woman | Eric Kleinsteuber | El Choro Meneses | 2012 | |
| Alex Rivera | Flavio | |||
| Jorge Cordero | Heads Buyer #3 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note/Episode | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nestor Burma - Season 2 | Guy Marchand | Nestor Burma | "Un croque-mort nommé Nestor" (S2E5) | 1993 |
| Nestor Burma - Season 3 | Patrick Guillemin | Inspector Fabre | "Brouillard au pont de Tolbiac" (S3E5) | 1994 |
| Julie Lescaut | Bank robber | "Rapt" (S03E02) | 1994 | |
| Nestor Burma - Season 5 | René Morard | Roger | "La Plus Noble Conquête de Nestor" (S5E4) | 1997 |
| Nestor Burma - Season 5 | Criminals | "Poupée russe" (S5E5), "Les affaires reprennent" (S5E6) | 1998 | |
| Nestor Burma - Season 7 | Olivia Brunaux | Lisa Dardenne | "Concurrences déloyales" (S7E1) | 2001 |
| Julie Lescaut | François Levantal | Alexandre Staniak | "Tragédie" (S23E04) | 2013 |
Reck Python
The Reck Python (currently produced by Umarex) is a 6-shot blank- and gas-firing revolver, based on the Colt Python.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water Thieves (Pohititeli vody) | Yuriy Gorobets | Saraphanych | 1992 |
Non-Firing Replicas
Crosman 3357 Revolver
The Crosman 3357 Revolver is a .50 paintball revolver based on the Colt Python which looks like a futuristic revolver, and is a break-open gun.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Split Second | Rutger Hauer | Det. Harley Stone | dressed up as a futuristic weapon | 1992 |
| Kim Cattrall | Michelle McLaine | |||
| Nails (Gvozdi) | Irina Nikitina | Hitgirl | nickel plated, holstered | 2003 |
See Also
- Colt's Manufacturing Company - A list of all firearms manufactured by Colt.