Desert Eagle

The Desert Eagle is used by the following actors in the following movies, television series, video games, and anime:

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Specifications

• Type: Pistol

• Caliber: .357 Magnum, 44 Magnum, .50 Action Express

• Capacity: 9 (.357 Magnum), 8 (.41 and .44 Magnum), 7 (.50 Action Express)

• Fire Modes: Semiautomatic (Single Action)

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Desert Eagle Mark I

Magnum Research Desert Eagle MK I - .357 Magnum. First model of Desert Eagle put into production. Note the "teardrop"-shaped safety, the most distinctive feature of the Mark I compared to later Eagle models.

A matte stainless Desert Eagle MK I - .357 Magnum. The weapon pictured here is an actual movie gun (from the inventory of Weapons Specialists, Ltd. in New York) and has appeared in several motion pictures.

A gold-plated Desert Eagle Mark I - .357 Magnum - the gun pictured was Mike Myers' actual gun in the film Austin Powers in Goldmember and has since appeared in several other movies and TV shows.

The Mark I is the earliest variation of the Desert Eagle put into production. First introduced late in 1983 and initially chambered only in .357 Magnum, it is distinguishable from later Desert Eagle models by the "teardrop" shape of its safety button. The Mark I's slide release also has only a single step, while the safety on the Mark VII and Mark XIX has several steps. This is the most common Desert Eagle model in films made prior to the early 1990s, though it has nonetheless appeared in numerous more recent productions (most notably Austin Powers in Goldmember]]).

Desert Eagle Mark VII

Desert Eagle MK VII - .357 Magnum. The most commonly seen Desert Eagle pistol in films before 1999.

Desert Eagle MK VII - .357 Magnum w/ nickel finish.

Desert Eagle MK VII - .44 Magnum. Note the thickness of the barrel compared to the .357 Desert Eagles seen above. Contrary to popular belief, there are virtually NO .44 caliber Desert Eagles seen in American made films, armorers usually use only the .357 Magnum or the .50 AE models. All films or television shows shot overseas with foreign armorers have used the .44 Desert Eagle, most notable Canadian Productions.

Golden Desert Eagle MK VII - .44 Magnum

The Mark VII was an improved variation of the original Desert Eagle. Introduced in 1990, it featured a re-designed safety lever (which is the most visible external difference from the Mark I) and slide release, as well as an adjustable trigger. Unlike the Mark I, it was available in both .41 Magnum and (briefly) .50 AE. This was the most likely Desert Eagle to be seen in movies made in the 1990s.

Desert Eagle Mark XIX

Newest model Desert Eagle MK XIX - .44 Magnum. The New Mark XIX models are most distinguishable by the scope rail mount above the barrel. The .44 Magnum has a fluted barrel.

Desert Eagle Mark XIX - .50 AE Black finish

Desert Eagle Mark XIX - .50 AE Chrome Silver

Golden Desert Eagle Mark XIX - .50 AE.

The Mark XIX is the current production model of the Desert Eagle, and the most likely to be seen in movies made since 2000, particularly in its .50 AE version (after being popularized by The Matrix). It was first introduced in 1995, and its most obvious visual difference from the earlier Desert Eagle models in that it features scope rails over the barrel (it also has taller cocking serrations on the slide). Unlike the earlier Desert Eagle models, the Mark XIX can be switched to any caliber simply by swapping the barrels.

Also note that the .357 and .44 Magnum versions of the Mark XIX have a unique "fluted" barrel, which the .50 AE version does not have. Any Desert Eagle Mark XIX that lacks this fluting would have to be the .50 AE model.

Film

• Pamela Anderson in Barb Wire

• Roddy Piper as Nada in They Live

• Ioan Gruffudd as Freddy Guns in Shooters

• Filling station Robber,Mickey Rourke as Harley Davidson, and Don Johnson as Marlboro in Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man

• Thomas Jane as Casey Wells in Thursday

• New Jack City

• Tito Larriva) as Tavo in Desperado

• Joaquim de Almeida as Bucho in Desperado

• Vinnie Jones as Bullet Tooth Tony in Snatch

• Tom Rack as Zigesfeld in If Looks Could Kill (fitted with silencer and reflex sight)

• Kurtwood Smith as Clarence J. Boddicker in RoboCop (outfitted with custom sound suppressor)

• Ronny Cox as Dick Jones in RoboCop

• Gun Store robber and Hob (Gabriel Damon) in RoboCop 2

• John Castle as Paul McDaggart and Rehabs in RoboCop 3

• Dolph Lundgren as GR13/Sgt Andrew Scott in Universal Soldier

• Danny Glover as Lt. Mike Harrigan in Predator 2 (outfitted with a scope)

• Demi Moore as Madison the angel in Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

• Jason Statham as Chev Chelios in Crank

• Christopher Walken as Hatcher in The Rundown
• Chow Yun-Fat as The Monk With No Name in Bulletproof Monk

• Escape from LA

• Killing Zoe

• The Agents in the Matrix trilogy, including Hugo Weaving as Smith

• Elizabeth Hurley as Vanessa Kensington in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

• Oded Fehr as Carlos Olivera using the standard Desert Eagle .50 AE version, while Mike Epps as L.J. uses twin .50 AE Golden Desert Eagles in Resident Evil: Apocalypse

• Mike Epps as L.J. in Resident Evil: Extinction using only a single .50 AE Gold-Plated version, as opposed to the two from the previous film.

• Arnold Schwarzenegger as Jack Slater in Last Action Hero

• A store clerk in Bad Boys

• Lycans in Underworld

• Weyland mercenaries in Alien vs. Predator

• Two gang members in The Ladykillers (two-tone finish)

• Michael Gross as Burt Gummer in Tremors 3: Back to Perfection

• Arnold Schwarzenegger as John Matrix in Commando

• Kim Bodnia as Harald in In China They Eat Dogs

• Torkel Petersson as Ludvig in Old Men in New Cars

• Robert Loggia as Dick Laurent in Lost Highway

• Paul Giamatti as Mr. Hertz in Shoot 'Em Up (with custom barrel)

• Russian mobsters in The Boondock Saints

• Used by both the McManus brothers in The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day

• You Don't Mess with the Zohan

• Dwayne Johnson as Agent 23 in Get Smart

• Israeli bodyguard in Lucky Number Slevin

• An unknown woman in the end credits of XXX (stainless steel finish)

• Enuka Okuma as Karma in House of the Dead

• MC Eiht as A-Wax in Menace II Society

• Borat

• Anne Parillaud as Nikita in La Femme Nikita

• Mickey Rourke as Captain Stanley White in Year of the Dragon (First use of the Desert Eagle in a Motion Picture)

• Sue Price as Alex Sinclair in Nemesis III: Prey Harder

• Mike Myers as Goldmember in Austin Powers in Goldmember

• Johnathon Schaech as Kit, Phina Oruche as Cym, and Alexis Thorpe as Teddy in The Forsaken

• Jason Statham as Chev Chelios, Jay Xcala as Alex Verona (both are flashbacks from Crank), Efren Ramirez as Venus (nickel Mark VII with black barrel), Clifton Collins, Jr. as El Huron (gold plated Mark 1), two strippers (nickel Mark I's) in Crank: High Voltage

• Dan Tullis Jr. as Sgt. Luther Fry in Extreme Prejudice (1987)

Television

• Summer Glau as River Tam in Firefly (Episode: "Objects in Space")

• Michael Gross as Burt Gummer in Tremors: The Series

• Victor Browne as Tyler Reed in Tremors: The Series

• Nick Koesters as Leon in The Kill Point (two-tone finish)

• Deli Yürek

• Burn Notice

• Used by a thug from a car attempting to kill Spenser in Spenser for Hire.

• Richard Lineback as Poke Freeman in The Stand

• Lex Luthor in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

• A gunman in NCIS

• Shown being fired into a ballistics tank in CSI: NY (episode: "Silent Night", stainless steel finish)

• Aaron James Cash as The Dream Terminator and Brian Austin Green as Derek Reese in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

• Carroll O'Connor as Chief, and then Sheriff, William "Bill" Gillespie in In The Heat Of The Night

• John Noble as Walter Bishop in Fringe

Video Games

• 007: Nightfire (as the "Raptor Magnum .357" and "Raptor Magnum .50", the former in a two-tone finish and fitted with a laser pointer)
• 007: Agent Under Fire (as the "IAC Defender")
• 007: Everything or Nothing
• 50 Cent: Bulletproof
• 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand
• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
• Modern Warfare 2
• Combat Arms (with stainless steel finish [with dual tone, black, and gold appearing as non standard items)
• Conflict Desert Storm 2: Back to Baghdad
• Conflict: Global Terror
• Contract J.A.C.K.
• Counter-Strike Online (as the "Nighthawk .50C", with stainless steel and gold finishes. Now also has twin gun mode in Zombie 2 mode, Zombie 3 mode and Zombie Unite Mode)
• Counter Strike: Source
• Duke Nukem: Time to Kill
• Enter the Matrix
• Fallout
• Fallout 2 (with 20 round magazine available)
• Far Cry (as the "Falcon .357")
• Far Cry Instincts: Predator
• Far Cry 2 (as the "Eagle.50" and with the slide saying "Deagle" rather than "Desert Eagle")
• GoldenEye: Rogue Agent (as the "Jackal.357")
• Grand Theft Auto IV (as the "Combat Pistol")
• Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
• Half-Life: Counter-strike - HL: CS Condition Zero
• Hitman: Codename 47
• Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
• Hitman: Contracts (gold plated version)
• Hitman: Blood Money (with stainless steel finish)
• Jagged Alliance 2 (.357 in original game, .44 and .50 AE in mods)
• Killing Floor
• Left 4 Dead 2 (as the "Magnum Pistol", w/ the flashlight by underbarrel rail)
• MadWorld
• Manhunt (as the "Heavy Handgun" and "Avenger Force .50 AE GS")
• Matrix: Path of Neo
• Max Payne
• Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
• Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
• Metal Gear Solid 2 Substance
• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
• Project I.G.I
• Project IGI 2: Covert Strike
• Rainbow Six
• Rainbow Six: Vegas 2
• Resident Evil 2
• Resident Evil 5
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl (as the "Big Ben" in 9x39mm and the "Black Kite" in .45 ACP)
• Scarface: The World is Yours (as the "Deagle" with gold finish)
• SOCOM: Combined Assault
• SOCOM: US Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3 (as the DE .50)
• Soldier of Fortune (as the "Silver Talon," with stainless steel finish)
• Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
• Splinter Cell: Conviction
• Stranglehold (with stainless steel, gold, and standard finishes)
• Syphon Filter 3 (as the "Falcon")
• Tomb Raider 3
• Tomb Raider Chronicles
• The World Is Not Enough (as the "Raptor Magnum", with stainless steel finish and matching laser pointer)
• Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
• Urban Terror
• Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines

Animation

• Monsters vs. Aliens

• Boondocks, The

Anime

• Akira

• Burst Angel aka. Bakuretsu Tenshi

• Case Closed: The Private Eyes' Requiem

• Corrupt police officer in Mezzo DSA

• Gino in Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex 2nd gig

• Yolanda in Black Lagoon (Gold plated, engraved, Mark I)

• Kochikame

• Bando in Elfen Lied

Links

http://magnumfilms.com/ - Magnum Research's own site chronicling the Desert Eagle's movie appearances (NOTE: This site has not been updated in years).