Beretta Cougar

Specifications

(1994 - Present)

• Type: Handgun
• Caliber: 9x19mm NATO, .40 S&W, .357 SIG, .45 ACP
• Capacity: 15(8000), 13(8000L), 11(8357/8040), 8(8045) round magazine
• Fire Modes: Semi-automatic

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The Beretta Cougar and variants are used by the following actors in the following movies:

Beretta 8000 Cougar

Beretta Cougar 8000, F configuration - 9x19mm

Beretta Cougar Type F - 9x19mm

Film

• Eddie Murphy as Insp. Scott Roper In Metro

• Paul Bettany as Bill Cox in Firewall

• Pierce Brosnan in "Butterfly on a Wheel"

• Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible

Television

• Det. Shane Vendrell in The Shield

• Capt. David Aceveda in The Shield

• used by the shape shifter in Fringe

• Used by Det. Debrah Morgan in Dexter

Anime

• Carried by a robber in Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex

Beretta 8045 Cougar

Beretta 8045 Cougar - .45 ACP

Film

• Dan Byrd as Bobby Carter in The Hills Have Eyes

Television

• David Caruso as Lt. Horatio Caine in CSI: Miami

Video Games

• Resident Evil Survivor (appears as handgun C)

Beretta Cougar Inox

Selected Cougar versions are available in an Inox finish, where the slide and barrel are made from stainless steel, and the lower frame is made from silver anodised light alloy.

Beretta Cougar Inox with wood grips 9x19mm

Film

• A bad guy in The Transporter

• Guy Pearce as Leonard Shelby in Memento (fitted with white grips)

• Tusshar Kapoor as Dilip Buwa in Shootout at Lokhandwala

Beretta Mini Cougar

Beretta Mini Cougar 8000 Inox 9x19mm with wood grips

Television

• Jazz Raycole as Allison Hawkins, and Lennie James as Robert Hawkins in Jericho (episode "9:02", 8000 F Inox)