Beretta Cougar

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

Beretta 8000 Cougar

9mm version, available in standard 8000, 8000L with shorter grip and lightened slide, and 8000L Type P with the standard frame but lightened slide. Also available in double action/single action (F), double action only with de-cocker (G) and double action only (D) trigger configurations.

Beretta 8000 Cougar F - 9x19mm

Beretta 8000L Cougar F - 9x19mm

Beretta 8000L Cougar F Type P - 9x19mm

Specifications

(1994 - Present)

• Type: Pistol

• Caliber(s): 9x19mm

• Weight: 2.09 lbs (0.95 kg)

• Length: 7 in (17.8 cm)

• Barrel length(s): 3.5 in (8.89 cm)

• Capacity: 13-15-Round magazine

• Fire Modes: Semi-auto (SA/DA & DAO)

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Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Coldblooded	Jason Priestley	Cosmo		1995
Mission: Impossible	Tom Cruise	Ethan Hunt		1996
Parting Shots	Chris Rea	Harry Sterndale	Two-tone	1998
Parting Shots	Felicity Kendal	Jill Saunders	Two-tone	1998
Parting Shots	Oliver Reed	Jamie Campbell-Stewart	Two-tone, suppressed	1998
Blade: Trinity	Callum Keith Rennie	Asher Talos		2004
Firewall	Paul Bettany	Bill Cox		2006
Firewall	Nikolaj Coster-Waldau	Liam		2006
Butterfly on a Wheel	Pierce Brosnan	Tom Ryan		2007
Vice	Daryl Hannah	Salt		2006
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol		Bodyguard		2011
Go Fast	Frédéric Épaud	Wilfrid		2009

Television

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
Fringe		shape shifter
Dexter	Jennifer Carpenter	Det. Debrah Morgan
Sanctuary	Agam Darshi	Kate Freelander
Justified	John Kapelos	Picker	HFC M800 airsoft pistol; "A Murder of Crows" (S5E01)	2014

Anime

Title	Character	Note	Date
Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex	Carried by a robber
Sky Blue	Cade	Cade's P228 briefly turns into a two-tone Cougar

Video Games

Game Title	Mods	Notes	Release Date
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End		Appears in teaser trailer	2015

Beretta 8045 Cougar

Beretta 8045 Cougar F - .45 ACP

Specifications

(1998 - 2004)

• Type: Pistol

• Caliber(s): .45 ACP

• Weight: 1.88 lbs (0.865 kg)

• Length: 7.2 in (18.3 cm)

• Barrel length(s): 3.7 in (9.4 cm)

• Capacity: 8-Round magazine

• Fire Modes: Semi-auto (SA/DA & DAO)

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Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Hills Have Eyes	Dan Byrd	Bobby Carter		2006
Kill Switch		A thug		2008

Television

Show Title	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
CSI: Miami	David Caruso	Lt. Horatio Caine
The Shield	David Rees Snell	Detective Ronnie Gardocki	main service pistol
The Shield	Walton Goggins	Detective Shane Vendrell	main service pistol
CSI: NY	Paul Ben-Victor	Carmen Enzo	"Party Down" (S07E13)	2004-Present

Video Games

Game Title	Mods	Passwords	Release Date
Resident Evil Survivor	appears as handgun C		2000

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 8000 Cougar F Inox with walnut grips - 9x21mm

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Transporter		bad guy		2002
Memento	Guy Pearce	Leonard Shelby	fitted with white grips	2000
Unleashed	Bob Hoskins	Bart		2005
Today You Die	Karo Parisyan	Garret's Gang #3		2005
Today You Die		Security guard		2005
Shootout at Lokhandwala	Tusshar Kapoor	Dilip Buwa		2007
Ca$h	Christian Hecq	Lardier	suppressed	2008

Television

Show Title	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
CSI: NY - Season 6	Bryce Johnson	Nick 'Cool' Emerson	"Battle Scars" (S06E05)	2009
Dollhouse	Harry Lennix	Boyd Langdon	instead of revolver	2011
Banshee - Season 1	Doug Kruse	Nathan	episode 7	2013

Beretta Mini Cougar

Beretta 8000 Mini Cougar F Inox with walnut grips - 9x19mm

Beretta 8040 Mini Cougar F - 9x19mm

Beretta 8045 Mini Cougar F - .45 ACP. This particular pistol is fitted with an adapter to allow it to take standard 8 round 8045 magazines, and a 6 round mini Cougar magazine is shown for comparison.

Specifications

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• Type: Pistol

• Caliber(s): 9x19mm, .40 S&W, .45 ACP

• Weight: 1.9 lbs (0.86 kg)

• Length: 7 in (17.8 cm)

• Barrel length(s): 3.7 in (9.40 cm)

• Capacity: 10 (9x19mm), 8 (.40 S&W), 6 (.45 ACP)

• Fire Modes: Semi-auto (SA/DA & DAO)

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Television

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
Jericho	Jazz Raycole	Allison Hawkins
Jericho	Lennie James	Robert Hawkins