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* An Israeli one features in ''[[Charlie Wilson's War|Charlie Wilsons War]]'', played [[Fake Nationality|by Scot Ken Stott]].
* Tony Stark is one of these in ''[[Iron Man (film)|Iron Man]]'', before he sees US forces get attacked with his own weapons and has a change of heart. Even after that, his weapons keep turning up in enemy hands. {{spoiler|Turns out [[Evil Chancellor|Obie]] had been going around behind his back.}}
* Owen Davian, the amoral, passive-aggressive, monotonic arms dealer villain of ''[[Mission: Impossible (film)||Mission Impossible]] 3''. His day job is hooking up terrorists with weapons of mass destruction, and his night job is exuding sociopathic menace. Even when captured, bound, and faced with death, he remains [[Dissonant Serenity|preternaturally calm]] and merely rattles off all the ways he will torture the hero's loved ones <s>if</s> '''when''' he gets free. The only time he shows a hint of fondness is when he aloofly recalls cruelly murdering one of the hero's partners ("That was nothing, that was... ''fun''. That was fun."). His chilling detachment is enhanced by the fact that he has [http://www.reverseshot.com/article/mi3 no backstory or any humanizing moments whatsoever].
* Jeebs in ''[[Men in Black (film)|Men in Black]]''. He's definitely the slimy sort, handing illegal weapons to alien criminals.
* Brad Whitaker from ''[[The Living Daylights]]'', played by Joe Don Baker. He used to provide weapons to the Soviets until General Pushkin came down to Tangiers and cut him off. Whitaker subsequently asked Koskov to kill Pushkin to provide coverage for his opium smuggling operations. This arms dealer is seen for a very short portion of the movie, instead acting as an [[Armchair Military|armchair general]] who likes to play with toy soldiers.
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* In ''[[The Quick and the Dead]]'', the Kid works a day job as the town's gunsmith.
* In the Serbian film ''[[Underground]]'', Marko and Blacky supposedly act as gun runners for the resistance against the Nazis during World War 2. In reality, they drink and gamble most of the money away. Much later, Marko and Natalija become arms dealers during the Yugoslav wars. {{spoiler|Blacky has them executed as "war profiteers" before realizing who they are.}}
* Both Valentin Zukovsky and the Janus syndicate in ''[[
* Bully Hayes is dealing firearms to the native islanders in the opening of ''[[Nate and Hayes]]''.
* The film ''Strapped'' features the delivery boy Diquan Mitchell getting heavily involved in arms trafficking in the ghetto in a plot to get his pregnant girlfriend out of prison.
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* Very common in ''[[Shadowrun]]''. Arms dealers are known as 'Fixers' (as in "I can fix you up with something"). Fixers not only deal in arms, but in body armor, black market cyberdecks and programs, and even cybernetic modifications. The Crime Mall is perhaps the most brazen example, actually operating open-to-the-public storefronts out of an [http://www.southhillmall.com/home/index.ch2 abandoned shopping mall] in the Puyallup Barrens.
* Several factions function like this at one time or another in ''[[BattleTech]]''. The Free Worlds League and the Lyran Commonwealth/Alliance are both known for it, but the one who really takes the cake is probably Clan Diamond Shark, which despite being part of Battletech's [[Proud Warrior Race]] would much rather sell guns to you than fight you.
* Fairly common in the paper RPG and Inquisitor game lines for ''[[Warhammer
* In ''[[Rifts]]'' you not only have the Black Market (your standard shady arms dealers) and independent gun shops, but a number of companies such as Wilk's and Northern Gun also sell their wares directly.
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*** Though in some ways he (and his bretheren) fall under the heading of {{spoiler|Minister for Defense Export, as they are taking their marching orders direct from The Patriots; in general, their activities let weaker forces keep fighting by allowing them to reuse battlefield salvaged guns, which in turn stretches conflicts and helps fuel the War Economy.}}
*** Coincidentally, the same voice actor also played Smuggler in Deus Ex who is...you guessed it: an arms dealer!
** Additionally, ''[[Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops]]'' had "Arms Dealer" as a skill for recruitable characters. They allow you to find more weapons and ammo in levels, and it's extremely useful for the [[Expansion Pack]], where Infinity Mode drops you into levels where [[With This Herring|you don't start with any gear.]]
* ''[[Resident Evil 4]]'': "Welcome, strayn-jah! Got somethin' that might interest you...."
** He doesn't clearly fit into any of the above classification, and not because he doesn't sell ammo.
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** Although in ''[[Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars]]'', they come back with a mail order delivery service. This helps them get around the gun control laws.
* In ''[[Command & Conquer: Generals]]'' the GLA terrorist faction acquires their vehicles from a Arms Dealer building.
* [[
* ''[[Front Mission]]'': They don't sell guns, they sell [[Real Robot|Wanzers]] and [[King of the Hill|Wanzer Accessories]].
** Justified in 1, it's a place for the wanzer gladiators shopping for 'arms'.
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*** [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|In Singapore]]!
** [[My Friends and Zoidberg|And finally, ordering them from the Internet]], although that last one is implied to be illegal...
* ''[[Wild
* ''[[Far Cry]] 2'' is full of arms dealers. In addition to the Jackal and the player's armorer, there's quite a few other arms dealers who are the targets of various missions. Even some of the playable mercenaries are stated to have histories in gunrunning.
* How could we miss Nasri {{spoiler|and [[Big Bad|Leland]]}} from ''[[Alpha Protocol]]''?
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