A spy is a person engaged in espionage, obtaining information that is considered secret or confidential.
Spy or The Spy may also refer to:
Film
edit- An English translation of the title for Spione, the 1928 silent film by Fritz Lang
- The Spy (1914 film), a 1914 American film directed by Otis Turner
- The Spy (1917 American film), a 1917 film released shortly after the United States entered World War I
- The Spy (1917 German film), directed by Karl Heiland and starring Conrad Veidt
- The Spy (1931 film), a 1931 film directed by Berthold Viertel
- The Spy (1964 film), a 1964 Egyptian film with Rufino Inglés
- The Spy, a 1999 South Korean film directed by Jang Jin
- The Spy (2012 South Korean film), a 2012 South Korean film directed by Woo Min-ho
- The Spy (2012 Russian film), a 2012 Russian dieselpunk spy film
- The Spy: Undercover Operation, a 2013 South Korean film directed by Lee Seung-joon
- Spy (2015 film), a comedy starring Melissa McCarthy
- S*P*Y*S, a 1974 comedy film
- Spy (2023 film), a Telugu film starring Nikhil Siddhartha
Literature
edit- The Spy (Cooper novel), an 1821 novel by James Fenimore Cooper
- The Life of a Useless Man also known as The Spy: The Story of a Superfluous Man, a 1908 novel by Maxim Gorky
- The Spy, a 1920 novel by Upton Sinclair
- The Spy (Cussler novel), a 2010 novel by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott
- The Spy, a 2016 novel by Paulo Coelho
- The Spy (periodical), periodical by James Hogg, 1810-1811
- Spy, a novel in the Alex Hawke series by Ted Bell
- Spy: The Inside Story of How the FBI's Robert Hanssen Betrayed America
- Spy (magazine), a satirical monthly
Music
edit- Spys (band), a New York band
- Spy (Carly Simon album), 1979
- "The Spy", a song on Morrison Hotel, a 1970 album by the Doors
- "Spy", a song by They Might Be Giants from the album John Henry
- "Spy", a song by Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean from the 2009 album She Wolf
- "Spy", the titular song on Carly Simon 1979 album Spy
- "Spy" (Super Junior song), a 2012 song by South Korean boy band Super Junior
- "iSpy" (Kyle song), a 2016 song by Kyle featuring Lil Yachty
People
edit- S.P.Y (born 1976), a London-based Drum and Bass producer/DJ
- Leslie Ward (1851–1922), a British cartoonist
- J. Ralph (born 1975), an American musician
Ships
edit- Spy (ship), several commercial ships
- HMS Spy, two ships of the Royal Navy
Television
edit- Spy (2004 TV series), a British reality series that premiered on BBC3 in 2004
- Spy (2011 TV series), a British comedy series that premiered on Sky1 and Hulu in 2011
- Spy (2015 TV series), a South Korean action series, also stylised as SPY
- The Spy (TV miniseries), a 2019 web television miniseries based on the life of Israel's top Mossad spy Eli Cohen
Other uses
edit- Spy (gridiron football), a defensive football role
- Spy (Team Fortress 2), a playable class in the video game
- Spy, Belgium, a village
- Northern Spy, a variety of apple
- SPDR S&P 500 Trust ETF (NYSE Arca: SPY)