AK-47

The AK-47 and variants are used by the following actors in the following movies, television series, anime, and video games:

NOTE: Please keep in mind that while "AK-47" is often a catch-all term for 7.62x39mm Kalashnikov rifles, most so-called "AK-47s" in movies are actually derivatives of the AKM, which features a stamped receiver and many improvements. Please check carefully to make sure that the rifle in question is an AK-47 and not an AKM. When in doubt, it is probably safer to assume AKM, since the old AK-47 has not been in production for many, many years and is no longer as common in the real world - or Hollywood's rental armories - as its successor.

Original AK-47 design, hybrid stamped/milled receiver; 7.62x39mm.

Milled Receiver AK-47 design; 7.62x39mm.

AK-47

Film

• Numerous N.V.A. and V.C. soldiers and fighters in Platoon

• Numerous characters including Nicolas Cage as Yuri Orlov in Lord of War

• Crackhead in Hot Fuzz

• Colombian terrorists in Toy Soldiers

• N.V.A. soldiers in We Were Soldiers

• R.U.F. rebels, and Leonardo DiCaprio as Danny Archer in Blood Diamond

• Hijackers,Terrorists in Delta Force

• Việt Cộng fighters in Apocalypse Now

• Việt Cộng fighters in Jarhead (footage taken from Apocalypse Now)

• Việt Cộng fighters in A Better Tomorrow III

• Russian soldiers in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

• Nomads in Flight of the Phoenix

• Waise Lee as Little Wing in Bullet in the Head

• P.L.O.Terrorists, Ugandan Army soldiers, Israeli Commando in Raid On Entebbe

• Soviet soldiers in Rocky IV

Television

• Somali militiamen in Seven Days (episode "The Fire Last Time")

Anime

• Trigun

Video Games

• BLACK

• The World Is Not Enough (as the "Soviet KA-57")

• Grand Theft Auto 3

• Grand Theft Auto IV

• Half-Life: Counter-strike - HL: CS Condition Zero

• Soldier of Fortune: Payback

• Operation Flashpoint

• Kill.Switch

• Counter Strike: Source

• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

• Conflict: Desert Storm 2 Back to Baghdad

• SOCOM: Combined Assault

AKS-47U

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AKS-47U 7.62x39mm with folded stock

Film

• Claire Danes as Katherine Brewster and Nick Stahl as John Connor in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

• Sammi Rotibi as André Baptiste Jr. in Lord of War (gold-plated save for wooden parts)

• Art Malik in True Lies.

AKM

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AKM, Stamped Steel Receiver w/ slant muzzle brake 7.62x39mm

Maadi ARM - most of the AKMs seen in movies during the 1980s were imported ARMs that were legally converted to full auto fire. This image is of an actual movie gun. The laminated buttstock was replaced with a hardwood one when the original stock was broken during a stunt - 7.62x39mm

Film

• Soviet soldiers and the "Wolverines" in Red Dawn

• A terrorist in The Siege

• Reynaldo A. Gallegos as Tito Vargas in Bad Boys II

• Crimson Jihad terrorists and Arnold Schwarzenegger as Harry Tasker in True Lies

• Tommy Lee Jones in The Park is Mine (with two magazines taped together 'jungle style', loaded with blanks and live rounds)

• Serbian soldiers and Owen Wilson as Lt. Chris Burnett in Behind Enemy Lines

• Guerrillas in Predator

• Libyan terrorists in Back to the Future

• Afghan Mujahideen in The Beast of War

• Cuban Army soliders in Bad Boys II

• Colombian drug cartel henchmen in XXX

• Clint Eastwood and various Cuban Soldiers in Heartbreak Ridge

• Mel Gibson as Detective Martin Riggs in Lethal Weapon 4

• Crimson Jihad terrorists in True Lies

• IRA terrorists in Patriot Games

• A cartel member in A Man Apart

• Arcadia 234 inhabitants in Soldier (including one with an Dragunov-esque stock)

• Escobedo's men in Clear and Present Danger

• Nigerian rebels in Tears of the Sun

• Lycans in Underworld

• Jong Soo Park as Tran Chan Dinh in The Park is Mine

• Iraqi soldiers, Shiite refugees, and the main protagonists of Three Kings

• Bank robbers and gang members in S.W.A.T. (including two fitted with high-capacity drum magazines)

Television

• Abu Fayed's men in 24

• Iraqi insurgents and soldiers in Over There

• Rebels in a parallel universe in Doctor Who

• Terrorists in The Unit

• Carl Ciarfalio as Hank Connors in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (episode "Leapin' Lizards")

Video Games

• Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

• Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops

AKMS

Basically the same as the AKM, but the rear-trunion is altered with a swiveling mechanism to allow for the under-folding stock.

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Polish AKMS, stamped steel receiver w/ slant muzzle brake and under-folding stock 7.62x39mm

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Norinco Type 56-1, Chinese AKMS variant which is very common in the real world (and in many Hollywood movies)

Film

• Somali militiamen in Black Hawk Down (Chinese Type 56-1)

• U.S. Navy SEALs in Navy SEALs

• Danny Trejo as Trejo in Heat (Chinese Type 56-1)

• Soviet soldiers in The Beast of War

• Isla Los Organos guards and North Korean soldiers in Die Another Day (Chinese Type 56-1)

• Colombian terrorists in Toy Soldiers

• R.U.F. rebels, government soldiers, and Leonardo DiCaprio as Danny Archer in Blood Diamond (Chinese Type 56-1)

• Russian soldiers in Goldeneye (Chinese Type 56-1, made to look like AKS-74s)

• A bank robber in S.W.A.T.

Television

• One of Deke Quinlan's men, Leo Fitzpatrick as "Mr. Mouse", and Adam Cantor as Rocko in The Kill Point (Chinese Type 56-1)

• Kiefer Sutherland as Agent Jack Bauer in 24

• Derek Thompson as Billy Downes in Harry's Game (Chinese Type 56-1)

AKMSU

Film

• Haitian gang members in Bad Boys II

• A Cartel member in A Man Apart

• Philip Kwok as Mad Dog in Hard Boiled

• Bodyguards in Ronin

Television

• CSI: Miami