# Gladiator (disambiguation)

A gladiator was an armed combatant entertainer in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire.
Gladiator(s) or The Gladiator(s) may also refer to:

## Arts and entertainment
### Fictional characters

* Gladiator (Kallark), in Marvel Comics
* Gladiator (Melvin Potter), in Marvel Comics

### Film

* The Gladiators (film), a 1969 Swedish drama/science fiction film
* The Gladiator (1938 film), an adaptation of the Philip Wylie novel
* The Gladiator (1986 film), an American TV movie
* Gladiator (1992 film), a boxing drama film
** Gladiator (1992 soundtrack)
* Gladiator (2000 film), an epic historical drama
** Gladiator (2000 soundtrack)
* Gladiator II (2024 film), epic historical action film, sequel to Gladiator (2000)

### Television
#### Episodes

* "Gladiator", Cardfight!! Vanguard (2011) episode 54 (2012)
* "Gladiator", FBI: Most Wanted season 3, episode 7 (2021)
* "Gladiator", First Wave season 2, episode 18 (2000)
* "Gladiator", Hercules: The Legendary Journeys season 1, episode 10 (1995)
* "Gladiator", Kaamelott season 1, episode 84 (2005)
* "Gladiator", Medical Center season 4, episode 12 (1972)
* "Gladiator", Mr Benn episode 14 (2005)
* "Gladiator", The Red Green Show season 11, episode 2 (2001)
* "Gladiator", Shaabiat Al Cartoon season 7, episode 12 (2012)
* "Gladiator", Something Is Out There episode 1 (1988)
* "Gladiators", Animal Kingdom season 5, episode 8 (2021)
* "Gladiators", Ellen season 2, episode 19 (1965)
* "Gladiators", Growing Up Gotti season 3, episode 3 (2005)
* "Gladiators", Hero: 108 season 2, episode 19b (2012)
* "Gladiators", Hot Wheels: Battle Force 5 season 1, episode 22 (2010)
* "Gladiators", Shaman King (2001) episode 49 (2002)
* "Gladiators", The New Legends of Monkey season 2, episode 6 (2020)
* "Gladiators", Voltron: The Third Dimension season 2, episode 3 (1999)
* "Gladiators", Warrior Challenge episode 4 (2003)
* "The Gladiator", Plebs series 1, episode 2 (2013)
* "The Gladiator", Super Crooks episode 6 (2021)
* "The Gladiators", Blondie (1968) episode 4 (1968)
* "The Gladiators", Have Gun – Will Travel season 3, episode 27 (1960)
* "The Gladiators", Land of the Lost (1991) season 2, episode 4 (1992)
* "The Gladiators", Mr. Lucky episode 20 (1960)
* "The Gladiators", Planet of the Apes episode 2 (1974)
* "The Gladiators", The Donna Reed Show season 8, episode 11 (1965)
* "The Gladiators", The New Avengers series 2, episode 12 (1977)
* "The Gladiators", The New Leave It to Beaver season 1, episode 6 (1985)

#### Series

* Gladiators (franchise), a sports entertainment television show
** American Gladiators (1989 TV series)
** American Gladiators (2008 TV series)
** Gladiators 2000, a children's adaptation of American Gladiators
** Gladiators: Train 2 Win, a children's spin-off of the British series
** Gladiators (1992 British TV series)
** Gladiators (2008 British TV series)
** Gladiators (2024 British TV series)
** Gladiators (1995 Australian TV series)
** Gladiators (2008 Australian TV series)
** Gladiators (2024 Australian TV series)
** MTN Gladiators, the South African version

### Gaming

* Gladiator (board wargame), a 1979 board wargame by Battleline Publications
* Gladiator 1984, a 1984 arcade game by SNK
* Gladiator (1985 video game), a home computer game by Domark
* Gladiator (1986 video game), an arcade game by Taito
* The Gladiator, a 2003 arcade game by IGS, see List of arcade video games
* Gladiator: Sword of Vengeance, a 2003 video game
* Gladiator: Road to Freedom, a 2005 video game
* Gladiator A.D., a video game known later as Tournament of Legends

### Literature

* Gladiator (novel), by Philip Wylie, 1930
* Gladiator (novel series), by Simon Scarrow
* The Gladiator (Scarrow novel), 2009
* The Gladiator (Turtledove novel), by Harry Turtledove, 2007
* The Gladiators (novel), by Arthur Koestler, 1939
* The Gladiators, an 1863 novel by George Whyte-Melville

### Theatre

* The Gladiator (play), by Robert Montgomery Bird, premiered 1831

### Music

* The Gladiators (band), a Jamaican roots reggae band
* Gladiator (band) [sk], a Slovak rock band, winner of the 8th ZAI Awards for vocal artist or ensemble

#### Albums

* Gladiator, a 2000 album by Unlord
* Gladiator (2000 soundtrack)
* Gladiator (1992 soundtrack)

#### Songs

* "The Gladiator March", by John Philip Sousa, 1886
* "Gladiator" (Dami Im song), 2014
* "Gladiator" (Jann song) 2022
* "Gladiator", a song by Nicola Roberts from the 2011 album Cinderella's Eyes
* "Gladiator", a 1992 song by The Jesus Lizard

## Sports

* A.S.D. S.F. Gladiator 1912, an Italian football club
* Cleveland Gladiators, an American arena football team
* Quetta Gladiators, a Pakistani cricket franchise
* Dhaka Gladiators, a Bangladeshi cricket franchise
* Atlanta Gladiators, an American hockey team
* Mike Awesome, an American wrestler with ring name "The Gladiator"
* Ricky Hunter, a Canadian masked wrestler with ring name "The Gladiator"
* Omar Atlas, a retired Venezuelan professional wrestler with the ring name "Super Gladiator"
* "The Gladiators" (photograph), a notable Australian rugby league photograph
* Los Angeles Gladiators, an American esports team in the Overwatch League
* Los Súper Gladiadores, professional wrestling tag team from XWF
* Golden Gate Gladiators, South Africa field hockey club

## Transportation and military

* Gladiator Cycle Company, a French manufacturer of bicycles, motorcycles and cars 1891–1920
* Gladiator tactical unmanned ground vehicle, an American unmanned vehicle
* Gloster Gladiator, a British biplane fighter aircraft designed in the 1930s
* Gladiator, the planned in-service name of the cancelled British MBT-80 tank project
* HMS Gladiator, the name of several ships of the Royal Navy
* Jeep Gladiator, the name of two pickup trucks
* USS Gladiator, the name of several U.S. Navy ships
* Yamaha Gladiator, a motorcycle
* SA-12 Gladiator/Giant (S-300V "Antey-300"), a Soviet surface-to-air missile system

## Other uses

* Gladiator (energy drink), a Mexican drink
* Gladiators motorcycle club, an American military motorcycle club
* Mantophasmatidae, carnivorous insects known as gladiators
* 68th Armoured Regiment (India), nicknamed The Gladiators