# Sniper (film series)

Sniper is a series of action and war films beginning with the 1993 film Sniper, which center upon the characters of Master Gunnery Sergeant Thomas Beckett (Tom Berenger) and Gunnery Sergeant Brandon Beckett (Chad Michael Collins), who work as Force Reconnaissance Scout Snipers in the United States Marine Corps.

## Films

| Film | U.S. release date | Director(s) | Screenwriter(s) | Producer(s) |
| Sniper | January 29, 1993 | Luis Llosa | Michael Frost Beckner & Crash Leyland | Robert L. Rosen |
| Sniper 2 | December 28, 2002 | Craig R. Baxley | Ron Mita & Jim McClain | Carol Kottenbrook & Scott Einbinder |
| Sniper 3 | September 28, 2004 | P. J. Pesce | J.S. Cardone & Ross Helford | Carol Kottenbrook & Scott Einbinder |
| Sniper: Reloaded | April 26, 2011 | Claudio Fäh | John Fasano | Claudio Fäh & David Wicht |
| Sniper: Legacy | September 30, 2014 | Don Michael Paul | John Fasano & Don Michael Paul | Jeffery Beach, Phillip J. Roth & Scott Einbinder |
| Sniper: Ghost Shooter | August 2, 2016 | Don Michael Paul | Chris Hauty | Jeffery Beach & Phillip Roth |
| Sniper: Ultimate Kill | October 3, 2017 | Claudio Fäh | Chris Hauty | David Zelon |
| Sniper: Assassin's End | June 16, 2020 | Kaare Andrews | Oliver Thompson | Greg Malcolm, Vicki Sotheran & Oliver Thompson |
| Sniper: Rogue Mission | August 16, 2022 | Oliver Thompson | Oliver Thompson | Rhonda Baker, Bay Dariz & Mark Montague |
| Sniper: G.R.I.T. – Global Response & Intelligence Team | September 26, 2023 | Oliver Thompson | Oliver Thompson | Bay Dariz & Paul Parker |
| Sniper: The Last Stand | January 21, 2025 | Danishka Esterhazy | Sean Wathen | Lance Samuels |

### Sniper (1993)

Master Gunnery Sergeant Thomas Beckett, an experienced sniper, and Richard Miller are sent on a mission to assassinate a Panamanian General.

### Sniper 2 (2002)

Thomas Beckett and Jake Cole are tasked with assassinating a Serbian general responsible for ethnic cleansing attacks.

### Sniper 3 (2004)

Sniper Thomas Beckett is hired by NSA officials William Avery and Richard Addis to perform a covert operation to eliminate a suspected terrorist kingpin in the People's Republic of Vietnam who was providing support for Jemaah Islamiyah.

### Sniper: Reloaded (2011)

With the assistance of Richard Miller, Marine Sergeant Brandon Beckett, son of Thomas Beckett, takes up the mantle set by his father and goes on a mission of his own.

### Sniper: Legacy (2014)

After military leaders are assassinated, Gunnery Sergeant Brandon Beckett receives word that his father is one. Attempting to track down the assassin, Brandon finds out that his father is not dead, realizing that he is being used as bait.

### Sniper: Ghost Shooter (2016)

Gunnery Sergeant Brandon Beckett is given yet another mission where he is tasked with protecting a Georgian gas pipeline from Arab-sponsored terrorists; however, things become complicated when a professional terrorist sniper named Ravshan Gazakov enters the fray.

### Sniper: Ultimate Kill (2017)

Master Sergeant Brandon Beckett is tasked with protecting a DEA agent from a drug cartel sniper, known as "The Devil".

### Sniper: Assassin's End (2020)

Legendary sniper Thomas Beckett and his son, Special Ops sniper Brandon Beckett, are on the run from the CIA, Russian mercenaries, and a Yakuza-trained assassin with sniper skills that rival both legendary sharp shooters.

### Sniper: Rogue Mission (2022)

After discovering a human sex trafficking ring working with a corrupt agent, Brandon Beckett teams up with allies from his past, Agent Zeke "Zero" Rosenberg and Yuki "Lady Death" Mifune, to discover the identity of the agent and stop the ring.

### Sniper: G.R.I.T. – Global Response & Intelligence Team (2023)

When an international terrorist cult threatens global political stability and kidnaps a fellow agent, Ace Sniper Brandon Beckett (Chad Michael Collins) and the newly formed Global Response & Intelligence Team—or G.R.I.T.—led by Colonel Stone (Dennis Haysbert) must travel across the world to Malta, infiltrate the cult, and take out its leader to free Lady Death (Luna Fujimoto) and stop the global threat. Ryan Robbins and Josh Brener also star in this globetrotting entry to the Sniper franchise.

### Sniper: The Last Stand (2025)

To stop an arms dealer (Arnold Vosloo) from unleashing a deadly superweapon, Ace sniper Brandon Beckett (Chad Michael Collins) and Agent Zero (Ryan Robbins) are deployed to Costa Verde to lead a group of elite soldiers against an unrelenting militia. Taking an untested sniper under his wing, Beckett faces his newest challenge: giving orders instead of receiving them. With both time and ammo running low in a race to save humanity, the team must overcome all odds just to survive.

## Cast and crew
### Principal cast

| Characters | Films | Films | Films | Films | Films | Films | Films | Films | Films | Films | Films |
| Characters | Sniper | Sniper 2 | Sniper 3 | Sniper: Reloaded | Sniper: Legacy | Sniper: Ghost Shooter | Sniper: Ultimate Kill | Sniper: Assassin's End | Sniper: Rogue Mission | Sniper: G.R.I.T. – Global Response & Intelligence Team | Sniper: The Last Stand |
| Characters | 1993 | 2002 | 2004 | 2011 | 2014 | 2016 | 2017 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2025 |
| Master Gunnery Sergeant Tom Beckett | Tom Berenger | Tom Berenger | Tom Berenger | Mentioned | Tom Berenger | Mentioned | Tom Berenger | Tom Berenger | | | |
| Brandon Beckett | | | | Chad Michael Collins | Chad Michael Collins | Chad Michael Collins | Chad Michael Collins | Chad Michael Collins | Chad Michael Collins | Chad Michael Collins | Chad Michael Collins |
| Richard Miller | Billy Zane | Mentioned | | Billy Zane | | Billy Zane | Billy Zane | | | | |
| Colonel Chester Van Damme | J. T. Walsh | | | | | | | | | | |
| Corporal Doug Papich | Aden Young | | | | | | | | | | |
| Jake Cole | | Bokeem Woodbine | | | | | | | | | |
| Pavel | | Tamás Puskás | | | | | | | | | |
| CIA Agent James Eckles | | Dan Butler | | | | | | | | | |
| Colonel Dan McKenna | | Linden Ashby | Mentioned | | | | | | | | |
| CIA Director Bill Avery | | | Denis Arndt | | | | | | | | |
| Paul "Finn" Finnegan | | | John Doman | | | | | | | | |
| Detective Quan | | | Byron Mann | | | | | | | | |
| Lieutenant Ellen Abramowitz | | | | Annabel Wright | | | | | | | |
| Martin Chandler | | | | Patrick Lyster | | | | | | | |
| Colonel Ralf Jäger | | | | Richard Sammel | | | | | | | |
| Major Guy Bidwell | | | | | Dominic Mafham | Dominic Mafham | | | | | |
| Gabriel "The Colonel" Stone | | | | | Dennis Haysbert | Dennis Haysbert | | Mentioned | Dennis Haysbert | Dennis Haysbert | |
| Kate Estrada | | | | | | | Danay García | | | | |
| Agent John Samson | | | | | | | Joe Lando | | | | |
| Zeke "Zero" Rosenberg | | | | | | | | Ryan Robbins | Ryan Robbins | Ryan Robbins | Ryan Robbins |
| Yuki "Lady Death" Mifune | | | | | | | | Sayaka Akimoto | Sayaka Akimoto | Luna Fujimoto | |
| Gildie | | | | | | | | | Brendan Sexton III | | |
| Pete | | | | | | | | | Josh Brener | Josh Brener | |

### Additional crew

| Crew/detail | Film | Film | Film | Film | Film | Film | Film | Film | Film |
| Crew/detail | Sniper | Sniper 2 | Sniper 3 | Sniper: Reloaded | Sniper: Legacy | Sniper: Ghost Shooter | Sniper: Ultimate Kill | Sniper: Assassin's End | Sniper: Rogue Mission |
| Director | Luis Llosa | Craig R. Baxley | P. J. Pesce | Claudio Fäh | Don Michael Paul | Don Michael Paul | Claudio Fäh | Kaare Andrews | Oliver Thompson |
| Composer(s) | Gary Chang | Gary Chang | Tim Jones | David Safritz Marcus Trampp | Frederik Wiedmann | Frederik Wiedmann | Frederik Wiedmann | Patric Caird | Oliver Thompson |
| Writer | Michael Frost Beckner Crash Leyland | Ron Mita and Jim McClain | J. S. Cardone Ross Helford | Screenplay John FasanoStory by Ross Helford John Fasano | Screenplay John Fasano Don Michael PaulStory by John Fasano | Chris Hauty | Chris Hauty | Oliver Thompson | Oliver Thompson |
| Characters by | Michael Frost Beckner Crash Leyland | Michael Frost Beckner and Crash Leyland | Michael Frost Beckner and Crash Leyland | Michael Frost Beckner and Crash Leyland | Michael Frost Beckner and Crash Leyland | Michael Frost Beckner and Crash Leyland | Michael Frost Beckner and Crash Leyland | Michael Frost Beckner and Crash Leyland | Michael Frost Beckner and Crash Leyland |