# Matador (disambiguation)

A matador is the central bullfighter who must kill the bull.
Matador(s), The Matador(s), El Matador, or Los Matadores may also refer to:

## Arts and entertainment
### Comics

* Matador (Marvel Comics), a super-villain in the Marvel Comics universe

### Film, television, and theater

* Matador (film) a 1986 film directed by Pedro Almodóvar
* The Matador, a 2005 film starring Pierce Brosnan
* The Matador (2008 film), a documentary
* Matador (American TV series), a 2014 action series
* Matador (Danish TV series), a 1978–1982 drama series
* Matador (Danish musical), a 2007 musical based on the television series
* Matador (English musical), a 1991 musical based on the story of El Cordobés

### Games and toys

* Matador (cards), a top trump in some card games
* Matador (domino game)
* Matador (toy), a wooden construction set
* Matador (video game) or Brigador, a 2016 tactical game
* El Matador (video game), a 2006 third-person shooter

### Literature

* Matador, a 1934 novel by Marguerite Steen
* Matador series, a series of science fiction novels by Steve Perry

### Music
#### Bands

* The Matadors (band), a 1960s Czech beat band

#### Albums

* Matador (Kenny Dorham album) or the title song, 1963
* Matador (Gaz Coombes album) or the title song, 2015
* Matador (Grant Green album) or the title song, 1979
* Matador: The Songs of Leonard Cohen, by Patricia O'Callaghan, 2012
* Matador, by Arms and Sleepers, 2009
* Matador, by Mickey 3D, or the title song, 2005
* Matador, by Zoroaster, 2010

#### Songs

* "Matador" (Akinori Nakagawa song), 2004
* "Matador" (Los Fabulosos Cadillacs song), 1994
* "Matador"/"Da Frame 2R", a single by Arctic Monkeys, 2007
* "The Matador" (Johnny Cash song), 1963
* "The Matador" (Sylvia song), 1981
* "Matador", by Acumen Nation from Transmissions from Eville, 1994
* "Matador", by Garland Jeffreys from American Boy & Girl, 1979
* "Matador", by Halford from Halford IV: Made of Metal, 2010
* "Matador", by Xmal Deutschland, 1986

## Businesses and companies

* Matador (company), a Slovakia-based global tire producer
* Matador Content, an American television production company
* Matador Cooperative Farm, a defunct agricultural cooperative near Kyle, Saskatchewan, Canada
* Matador Records, an American record label
* The Matador (bar), a defunct bar in Portland, Oregon, US
* The Matador Club, a defunct country music venue in Toronto, Canada
* The Matador (restaurant), an American chain of Mexican restaurants

## Military

* Matador (mine protected vehicle), an armoured mine protected vehicle produced by Paramount Group in South Africa
* MATADOR, an anti-armour missile system developed by Singapore and Israel
* AEC Matador, a military vehicle used by the Allies during World War II
* AV-8S Matador, Spanish version of the AV-8A Harrier
* MGM-1 Matador, one of the first cruise missiles ever introduced
* Operation Matador (disambiguation), the name of several military or intelligence plans

## People with the stage name or nickname

* Matador (WA BMG 44), Senegalese hip hop musician
* Edinson Cavani (born 1987), Uruguayan football player
* Lloyd Daley (1939–2018), Jamaican reggae producer
* Luis Hernández (footballer, born 1968), Mexican football player
* Marcelo Salas (born 1974), Chilean football player
* Tito Santana (born 1953), American professional wrestler
* Luis Tejada (born 1982), Panamanian football player
* Primo & Epico or "Los Matadores", a professional wrestling tag team
* Ilia Topuria or "El Matador" (born 1997), Spanish mixed martial artist

## Places

* Matador, Texas, US
* Matador Mountain, Antarctica

## Sports

* Cal State Northridge Matadors, the sports teams of California State University, Northridge
* FK Matador Púchov, a Slovak football club, sponsored by the tyre producer

## Transportation

* AMC Matador, an automobile manufactured by American Motors Corporation from 1971 to 1978
* Dodge Matador, an automobile model marketed during 1960
* El Matador (custom car), a show car built by Bill Cushenbery 1959–1961
* Tempo Matador, a series of light commercial vehicles originally designed by Tempo and subsequently built by several motor companies between 1949 and 2000.

## Other uses

* Matador (cocktail), a tequila-based cocktail
* Avid Matador, a 1990s 2D painting software on Silicon Graphics computers