executioner An executioner, also known as a hangman or headsman, is an official who executes a sentence of capital punishment on a legally condemned person. Scope and job The executioner was usually presented with a warrant authorising or order ...

is an officer of the court who carries out capital punishment sentences. Executioner may also refer to: *"The Executioner", a painting by 17th-century Spanish Tenebrist painter

Jusepe de Ribera Jusepe de Ribera (1591 – 1652) was a painter and printmaker, who along with Francisco de Zurbarán, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, and the singular Diego Velázquez, are regarded as the major artists of Spanish Baroque painting. Referring to ...

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* ''The Executioner'' (book series), a series of novels featuring Mack Bolan *

Executioner (comics) The Executioner is the name of different fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Skurge, an Asgardian, is originally depicted as a supervillain who wields a magic double-bladed battle axe. Skurge falls ...

, a Marvel Comics supervillain * ''The Executioners'' (MacDonald novel), a 1957 novel by John D. MacDonald * ''The Executioners'' (Killmaster novel), a 1971 novel by Nick Carter * ''The Executioner'' (Kisyov novel) a novel by Stefan Kisyov about the killer of Bulgarian dissident writer Georgi Markov

Film and television

* ''Executioners'' (film), a 1993 film by Johnny To * ''The Executioner'' (1963 film) or ''El verdugo'', a Luis García Berlanga film * ''The Executioner'' (1970 film) a film directed by Sam Wanamaker starring George Peppard * ''The Executioner'' (1975 film), a 1975 South Korean film * ''Executioner'' (1974 film), a 1974 film starring Sonny Chiba *''The Executioner'', a 1978 film also known as ''

Massacre Mafia Style ''Massacre Mafia Style'' (also known as ''The Executioner'' or ''Like Father, Like Son'') is a 1974 independent film written, directed, produced by, and starring Italian-American crooner-actor Duke Mitchell. The tagline for the film was ''"You’r ...

'' *"The Executioners", first episode of the 1965 ''Doctor Who'' serial '' The Chase'' * ''The Executioner'' (TV series) a 2015 television drama produced by TVB * "The Executioner" (''Gotham''), an episode in the third season of ''Gotham'' *''

Permission to Kill ''Permission to Kill'', also known as ''The Executioner'', is a 1975 spy thriller film made by Sascha-Verleih and distributed by AVCO Embassy Pictures. It was directed by Cyril Frankel and produced by Paul Mills from a screenplay by Robin Es ...

'', a 1975 film also known as ''The Executioner''

Sports

The Executioners (professional wrestling) The Executioners is the name of several tag teams and single masked wrestlers who wrestled in the BYWA, TWA, AWF and the World Wide Wrestling Federation. The Executioners (1970s) The first version of Executioners was founded by Executioner # ...

, the name of several WWE tag teams *

Buddy Rose Paul Robert Perschmann (November 27, 1952 – April 28, 2009) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Playboy Buddy Rose. He wrestled primarily for the AWA, WWF, and for promoter Don Owen in Pacific Northwest ...

or The Executioner, American wrestler *

Terry Gordy Terry Ray Gordy Sr. (April 23, 1961 – July 16, 2001) was an American professional wrestler. Gordy appeared in the United States with promotions such as Mid-South Wrestling, Georgia Championship Wrestling, World Class Championship Wrestling, Jim ...

or The Executioner, wrestler *

Bernard Hopkins Bernard Hopkins Jr. (born January 15, 1965) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2016. He is one of the most successful boxers of the past three decades, having held multiple world championships in two weight class ...

or The Executioner, American boxer

Music

* ''Executioner'' (album), a 2009 album by Mantic Ritual *

Executioner (band) Executioner was an American thrash metal band from Boston, Massachusetts, that was active from 1984 to 1990. History Executioner was formed in 1984. Their track "Victims of Evil" was issued on the compilation ''Speed Metal Hell'' in 1985. Th ...

, a thrash metal band from Boston *

The X-Ecutioners The X-Ecutioners are a group of American hip hop DJs/turntablists from New York City, New York. The group formed in 1989 and currently consists of three DJs, including Total Eclipse, DJ Boogie Blind, DJ Precision. Original members of the grou ...

, American turntablist group

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