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After his life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack, a brilliant but introverted CIA decoder takes matters into his own hands when his supervisors refuse to take action.


When a shadowy CIA agent uncovers damning agency secrets, he's hunted across the globe by a sociopathic rogue operative who's put a bounty on his head.

Ryan Gosling
Six

Chris Evans
Lloyd Hansen

Ana de Armas
Dani Miranda

Billy Bob Thornton
Fitzroy

Jessica Henwick
Suzanne Brewer

Dhanush
Avik San

Alfre Woodard
Margaret Cahill

Regé-Jean Page
Carmichael

Wagner Moura
Laszlo Sosa

Julia Butters
Claire
The Gray Man is a action, thriller film released in 2022 exploring themes of central intelligence agency (cia), based on novel or book, hitman, kidnapping, agent, rogue agent. Directed by Joe Russo, it stars Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas. When a shadowy CIA agent uncovers damning agency secrets, he's hunted across the globe by a sociopathic rogue operative who's put a bounty on his head.
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