"Jack Ryan (film series) The ""Jack Ryan"" film series is an American series of thriller films, based on the fictional character of Jack Ryan, who originally appeared in a series of books by Tom Clancy. In the series of five films, four actors have portrayed Ryan. Despite inconsistency with its lead actors and crew members, the series has been distributed solely by Paramount Pictures since its inception. Mace Neufeld has produced every film in the series, with producing partner Robert Rehme co-producing ""Patriot Games"" and ""Clear and Present Danger"" and Lorenzo di Bonaventura co-producing ""Shadow Recruit"". With a combined unadjusted"
"of the pack."" Cameron's next novel in the series, ""Tom Clancy: Oath of Office"", is said to be released in November 2018. Featuring characters created by Tom Clancy Marc Cameron Marc Cameron (born 1961) is an American novelist. He is best known for the Jack Ryan series, which is part of the Tom Clancy universe, as well as for the critically acclaimed Jericho Quinn series of action adventure novels. Cameron was born and raised in Texas, and graduated from Weatherford High School in 1980. He later spent 29 years in law enforcement as a police officer. In early 1991 he"
"Marc Cameron Marc Cameron (born 1961) is an American novelist. He is best known for the Jack Ryan series, which is part of the Tom Clancy universe, as well as for the critically acclaimed Jericho Quinn series of action adventure novels. Cameron was born and raised in Texas, and graduated from Weatherford High School in 1980. He later spent 29 years in law enforcement as a police officer. In early 1991 he became part of the United States Marshals Service, specializing in dignitary protection, and moved through the ranks until finally retiring as chief of the district of Alaska in"
"The Cardinal of the Kremlin The Cardinal of the Kremlin is an espionage thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and released on May 20, 1988. A direct sequel to ""The Hunt for Red October"" (1984), it features CIA analyst Jack Ryan as he extracts CARDINAL, the agency's highest placed agent in the Soviet government who is being pursued by the KGB, as well as the Soviet intelligence agency's director. The novel also features the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), a real-life missile-defense system developed by the United States during that time, and its Russian counterpart. The book debuted at number one"
"as ""by far the best of the Jack Ryan series"", adding: ""While his prose is no better than workmanlike (the genre does not, after all, attract many budding Flauberts), the unmasking of the title's secret agent, the Cardinal, is as sophisticated an exercise in the craft of espionage as I have yet to encounter."" Bob Woodward, reviewing for ""The Washington Post"", regarded the book as ""a great spy novel"" which ""rivals Clancy's ""The Hunt for Red October"", surpasses his ""Red Storm Rising"" and runs circles around his ""Patriot Games"""". ""The Cardinal of the Kremlin"" is also the title of a"
"Patriot Games Patriot Games is a thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and published on July 1987. It is the indirect sequel to ""Without Remorse"", and is chronologically the first book featuring Jack Ryan, the main character in most of Clancy’s novels. The novel focuses on Ryan being the target of Irish terrorist group Ulster Liberation Army for thwarting their kidnapping attempt on the Prince and Princess of Wales in London. It debuted at number one on the New York Times bestseller list. A film adaptation, starring Harrison Ford as Ryan, premiered on June 5, 1992. A kidnapping attempt on"
"Clear and Present Danger Clear and Present Danger is a political thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and published on August 17, 1989. A sequel to ""The Cardinal of the Kremlin"" (1988), main character Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence in the Central Intelligence Agency, and discovers that he is being kept in the dark by his colleagues who are conducting a covert war against a drug cartel based in Colombia. It debuted at number one on the New York Times bestseller list. A film adaptation, featuring Harrison Ford reprising his role as Ryan, was released on August"
"Alan Ryan (horror writer) Alan Peter Ryan (May 17, 1943 – June 3, 2011) was an American author and editor, known for his work in the horror genre in the 1980s. Ryan was born on May 17, 1943, in Bronx, New York. He had Irish ancestry through his grandmother, and Irish motifs were sometimes featured in his fiction, such as in the short story ""The Bones Wizard"" (1984). An American author of Irish ancestry visiting Ireland for the first time is the main character in ""Cast a Cold Eye"". Working as a book reviewer for the ""New York Times"", Ryan"
"Shatner. The Cardinal of the Kremlin The Cardinal of the Kremlin is an espionage thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and released on May 20, 1988. A direct sequel to ""The Hunt for Red October"" (1984), it features CIA analyst Jack Ryan as he extracts CARDINAL, the agency's highest placed agent in the Soviet government who is being pursued by the KGB, as well as the Soviet intelligence agency's director. The novel also features the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), a real-life missile-defense system developed by the United States during that time, and its Russian counterpart. The book debuted at number"
"was a truly diverse and adventurous crew of creatives. Without Colony, the sci-fi TV landscape is far less interesting."" Cuse and writer Graham Roland created for television a series based on Jack Ryan, the CIA analyst character, created by novelist Tom Clancy in the 1980s. Amazon Video has given an 8-episode straight-to-series order. Cuse co-wrote, with Roland, five of the eight episodes. Jack Ryan is an original story that borrows from Tom Clancy's DNA rather than an adaptation of any of Clancy's work. The series stars John Krasinski as Ryan, ""an up-and-coming CIA analyst as he uncovers a pattern in"
"sell the rights to his other novel ""The Sum of All Fears"" (1989). By the time the film was released in 2002, the author had cooled off on the idea of having his books made into films. Patriot Games Patriot Games is a thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and published on July 1987. It is the indirect sequel to ""Without Remorse"", and is chronologically the first book featuring Jack Ryan, the main character in most of Clancy’s novels. The novel focuses on Ryan being the target of Irish terrorist group Ulster Liberation Army for thwarting their kidnapping attempt on"
"Red Rabbit Red Rabbit is a spy thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and released on August 5, 2002. The plot occurs a few months after the events of ""Patriot Games"" (1987), and incorporates the 1981 assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II. Main character Jack Ryan, now an analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency, takes part in the extraction of a Soviet defector who knows of a KGB plot to kill the pontiff. The book debuted at number one on the New York Times bestseller list. In 1982, Pope John Paul II privately issues a letter to the communist"
"John Clark (Tom Clancy character) John T. Clark (real name John Terrence Kelly) is a fictional character created by Tom Clancy. Clark is Clancy’s second most famous character after Jack Ryan, and has been featured in many of his Ryanverse novels. Although he first appeared in ""The Cardinal of the Kremlin"" (1987), his origin story was detailed in ""Without Remorse"" (1993). Clark has been described by his creator as ""Ryan’s dark side"" and ""more inclined to take physical action than Jack is."" A former Navy SEAL, he became an operations officer for the Central Intelligence Agency, and at one point"
"agent teams with Russian policeman solving cases from murder to terrorism, always with international implications. More procedural than who-done-it. Brian Freemantle Brian Harry Freemantle (born 10 June 1936) is an English thriller and non-fiction writer, known for his 1977 spy novel ""Charlie M"". Freemantle was born in Southampton, and has written under the pseudonyms John Maxwell, Jonathan Evans, Jack Winchester and Richard Gant. He is a Freeman of the City of London. Until 1975, when he became a full-time writer, he was a foreign correspondent and editor for various newspapers, including the ""Daily Mail"" and the ""Daily Sketch"". In April"
"Rainbow Six (novel) Rainbow Six is a techno-thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and released on August 3, 1998. It is the second book to feature John Clark, one of the recurring characters in the Jack Ryan universe, after ""Without Remorse"" (1993). ""Rainbow Six"" also features his son-in-law Domingo ""Ding"" Chavez, and explores the adventures of a multinational counter-terrorism unit that they formed, codenamed as ""Rainbow"". The title refers to Clark's title as commander of Rainbow. The book debuted at number one on the ""New York Times"" bestseller list, and has since been adapted into a series of video games."
"its technical accuracy, which led to Clancy's meeting several high-ranking officers in the U.S. military. Clancy's fiction works, ""The Hunt for Red October"", ""Patriot Games"" (1987), ""Clear and Present Danger"" (1989), and ""The Sum of All Fears"" (1991), have been turned into commercially successful films with actors Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, and Ben Affleck as Clancy's most famous fictional character, Jack Ryan; his second most famous character, John Clark, has been played by actors Willem Dafoe and Liev Schreiber. All but two of Clancy's solely written novels feature Jack Ryan or John Clark. The Cold War epic ""Red Storm Rising"""
"Boston, Massachusetts. Ryan later joins the Central Intelligence Agency, as analyst and occasional field officer, eventually leaving it as Deputy Director. He later served as National Security Advisor and Vice President before suddenly becoming President of the United States following a terrorist attack on the United States Capitol. Ryan went on to serve two non-consecutive terms and mostly dealt with international crises in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Jack Ryan has been portrayed in Clancy’s film adaptations of four of his novels by Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, and Ben Affleck. In 2014, a reboot of the film series, titled"
"Donald Hamilton Donald Bengtsson Hamilton (March 24, 1916 – November 20, 2006) was an American writer of novels, short stories, and non-fiction about the outdoors. His novels consist mostly of paperback originals, principally spy fiction, but also crime fiction and westerns, such as ""The Big Country"". He is best known for his long-running Matt Helm series (1960-1993), which chronicles the adventures of an undercover counter-agent/assassin working for a secret American government agency. The noted critic Anthony Boucher wrote: ""Donald Hamilton has brought to the spy novel the authentic hard realism of Dashiell Hammett; and his stories are as compelling, and"
"stand out from across the room.” On February 19, 2017, Greaney announced that he will exit the Jack Ryan Universe franchise. Replacing Greaney will be novelist Marc Cameron, previously known for his Jericho Quinn series of thrillers. Greaney later said of his departure from the Jack Ryan universe: Featuring characters created by Tom Clancy Mark Greaney (novelist) Mark Greaney (born 1967) is an American novelist, best known as Tom Clancy's collaborator on his final three books, and for continuing the Jack Ryan character and the Tom Clancy universe following Clancy's death from 2013 to 2016. He is also well known"
"Patrick Ryan (author) Patrick Eugene Ryan (born 1965) is an American novelist and short story writer. His books include ""The Dream Life of Astronauts"" and ""Send Me,"" as well as three novels for young adults: ""Saints of Augustine"", ""In Mike We Trust"", and ""Gemini Bites."" Patrick Ryan was born in Washington, D.C., in 1965 and raised in Florida. He received his bachelor's degree in 1987 from Florida State University and his Master of Fine Arts in 1990 from the Writing Program at Bowling Green State University. He wrote short stories for about 10 years prior to the publication of his"
"The Sum of All Fears The Sum of All Fears is a political thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and released on August 14, 1991. Serving as the sequel to ""Clear and Present Danger"" (1989), main character Jack Ryan, who is now the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, tries to stop a crisis concerning the Middle East peace process where Palestinian and former East German terrorists conspire to bring the United States and Soviet Union into nuclear war. It debuted at number one on the New York Times bestseller list. A film adaptation, which is a reboot of the Jack"
"the SAS, Ryan has written several books. ""The One That Got Away"", his fictionalised account of the Bravo Two Zero mission, is well known, as are fictional best-sellers like ""Strike Back (2007)"", which was adapted into the TV show, and ""Firefight (September 2008)"". He also writes fictional books for teenage readers, including the Alpha Force Series and ""Code Red"", and has written a romantic novel, ""The Fisherman's Daughter"", under the pseudonym Molly Jackson. In addition to his writing Ryan has contributed to several television series and video games. In 2002 Ryan co-created and appeared in ITV's action series, ""Ultimate Force"","
"writers include Brad Thor, ""The Lions of Lucerne"" (2002); Ted Bell, ""Hawke"" (2003); Alex Berenson, with John Wells appearing for the first time in ""The Faithful Spy"" (2006); Brett Battles, ""The Cleaner"" (2007); Ellis Goodman, ""Bear Any Burden"" (2008); Olen Steinhauer, ""The Tourist"" (2009); and Richard Ferguson, ""Oiorpata"" (2012). A number of other established writers began to write spy fiction for the first time, including Kyle Mills, ""Fade"" (2005) and James Patterson, ""Private"" (2010). Swede Stieg Larsson, who died in 2004, was the world's second best-selling author for 2008 due to his ""Millennium series"", featuring Lisbeth Salander, published posthumously between"
"Jason Matthews (novelist) Jason Matthews (born 1951) is the author of the ""Red Sparrow"" spy novel trilogy. Prior to becoming a novelist, Matthews spent 33 years working for the CIA. In 2014, his first novel, ""Red Sparrow"" (2013), won an Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author. Writer and critic Art Taylor praised it in ""The Washington Post"", writing that it ""isn't just a fast-paced thriller — it’s a first-rate novel as noteworthy for its superior style as for its gripping depiction of a secretive world."" It was adapted into a movie of the same name starring"
"at number four on the New York Times bestseller list. While on a routine intelligence gathering trip for The Campus in Tehran, Iran, Jack Ryan, Jr. visits his old college friend Seth Gregory for lunch. After their conversation, Gregory leaves with a cryptic comment that “there are steaks in the freezer.” The next day, Ryan is met by Raymond Wellesley of British intelligence and Matthew Spellman, his American counterpart, who tell him that Gregory, who works with them on an intelligence operation, had gone rogue; they warn him to stay away from his old friend. This piques Ryan’s interest. Ryan"
"Alan Jacobson (writer) Alan Jacobson is an American author of mystery, suspense, thriller and action novels. Among his works are the FBI profiler Karen Vail series and the OPSIG Team Black series, as well as stand alone books and short stories. His film reviews, photographs, short stories, and nonfiction articles have appeared in Variety, The Strand Magazine, Suspense Magazine, the New York Post, American Express travel insert, PBS, New York Gossip Girl, Sacramento Valley Chiropractic Association bulletin, and The Eighteen Eleven (Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association journal). Jacobson grew up in the Queens, New York neighborhood of Rosedale (the same"
"Duty and Honor (novel) Duty and Honor (stylized as Tom Clancy Duty and Honor, Tom Clancy: Duty and Honor, or Tom Clancy’s Duty and Honour in the United Kingdom) is a thriller novel, written by Grant Blackwood and published on June 14, 2016. In the novel, Jack Ryan Jr. must stop a German private contractor from unleashing false flag attacks to profit from the war on terror. ""Duty and Honor"" is Blackwood’s last contribution to the Jack Ryan Jr. series, which is part of the overall Tom Clancy universe. It debuted at number four on the New York Times bestseller"
"books: ""The Hunt for Red October"", ""The Cardinal of the Kremlin"", and ""Red Rabbit"". In the Jack Ryan universe, he is described as the agent who recruited Colonel Mikhail Filitov as a CIA agent (code-name CARDINAL), and in fact had urged Filitov to betray him in order to solidify his position as the West's top spy in the Soviet hierarchy. The ""cremated alive"" hypothesis appears in several Clancy novels, though Clancy never identified Penkovsky as the executed spy. Penkovsky's fate is also mentioned in the Nelson DeMille spy novel ""The Charm School"". Penkovsky was portrayed by Eduard Bezrodniy in the"
"Jack London John Griffith London (born John Griffith Chaney; January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. A pioneer in the world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first writers to become a worldwide celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction. His most famous works include ""The Call of the Wild"" and ""White Fang"", both set in the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories ""To Build a Fire"", ""An Odyssey"
"spy novels in 2006. Paramount Television and The Ink Factory—who had previously produced ""The Night Manager""—are developing a limited series based on the novel, with Simon Beaufoy as the writer. On 14 January 2017, AMC and the BBC joined with The Ink Factory for the series. Le Carré's book won a 1963 Gold Dagger award from the Crime Writers' Association for ""Best Crime Novel"". Two years later the US edition was awarded the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for ""Best Mystery Novel"". It was the first work to win the award for ""Best Novel"" from both mystery"
"has created."" The Teeth of the Tiger The Teeth of the Tiger is a thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and released on August 11, 2003. Set in a post-9/11 world, it is the first book to feature The Campus, a covert intelligence agency created by President Jack Ryan before the end of his term as chief executive. While he does not appear in the book, his son Jack Ryan Jr., as well as his nephews Dominic and Brian Caruso, are featured as The Campus operatives. The book debuted at number one on the New York Times bestseller list, and"
"Mike Maden Mike Maden (born 1960) is an American novelist. He is well known for the Jack Ryan Jr. novels, which are part of the Tom Clancy universe, as well as for the ""Drone"" series of techno-thrillers. Maden was born and raised in California’s San Joaquin Valley, where he later worked in the food packaging department for years. He graduated from the University of California in Davis with a doctorate degree in political science, majoring in international relations and comparative politics. Maden lived in Dallas, Texas from 1995 to 2014, where he worked for Common Grace Ministries. He served as"
"2018. The Hunt for Red October The Hunt for Red October is the debut novel by Tom Clancy, first published on October 1, 1984 by the Naval Institute Press. It depicts Soviet submarine captain Marko Ramius as he seemingly goes rogue with his country's cutting-edge ballistic missile submarine ""Red October"", and marks the first appearance of Clancy's most popular fictional character Jack Ryan, an analyst working for the Central Intelligence Agency, as he must prove his theory that Ramius had intended to defect to the United States. The book was loosely inspired by the mutiny on the Soviet frigate ""Storozhevoy"""