Editing James Jesus Angleton (section)

=== In popular culture ===
* The 2006 film ''[[The Good Shepherd (film)|The Good Shepherd]]'' is loosely based on Angleton's life and his role in the formation of the CIA.<ref>{{cite web |date=20 December 2007 |title=The Good Shepherd, Matt Damon |url=http://www.londonnet.co.uk/ln/out/ent/cinema_thegoodshepherd_damon.php}}</ref>
* ''[[The Laundry Files]]'' by [[Charles Stross]] features a senior Laundry agent whose ''[[nom de guerre]]'' is James Angleton.<ref>{{cite web |last=Stross |first=Charles |date=20 July 2008 |title=Down on the Farm |url=http://www.tor.com/stories/2008/07/down-on-the-farm |access-date=2013-11-10}}</ref>
* The 2002 novel ''[[The Company (Littell novel)|The Company]]'' by [[Robert Littell (author)|Robert Littell]]—and the 2007 television mini-series ''[[The Company (TV miniseries)|The Company]]'' based on it, with Angleton portrayed by [[Michael Keaton]]—is focused on Angleton's efforts to find a Soviet mole.
* Angleton was portrayed by [[John Light (actor)|John Light]] in the 2003 BBC TV mini-series ''[[Cambridge Spies]]''.
* The song "Angleton" by Russian indie rock band [[Biting Elbows]] is about Angleton's life and career.<ref>{{cite web |date=29 September 2017 |title=Angleton Lyrics |url=http://www.releaselyrics.com/355a/biting-elbows-angleton/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724224351/http://www.releaselyrics.com/355a/biting-elbows-angleton/ |archive-date=24 July 2014 |access-date=5 June 2014 |publisher=Release Lyrics}}</ref>
* In the television series ''[[Granite Flats]]'' the actor [[Cary Elwes]] plays Hugh Ashmead, the name "Ashmead" being the cover name for Angleton.
* [[William F. Buckley]]'s 2000 novel ''Spytime: The Undoing of James Jesus Angleton'' is a fictionalized treatment of Angleton's career, a storyline being placed upon, between and within actual historic facts and events.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Buckley |first1=William F. |url=https://archive.org/details/spytimeundoingo000buck |title=Spytime: the undoing of James Jesus Angleton |date=2000 |publisher=Harcourt |isbn=0-15-100513-3}}</ref>
* [[Mike Doughty]] released a song entitled "James Jesus Angleton" on Apple Music in December 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=Listen to "James Jesus Angleton" |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/post/sa.e5bd7050-ecb6-11e7-8d66-938abd566b37 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180128021215/https://itunes.apple.com/us/post/sa.e5bd7050-ecb6-11e7-8d66-938abd566b37 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 28, 2018 |access-date=August 14, 2019 |website=Apple Music}}</ref>
* [[The Fatima Mansions]] track "Brunceling's song" mentions Angleton by name, in a narrative involving spies adapting to regular life.
* In the 1991 [[Norman Mailer]] novel ''[[Harlot's Ghost]]'', Tremont Montague (Harlot) is based on Angleton.<ref name=":0">{{cite book |last1=Morley |first1=Jefferson |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EwCXDgAAQBAJ&q=Tremont+Montague+angleton&pg=PA267 |title=The Ghost: The Secret Life of CIA Spymaster James Jesus Angleton |date=24 October 2017 |publisher=St. Martin's Publishing Group |isbn=9781250080615 |page=}}</ref>
* The fourth season of the television series ''[[The Bureau (TV series)|Le Bureau des Légendes]]'' introduces a character from the French external security service [[General Directorate for External Security|(DGSE)]] with the nickname of "JJA" - James Jesus Angleton. There is a short discussion of Angleton's career and its connection to this character.
* Angleton was portrayed by [[Stephen Kunken]] in the 2022 [[ITVX]] mini-series ''[[A Spy Among Friends]]'' about the defection of [[Kim Philby]].
* In 2016, he was portrayed by [[Anthony Brophy]] in [[The Crown (TV series)|The Crown]].
* In the [[Max (streaming service)|HBO Max]] miniseries ''[[White House Plumbers (miniseries)|White House Plumbers]]'', Angleton is portrayed by [[David Pasquesi]].
* In season 2, episode 5 of the [[Netflix]] series ''[[The Recruit (American TV series)|The Recruit]]'', the CIA's general counsel states that a CIA lawyer should "run the Angleton playbook."<ref>{{cite web |last=Dean |first=Grace |date=30 January 2025 |title=The Recruit season 2 episode 5 recap: a new plan and an escape from Korea |url=https://www.whattowatch.com/features/the-recruit-season-2-episode-5-recap-a-new-plan-and-an-escape-from-korea |access-date=2025-01-30}}</ref>