Editing Federal Bureau of Investigation (section)

== Media portrayal ==
{{Main|FBI portrayal in media}}
[[File:Gillian Anderson & David Duchovny (9344570889).jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|The popular TV series ''[[The X-Files]]'' depicts the fictional FBI Special Agents [[Dana Scully]] ([[Gillian Anderson]]) and [[Fox Mulder]] ([[David Duchovny]]) who investigate [[paranormal]] phenomena.]]
The FBI has been frequently depicted in popular media since the 1930s. The bureau has participated to varying degrees, which has ranged from direct involvement in the creative process of film or TV series development, to providing consultation on operations and closed cases.<ref>{{cite book |last=Powers |first=Richard Gid |title=G-Men: Hoover's FBI in American Popular Culture |publisher=Southern Illinois University Press |year=1983 |location=Carbondale, IL |isbn=0-8093-1096-1 |url=https://archive.org/details/gmenhooversfbiin00powe}}</ref> A few of the notable portrayals of the FBI on television are the series ''[[The X-Files]]'', which started in 1993 and concluded its eleventh season in early 2018, and concerned investigations into [[paranormal]] phenomena by five fictional special agents, and the fictional [[Counter Terrorist Unit]] (CTU) agency in the TV drama ''[[24 (TV series)|24]]'', which is patterned after the [[FBI Counterterrorism Division]]. 

The 1991 movie ''[[Point Break (1991 film)|Point Break]]'' depicts an undercover FBI agent who infiltrated a gang of bank robbers. The 1997 movie ''[[Donnie Brasco (film)|Donnie Brasco]]'' is based on the true story of undercover FBI agent [[Joseph D. Pistone]] infiltrating the Mafia. The 2005–2020 television series ''[[Criminal Minds]]'', that follows the team members of the FBI's [[Behavioral Analysis Unit]] (BAU) in the pursuit of serial killers. The 2017 TV series [[Riverdale (2017 TV series)|Riverdale]] where one of the main characters is an FBI agent. The 2015 TV series ''[[Quantico (TV series)|Quantico]]'', titled after the location of the Bureau's training facility, deals with probationary and special agents, not all of whom, within the show's format, may be fully reliable or even trustworthy. 

The 2018 series ''[[FBI (TV series)|FBI]]'', set in NYC that follows the personal and professional lives of the agents assigned to 26 Federal Plaza (NYC FBI field office). ''FBI''{{'s}} first spin-off titled ''[[FBI: Most Wanted]]'' (2019), follows the FBI's Fugitive Task Force in chasing down the US's most wanted criminals, and the second spin-off, ''[[FBI: International]]'' (2021), follows the FBI's International Fly Team that goes where ever they are needed in the world to protect the US's interests.