Devil's advocate (disambiguation)

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The Devil's advocate was an official in the Catholic Church who would attempt to prove a candidate for canonization to not be a saint.

Devil's Advocate may also refer to:

Books

People

  • Giovanni Di Stefano (fraudster) (born 1955), British-Italian faux lawyer, nicknamed "The Devil's Advocate" for his involvement in high-profile criminal cases
  • Jacques Vergès (1925–2013), French attorney most famous for representing Klaus Barbie, "the Butcher of Lyon"

Television and film

  • The Devil's Advocate (1977 film), a West German film adaptation of the Morris West novel; original title "Des Teufels Advokat" but shot in English
  • The Devil's Advocate (1997 film), a film, based on the Neiderman novel, starring Keanu Reeves and Al Pacino
  • Devil's Advocate (1995 film), a 1995 British two-part television-film starring Alice Krige
  • Devil's Advocate (TV series), a Dutch reality television series
  • Devil's Advocate, a fictional pinball game appearing in "Insane Clown Poppy", an episode of The Simpsons
  • The Devil's Advocate, a current affairs television series fronted by Darcus Howe on Channel 4 (1992–1996)
  • The Devil's Advocates, a fictional motorcycle gang appearing in the film Nam's Angels
  • Devil's Advocate, a chapter of the BBC documentary series Notorious about British fraudster Giovanni Di Stefano

Other

See also

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