Richard Hayes — The Good Shepherd Character Profile

About Richard Hayes

A veteran intelligence colleague who helps establish the CIA. Following Philip Allen’s resignation, he is named the new CIA Director and appoints Edward as the agency’s inaugural head of counter-intelligence operations.

Character Facts

Played by

Lee Pace

Appears in

The Good Shepherd (2006)

Role

Minor

Relationships (5)

• Richard Hayes — Professional Colleague — Philip Allen (William Hurt)

  Co-founders of the agency work side by side.

• Richard Hayes — Alliance — Bill Sullivan (Robert De Niro)

  Military and intelligence leaders align on agency goals.

• Richard Hayes — Professional Colleague — Sam Murach (Alec Baldwin)

  Law enforcement and intelligence officers share operational goals.

• Richard Hayes — Conflict Enemy — Hanna Schiller (Martina Gedeck)

  Counter-intelligence chief targets hostile foreign agent.

• Richard Hayes — Conflict Enemy — Valentin Mironov #1/Yuri Modin (John Sessions)

  Counter-intelligence chief opposes foreign intelligence assets.

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