Philip Allen — The Good Shepherd Character Profile

About Philip Allen

The first Director of the CIA. A veteran intelligence figure who helps establish the agency but resigns in disgrace after discovering financial corruption.

Character Facts

Played by

William Hurt

Appears in

The Good Shepherd (2006)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (5)

• Philip Allen — Professional Colleague — Sam Murach (Alec Baldwin)

  FBI agent and CIA director collaborate within the national security apparatus.

• Philip Allen — Alliance — Bill Sullivan (Robert De Niro)

  Military general and agency director form a strategic partnership.

• Philip Allen — Professional Colleague — Richard Hayes (Lee Pace)

  Co-founders of the agency work side by side.

• Philip Allen — Conflict Enemy — Valentin Mironov #1/Yuri Modin (John Sessions)

  Foreign defector creates operational tension for agency head.

• Philip Allen — Conflict Enemy — Hanna Schiller (Martina Gedeck)

  Agency head faces direct threat from foreign operative.

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• Senator John Russell, Sr. (Keir Dullea)
• Hanna Schiller (Martina Gedeck)
• Raymond Brocco (John Turturro)
• Joseph Palmi (Joe Pesci)
• Valentin Mironov #2 (Mark Ivanir)
• John Russell, Jr. (Gabriel Macht)
• Valentin Mironov #1/Yuri Modin (John Sessions)