A professional hitman who doubles as a painter is hired to kill a brain surgeon.

In some of these cases the "hitman" was not necessarily a "professional" hitman, but a paid amateur.

Tom Cruise as Vincent, a former special operator and professional hitman hired by middlemen to kill four witnesses and a prosecutor.

The Butcher's Boy features a consummate professional hitman as primary protagonist.

A professional hitman is offered $12,000 to take out an unusual target-a cat.

The story revolves around Agent 47, a professional hitman.

In reality, the 18-year-old entertained fantasies of poisoning his family and moving to Chicago, Illinois to become a gangster and professional hitman.

Soon after the hitman kills the killer, and all traces pointing to the professional hitman is gone.

In their opinion this could be done by a professional hitman hired by big business or by a government agent.

Salim later becomes an actor after saving a Bollywood producer from assassination from a professional hitman.