In Popular Culture
- Although Gabriel is referred to as "he" in the Bible, and is explicitly called "The man Gabriel" (in Daniel 9:21), some popular representations, especially in New Age circles, portray Gabriel as female or androgynous.
- In "A Passage for Trumpet", a 1960 episode of The Twilight Zone, Gabriel acts as an advisor for recently-killed trumpet player Joey Crown and encourages him to return from limbo to life.
- Gabriel is portrayed by Christopher Walken in the 1995 fantasy/horror thriller The Prophecy and its sequels
- In the 2004 action/horror film Van Helsing, Hugh Jackman plays Gabriel Van Helsing, the Archangel Gabriel in the flesh
- Gabriel is portrayed by Tilda Swinton in the 2005 fantasy/horror thriller Constantine
- The CW 2005 TV series Supernatural features Gabriel, portrayed as a man who initially appears posing as the pagan Trickster god Loki until his status as an archangel is revealed, after which he is killed by his brother Lucifer
- Gabriel, a 2007 Australian religious action-horror film
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