A matador is the central bullfighter who must kill the bull.

Matador(s), The Matador(s), El Matador, or Los Matadores may also refer to:

• Matador (Marvel Comics), a super-villain in the Marvel Comics universe

• Matador (film) a 1986 film directed by Pedro Almodóvar
• The Matador, a 2005 film starring Pierce Brosnan
• The Matador (2008 film), a documentary
• Matador (American TV series), a 2014 action series
• Matador (Danish TV series), a 1978–1982 drama series
• Matador (Danish musical), a 2007 musical based on the television series
• Matador (English musical), a 1991 musical based on the story of El Cordobés

• Matador (cards), a top trump in some card games
• Matador (domino game)
• Matador (toy), a wooden construction set
• Matador (video game) or Brigador, a 2016 tactical game
• El Matador (video game), a 2006 third-person shooter

• Matador, a 1934 novel by Marguerite Steen
• Matador series, a series of science fiction novels by Steve Perry

• The Matadors (band), a 1960s Czech beat band

• Matador (Kenny Dorham album) or the title song, 1963
• Matador (Gaz Coombes album) or the title song, 2015
• Matador (Grant Green album) or the title song, 1979
• Matador: The Songs of Leonard Cohen, by Patricia O'Callaghan, 2012
• Matador, by Arms and Sleepers, 2009
• Matador, by Mickey 3D, or the title song, 2005
• Matador, by Zoroaster, 2010

• "Matador" (Akinori Nakagawa song), 2004
• "Matador" (Los Fabulosos Cadillacs song), 1994
• "Matador"/"Da Frame 2R", a single by Arctic Monkeys, 2007
• "The Matador" (Johnny Cash song), 1963
• "The Matador" (Sylvia song), 1981
• "Matador", by Acumen Nation from Transmissions from Eville, 1994
• "Matador", by Garland Jeffreys from American Boy & Girl, 1979
• "Matador", by Halford from Halford IV: Made of Metal, 2010
• "Matador", by Xmal Deutschland, 1986

• Matador (company), a Slovakia-based global tire producer
• Matador Content, an American television production company
• Matador Cooperative Farm, a defunct agricultural cooperative near Kyle, Saskatchewan, Canada
• Matador Records, an American record label
• The Matador (bar), a defunct bar in Portland, Oregon, US
• The Matador Club, a defunct country music venue in Toronto, Canada
• The Matador (restaurant), an American chain of Mexican restaurants

• Matador (mine protected vehicle), an armoured mine protected vehicle produced by Paramount Group in South Africa
• MATADOR, an anti-armour missile system developed by Singapore and Israel
• AEC Matador, a military vehicle used by the Allies during World War II
• AV-8S Matador, Spanish version of the AV-8A Harrier
• MGM-1 Matador, one of the first cruise missiles ever introduced
• Operation Matador (disambiguation), the name of several military or intelligence plans

• Matador (WA BMG 44), Senegalese hip hop musician
• Edinson Cavani (born 1987), Uruguayan football player
• Lloyd Daley (1939–2018), Jamaican reggae producer
• Luis Hernández (footballer, born 1968), Mexican football player
• Marcelo Salas (born 1974), Chilean football player
• Tito Santana (born 1953), American professional wrestler
• Luis Tejada (born 1982), Panamanian football player
• Primo & Epico or "Los Matadores", a professional wrestling tag team
• Ilia Topuria or "El Matador" (born 1997), Spanish mixed martial artist

• Matador, Texas, US
• Matador Mountain, Antarctica

• Cal State Northridge Matadors, the sports teams of California State University, Northridge
• FK Matador Púchov, a Slovak football club, sponsored by the tyre producer

• AMC Matador, an automobile manufactured by American Motors Corporation from 1971 to 1978
• Dodge Matador, an automobile model marketed during 1960
• El Matador (custom car), a show car built by Bill Cushenbery 1959–1961
• Tempo Matador, a series of light commercial vehicles originally designed by Tempo and subsequently built by several motor companies between 1949 and 2000.

• Matador (cocktail), a tequila-based cocktail
• Avid Matador, a 1990s 2D painting software on Silicon Graphics computers