An informer, or informant, is a person who provides privileged information to an agency.

Informer may also refer to:

• The Sub-Saharan Informer, a Pan-African weekly newspaper
• Informer (newspaper), a Serbian daily
• "Informer" (song), a 1992 song by Snow from 12 Inches of Snow
• Common informer, a historical concept in English law abolished in 1951
• The Informer (novel), a 1925 novel by Liam O'Flaherty
• The Informers, a 1994 short story anthology
• Informer Computer Terminals, a defunct computer terminal company
• The Washington Informer, an African-American weekly newspaper in Washington, D.C.

Film and television[edit]

• The Informer (1912 film), an American dramatic short directed by D. W. Griffith
• The Informer (1929 film), a British dramatic part-talkie directed by Arthur Robison, based on the Liam O'Flaherty novel
• The Informer (1935 film), an American drama by John Ford, also based on the Liam O'Flaherty novel
• The Informers (1963 film), a British crime film by Ken Annakin, released in the U.S. as Underworld Informers
• The Informer (TV series), a British series broadcast in 1966 and 1967 featuring Ian Hendry
• The Informer (1980 film), a Hong Kong action drama from Shaw Brothers Studio
• The Informers (2008 film), an American ensemble drama by Gregor Jordan, based on the Bret Easton Ellis short stories
• Informer (TV series), a British series broadcast in 2018
• The Informer (2019 film), an American drama by Andrea Di Stefano

See also[edit]

• Informant (disambiguation)
• The Informant (disambiguation)