| Release Date | 17 October 1997 |
| Budget | $12,000,000 |
| US Box Office | $4,000,000 |
| Other Names | Playing Hero |
| Tagline | Joining this deadly underworld was easy. But getting out...deadly! |
| Genre | Crime, Thriller, Drama |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Language | English, Russian |
| Sound Mix | Dolby Digital |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Psychological Thriller, Crime Thriller |
| Themes | Down on Their Luck, Haunted By the Past, Criminal's Revenge, Drug Addiction, Mind Games, Doctors and Patients, Drug Trade |
| Tones | Tense, Forceful, Ironic, Menacing, Confrontational, Lurid, Moody |
| Tags | Addict, Decadence, Drugs, Life Of Crime, Surgery |
Playing God is a 1997 film directed by Andy Wilson. It stars David Duchovny (in his first starring role after achieving success with The X-Files), Timothy Hutton, and Angelina Jolie.