Nickname or stage name

• Norvell Austin (born 1958) or Shadow, professional wrestler
• Lance Hoyt (born 1977) or Shadow, professional wrestler
• DJ Shadow (born 1972), turntablist musician, producer, and songwriter
• Mighty Shadow (1941–2018), Trinidad calypsonian
• The Shadow (rapper) (born 1977), Israeli hip hop artist
• The Shadow, a professional wrestler from United States Wrestling Association
• Dorian Yates (born 1962) "The Shadow", former professional bodybuilder
• Black Shadow, Mexican professional Lucha Libre wrestler
• Shadoe Stevens (born 1947), American radio host, voiceover actor, and television personality
• The Shadows, a former professional wrestling tag team with Jose Luis Rivera who later formed Los Conquistadores

Fictional entities

• The Shadow, character from pulp fiction, radio and movies
• Shadow (Final Fantasy), character in the 1994 video game Final Fantasy VI
• Shadow the Hedgehog, video game character
• Shadow, video game character, see characters of the Devil May Cry series
• Shadows, TV series characters, see civilizations in Babylon 5
• Shadow, role-playing game character, see list of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition monsters
• Shadow, the main character in American Gods
• Shadow, a character in Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
• Shadow, a character in Bear in the Big Blue House
• Shadow, a cybernetic and darkened version of Charlie Nash from Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter
• Shadow, a villain from the 1995s show Juukou B-Fighter
• Shadow, the most common form of the Heartless from Kingdom Hearts
• Shadow, the main character in Cyber Shadow
• Shadow and Gasher, a villain from the 1986 TV series Jikuu Senshi Spielban
• Shadow, also known as 'Blinky', one of the four antagonists in the video game Pac-Man .
• Shadow Geist, a character from the game Street Fighter EX2
• Shadow Man, a ninja boss from the game Mega Man 3
• Shadow Prove, a villain from anime series Bakugan: New Vestroia
• The Shadow, the personification of Death in The Demonata
• The Shadow, a being dark controls the Empty, existed before God or the Darkness from the 2005 TV series Supernatural
• The Shadow, a nightmare entity breaking down reality from Amnesia: The Dark Descent
• Shadows, suppressed human thoughts given physical form, according to the Persona series

Films

• Shadows (1916 film), a film by B. Reeves Eason
• Shadows (1919 film), a film by Reginald Barker
• The Shadow (1920 film), an Italian silent film
• Shadows (1922 film), a film starring Lon Chaney, Sr.
• Shadows (1931 film), a British film
• The Shadow (1933 film), a film starring Felix Aylmer
• The Shadow (1937 film), a film starring Rita Hayworth
• The Shadow (serial), the ninth serial released by Columbia Pictures, in 1940
• The Shadow (1948 film), a French film directed by André Berthomieu
• The Shadow (1953 film), a Swedish film starring Eva Dahlbeck
• The Shadow (1954 film), a film starring Märta Torén
• Shadow (1956 film), a 1956 film by Jerzy Kawalerowicz
• Shadows (1959 film), a film by John Cassavetes
• Shadow (1971 film), a Soviet film by Nadezhda Kosheverova
• The Shadow (1994 film), a film by Russell Mulcahy, starring Alec Baldwin, based on the pulp magazine/radio character
• Webmaster (film), a 1998 film also known as The Shadow
• Shadows (2007 film), a film by Milčo Mančevski
• Shadow (2009 Hindi film), a film starring Nasser Khan
• Shadow (2009 Italian film), a horror film directed by Federico Zampaglione
• Shadow (2013 film), a Telugu film by Meher Ramesh
• Shadow (2018 film), a Chinese film by Zhang Yimou
• Shadows (2020 film), an Italian thriller film by Carlo Lavagna
• Shadow (2022 film), an Australian film directed by Bruce Gladwin adapting a production by Back to Back Theatre
• The Shadow (unreleased film), a Russian film by Dmitriy Svetozarov, originally scheduled for release in 2017

Games

• The Shadow (pinball), a 1994 pinball game based on the 1994 film
• The Shadow (video game), a cancelled game based on the 1994 film
• Shadow the Hedgehog (video game), a 2005 game of the Sonic the Hedgehog series
• Assassin's Creed Shadows , a 2025 game of the Assassin's Creed series

Literature

• Book of Shadows, a book containing instructions for magical rituals
• The Shadow; A Play in Three Acts, a 1913 play by Eden Phillpotts

Music

Radio and television

• Shadow, a television ident for BBC Two, from the 1991–2001 series
• Shadows (TV series), a 1970s British supernatural television drama series aimed at older children
• Shadow (TV series), a 2019 South African television drama