James J. Bulger: two head-and-shoulders color photographs side by side, labelled "Photograph Taken in 1994" and "Retouched Photograph"; the retouched copy adds a moustache. — Open the full imageJPG, 744 × 488 px, 0.0 MB

James "Whitey" Bulger, Ten Most Wanted Fugitive #458 (FBI)

Paired photographs from the FBI's Ten Most Wanted historical pictures: one labelled "Photograph Taken in 1994" and a retouched copy, over the name James J. Bulger.

Date: 1994
Kind: photograph
Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Ten Most Wanted Fugitives Historical Pictures
Retrieved: 2026-10-12
Rights: Published by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in its Ten Most Wanted historical pictures; the image page shows no third-party credit. A work of the United States government, public domain in the United States under 17 U.S.C. § 105. The FBI serves the image at the cited URL; a copy downloaded from it on 12 October 2026 is stored here.

The FBI’s Ten Most Wanted historical pictures list James “Whitey” Bulger as fugitive number 458. The image is labelled on its face “Photograph Taken in 1994” and “Retouched Photograph”, with the name “James J. Bulger” below. The left photograph is the same picture filed from the FBI’s Boston field-office history on its own page.

The FBI caption, shortened here, reads: “Former Ten Most Wanted Fugitive #458: On June 22, 2011, James “Whitey” Bulger was arrested thanks to a tip from the public—just days after a new media campaign was announced to help locate the gangster who had been on the run for 16 years. He was convicted in August 2013.” The full caption also names a companion who is a private person; this page does not repeat that name. The date on this page is the date printed on the image.

The copy shown here is the original file, downloaded from the FBI on 12 October 2026.

itemJames "Whitey" Bulger (FBI)FBI image of James "Whitey" Bulger from the FBI's Boston field-office history, captioned with his arrest on June 22, 2011 in Santa Monica, California. A copy is stored here.

itemAlcatraz warden's notebook page for James J. Bulger, Jr., No. 1428Bureau of Prisons notebook page with the identification photograph of James J. Bulger, Jr., received at Alcatraz from Atlanta on 13 November 1959 under a 20-year sentence for robbery of an FDIC bank. A copy is stored here.