Action hero
Wikipedia on Answers.com:
Top
Action hero
This article is about male action heroes. For action heroines, see list of female action heroes.
This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.
The archetypal action hero is the protagonist of an action movie or other entertainment which portrays action and adventure.[1] Other media in which such heroes appear include swashbuckler films, Westerns on television, old-time radio, adventure novels, dime novels, pulp magazines, and folklore.
|
Contents
|
Male action heroes
Actors
Classic action heroes
- Humphrey Bogart
- P.Ramlee
- Nordin Ahmad
- Mustapha Maaroff
- Bernard Bonnin
- Charles Bronson
- Sean Connery
- Douglas Fairbanks
- Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
- Errol Flynn
- Clark Gable
- Eddie Garcia
- Charlton Heston
- Lee Marvin
- Ramon Zamora
- Zaldy Zshornack
- Steve McQueen
- Toshirō Mifune
- Paul Newman
- Tyrone Power
- Andy Poe
- Fernando Poe, Jr.
- César Ramírez
- Basil Rathbone
- Ramon Revilla, Sr.
- Robert Taylor
- John Wayne
- Johnny Weissmuller
- Vic Vargas
- Bruce Lee
- Gene Hackman
- Jins Shamsuddin
Old-school action heroes
- Jestoni Alarcon
- Richard Dean Anderson
- Advent Bangun
- Tom Berenger
- Jim Brown
- Reb Brown
- Jackie Chan
- Sonny Chiba
- Timothy Dalton
- Gary Estrada
- Ricky Davao
- Monsour del Rosario
- Michael Dudikoff
- Clint Eastwood
- Ronald Lee Ermey
- Jinggoy Estrada
- Rudy Fernandez
- Harrison Ford
- Mel Gibson
- David Hasselhoff
- Hulk Hogan
- Brent Huff
- Don Johnson
- Tommy Lee Jones
- Michael Keaton
- Val Kilmer
- Sho Kosugi
- Christopher Lambert
- Lito Lapid
- Tom Laughlin
- Brandon Lee
- Bruce Lee
- Jins Shamsuddin
- Rutger Hauer
- Sammo Hung
- Ian Veneracion
- Raymart Santiago
- Zoren Legaspi
- Jet Li
- Dolph Lundgren
- Roger Moore
- Liam Neeson
- Chuck Norris
- George Peppard
- Barry Prima
- Burt Reynolds
- Christopher Reeve
- Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr.
- Bembol Roco
- Kurt Russell
- Phillip Salvador
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Steven Seagal
- Tom Selleck
- Wesley Snipes
- Sylvester Stallone
- Kiefer Sutherland
- Patrick Swayze
- Mr. T
- Jean-Claude Van Damme
- Ace Vergel
- Bruce Willis
- Russell Wong
- Chow Yun-Fat
New action heroes
- Alex O'Loughlin
- James McAvoy
- Michael Fassbender
- Steve Austin
- Noah Ringer
- Ben Affleck
- Matthew John
- Ryan Agoncillo
- Gerald Anderson
- Christian Bale
- Antonio Banderas
- Orlando Bloom
- David Boreanaz
- Adrien Brody
- Josh Brolin
- Pierce Brosnan
- Gerard Butler
- Nicolas Cage
- Henry Cavill
- Surya Sivakumar
- Jake Cuenca
- John Cena
- 50 Cent
- Stephen Chow
- Jay Chou
- Hayden Christensen
- George Clooney
- Sharlto Copley
- Kevin Costner
- Randy Couture
- Daniel Craig
- Terry Crews
- Russell Crowe
- Tom Cruise
- Ice Cube
- Matt Damon
- Jeffrey Donovan
- Johnny Depp
- Matt Dillon
- [[Michael Clarke Duncan
- Joseph Vijay
- Jenith Christopher
- Pradeep Chakravarthy
- Mark Dacascos
- Vin Diesel
- Josh Duhamel
- Idris Elba
- Chris Evans
- Ejay Falcon
- Sean Faris
- Colin Farrell
- Oded Fehr
- Morgan Freeman
- Jamie Foxx
- Mark Anthony Fernandez
- Nathan Fillion
- Jon Foo
- Ben Foster
- James Franco
- JB Magsaysay
- Brendan Fraser
- Akshay Kumar
- Tyrese Gibson
- Bill Goldberg
- Richard Gutierrez
- Jake Gyllenhaal
- Jackie Earle Haley
- Tom Hardy
- Woody Harrleson
- Ethan Hawke
- Chris Hemsworth
- Jeremy Irons
- Tony Jaa
- Ted DiBiase, Jr.
- Iko Uwais
- Shaheizy Sam
- Farid Kamil
- Hugh Jackman
- Quinton Jackson
- Samuel L. Jackson
- Thomas Jane
- Vinnie Jones
- Taylor Lautner
- Jude Law
- Heath Ledger
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt
- Tobey Maguire
- Jay Manalo
- John Malkovich
- Coco Martin
- James McAvoy
- Matthew McConaughey
- Ewan McGregor
- Cesar Montano
- Viggo Mortensen
- Wentworth Miller
- Ralf Möller
- Edward Norton
- Shihaan Nawal Datta
- Chris O'Donnell
- Shaquille O'Neal
- Clive Owen
- Robin Padilla
- Ray Park
- Guy Pearce
- Mario Van Peebles
- Chris Pine
- Brad Pitt
- Dennis Quaid
- Daniel Radcliff
- Rain
- Keanu Reeves
- Ving Rhames
- Jericho Rosales
- Austin St. John
- The Rock
- Liev Schreiber
- Christian Slater
- Will Smith
- Kevin Sorbo
- Jason Statham
- Ray Stevenson
- Ice-T
- Channing Tatum
- Benicio del Toro
- John Travolta
- Danny Trejo
- Dennis Trillo
- Chris Tucker
- Karl Urban
- Mark Wahlberg
- Paul Walker
- Denzel Washington
- Elijah Wood
- Sam Worthington
- Ryan Reynolds
- Donnie Yen
- Brandon Routh
- Eric Bana
- Robert Downey Jr
- Zul Huzaimy
- Aarif Rahman
- Dan Chupong
- Billy Zane
Film
- Jaka Sembung from Jaka Sembung series
- Aragorn from the Lord of the Rings trilogy
- Frodo Baggins from the Lord of the Rings trilogy
- Rocky Balboa from the Rocky series
- James Bond from the James Bond series
- Jason Bourne from the Bourne series
- Sean Boswell from The Fast and the Furious series
- Colonel James Braddock from the Missing in Action series
- Xander Cage from xXx
- Harry Callahan from the Dirty Harry series
- James Carter from the Rush Hour series
- Chan Ka-kui from the Police Story series
- Chen Zhen from Fist of Fury
- Cheng Chao-an from The Big Boss
- Chev Chelios from the Crank series
- John Connor from The Terminator series
- James Dalton from Road House
- Dastan from Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
- Axel Foley from the Beverly Hills Cop series
- Samwise Gamgee from the Lord of the Rings trilogy
- Gandalf from the Lord of the Rings trilogy
- Samuel Gerard from The Fugitive and U.S. Marshals
- Ethan Hunt from the Mission: Impossible series
- Billy Jack from the Billy Jack series
- Indiana Jones from the Indiana Jones series
- Obi-Wan Kenobi from the Star Wars series
- Paul Kersey from the Death Wish series
- Lee from Enter the Dragon
- Chief Inspector Lee from the Rush Hour series
- Legolas from the Lord of the Rings trilogy
- Luc Deveraux from the Universal Soldier series
- Mani from Brotherhood of the Wolf
- Raj Malhotra from the Khiladi series
- Frank Dux from Bloodsport
- James Marshall from Air Force One
- Frank Martin from The Transporter series
- John Matrix from Commando
- John McClane from the Die Hard series
- Darren McCord from Sudden Death
- Neo from The Matrix series
- Rick O'Connell from The Mummy series
- Brian O'Conner from The Fast and the Furious series
- Snake Plissken from Escape from New York and Escape from L.A.
- John Rambo from the Rambo series
- Michael Ransom from Strike Commando and Strike Commando 2
- Raizo from Ninja Assassin
- Kyle Reese from The Terminator series
- Axon Rey from Ultimate Force
- Richard B. Riddick from The Chronicles of Riddick series
- Martin Riggs from the Lethal Weapon series
- Max Rockatansky from the Mad Max series
- Jack Ryan from The Sum of All Fears, Clear and Present Danger, Patriot Games and The Hunt for Red October
- Casey Ryback form the Under Siege series
- John Shaft from the Shaft series
- Anakin Skywalker from the Star Wars series
- Luke Skywalker from the Star Wars series
- Jack Slater from Last Action Hero
- Kurt Sloane from Kickboxer
- Mr. Smith from Shoot 'Em Up
- Han Solo from the Star Wars series
- Jack Sparrow from the Pirates of the Caribbean series
- Jake Sully from Avatar
- Harry Tasker from True Lies
- Terminator from The Terminator series
- Dominic Toretto from The Fast and the Furious series
- Takuma Tsurugi from The Street Fighter series
- Will Turner from Pirates of the Caribbean series
- Ash Williams from the Evil Dead series
- Napoleon Wilson from Assault on Precinct 13
- Sam Wood from Born to Fight
- Andrew Wyatt from When Eagles Strike
- Tequila Yuen from Hard Boiled
- Don Diego "Zorro" de la Vega from the Zorro series
Television
- Samuel Anders from Battlestar Galactica
- Captain Apollo from Battlestar Galactica
- B. A. Baracus from The A-Team
- Jack Bauer from 24
- Mark Benford from FlashForward
- Nash Bridges from Nash Bridges
- Mitch Buchannon from Baywatch and Baywatch Nights
- John Crichton from Farscape
- Marcus Cole from Babylon 5
- James "Sonny" Crockett from Miami Vice
- Richard Cypher from Legend of the Seeker
- Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation
- The Doctor from Doctor Who
- Mike Donovan from V
- James "Sawyer" Ford from Lost
- Benton Fraser from Due South
- Heny Garvie from Ultimate Force
- Jack Harkness from Doctor Who and Torchwood
- Hercules from Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
- Horatio Hornblower from Hornblower
- Kenneth Hutchinson from Starsky and Hutch
- Sayid Jarrah from Lost
- Clark Kent from Smallville
- James T. Kirk from Star Trek
- Michael Knight from Knight Rider
- Sammo Law from Martial Law
- Angus MacGyver from MacGyver
- Cameron Mitchell from Stargate SG-1
- Hiro Nakamura from Heroes
- Jack O'Neill from Stargate SG-1
- Matt Parkman from Heroes
- Peter Petrelli from Heroes
- Tom Price from Survivors
- Malcolm Reynolds from Firefly and Serenity
- William Riker from Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Buck Rogers from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
- Michael Scofield from Prison Break
- Richard Sharpe from Sharpe
- Jack Shephard from Lost
- Lieutenant Starbuck from Battlestar Galactica
- David Starsky from Starsky and Hutch
- Ham Tyler from V
- Cordell Walker from Walker, Texas Ranger
- Michael Westen from Burn Notice
- Dean Winchester from Supernatural
- Sam Winchester from Supernatural
- Steve McGarrett from Hawaii Five-0
Video games
- Balthier from Final Fantasy XII
- Niko Bellic from the Grand Theft Auto series
- Christopher Blair from the Wing Commander series
- Issac Clarke from Dead Space
- Toni Cipriani from the Grand Theft Auto series
- Dante from the Devil May Cry series
- Nathan Drake from the Uncharted series
- Captain Falcon from the F-Zero series
- Sam Fisher from the Splinter Cell series
- Gaz from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
- Gordon Freeman from the Half-Life series
- Chris Redfield from the Resident Evil series
- Matt Hazard from Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard
- Chris Jacobs from the Mercenaries series
- Jason Hudson from Call of Duty: Black Ops
- Avery Johnson from the Halo series
- Carl "CJ" Johnson from the Grand Theft Auto series
- Jin Kazama from the Tekken series
- Leon S. Kennedy from the Resident Evil series
- Kilik from the Soul series
- Johnny Klebitz from the Grand Theft Auto series
- Kratos from the God of War series
- Huang Lee from the Grand Theft Auto series
- Fayt Leingard from Star Ocean: Till the End of Time
- Squall Leonhart from Final Fantasy VIII
- Link from The Legend of Zelda series
- Luis Fernando Lopez from the Grand Theft Auto series
- Master Chief from the Halo series
- John Soap MacTavish from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- Alex Mason from Call of Duty: Black Ops
- Guile from the Street Fighter series
- Edge Maverick from Star Ocean: The Last Hope
- Naked Snake from the Metal Gear series
- Mattias Nilsson from the Mercenaries series
- Point Man from the F.E.A.R. series
- Duke Nukem from the Duke Nukem series
- Max Payne from Max Payne
- The Postal Dude from the Postal series
- The Prince from the Prince of Persia series
- John Price from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- The Nameless Protagonist from the Saints Row series
- Raiden from the Metal Gear series
- Chris Redfield from the Resident Evil series
- Regret from Zenonia
- Reznov from Call of Duty: World at War and Call of Duty: Black Ops
- Tyson Rios from the Army of Two series
- Simon Ghost Riley from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- Ryu from the Street Fighter series
- Elliot Salem from the Army of Two series
- Siegfried Schtauffen from the Soul series
- Commander Shepard from the Mass Effect series
- Solid Snake from the Metal Gear series
- Sora from the Kingdom Hearts series
- Claude Speed from the Grand Theft Auto series
- Jack Slate from the Dead to Rights series
- "Serious" Sam Stone from the Serious Sam series
- Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII
- Tidus from Final Fantasy X
- Zidane Tribal from Final Fantasy IX
- Victor Vance from the Grand Theft Auto series
- Tommy Vercetti from the Grand Theft Auto series
- Snow Villiers from Final Fantasy XIII
Animation
- Aang from Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Astro Boy from Astro Boy
- Ben Tennyson from Ben 10, Ben 10: Alien Force and Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
- Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo from Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo
- James Bond, Jr. from James Bond Jr.
- Marshall BraveStarr from BraveStarr
- Bumblebee from The Transformers
- Duke from G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
- Alphonse Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist
- Edward Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist
- Flint from G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
- Gon Freecs from Hunter × Hunter
- Rex Salazar from Generator Rex
- Goku from Dragon Ball
- He-Man from He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
- InuYasha from InuYasha
- Ichigo Kurosaki from Bleach
- Jason in Battle of the Planets (equivalent to Joe in Gatchaman)
- Lino-O from ThunderCats
- Mark in Battle of the Planets (equivalent to Ken in Gatchaman)
- Monkey D. Luffy from One Piece
- Natsu Dragneel from Fairy Tail
- Captain Planet from Captain Planet and the Planeteers
- Optimus Prime from The Transformers
- Ranma Saotome from Ranma ½
- Snake Eyes from G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
- Space Ghost from Space Ghost
- Spike Spiegel from Cowboy Bebop
- Yusuke Urameshi from YuYu Hakusho
- Naruto Uzumaki from Naruto
- Ziv "ZZ" Zulander from The Bots Master
Literature
- d'Artagnan from The Three Musketeers
- King Arthur from the Arthurian legend
- Judah Ben-Hur from Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
- Beowulf from Beowulf
- Percy Blakeney from The Scarlet Pimpernel
- Conan the Barbarian from the Conan series
- James Bond from the James Bond series
- Edmond Dantès from The Count of Monte Cristo
- Harry Dresden from The Dresden Files
- Willie Garvin from Modesty Blaise
- Gawain from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- Frank Hardy from The Hardy Boys
- Joe Hardy from The Hardy Boys
- Robin Hood, a prominent hero in English folklore
- Horatio Hornblower from the Hornblower series
- Odysseus from the Iliad and Odyssey
- Dirk Pitt from the Dirk Pitt series
- Doc Savage from the Doc Savage series
- The Shadow from The Shadow series
- Richard Sharpe from the Sharpe series
- The Spider from The Spider
- Tom Swift
- Tom Swift, Jr.
- Tarzan from the Tarzan series
- Wilfred of Ivanhoe from Ivanhoe
- Don Diego "Zorro" de la Vega from the Zorro series
Further reading
- Osgerby, Bill, Anna Gough-Yates, and Marianne Wells. Action TV : Tough-Guys, Smooth Operators and Foxy Chicks. London: Routledge, 2001.
- Tasker, Yvonne. Action and Adventure Cinema. New York: Routledge, 2004.
Notes
- ^ Barna William Donovan (2010), Blood, guns, and testosterone: action films, audiences, and a thirst for violence, Scarecrow Press, ISBN 9780810872622
External links
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
Related Videos:
Top
Action hero
Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:
Copyrights:
Wikipedia on Answers.com
This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Action hero.
Read more
Mentioned in
Sabrina: The Animated Series - Feats of Clay
(1999 Children's/Family Film)
Myrtle Gonzales
(Actor, Adventure)
Francis Ng
(Actor, Director, Action/Crime)
Carl Gantvoort
(Actor, Western/Romance)
Robert Broadwell
(Actor)
» More