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[[File:Action hero montage.png|thumb|right|400px|'''Examples of actors who have played male action heroes''':<br><small>'''Row 1''': [[Sylvester Stallone]]{{·}}[[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]{{·}}[[Bruce Willis]]{{·}}[[Steven Seagal]]<br>'''Row 2''': [[Dolph Lundgren]]{{·}}[[Jean-Claude Van Damme]]{{·}}[[Wesley Snipes]]{{·}}[[Jackie Chan]]</small>]]

The archetypal '''action hero''' or '''action heroine''' is the [[protagonist]] of an [[action film]] or other entertainment which portrays action and adventure.<ref>{{citation |title=Blood, guns, and testosterone: action films, audiences, and a thirst for violence |author=Barna William Donovan |publisher=Scarecrow Press |year=2010 |isbn=9780810872622}}</ref> Other media in which such heroes appear include [[swashbuckler film]]s, [[Westerns on television]], [[old-time radio]], [[adventure novel]]s, [[dime novel]]s, [[pulp magazine]]s, and [[folklore]].