An action hero (or action heroine for women) is the protagonist of an action film or other form of entertainment which portrays action, adventure, and often violence.[1] Other media in which such heroes appear include swashbuckler films, Western films, old-time radio, adventure novels, dime novels, pulp magazines, and folklore.
Notable action heroes[edit | edit source]
- This list focuses on male action heroes. For the list of female action heroes, see List of female action heroes and villains.
- Amitabh Bachchan
- Yuen Biao
- Charles Bronson
- Yul Brynner
- Nicolas Cage
- John Cena
- Jackie Chan
- Sonny Chiba
- Sean Connery
- Tom Cruise
- Mark Dacascos
- Jean-Claude Van Damme
- Vin Diesel
- Sanjay Dutt
- Clint Eastwood
- Harrison Ford
- Mel Gibson
- Sammo Hung
- Tony Jaa
- Vidyut Jammwal
- Jayan
- Dwayne Johnson
- Brandon Lee
- Bruce Lee
- Jet Li
- Dolph Lundgren
- Aamir Khan
- Feroz Khan
- Salman Khan
- Shah Rukh Khan
- Akshay Kumar
- Yusaku Matsuda
- Steve McQueen
- Toshiro Mifune
- Liam Neeson
- Chuck Norris
- Keanu Reeves
- Hrithik Roshan
- Mickey Rourke
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Steven Seagal
- Jackie Shroff
- Tiger Shroff
- Will Smith
- Wesley Snipes
- Sylvester Stallone
- Jason Statham
- Ken Takakura
- John Travolta
- Iko Uwais
- John Wayne
- Bruce Willis
- Donnie Yen
- Chow Yun-fat
- Salah Zulfikar
See also[edit | edit source]
Notes[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Barna William Donovan (2010), Blood, guns, and testosterone: action films, audiences, and a thirst for violence, Scarecrow Press, ISBN 9780810872622
Further reading[edit | edit source]
- 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.