List of action heroes
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This is a list of action heroes who appear in a number of genres including action films, adventure films, swashbuckler films, Westerns on television, old-time radio, adventure novels, dime novels, pulp magazines, and folklore. These heroes often appear capable of extreme physical acts of daring. Those actors most strongly identified with the genre are either extremely athletic or find appeal as an everyman, if somewhat enhanced.
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Male action heroes
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Actors
- Ben Affleck
- Jestoni Alarcon
- Richard Dean Anderson
- Kevin Bacon
- Christian Bale
- Eric Bana
- Antonio Banderas
- Humphrey Bogart
- David Boreanaz
- Charles Bronson
- Pierce Brosnan
- Bernard Bonnin
- Gerard Butler
- Nicolas Cage
- John Cena
- Jackie Chan
- Hayden Christensen
- Sonny Chiba
- George Clooney
- Sean Connery
- Kevin Costner
- Daniel Craig
- Tom Cruise
- Matt Damon
- Mark Dacascos
- Ricky Davao
- Monsour del Rosario
- Vin Diesel
- Michael Dudikoff
- Clint Eastwood
- Gary Estrada
- Jinggoy Estrada
- Joseph Estrada
- Chris Evans
- Douglas Fairbanks
- Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
- Sean Faris
- Mark Anthony Fernandez
- Rudy Fernandez
- John Foo
- Harrison Ford
- Errol Flynn
- Brendan Fraser
- Clark Gable
- Eddie Garcia
- Akshay Kumar
- Mel Gibson
- Cam Gigandet
- Jake Gyllenhaal
- David Hasselhoff
- Charlton Heston
- Hulk Hogan
- Tony Jaa
- Hugh Jackman
- Samuel L. Jackson
- Thomas Jane
- Don Johnson
- Tommy Lee Jones
- Vinnie Jones
- Val Kilmer
- Sho Kosugi
- Shin Koyamada
- Lito Lapid
- Tom Laughlin
- Brandon Lee
- Bruce Lee
- Zoren Legaspi
- Jet Li
- Dolph Lundgren
- Tobey Maguire
- Jay Manalo
- Edu Manzano
- Steve McQueen
- Cesar Montano
- Toshirō Mifune
- Wentworth Miller
- Ralf Moeller
- Liam Neeson
- Paul Newman
- Chuck Norris
- Clive Owen
- Robin Padilla
- George Peppard
- Chris Pine
- Tyrone Power
- Brad Pitt
- Andy Poe
- Fernando Poe Jr.
- César Ramírez
- Basil Rathbone
- Burt Reynolds
- Ryan Reynolds
- Keanu Reeves
- Ramon Revilla Sr.
- Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr.
- Bembol Roco
- Brandon Routh
- Austin St. John
- The Rock
- Kurt Russell
- Phillip Salvador
- Raymart Santiago
- Romnick Sarmenta
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Steven Seagal
- Tom Selleck
- Christian Slater
- Will Smith
- Wesley Snipes
- Kevin Sorbo
- Sylvester Stallone
- Jason Statham
- Clive Standen
- Ray Stevenson
- Kiefer Sutherland
- Patrick Swayze
- Mr. T
- Channing Tatum
- Robert Taylor
- Karl Urban
- Vic Vargas
- Gardo Versoza
- Jean-Claude Van Damme
- Ace Vergel
- Mark Wahlberg
- Paul Walker
- Denzel Washington
- John Wayne
- Bruce Willis
- Sam Worthington
- Ramon Zamora
- Zaldy Zshornack
- Chow Yun-Fat
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Cartoon
- Aang from Avatar: The Last Airbender
- BraveStarr
- Bumblebee from The Transformers
- Captain Planet from Captain Planet and the Planeteers
- Duke from G.I. Joe
- Flint from G.I. Joe
- He-Man from He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
- James Bond Jr.
- Lino-O from ThunderCats
- Optimus Prime from The Transformers
- Snake Eyes from G.I. Joe
- Space Ghost
- Ben Tennyson from Ben 10, Ben 10: Alien Force and Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
- Ziv "ZZ" Zulander from The Bots Master
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Anime
- Astro Boy
- Alphonse Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist
- Edward Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist
- Gon Freecs from Hunter × Hunter
- Goku from Dragonball, Dragonball Z and Dragonball GT
- Ichigo Kurosaki from Bleach
- InuYasha
- Monkey D. Luffy from One Piece
- Spike Spiegel from Cowboy Bebop
- Ranma Saotome from Ranma ½
- Yusuke Urameshi from YuYu Hakusho
- Naruto Uzumaki from Naruto
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Film
- 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 trilogy
- 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 franchise
- James Dalton from Road House
- Samuel Gerard from The Fugitive and U.S. Marshals
- Flash Gordon from Flash Gordon
- Ethan Hunt from the Mission: Impossible series
- Billy Jack from four films between 1967 and 1977
- Indiana Jones from the Indiana Jones franchise
- Obi-Wan Kenobi from the Star Wars films
- Paul Kersey from the Death Wish film series
- Lee from Enter the Dragon
- Inspector Lee from the Rush Hour series
- Mani from Brotherhood of the Wolf
- Raizo from Ninja Assassin
- Raj Malhotra from the Khiladi series
- James Marshall from Air Force One
- Frank Martin from The Transporter trilogy
- John Matrix from Commando
- John McClane from the Die Hard franchise
- Darren McCord from Sudden Death
- Neo from The Matrix franchise
- Rick O'Connell from The Mummy franchise
- 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
- Kyle Reese from The Terminator franchise
- Richard B. Riddick from The Chronicles of Riddick series
- Martin Riggs from the Lethal Weapon series
- Max Rockatansky from the Mad Max franchise
- 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 films
- John Shaft from the Shaft series
- Anakin Skywalker and Luke Skywalker from the Star Wars films
- Jack Slater from The Last Action Hero
- Mr. Smith from Shoot 'Em Up
- Han Solo from the Star Wars films
- Jack Sparrow from the Pirates of the Caribbean series
- Jake Sully from Avatar
- Harry Tasker from True Lies
- Terminator from The Terminator franchise
- Dominic Toretto from The Fast and the Furious series
- Will Turner from Pirates of the Caribbean series
- Napoleon Wilson from Assault on Precinct 13
- Tequila Yuen from Hard Boiled
- Takuma Tsurugi from The Street Fighter series
- Zorro from the Zorro series
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Television
- Captain Apollo from Battlestar Galactica
- Jack Bauer from 24
- Mark Benford from FlashForward
- Nash Bridges from Nash Bridges
- James "Sonny" Crockett, Miami Vice
- 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
- Sayid Jarrah from Lost
- Clark Kent from Smallville
- Michael Knight from Knight Rider
- Angus MacGyver from MacGyver
- Hiro Nakamura from Heroes
- Jack O'Neill from Stargate SG-1
- Matt Parkman from Heroes
- Peter Petrelli from Heroes
- Tom Price from Survivors
- 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
- Cordell Walker from Walker, Texas Ranger
- Dean Winchester from Supernatural
- Sam Winchester from Supernatural
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Video games
- Niko Bellic from the Grand Theft Auto series
- Christopher Blair from the Wing Commander series
- Toni Cipriani from the Grand Theft Auto series
- Nathan Drake from the Uncharted series
- Captain Falcon from the F-Zero series
- Sam Fisher from the Splinter Cell series
- Gordon Freeman from the Half-Life series
- Chris Jacobs from the Mercenaries series
- Avery Johnson from the Halo series
- Issac Clarke from Dead Space
- Carl "CJ" Johnson from the Grand Theft Auto series
- Jin Kazama from the Tekken series
- Leon S. Kennedy from the Resident Evil series
- Johnny Klebitz from the Grand Theft Auto series
- Kratos from the God of War series
- Huang Lee from the Grand Theft Auto series
- Link from The Legend of Zelda series
- Luis Lopez from the Grand Theft Auto series
- Master Chief from the Halo series
- Ken Masters from the Street Fighter series
- Mattias Nilsson from the Mercenaries series
- Point Man from the FEAR series
- Duke Nukem from the Duke Nukem series
- The Postal Dude from the Postal series
- The Prince from the Prince of Persia series
- Chris Redfield from the Resident Evil series
- Regret from Zenonia
- Tyson Rios from the Army of Two series
- Ryu from the Street Fighter series
- Elliot Salem from the Army of Two series
- Siegfried Schtauffen from the Soul series
- Solid Snake from the Metal Gear series
- Sora from the Kingdom Hearts series
- Claude Speed from the Grand Theft Auto series
- "Serious" Sam Stone from the Serious Sam series
- Victor Vance from the Grand Theft Auto series
- Tommy Vercetti from the Grand Theft Auto series
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Literature
- Iliad and Odyssey: Odysseus and a number of other characters
- Beowulf (hero) in Beowulf
- King Arthur
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- Robin Hood
- D'Artagnan in The Three Musketeers
- The Count of Monte Cristo
- The Scarlet Pimpernel
- Ben-Hur
- Ivanhoe
- Zorro
- James Bond in James Bond novels (Ian Fleming)
- Modesty Blaise and Willie Garvin in Modesty Blaise novels
- Doc Savage
- The Shadow
- The Spider
- Conan the Barbarian
- Tarzan
- Drizzt Do'Urden
- Dirk Pitt
- Harry Dresden
- Horatio Hornblower
- Richard Sharpe (fictional character)
- Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (character) from the Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo manga.
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Female action heroes
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Actresses
- Catherine Mary Stewart
- Jessica Alba
- Gillian Anderson
- Devon Aoki
- Kate Beckinsale
- Halle Berry
- Honor Blackman
- Tia Carrere
- Lynda Carter
- Connie Chan Po-chu
- Priyanka Chopra
- Geena Davis
- Angie Dickinson
- Tamara Dobson
- Eliza Dushku
- Anne Francis
- Jennifer Garner
- Sarah Michelle Gellar
- Summer Glau
- Teresa Graves
- Pam Grier
- Linda Hamilton
- Lena Headey
- Gloria Hendry
- Daryl Hannah
- Kelly Hu
- Sibelle Hu
- Angelina Jolie
- Famke Janssen
- Milla Jovovich
- Keira Knightley
- Cynthia Khan
- Lucy Lawless
- Moon Lee
- Iyari Limon
- Lucy Liu
- Rachel Lobangco
- Cynthia Luster
- Angela Mao
- Nora Miao
- Carrie-Anne Moss
- Nichelle Nichols
- Renee O'Connor
- Bobbie Phillips
- Maggie Q
- Diana Rigg
- Lucia Rijker
- Michelle Rodriguez
- Cynthia Rothrock
- Katee Sackhoff
- Zoe Saldana
- Aurora Sevilla
- J.A. Steel
- Amanda Tapping
- Uma Thurman
- Gina Torres
- Anna Torv
- Lindsay Wagner
- Sigourney Weaver
- Peta Wilson
- Michelle Yeoh
- Zhang Ziyi
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Film
- Lara Croft from the Tomb Raider series
- Alice from the Resident Evil series
- Padmé Amidala from the Star Wars series
- Foxy Brown from Foxy Brown
- Natalie Cook from the Charlie's Angels series
- Sarah Connor from the Terminator series
- Beatrix "The Bride" Kiddo from Kill Bill
- Alex Munday from the Charlie's Angels series
- Princess Leia Organa from the Star Wars series
- Ellen Ripley from the Alien series
- Pvt. Vasquez from the Alien series
- Dylan Sanders from the Charlie's Angels series
- Selene from the Underworld series
- Sonja from the Underworld series
- Elizabeth Swann from the Pirates of the Caribbean series
- Trinity from The Matrix series
- Nikita from La Femme Nikita
- Lorna Cole from the Lethal Weapon series
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Cartoon
- Lady Jaye from G.I. Joe
- Scarlett from G.I. Joe
- She-Ra from She-Ra: Princess of Power
- Cybersix from Cybersix
- Princess Allura from Voltron
- Cheetara in Thundercats
- The Powerpuff Girls
- Princess Zelda in The Legend of Zelda
- Princess in Battle of the Planets (equivalent to Jun in Gatchaman)
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Anime
- Revy from Black Lagoon
- Sailor Moon from Sailor Moon
- Princess Knight from Choppy and the Princess
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Television
- Kate Austen from Lost
- Sydney Bristow from Alias
- Samantha Carter from Stargate
- Helen Cutter in Primeval (villain)
- Sabrina Duncan from Charlie's Angels
- Ziva David from NCIS
- Echo from Dollhouse
- Olivia Dunham from Fringe
- Kelly Garrett from Charlie's Angels
- Phoebe Halliwell from Charmed
- Piper Halliwell from Charmed
- Prue Halliwell from Charmed
- Sun-Hwa Kwon from Lost
- Helen Magnus from Sanctuary
- Paige Matthews from Charmed
- Jill Munroe from Charlie's Angels
- Kris Munroe from Charlie's Angels
- Julie Rogers from Charlie's Angels
- Buffy Summers from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Kara Thrace from Battlestar Galactica
- Sharon Valerii from Battlestar Galactica
- Tiffany Welles from Charlie's Angels
- Xena from Xena: Warrior Princess
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Video games
- Samus Aran from the Metroid series
- Bayonetta from Bayonetta
- Cammy from the Street Fighter series
- Chel from Portal
- Chun-Li from the Street Fighter series
- Lara Croft from the Tomb Raider series
- Dare from the Halo series
- Cortana from the Halo series
- Miranda Keyes from the Halo series
- Rubi Malone from WET
- Jennifer Mui from the Mercenaries series
- Nariko from 'Heavenly Sword
- Rayne from the BloodRayne series
- Claire Redfield from the Resident Evil series
- Anna Williams from the Tekken series
- Nina Williams from the Tekken series
- Jill Valentine from the Resident Evil series
- Alyx Vance from the Half-Life series
- Ashley Williams from the Mass Effect series
- Joanna Dark from the Perfect Dark (series)
- Lightning (Final Fantasy) from the Final Fantasy series
- Oerba Dia Vanille from the Final Fantasy series
- Oerba Yun Fang from the Final Fantasy series
- Tifa Lockhart from the Final Fantasy series
- Aerith Gainsborough from the Final Fantasy series
- Yuna (Final Fantasy) from the Final Fantasy series
- Lulu (Final Fantasy) from the Final Fantasy series
- Rikku from the Final Fantasy series
- Paine (Final Fantasy) from the Final Fantasy series
- Ashelia B'nargin Dalmasca from the Final Fantasy series
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Literature
- Nancy Drew
- Anita Blake in the Vampire Hunter series
- Admirals Honor Harrington, Michelle Henke, and Shannon Foraker, and several others, in the Honor Harrington series
- Gunnery Sergeant Torin Kerr in the Valor Confederation series
- Commander Sassinak in the Planet Pirates Series
- Captain Heris Serrano and Lieutenant Esmay Suiza in the Familias Regnant series
- Commander Cordelia Naismith in the Vorkosigan Saga
- Commander Elli Quinn in the Vorkosigan Saga
- Lieutenant Kris Longknife in the Kris Longknife series
- Kylara Vatta in the Vatta's War series
- Sergeant Delphine Angua von Überwald in the Discworld series
- Alanna the Lioness, Keladry of Mindelan, Rebekah Cooper in the Tortall series
- Paksenarrion Dorthansdotter
- Anna Marshall the Soprano Sorceress, Secca the Shadow Sorceress in the Spellsong Cycle series
- the women of the Aes Sedai, Faile, Aviendha, others in The Wheel of Time series
- Tarma, Kethry, Kerowyn, Herald Talia, Princess Elspeth, others in the Valdemar series
- Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter series
- Aerin Dragon-Slayer in The Hero and the Crown
- Sonea the Slum Girl in The Black Magician trilogy
- Karigan G'ladheon in the Green Rider series
- Jamethiel Dreamweaver in the God Stalker chronicles
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