List of action film actors
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Action film actors appear in action movies, a film genre in which one or more heroes are thrust into a series of challenges that typically include physical feats, extended fight scenes, violence, and frantic chases. Action films tend to feature a resourceful character struggling against incredible odds, which include life-threatening situations, a villain, or a pursuit which generally concludes in victory for the hero.[1][2][3]
Notable actors
- Scott Adkins[4]
- Ben Affleck[5][6]
- Jessica Alba
- Jestoni Alarcon
- Anthony Alonzo[7]
- Dan Alvaro[8]
- Jun Aristorenas
- Antonio Banderas[9]
- Drew Barrymore
- Zoe Bell
- David Belle[10]
- Halle Berry[11]
- Emily Blunt
- Bernard Bonnin
- Charles Bronson[12]
- Pierce Brosnan[13]
- Sandra Bullock
- Gerard Butler[14]
- Nicolas Cage[15]
- Gina Carano
- Danny Chan Kwok Kwan[16]
- Jackie Chan[17]
- David Chiang[18]
- Sonny Chiba
- Chow Yun-fat[19]
- George Clooney[20]
- Jennifer Connelly
- Sean Connery[21]
- Daniel Craig[22]
- Tom Cruise[23]
- Penelope Cruz[24]
- Jamie Lee Curtis
- Mark Dacascos[25]
- Matt Damon[26]
- Dingdong Dantes
- Ricky Davao
- Geena Davis
- Robert De Niro[27]
- Sunny Deol[28]
- Cameron Diaz
- Vin Diesel[29]
- Robert Downey Jr.
- Michael Dudikoff[30]
- Sanjay Dutt[31]
- Clint Eastwood[32]
- E.R. Ejercito
- Ace Espinosa
- Gary Estrada
- Jinggoy Estrada
- Joseph Estrada[33]
- Mark Anthony Fernandez
- Rudy Fernandez[34]
- Tony Ferrer[35]
- Harrison Ford[36]
- Rila Fukushima[37]
- Eddie Garcia[38]
- Jennifer Garner
- Mel Gibson[39]
- Suresh Gopi[40]
- Richard Gutierrez
- Linda Hamilton[15]
- Salma Hayek[41]
- Chris Hemsworth
- Liam Hemsworth
- Djimon Hounsou[42]
- Sibelle Hu[43]
- Brent Huff[44]
- Sammo Hung[45]
- Rhene Imperial
- Jason Isaacs[46]
- Tony Jaa[47]
- Hugh Jackman[48]
- Samuel L. Jackson
- Vidyut Jamwal
- Jayan
- Scarlett Johansson
- Dwayne Johnson[49]
- Angelina Jolie[50]
- Milla Jovovich[51]
- Lau Kar-leung[52]
- Chin Kar-lok[53]
- Cynthia Khan[54]
- Val Kilmer[55]
- Keira Knightley
- Kane Kosugi[56]
- Sho Kosugi
- Akshay Kumar[57]
- Aaron Kwok[58]
- Shia LaBeouf[59]
- Lorenzo Lamas[60]
- Burt Lancaster[61]
- Jess Lapid, Jr.
- Jess Lapid, Sr.
- Lito Lapid
- Mark Lapid
- Sanaa Lathan
- Andy Lau[62]
- Jennifer Lawrence[63][64]
- Martin Lawrence[26]
- Bruce Lee[65]
- Zoren Legaspi
- Jet Li[66]
- Angel Locsin
- Dolph Lundgren[67]
- Ti Lung[68]
- Cynthia Luster[69]
- Rey Malonzo[70]
- Edu Manzano
- Baldo Marro
- Coco Martin
- Lee Marvin[71]
- Steve McQueen[72]
- Lee Min-ho
- Cesar Montano[73]
- Demi Moore[74]
- Roger Moore[75]
- Carrie-Anne Moss
- Eddie Murphy[76]
- Liam Neeson[77]
- Brigitte Nielsen
- Chuck Norris[78]
- Clive Owen[79]
- Robin Padilla[80]
- Rommel Padilla
- Sonny Parsons
- Lori Petty
- Chris Pine
- Fernando Poe Jr.[81]
- Chris Pratt
- Maggie Q
- Derek Ramsay
- Keanu Reeves[82]
- John Regala[83]
- Jean Reno[84]
- Ramon "Bong" Revilla, Jr.[85]
- Ramon Revilla, Sr.
- Efren Reyes, Jr.
- Ronnie Ricketts[86]
- Bembol Roco
- Eddie Rodriguez
- Michelle Rodriguez[87]
- Monsour del Rosario[88]
- Hrithik Roshan[89]
- Cynthia Rothrock[90]
- Ronda Rousey
- Mark Ruffalo
- Kurt Russell[91]
- Zoe Saldana
- Phillip Salvador[92]
- Raymart Santiago
- Romnick Sarmenta
- Arnold Schwarzenegger[93]
- Steven Seagal[94]
- Sunil Shetty[95]
- Robin Shou
- Tiger Shroff
- Will Smith[96]
- Wesley Snipes[97]
- Sylvester Stallone[98]
- Jason Statham[99]
- Ben Stiller
- Charlize Theron
- Uma Thurman[100]
- Danny Trejo[101]
- Nicholas Tse[102]
- Jean-Claude Van Damme[103][104]
- Vic Vargas[105]
- Dante Varona[106]
- Ian Veneracion
- Ace Vergel
- Joseph Vijay[107]
- Roi Vinzon
- Paul Walker[108]
- Denzel Washington[15]
- John Wayne[104]
- Sigourney Weaver
- Raquel Welch[109]
- Weng Weng
- Michael Jai White[110]
- Bruce Willis[111]
- Don "The Dragon" Wilson
- Owen Wilson
- Simon Yam[112]
- Donnie Yen[113]
- Michelle Yeoh[114]
- Yuen Biao[115]
- Ramon Zamora[116]
- Zhang Ziyi[117]
- Zaldy Zshornack
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