Top 10 Movie Action heroes

[CYYYFYYY]

Pick the actor and there body of work

[GonzoStyle]

do they have to be action heroes? or is it more like top 10 most bad ass? Like could you include say Darth Vader on the list or is it more Hero in the sense of Bruce Willis in Die Hard?

[Tenbatsuzen]

Pick the actor and there body of work

What the hell? There's only a certain handful of actors who fit into the genre of action hero.

What you should have done was go by character, not by actor. There's a distinct difference in action hero between John Kimball and The T-800 in T2, even though they are played by the same actor.


That being said, here's my top 10:

10) Strider/Aragorn, LOTR Trilogy
9) Snake Plissken, Escape from New York
8) John McClain, Die Hard Quadrilogy
7) (tie) Chris Adams and Vin, The Magnificent Seven
6) T-800, Terminator 2
5) James Bond, specifically played by Connery.
4) The Man With No Name, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
3) Han Solo, Star Wars Trilogy
2) Kambei Shimada (See what I meant?)
1) Indiana Jones.

[CYYYFYYY]

Yep I thought of doing series, but that would be too easy. Yes, I know Terminator, Konnan and stuff like that. But this puts a tad more thought like Wesley Snipes has a lot of movies that would rank him higher. If you want to put a Dart Vader as a bad ass then put him in. Have fun. I myself would not put Jason on the list but whatever you feel.

[GonzoStyle]

What the hell? There's only a certain handful of actors who fit into the genre of action hero.

What you should have done was go by character, not by actor. There's a distinct difference in action hero between John Kimball and The T-800 in T2, even though they are played by the same actor.


That being said, here's my top 10:

10) Strider/Aragorn, LOTR Trilogy
9) Snake Plissken, Escape from New York
8) John McClain, Die Hard Quadrilogy
7) (tie) Chris Adams and Vin, The Magnificent Seven
6) T-800, Terminator 2
5) James Bond, specifically played by Connery.
4) The Man With No Name, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
3) Han Solo, Star Wars Trilogy
2) Kambei Shimada (See what I meant?)
1) Indiana Jones.

exaxtly what I intended to do, just wanted to know if we can include bad guys or not?

but here it goes:


Heroes

10) Uma Thurman - Kill Bill
9) Steve McQueen - Bullitt
8) Toshiro Mufune - Seven Samurai
7) Bruce Willis - Die Hard
6) Sean Connery - Goldfinger
5) Bruce Lee - Enter The Dragon
4) Jean Reno - The Professional
3) Mel Gibson - Lethal Weapon/Road Warrior
2) Arnold Schwarzenegger - Terminator 2
1) Harrison Ford - Indiana Jones

Villains
10) Jack Nicholson - Batman
9) Denzel Washington - Training Day
8) Michael Madsen - Reservoir Dogs
7) John Malkovich - In The Line of Fire
6) Gene Hackman - The Unforgiven
5) F. Murray Abraham - Amadeus
4) Anthony Hopkins - Silence of the Lambs
3) Gary Oldman - The Professional
2) Bill The Butcher Cutting - Gangs of New York
1) Darth Vader - Star Wars

[ZigZagBigBag]

i think christian bale deserves an honorable mention for his work in Batman and Equlibrium...not so much for his work in Newsies and Velvet Goldmine.

[sailor]

george hamilton - bunny wigglesworth

[DiabloSammich]

1 through 10, John McClane. Does most of his fighting barefoot.

And you wear that sign in Harlem.

[JimBeam]

I'd have " Mad " Max Rockatansky on my list.

Dude was a bad ass and was always putting his life on the line to save others.

[EddieMoscone]

If Kung Fu/Hong Kong flicks are eligible, I may have a 100% asian list.

Bruce Lee
Jet Li
Donnie Yen
Jackie Chan (Drunken Master is the shit)
Beat Takeshi
Michelle Yeoh
and Stephen Chow among others


My favorite is probably Chow Yun Fat. He's done the martial arts thing in Crouching Tiger and the shoot 'em Hard Boiled and The Killer (2 of my favorites ever).

[Knowledged_one]

hmmm, no particular order

1. Bruce Willis as John McClain
2. Arnold Schwarzenegger - The Running Man
3. Mel Gibson - Lethal Weapon
4. Clint Eastwood - Dirty Harry and Any Which Way but Loose
5. Denzel Washington - Man on Fire
6. Vin Diesel - Chronicles of Riddick
7. Harrison Ford - Han Solo
8. Bruce Willis - Last Boyscout
9. Roy Schreider - Jaws movies
10. Bill Murray - John Winger Stripes

[fezident]

There's definitely room on this list for BEATRIX KIDDO.

[TeeBone]

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Lock it up.

[eeroomnhoj]

Pick the actor and there body of work

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Clint Eastwood: Every which way but loose

Any time you can combine orangutan's, pick up trucks and beer you know there will greatness.

[Drunky McBetidont]

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Milla Jovovich is sexy and tough as nails. She needs mention on the list.

[GonzoStyle]

There's definitely room on this list for BEATRIX KIDDO.

she's my #10, I don't get how people don't like that movie? I guess I like it cause I was such a fan of the 60'/70's martial arts and samurai movies, so all the small details made me happy. None made me happier than Sonny Chiba though, that sequence was one of the best of the 2 films.

[fezident]

she's my #10, I don't get how people don't like that movie? I guess .



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