Many of the celebrities who dedicate their careers to action cinema come to Hollywood thanks to their incredible physical abilities. Some are Olympic athletes, others martial arts or bodybuilding experts. These actors stay in the memory of many movie fans as the great heroes or villains of really memorable stories.
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1. Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Stallone is an actor recognized for playing several rude characters in cinema. He worked in action movies like Rocky Balboain the role of a boxer, and in Rambo, in which he gives life to a war veteran. His most recent work on a film of this style was in Suicide Squad 2giving voice to the King Shark, a humanoid fish.
2. Jason Statham
3. Jackie Chan
Actor Chan Kong-Sang is best known in Hollywood as Jackie Chan, a martial artist, comedian, including acrobat and action stuntman. He is one of the few actors who performs his own risky scenes in the films he stars in. Some of his most famous works are Rush hourπ§π· Karate Kid and Mission almost impossible.
4. Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger is a former bodybuilder and science fiction movie icon, thanks to his leading role in Terminator, 1984. For a while, the actor moved away from cinema and entered politics. His great return to the world of the seventh art was in 2012, with the film The expendables 2alongside stars like Bruce Willis and Sylvester Stallone.
5. Bruce Willis
Bruce Willis has played all kinds of roles, but his most memorable characters have been in action movies. For example, that of Officer John McClane in Hard to killKorben Dallas in The fifth Element and Harry Stamper in Armageddon, among many others. He is currently married to model Emma Heming and has five children.
6. Liam Neeson
Liam Neeson took a leap in fame by acting in the film excalibur, from 1981. From then on, he is remembered for appearing, in most of his roles, as a spy, bodyguard or as some intrepid man involved in serious conflicts. The actor turns 69 in 2021 and, still remains a complete man of action, as in his last work, At Danger’s Eye.
7. Jean-Claude Van Damme
Jean-Claude Van Damme is a Belgian actor specializing in martial arts. In the 1980s, when he was 20 years old, he traveled to the United States to begin his career as an actor in Hollywood cinema. He managed to attract the public’s attention with the films The White Dragon Grid, Kickboxer: The Dragon Challengeπ§π· Among the martial arts in which Jean-Claude specialized are: kickboxingO full contact and the karate-do. In this last modality, he achieved 44 victories in just two years.
8. Chuck Norris
Chuck Norris is not just an actor famous for his adventure movies. He is also a former soldier, joined the Air Force of the Military Police in 1958, and world champion of tang soo doπ§π· After acting alongside Bruce Lee in The Dragon’s Furybegan to show resourcefulness in the martial arts and to be invited to play the hero in several productions.
9. Terry Crews
Another of Hollywood’s toughest actors is Terry Crews, a bodybuilder and former football player. He is also known for his participation in both action and chase films, as well as in The Expendables and deadpool 2, and equally for his incredible charisma in comedies The Whites and Norbit β A Heavy Comedy.
10. Dolph Lundgren
Dolph Lundgren is a Swedish actor who specializes in various martial arts. He earned a black belt in karate and judo and also practices boxing. In addition to his body skills, he also holds a master’s degree in chemical engineering and has mastered six languages. One of his first film appearances was in 1985, in Rocky IVgaining the attention of the press and the public.
11. Vin Diesel
Vin Diesel has played rough men in his career from a very young age. One of his most recognized characters is that of Dominic Toretto, from the saga Fast and furiousdespite having also participated in films such as The Battle of Riddickπ§π· Triple X and Operation Babysitterπ§π· Although he appears to be a tough man, he also proved to be able to make his fans fall in love with his voice alone, as he was chosen to play the role. Groot, in the production of Marvel Guardians of the Galaxy.
12. Dwayne βThe Rockβ Johnson
Dwayne Johnson is better known as The Rock (The rock). He was a professional WWE wrestler until 2019. Now, he is focused on his acting career. He starred in films like Fast and furious and Journey to the Center of the Earth 2: The Mysterious Islandπ§π· in which we see him facing action sequences, without forgetting his charisma and his iconic smile.
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