Action Heroes of the 90's

1. Jean-Claude Van Damme

Van Damme was born Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg in Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, Brussels, Belgium, to Eliana and Eugène Van Varenberg, an accountant. "The Muscles from Brussels" started martial arts at the age of eleven. His father introduced him to martial arts when he saw his son was ...

Death Warrant - 6 Double Impact - 26 Universal Soldier - 8 Hard Target - 32 Timecop - 10 Street Fighter - 18 Sudden Death - 11 Double Team - 9 Knock Off - 14 Legionnaire - 14 Universal Soldier: The Return - 16 Inferno - 17 Bonus: Black Eagle - 2, Cyborg - 31

2. Nicolas Cage

Actor | Face/Off

Nicolas Cage was born Nicolas Kim Coppola in Long Beach, California, the son of comparative literature professor August Coppola (whose brother is director Francis Ford Coppola) and dancer/choreographer Joy Vogelsang. He is of Italian (father) and Polish and German (mother) descent. Cage changed his...

The Rock - 3 Con Air - 6 Face/Off - 20

3. Wesley Snipes

Actor | Blade

Wesley Trent Snipes was born in Orlando, Florida, to Marian (Long), a teacher's assistant, and SMSGT Wesley Rudolph Snipes, an aircraft engineer. He grew up on the streets of the South Bronx in New York City, where he very early decided that dance and the theatre were to be his career. He attended ...

Passenger 57 - 5 Demolition Man - 30 Blade - 86

4. Dolph Lundgren

Actor | Rocky IV

Dolph Lundgren was born as Hans Lundgren in Stockholm, Sweden, to Sigrid Birgitta (Tjerneld), a language teacher, and Karl Johan Hugo Lundgren, an engineer and economist for the Swedish government. He lived in Stockholm until the age of 13, when he moved in with his grandparents in Nyland, ...

Showdown in Little Tokyo - 33 Universal Soldier - 33 Army of One/Joshua Tree - 51 Men of War - 47 Silent Trigger - 14 The Peacekeeper - 8 Blackjack - 15 Sweepers - 55 Bridge of Dragons - 65 Storm Catcher - 12

5. Gary Daniels

Actor | The Expendables

Gary Edward Daniels (born 9 May 1963) is an English actor, a martial arts artist, a martial arts action film star, a producer, and a fight coordinator. . Daniels who was also interested in films, starred in two motion pictures in 1988 made in the Philippines. These were Teddy Page's action martial ...

Capital Punishment - 12 Fist of the North Star - 44 Rage - 37 White Tiger - 11 Hawk's Vengeance - 8 Riot - 37 Recoil - 39 Cold Harvest - 30 Bonus: Final Reprisal - 37, The Secret of King Mahi's Island - 18

6. Joe Lara

Actor | Doomsdayer

Joe Lara was born in San Diego, California. He was cast to play "Tarzan" in "Tarzan: The Epic Adventures" in the early 1990s. He worked in many countries, including South Africa, Bulgaria, and Russia. He co starred in many film to video projects that were filmed in Bulgaria, Russia, and Africa. He ...

American Cyborg: Steel Warrior - 30 Steel Frontier - 49 Hologram Man - 19 Livewire: Human Timebomb - 7 Warhead - 6 Operation Delta Force - 15 Operation Delta Force 4: Deep Fault - 15 Bonus: Strike Zone - 5, Doomsdayer - 13

7. David Bradley

Actor | American Ninja 4: The Annihilation

David Bradley was born in Plano, Texas on October 2, 1953. He is well known to the fans of low budget and martial arts films.

Prior to films, Bradley worked as a car salesman on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles and practiced such martial arts as Shotokan Karate, Chinese Kempo, Tai Chi and Aikido. ...

American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt - 13 American Ninja 4: The Annihilation - 13 American Ninja 5 - 9 Cyborg Cop - 32 Blood Warriors - 15 Cyborg Cop II - 19 Hard Justice - 54 Crisis - 11

8. Michael Dudikoff

Actor | Platoon Leader

Michael Dudikoff was born in Redondo Beach, California, USA. Michael is an actor and assistant director, known for Platoon Leader (1988), American Ninja (1985) and Bachelor Party (1984). Michael has been married to Belle since September 18, 2004. They have three children.

American Ninja 4: The Annihilation - 13 The Human Shield - 24 Chain of Command - 39 Cyberjack - 6 Soldier Boyz - 38 Bounty Hunters - 13 Bounty Hunters 2: Hard Ball - 7 The Shooter - 12 Freedom Strike - 11 Black Thunder - 45

9. Evan Lurie

Actor | Hologram Man

Evan Lurie, Gallery Director, was born in New York, as the fourth, with three other boys. His parents divorced when he was a toddler. His mother remarried a British business man, so he has lived and traveled extensively across Europe. From the time he was five until he was 17, Lurie and his mom ...

American Kickboxer 2 - 7 T-Force - 31 Hologram Man - 26

10. Steven Seagal

Actor | On Deadly Ground

Steven Frederic Seagal was born in Lansing, Michigan, to Patricia Anne (Fisher), a medical technician, and Samuel Seagal, a high school math teacher. His paternal grandparents were Russian Jewish immigrants, and his mother had English, German, and distant Irish and Dutch, ancestry. The enigmatic ...

Hard to Kill - 12 Marked for Death - 15 Out for Justice - 14 Under Siege - 59 On Deadly Ground - 33 Under Siege 2: Dark Territory - 24 The Glimmer Man - 14 Fire Down Below - 7 The Patriot - 5 Bonus: Above the Law/Nico - 12

11. Brian Bosworth

Actor | Stone Cold

Former NFL Seattle Seahawks linebacker, the always controversial Brian "Boz" Bosworth only played three seasons in the NFL but during that period he made plenty of headlines for a mixture of reasons, however he was forced to retire due to a chronic shoulder injury - which then saw "Boz" pitched as ...

Stone Cold - 9 One Tough Bastard - 4 Midnight Heat - 11 Back in Business - 7

12. Arnold Schwarzenegger

Actor | Terminator 2: Judgment Day

With an almost unpronounceable surname and a thick Austrian accent, who would have ever believed that a brash, quick talking bodybuilder from a small European village would become one of Hollywood's biggest stars, marry into the prestigious Kennedy family, amass a fortune via shrewd investments and...

Total Recall - 67 Last Action Hero - 49 True Lies - 87 Eraser - 40 Batman & Robin - 10 End of Days - 76

13. Sylvester Stallone

Actor | Rocky

Sylvester Stallone is an athletically built, dark-haired American actor/screenwriter/director/producer, the movie fans worldwide have been flocking to see Stallone's films for over 40 years, making "Sly" one of Hollywood's biggest-ever box office draws.

Sylvester Stallone was born on July 6, 1946, ...

Cliffhanger - 5 Demolition Man - 40 The Specialist - 10 Judge Dredd - 17 Assassins - 2 Cop Land - 3

14. Peter Weller

Actor | RoboCop

Peter Frederick Weller was born in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, to Dorothy Jean (Davidson) and Frederick Bradford Weller, a federal judge and career helicopter pilot for the United States Army. He traveled extensively as his father literally flew around the world. Before he was out of his teens, he ...

Robocop 2 - 16 Fifty/Fifty - 40 Screamers - 22 Decoy - 9 Bonus: Contaminated Man - 10

15. Christopher Lambert

Actor | Highlander

Though born in Great Neck, Long Island, Christopher Lambert's family left the US when he was only two years old. His father was a United Nations diplomat assigned to Switzerland and, as a result, Chris was educated at private boarding schools in Geneva. Inspired through his having appeared in a ...

Highlander II - 8 Fortress - 13 Gunmen - 3 Highlander III - 2 Mean Guns - 37 Beowulf - 19 Bonus: Highlander - 4, Fortress 2 - 8, Highlander: Endgame - 8, The Gaul/Vercingétorix - 19, The Point Men - 8, The Piano Player - 8, Absolon - 7

16. Charlie Sheen

Actor | Two and a Half Men

Charlie Sheen was born Carlos Irwin Estévez on September 3, 1965, in New York City. His father, actor Martin Sheen (born Ramon Antonio Gerard Estevez), was at the time just breaking into the business, with performances on Broadway. His mother, Janet Sheen (née Templeton), was a former New York art ...

Navy Seals - 16 The Rookie - 2 Hot Shots! - 6 Hot Shots! Part Deux - 131 The Three Musketeers - 22

17. Kurt Russell

Actor | Escape from New York

Kurt Vogel Russell was born on March 17, 1951 in Springfield, Massachusetts and raised in Thousand Oaks, California to Louise Julia Russell (née Crone), a dancer & Bing Russell, an actor. He is of English, German, Scottish and Irish descent. His first roles were as a child on television series, ...

Tombstone - 17 Stargate - 18 Escape from L.A. - 26 Soldier - 41

18. Keanu Reeves

Actor | The Matrix

Keanu Charles Reeves, whose first name means "cool breeze over the mountains" in Hawaiian, was born September 2, 1964 in Beirut, Lebanon. He is the son of Patric Reeves, a showgirl and costume designer, and Samuel Nowlin Reeves, a geologist. Keanu's father was born in Hawaii, of British, Portuguese...

Point Break - 1 Bram Stoker's Dracula - 5 Speed - 1 Johnny Mnemonic - 2 Chain Reaction - 3 The Matrix - 18

19. Geena Davis

Actress | Thelma & Louise

As a child, Geena dreamed of being an actress. While in high school, she felt left out and had low self-esteem because, at 6 feet, she was the tallest girl in school. After high school graduation, Geena entered New England College in New Hampshire and then transferred the next year to Boston ...

Cutthroat Island - 34 The Long Kiss Goodnight - 59

20. Cynthia Rothrock

Actress | The Martial Arts Kid

Cynthia Rothrock is a martial arts expert and athlete, who went on to become a film actress, starring in a number of highly successful martial arts action movies. She first made a name as an action actress in Hong Kong before going on to wow audiences in her home turf. At the time of her popularity...

China O'Brien - 1 China O'Brien II - 2 Angel of Fury - 12 Lady Dragon - 1 Lady Dragon 2 - 7 Guardian Angel - 4 Sworn to Justice - 8 Bonus: 24 Hours to Midnight - 20, Righting Wrongs - 5, City Cops - 19, Operation Dagon - N/A, Anadellia Rises - N/A, Taken from Rio Bravo - N/A, Prey of Wrath - N/A, No Way Back - N/A, Black Creek - N/A, Codename: Azrael - N/A

21. Richard Norton

Actor | Under a Red Moon

A powerful screen presence, Richard Norton wins the applause of international audiences with his engaging ability to play either the hero or the heavy. Rare versatility and focused work ethic have enabled him to build an expanding library of almost 100 film and television titles. The disciplines ...

China O'Brien - N/A The Sword of Bushido - 7 China O'Brien II - N/A Rage and Honor - 1 Lady Dragon - 1 Raiders of the Sun - 14 City Hunter - 23 Rage and Honor II - N/A Under the Gun - 11 Bonus: Amazons and Gladiators - 9

22. Antonio Banderas

Actor | The Mask of Zorro

Antonio Banderas, one of Spain's most famous faces, was a soccer player until breaking his foot at the age of fourteen; he is now an international movie star known for playing Zorro in the eponymous movie series.

He was born José Antonio Domínguez Banderas on August 10, 1960, in Málaga, Andalusia, ...

Outrage! - N/A Desperado - 49 Assassins - 17 The Mask of Zorro - 14 The 13th Warrior - 20 Bonus: Puzzle - N/A, The Pleasure of Killing - N/A, Baton Rouge - N/A, If They Tell You I Fell - N/A

23. Will Smith

Producer | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Willard Carroll "Will" Smith II (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor, comedian, producer, rapper, and songwriter. He has enjoyed success in television, film, and music. In April 2007, Newsweek called him "the most powerful actor in Hollywood". Smith has been nominated for five Golden ...

Bad Boys - 5 Independence Day - 611 Wild Wild West - 20

24. Tom Cruise

Actor | Top Gun

In 1976, if you had told fourteen-year-old Franciscan seminary student Thomas Cruise Mapother IV that one day in the not too distant future he would be Tom Cruise, one of the top 100 movie stars of all time, he would have probably grinned and told you that his ambition was to join the priesthood. ...

Interview with the Vampire - 17 Mission: Impossible - 3 Bonus: Legend - 4, Top Gun - 3

25. Bryan Genesse

Actor | Bad Guys

Bryan Genesse was born on March 20, 1964 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor and writer, known for Bad Guys (2000), Street Justice (1991) and The Alternate (2000). He has been married to Brooke Theiss since June 18, 1994. They have two children.

Live Wire: Human Timebomb - 19 Cyborg Cop III: Terminal Impact - 7 Terminal Virus - 20 The Company Man - 4 Operation Delta Force 3: Clear Target - 11 Cold Harvest - 18 Death Train - 7

26. Thomas Ian Griffith

Actor | The Karate Kid Part III

Thomas Ian Griffith was born on March 18, 1962 in Hartford, Connecticut. His father was a college professor, his mother a dance teacher. Griffith trained as an opera singer in New York City with Metropolitan Opera star Delia Rigal. He attended the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, ...

Ulterior Motives - 6 Excessive Force - 12 Crackerjack - 10 Blood of the Innocent - 11 Behind Enemy Lines - 46 John Carpenter's Vampires - 21 Bonus: Timecop II: The Berlin Decision - 7

27. Olivier Gruner

Actor | Sector 4

Olivier Gruner was born on August 2, 1960 in Paris. His father was a successful surgeon with his own surgery practice. One of his brothers also became a surgeon and his younger brother became an engineer. When he was 18 years old, he joined the Marine Nationale, volunteering for their Commando ...

Nemesis - 16 Savate - 5 Automatic - 31 Savage - 19 Mercenary - 84 Mercenary II: Thick and Thin - 9 T.N.T. - 15 Interceptors - N/A

28. Lorenzo Lamas

Actor | Body Rock

Lorenzo Fernando Lamas was born in Santa Monica, California, the son of actors Arlene Dahl and Fernando Lamas. His father was Argentinian and his mother was American, of Norwegian descent. Lorenzo was raised in Pacific Palisades, California. In 1968, his family moved to New York. He attended ...

Killing Streets - N/A The Swordsman - N/A Snake Eater III: His Law - 14 CIA: Code Name Alexa - 8 CIA II: Target Alexa - 6 Bad Blood - 49 Midnight Man - 17 Mask of Death - 13 Bonus: Snake Eater - 7, Snake Eater II: The Drug Buster - 17

29. Jerry Trimble

Actor | Heat

Jerry Trimble was born in Newport, Kentucky. He was an insecure, fearful and bullied kid. At age 14 he was inspired by Bruce Lee and began studying Taekwon-Do. In six months he began teaching the art. At 15, Jerry earned the rank of first-degree black belt and became the number one point fighter in...

Terminator Woman - 4 Live by the Fist - 4 One Man Army - 5 Stranglehold - 71

30. Mario Van Peebles

Actor | How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass

Mario Van Peebles is a highly regarded director, actor, producer and writer. His directorial skills can be seen in the retelling of the epic mini-series "Roots" starring Forest Whitaker and Matthew Goode. Van Peebles has directed award-winning shows such as the recent hit "Empire" and "The Last ...

Posse - 30 Gunmen - 12 Full Eclipse - 13 Highlander III: The Sorcerer - 2 Solo - 16 Posse II: Los Locos - 7 Judgment Day - 7 Bonus: Outlaw Posse - N/A

31. Jeff Wincott

Actor | The Night Of

Jeff Wincott is an established actor and producer originally from Toronto, Canada. He starred in the award-winning Canadian television series Night Heat playing Detective Giambone for five years. He was nominated for Best Actor at the Gemini Awards for his performance which gave him international ...

Martial Law II: Undercover - 8 Mission of Justice - 5 Martial Outlaw - 13 Open Fire - 9 The Killing Man/Machine - 21 Last Man Standing - 21

32. Frank Zagarino

Actor | Shadowchaser

Blonde, athletic and muscular actor, Frank Zagarino was born in Los Angeles on December 19, 1959 and grew up in Miami where he attended Miami Dade College; Zagarino starred as hero and villain in many low-cost action and science fiction films; appeared in movies such as Project Shadowchaser (1992) ...

The Revenger - 6 Project Eliminator - 6 Project Shadowchaser - 4 Blood Warriors - 4 Project Shadowchaser II: Night Siege - 50 Project Shadowchaser III/3000 - 15 Cyborg Cop III: Terminal Impact - 9 Without Mercy - 14 Warhead - 22 Project Shadowchaser IV: Orion's Key - 4 Operation Delta Force - 10 Airboss - 25 Armstrong - 21 The Protector - 14 Airboss II: Preemptive Attack - 22 The Company Man - 19 Bonus: Airboss III: The Payback - 0, Strike Zone - 5, Airboss IV: The X Factor - 3, Lethal - 12, Spiker - 11

33. Billy Blanks

Actor | The Last Boy Scout

Muscular African American sports star, actor, media identity and inventor of the phenomenally popular "Tae Bo" fitness system, derived from his extensive martial arts training. Blanks was born in Erie, Pennsylvania in 1955 amongst humble backgrounds and grew up as one of 15 children, battling ...

The King of the Kickboxers - 5 Talons of the Eagle - 2 TC 2000 - 2 Back in Action - 12 Tough and Deadly - 21 Balance of Power - 4

34. Matt McColm

Actor | The Matrix Reloaded

Matt McColm was born on January 31, 1965. He is an actor, known for The Matrix Reloaded (2003), They Live (1988) and R.I.P.D. (2013).

Red Scorpion 2 - 21 Subterfuge - 7 The Protector - 24 Acts of Betrayal - 13

35. Daniel Bernhardt

Actor | Atomic Blonde

Daniel Bernhardt was born on the 31st August 1965 in Worblaufen, Bern in Switzerland.

After finishing high school, he studied architectural design for four years and graduated in Bern. At the same time he opened a martial arts school with his brother. After completing his studies, Daniel moved to ...

Future War - 3 True Vengeance - 36 Perfect Target - 12 Bloodsport: Dark Kumite - 10 G2: Mortal Conquest - 10

36. Jeff Speakman

Actor | The Perfect Weapon

Jeff Speakman was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, where he became a All-American springboard diver in high school. He broke records in his school's district and conference all without ever having a coach. Determined to go to college, he worked for six years and graduated with honors from ...

The Perfect Weapon - 5 Street Knight - 7 Deadly Outbreak - 8 The Expert - 7 Plato's Run - 12 Scorpio One - 4 Land of the Free - 12 Memorial Day - 8 Running Red - 19

37. Sue Price

Actress | Nemesis 5: The New Model

Sue grew up in, and attended schools in Mount Prospect, Illinois. She attended Lions park grade school, Lincoln Junior High, and Prospect High school. After graduation from high school, she attended Northern Illinois University, in DeKalb, Illinois, where she first began exploring her interest in ...

Nemesis 2: Nebula - 13 Nemesis 3: Time Lapse - 10 Nemesis 4: Cry of Angels - 12 Bonus: Nemesis 5: The New Model - N/A

38. Jackie Chan

Actor | Ngo si seoi

Hong Kong's cheeky, lovable and best-known film star, Jackie Chan endured many years of long, hard work and multiple injuries to establish international success after his start in Hong Kong's manic martial arts cinema industry.

Jackie was born Kong-sang Chan on April 7, 1954, on Hong Kong's famous ...

The Prisoner/Island of Fire - 21 Armour of God II: Operation Condor - 0 Police Story III: Super Cop - 5 City Hunter - 7 Crime Story - 9 Police Story IV: First Strike - 0

39. Chow Yun-Fat

Actor | Wo hu cang long

Chow Yun Fat is a charismatic, athletically built and energetic Asian-born film star who first came to the attention of western audiences via his roles in the high-octane/blazing guns action films of maverick HK director John Woo.

Chow was born in 1955 on the quiet island of Lamma, part of the ...

Once a Thief - 33 Hard Boiled - 84 Full Contact - 12 Treasure Hunt - 46 God of Gamblers Returns - 42 Peace Hotel - 106 The Replacement Killers - 32 The Corruptor - 10

40. Kevin Costner

Actor | The Postman

Kevin Michael Costner was born on January 18, 1955 in Lynwood, California, the third child of Bill Costner, a ditch digger and ultimately an electric line servicer for Southern California Edison, and Sharon Costner (née Tedrick), a welfare worker. His older brother, Dan, was born in 1950. A middle ...

Dances with Wolves - 6 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves - 16 Wyatt Earp - 7 Waterworld - 528 The Postman - 5 Bonus: Silverado - 7, The Untouchables - 6

41. Brandon Lee

Actor | The Crow

Born on February 1, 1965 to Bruce Lee (Martial Arts idol) and Linda Lee Cadwell. Brother to Shannon Lee. In 1970-71, they moved to Hong Kong, where Brandon lived until age eight, becoming fluent in Cantonese. By the time he was able to walk, he was already involved in learning about martial arts ...

Laser Mission - 54 Showdown in Little Tokyo - 14 Rapid Fire - 11 The Crow - 31 Bonus: Legacy of Rage - 26

42. Mark Dacascos

Actor | Le pacte des loups

Mark Dacascos is an actor, director, martial artist, and television personality. Whether seen on the big screen or small, playing the good guy or the bad, Mark has been making audience stand up and take notice for many years.

This May, Mark will be seen in highly anticipated film John Wick: Chapter ...

American Samurai - 5 Crying Freeman - 63 Sabotage - 9 Drive - 21 Deathline/Redline - 7 Sanctuary - 16 The Base - 12

43. Mel Gibson

Actor | Braveheart

Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson was born January 3, 1956 in Peekskill, New York, USA, as the sixth of eleven children of Hutton Gibson, a railroad brakeman, and Anne Patricia (Reilly) Gibson (who died in December of 1990). His mother was Irish, from County Longford, while his American-born father is ...

Bird on a Wire - 5 Lethal Weapon 3 - 6 Braveheart - 63 Lethal Weapon 4 - 7 Payback - 20

44. John Travolta

Actor | Pulp Fiction

John Joseph Travolta was born in Englewood, New Jersey, one of six children of Helen Travolta (née Helen Cecilia Burke) and Salvatore/Samuel J. Travolta. His father was of Italian descent and his mother was of Irish ancestry. His father owned a tire repair shop called Travolta Tires in Hillsdale, ...

Chains of Gold - N/A Boris and Natasha - N/A Pulp Fiction - 3 White Man’s Burden - N/A Broken Arrow - 8 She’s So Lovely - N/A Face/Off - 15 Bonus: The Experts - N/A

45. Mark Wahlberg

Producer | The Fighter

American actor Mark Wahlberg is one of a handful of respected entertainers who successfully made the transition from teen pop idol to acclaimed actor. A Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominee for The Departed (2006) who went on to receive positive critical reviews for his performance in The Fighter (...

The Big Hit - 33 The Corruptor - 7 Three Kings - 3

46. Bruce Willis

Actor | Die Hard

Actor and musician Bruce Willis is well known for playing wisecracking or hard-edged characters, often in spectacular action films. Collectively, he has appeared in films that have grossed in excess of $2.5 billion USD.

Walter Bruce Willis was born on March 19, 1955, in Idar-Oberstein, West Germany,...

Die Hard 2 - 24 Hudson Hawk - 10 The Last Boyscout - 16 Die Hard with a Vengeance - 13 Last Man Standing - 33 The Fifth Element - 27 The Jackal - 7

47. Don Wilson

Actor | Batman Forever

Don "The Dragon" Wilson is considered the greatest kick-boxing champion in the sport's history. A native of South Florida, Wilson began fighting in the late 1970s. In a career which spanned 4 decades, he won 11 world kick-boxing championships, among them the WKA, STAR, WKC, PKO Lightheavyweight ...

Bloodfist I-VIII - 39 Blackbelt - 13 Out for Blood - 16 Cyber Tracker - 14 Lion Strike - 16 Virtual Combat - 8 Cyber Tracker 2 - 59 Night Hunter - 10 Terminal Rush - 10 Whatever It Takes - 12 The Prophet/The Capitol Conspiracy - 15 Bonus: Soft Target - 9, The Last Sentinel - 97, Death Fighter - 14

48. Pierce Brosnan

Actor | The World Is Not Enough

Pierce Brendan Brosnan was born in Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland, to May (Smith), a nurse, and Thomas Brosnan, a carpenter. He lived in Navan, County Meath, until he moved to England, UK, at an early age (thus explaining his ability to play men from both backgrounds convincingly). His father left...

Live Wire - 7 Death Train/Detonator - 11 The Broken Chain - N/A Night Watch/Detonator 2 - 3 GoldenEye - 49 Robinson Crusoe - 32 Tomorrow Never Dies - 49 The World Is Not Enough - 34

49. Roddy Piper

Actor | They Live

Roddy Piper was born Roderick George Toombs on April 17, 1954 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. He was a pro wrestler from 1973-1987 in the NWA, Pacific Northwest, California. He was a longtime mainstay in the WWF, and was one of the biggest "bad guys" in the WWF during the early '80s, before ...

Back in Action - 9 Tough and Deadly - 4 No Contest - 10 Jungleground - 10 Marked Man - 4 Terminal Rush - 14 Last to Surrender - 19 Bonus: Pro Wrestlers vs. Zombies - 16

50. Miles O'Keeffe

Actor | Ator 2: L'invincibile Orion

Attended the Air Force Academy Prep School after high school. He quit and switched over to Mississippi State to play football, but was forced to quit when he broke his hand. He then transferred to the University of the South, and graduated with a B.A. in psychology. He worked a year as a counselor ...

Cartel - 6 Dead On: Relentless 2 - 6 Silent Hunter - N/A Marked Man - N/A True Vengeance - 7 Diamondbacks - N/A

51. Jean Reno

Actor | Léon

Jean Reno was born Juan Moreno y Herrera-Jiménez in Casablanca, Morocco, to Spanish parents (from Andalucía) who moved to North Africa to seek work. His father was a linotypist. Reno settled in France at 17. He began studying drama and has credits in French television and theater as well as films. ...

Nikita - 11 Leon: The Professional - 30 Ronin - 10

52. Brad Pitt

Actor | Fight Club

William Bradley "Brad" Pitt was born on December 18, 1963 in Shawnee, Oklahoma and raised in Springfield, Missouri to Jane Etta Pitt (née Hillhouse), a school counselor & William Alvin "Bill" Pitt, a truck company manager. At Kickapoo High School, Pitt was involved in sports, debating, student ...

Kalifornia - 9 Interview with the Vampire - 19 Legends of the Fall - 9 The Devil's Own - 11

53. Denzel Washington

Actor | Fences

Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. was born on December 28, 1954 in Mount Vernon, New York. He is the middle of three children of a beautician mother, Lennis, from Georgia, and a Pentecostal minister father, Denzel Washington, Sr., from Virginia. After graduating from high school, Denzel enrolled at ...

Virtuosity - 9 Courage Under Fire - 23 Bonus: Glory - 10

54. Eddie Murphy

Actor | The Nutty Professor

Edward Regan Murphy was born April 3, 1961 in Brooklyn, New York, to Lillian Lynch (born: Lillian Laney), a telephone operator, and Charles Edward Murphy, a transit police officer who was also an amateur comedian and actor. After his father died, his mother married Vernon Lynch, a foreman at a ...

Another 48 hrs. - 2 Beverly Hills Cop III - 12 Vampire in Brooklyn - 17 Metro - 2

55. Robert Patrick

Actor | Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Robert Hammond Patrick was born on November 5, 1958 in Marietta, Georgia, raised there and Boston, Mass., Dayton, Ohio, Detroit, Michigan, and Cleveland, Ohio. The eldest of five children. He attended the Bowling Green State University in Ohio, but dropped out after he took a drama course and ...

Zero Tolerance - 53 Hong Kong 97 - 52 Decoy - 5 Tacitcal Assault - 4 Perfect Assassins - 6 From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money - 4 The Vivero Letter - 8 Bonus: Gangster Squad - 9

56. Matt Damon

Actor | Good Will Hunting

Matthew Paige Damon was born on October 8, 1970, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Kent Damon, a stockbroker, realtor and tax preparer, and Nancy Carlsson-Paige, an early childhood education professor at Lesley University. Matt has an older brother, Kyle, a sculptor. His father was of English and ...

Saving Private Ryan - 13 Dogma - 9

57. Matthias Hues

Actor | Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich

Matthias Hues was born on Valentine's Day in Waltrop, Germany, to the late Dr. Josef Hues and Maria Humperdinck Hues who still resides in Germany. Maria is the niece of Engelbert Humperdinck, composer of the opera Hansel and Gretel.

Matthias was very involved in sports from an early age on. By the ...

Dark Angel - 16 Black Belt - 15 Bounty Tracker - 9 Digital Man - 12 Phoenix II - 16 The Protector - 5

58. Loren Avedon

Actor | The King of the Kickboxers

After graduating from Beverly Hills High School in 1980, while attending college Loren Avedon signed up at the Jun Chong Tae Kwon Do Karate school in Los Angeles. He received his first "break" while training late one night at the Karate school. Producer Roy Horan was looking for an actor/martial ...

No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers - 1 The King of the Kickboxers - 1 Fighting Spirit - 6 Operation Golden Phoenix - 6 Safety Zone - 9 Deadly Ransom - 10 Tiger Claws III - 2 Bonus: No Retreat, No Surrender 2: Raging Thunder - 159, Manhattan Chase - 4, The Silent Force - 11, Risk Factor - 17

59. Simon Yam

Actor | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life

Simon Yam was born 19 March, 1955, also known as Yam Tat-wah, is a veteran Hong Kong-based actor and film producer. He started off as a supermodel before becoming an actor in the mid 1970s. He then signed with the Hong Kong television network TVB, starring and co-starring in a number of television ...

Killer’s Romance - 33 Bullet In the Head - 70 Bullet for Hire - 26 Deadly Deal - N/A The Plot - N/A The Good, the Bad, and the Bandit - N/A Friday Gigolo - N/A Naked Killer - 34 The Night Rider - N/A Run & Kill - 25 Love Among the Triad - N/A Naked Killer 2 - N/A Holy Weapon - 30 Warriors: The Black Panther - 35 Crossings - N/A Crystal Fortune Run - N/A Drunken Master III - N/A The True Hero - 8 Man Wanted - 23 Legendary Couple - 40 Love, Guns, and Glass - 32 Police Confidential - N/A Dragon Killer - 7 Young & Dangerous - N/A Young & Dangerous 2 - N/A Street Angels - 10 Young & Dangerous 3 - N/A To Be Number One - N/A The King of Robbery - 19 Hitman - 10 Bonus: Twins of Kung Fu - N/A, Green Killer - N/A, The Devil’s Box - N/A, Tongs: A Chinatown Story - N/A, Burning Snow - N/A, Mistaken Identity - N/A, Chinese Cop Out - 6, Burning Ambition - N/A, Top Team Force - N/A

60. Andy Lau

Actor | Mou gaan dou

Andy Lau Tak-wah, (born 27 September 1961) is a Hong Kong actor, singer-songwriter, presenter, and film producer. Lau has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maintaining a successful singing career at the same...

Return Engagement - 28 No Risk, No Gain: Casino Raiders – The Sequel - 5 A Home Too Far - 17 Dragon in Jail - 22 God of Gamblers II - 4 Island of Fire - 19 Casino Raiders II - 2 Hong Kong Godfather - 10 Lee Rock - 2 Lee Rock II - 3 Saviour of the Soul - 1 Casino Tycoon - 8 Gun & Rose - 21 Casino Tycoon II - 1 The Prince of Temple Street - 16 Saviour of the Soul II - 8 Moon Warriors - 53 Come Fly the Dragon - 13 Drunken Master III - 7 A Taste of Killing and Romance - 10 The Three Swordsmen - 7 The Adventurers - 6 Island of Greed - 28 Bonus: Shanghai 13 - 7, Tragic Hero - 64, Sworn Brothers - 6, In the Blood - 6, Three Against the World - 7, The Dragon Family - 14, Bloody Brotherhood - 19, Proud and Confident - 46, Casino Raiders - 7, God of Gambers - 3

61. Donnie Yen

Actor | Ip Man

Donnie Yen was born in Guangzhou, China. His mother, Bow-sim Mark, was a kung fu master and his father, Kylster Yen, a newspaper editor and amateur musician. When Donnie was just two years old, the family moved to Hong Kong and then, when he was 11, to Boston, Massachusetts.

There, Master Bow-sim ...

Holy Virgin vs. the Evil Dead - 27 Cheetah on Fire - 8 Butterfly and Sword - 13 Iron Monkey - 4 Asian Cop: High Voltage - 25 Iron Monkey 2 - 18 Legend of the Wolf - 63 Ballistic Kiss - 27 Shanghai Affairs - 20

62. Riki Takeuchi

Actor | Dead or Alive: Hanzaisha

Riki Takeuchi was born on January 4, 1964 in Oita, Japan. He is an actor and producer, known for Dead or Alive (1999), Blood (1998) and Battle Royale II (2003).

Bimbari hai sukuru - N/A Jingi - N/A Blowback 2 - Love & Death - 124 Nanba kin'yû-den Minami no teiô - N/A Nanba kin'yû-den Minami no teiô 2 - N/A Araki Mataemon: Duel at Kagiya No Tsuji - N/A Nanba kin'yû-den Minami no teiô 3 - N/A Nanba kin'yû-den Minami no teiô 4 - N/A Nanba kin'yû-den Minami no teiô 5 - N/A Nanba kin'yû den: Minami no teiô - Gekijô ban Part VI - N/A Nanba kin'yû-den, Minami no teiô: Supesharu gekijô-ban - N/A Tokyo Mafia: Wrath of the Mafia - 14 Peanuts - N/A Tokyo Mafia: Battle for Shinjuku - 12 The Doberman Cop - N/A Nanba kin'yû den: Minami no teiô - Sagishi tsubushi - N/A Nanba kin'yû den: Minami no teiô - Jûgeki no fukushû - N/A Tokyo Mafia: Yakuza Blood - 43 Blood - N/A Yakuza Ladies: Decision - N/A The Yakuza Way - 8 Nobody - N/A Wild Criminal - N/A Dead or Alive - 216 Bonus: Yakuza Ladies - N/A, Yakuza Ladies 2 - N/A, The Monster Bus - N/A

63. Chuck Norris

Actor | Walker, Texas Ranger

Chuck Norris is familiar to fans worldwide as the star of action films such as The Hitman (1991), The Delta Force (1986) and Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection (1990). He also starred in Missing in Action (1984) and its sequels, Firewalker (1986) and Sidekicks (1992). He was an executive ...

Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection - 12 The Hitman - 13

64. Yukari Ôshima

Actress | Lik wong

Daughter of a Chinese woman, who spent her childhood in Nishi Ku (Fukuoka City). When she was in elementary school, her parents divorced and she went to live with her mother, who ran a little restaurant. Being a child she practiced karate in junior high school, represented Kyushu in several ...

Lethal Angels 2 - N/A Never Say Regret - 6 Lethal Angel/Brave Young Girls - 6 The Justice Women - N/A The Story of the Gun - 6 Angel Terminators II - 4 Dreaming the Reality - 14 Angel Force - N/A Devil Cat - 6 The Angels - N/A Spiritually a Cop - N/A Beauty Investigator - 10 Mission of Justice - 26 The Big Deal - N/A Hard to Kill - 6 The Direct Line - 11 Angel Hunter - N/A Angel of Vengeance - 8 Kakambal ko sa tapang - 18 Lethal Panther 2 - 30 Deadly Target - 8 Iyo Ang Hong Kong, Akin Ang Manila! - 13 Once Upon a Time in Manila - 8 Power Connection/Power Play - 13 The Year of the Gun - N/A Guardian Angel - N/A Tiger Angels - N/A Super Cops - N/A Gold Rush - N/A Du wen - N/A Sgt. Hidalgo: Bala ng katarungan - N/A Leopard Hunting - N/A It Takes a Thief - N/A Bonus: Xtreme Warriors - N/A, Legendary Amazons - 1

65. Moon Lee

Actress | Tian shi xing dong

Moon Lee was born on February 14, 1965 in Hong Kong. She is an actress, known for Fighting Madam (1987), Fatal Termination (1990) and Mission of Justice (1992).

Bury Me High - 14 Dreaming the Reality - 50 Angel Force - 21 Angel Terminators II - 3 Beauty Investigator - 25 Mission of Justice - 5 Mission Kill - N/A A Big Deal - N/A The Inspector Wears Skirts IV - N/A Angel Mission - 3 Honor and Glory - N/A Secret Police - 5

66. Jet Li

Actor | Huo Yuan Jia

Jet Li born Li Lian Jie in Beijing, China. He started training at the Beijing wushu academy (wushu is China's national sport, largely a performance version of various martial art styles) at age eight. He won five gold medals in the Chinese championships, his first when he was only 11. In his teens,...

Once Upon a Time in China - 2 Legend of the Swordsman/Swordman II - N/A Once Upon a Time in China II - 6 Once Upon a Time in China III - 1 Fong Sai Yuk/The Legend - 89 Last Hero in China - 23 Fong Sai Yuk 2/The Legend 2 - 72 Kung Fu Cult Master - 83 The New Legend of Shaolin - 86 The Bodyguard from Beijing - 65 The Enforcer - 8 High Risk - 79 Dr. Wai in the Scripture with No Words - 25 Black Mask - 44 Once Upon a Time in China and America - 9 Hitman - 9 Lethal Weapon 4 - 4 Bonus: Shaolin Temple - 22, Shaolin Temple 3: Martial Arts of Shaolin - 16, Born to Defense - 10, Dragon Fight - 6

67. Emilio Estevez

Actor | The Way

Emilio Estevez was born on May 12, 1962, in New York City. He is the eldest son of actor Martin Sheen, who at the time was just breaking into the business. His mother, Janet Sheen (née Templeton), was a former New York art student who had met Emilio's father right after he had moved to Manhattan. ...

Young Guns - 14 Young Guns II - 8 Freejack - 11 Loaded Weapon 1 - 10 Dollar For The Dead - 71