History Main / HollywoodActionHero

* ''Film/BadBoys'' and its sequels.

* ''Film/{{Red}}'' and its sequel.

* ''The Corruptor''

* ''Full Contact''

* ''Film/{{Hero}}''

* ''Film/TheUntouchables''

Unsurprisingly, these types can fall into the InvincibleHero category if done poorly. Expect the hero to be bloody, bruised, and hurt badly by the end. He may be a BadassNormal, but he still ''worked'' for that victory. Speaking of normal, Hollywood Action Heroes rarely have [[StockSuperpowers superpowers]], perhaps because they tend to fit a male viewer's [[EscapistCharacter "fantasy" of their ideal self]], a strong warrior {{ubermensch}} type who kills bad guys, does good, and gets the girl.

* ''Film/DieHard'' and its sequels.
* ''Film/TheLastBoyScout''

* '''[[AC: Morality:]]''' A few are {{Anti Hero}}es but most are plain old heroes who are morally upright. That doesn't stop them from killing mooks, but deliberating a bit with villains.

Unsurprisingly, these types can fall into the InvincibleHero category if done poorly. Expect the hero to be bloody, bruised, and hurt badly by the end. He may be a BadassNormal, but he still ''worked'' for that victory. Speaking of normal, Hollywood Action Heroes rarely have [[StockSuperpowers super Powers]], perhaps because they tend to fit a male viewers [[EscapistCharacter "fantasy" of their ideal self]], a strong warrior {{ubermensch}} type who kills bad guys, does good, and gets the girl.

The phrase "action heroes" appeared early in the 1960s, used to describe the Creator/CharltonComics protagonists (later the inspiration for the characters in ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''). This phrase, coined by Dick Giordiano, applied to their mostly non-metahuman adventurers such as ComicBook/TheQuestion and [[ComicBook/BlueBeetle Ted Kord]]. The era with the biggest bunch of Action Heroes are the 80's and 90's, with big name stars like Stallone, Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, and many, ''many'' others starring in a half dozen {{Summer Blockbuster}}s every year. There was also a big action movie scene in Hong Kong, with stars such as Creator/BruceLee, Chow Yun-Fat, Creator/JackieChan and Creator/JetLi kicking serious ass with kung fu (or GunFu, in the case of Chow Yun-Fat).

* ''Film/AboveTheLaw''

* ''Mr. Nice Guy''

* ''Project A''

* ''The Glimmer Man''

* ''The Patriot''

* ''Film/JohnWick'' and its sequel.

->''Hey, look at me''
->''Casually''
->''Walking away like Action Movie Hero Boy,''
->''In slow-mo,''
->''Everything glowing and blowing to bits''
->''Right behind me!''

* ''Film/FirstBlood'' and its sequels

* ''Film/DeathWarrent''

* ''Film/LaraCroftTombRaider'' and sequel

[[AC:Chow Yun-Fat]]

* ''Film/DirtyHarry''
* ''Film/WhereEaglesDare''
* ''Film/TheRookie1990''

* ''Film/AirForceOne''

* ''Film/TheAfricanQueen''

* ''Film/AcrossThePacific''

* ''Film/TheRock''

* ''Film/TheUntouchables''

* ''Franchise/TheChroniclesOfRiddick''

* ''Film/TheRookie''

The phrase "action heroes" appeared early in the 1960's, used to describe the CharltonComics protagonists (later the inspiration for the characters in ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''). This phrase, coined by Dick Giordiano, applied to their mostly non-metahuman adventurers such as ComicBook/TheQuestion and [[ComicBook/BlueBeetle Ted Kord]]. The era with the biggest bunch of Action Heroes are the 80's and 90's, with big name stars like Stallone, Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, and many, ''many'' others starring in a half dozen {{Summer Blockbuster}}s every year. There was also a big action movie scene in Hong Kong, with stars such as Creator/BruceLee, Chow Yun-Fat, Creator/JackieChan and Creator/JetLi kicking serious ass with kung fu (or GunFu, in the case of Chow Yun-Fat).

* ''Film/{{Cyborg}}''

Unsurprisingly, these types can fall into the InvincibleHero category if done poorly. Expect the hero to be bloody, bruised, and hurt badly by the end. He may be a BadassNormal, but he still ''worked'' for that victory. Speaking of normal, Hollywood Action Heroes rarely have [[StockSuperpowers super Powers]], perhaps because they tend to fit a male viewers "fantasy" of their ideal self, a strong warrior {{ubermensch}} type who kills bad guys, does good, and gets the girl.

* ''[[Film/JamesBond BOND.James Bond]]''

[[AC: StevenSeagal]]

The phrase "action heroes" appeared early in the 1960's, used to describe the CharltonComics protagonists (later the inspiration for the characters in ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''). This phrase, coined by Dick Giordiano, applied to their mostly non-metahuman adventurers such as TheQuestion and [[ComicBook/BlueBeetle Ted Kord]]. The era with the biggest bunch of Action Heroes are the 80's and 90's, with big name stars like Stallone, Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, and many, ''many'' others starring in a half dozen {{Summer Blockbuster}}s every year. There was also a big action movie scene in Hong Kong, with stars such as Creator/BruceLee, Chow Yun-Fat, Creator/JackieChan and Creator/JetLi kicking serious ass with kung fu (or GunFu, in the case of Chow Yun-Fat).

* ''WhereEaglesDare''
* ''TheRookie''
* ''PaleRider''

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* '''[[AC: Personality:]]''' Usually a Hollywood Action Hero is [[TheStoic stoic]] and [[DeadpanSnarker glib]] or wisecracking and jolly. Usually he's either creative or [[TheDeterminator determined.]] This last one usually combines with MadeOfIron to form ImplacableMan.
* '''[[AC: Intellect:]]''' Usually BookDumb but deadly practical, sometimes unusually smart.
* '''[[AC: Morality:]]''' A few are {{Anti Hero}}es but most are plain old heroes who are morally upright. That doesn't stop them from killing mooks yet deliberating a bit with villains though.

Unsurprisingly, these types can fall to InvincibleHero if done poorly, especially when you consider your typical Action Hero wastes a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avogadro%27s_number mole]] of mooks by movies' end. When it's averted, expect it to result in the hero bloody, bruised, and hurt badly by the end. He may be a BadassNormal, but he still ''worked'' for that victory. Speaking of normal, Hollywood Action Heroes rarely have [[StockSuperpowers super Powers]], perhaps because they tend to fit a male viewers "fantasy" of their ideal self, a strong warrior {{ubermensch}} type who kills bad guys, does good, and gets the girl.

The phrase "action heroes" appeared early in the 1960's, used to describe the CharltonComics protagonists (later the inspiration for the characters in ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''). This phrase, coined by Dick Giordiano, applied to their mostly non-metahuman adventurers such as TheQuestion and [[ComicBook/BlueBeetle Ted Kord]]. The era with the biggest affluence of Action Heroes are probably the 80's and 90's, with big name stars like Stallone, Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, and many, ''many'' others starring in a half dozen {{Summer Blockbuster}}s every year. Many film critics lament that the current generation of actors has failed to produce a viable crop of Action Heroes, with only a few actors fitting the "classical" model like Creator/JasonStatham, Creator/VinDiesel, and Wrestling/DwayneJohnson aka The Rock. There was also a big action movie scene in Hong Kong, with stars such as Creator/BruceLee, Chow Yun-Fat, Creator/JackieChan and Creator/JetLi kicking serious ass with kung fu (or GunFu, in the case of Chow Yun-Fat).

The phrase "action heroes" appeared early in the 1960's, used to describe the CharltonComics protagonists (later the inspiration for the characters in ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''). This phrase, coined by Dick Giordiano, applied to their mostly non-metahuman adventurers such as TheQuestion and [[BlueBeetle Ted Kord]]. The era with the biggest affluence of Action Heroes are probably the 80's and 90's, with big name stars like Stallone, Schwarzeneger, Bruce Willis, and many, ''many'' others starring in a half dozen {{Summer Blockbuster}}s every year. Many film critics lament that the current generation of actors has failed to produce a viable crop of Action Heroes, with only a few actors fitting the "classical" model like Creator/JasonStatham, Creator/VinDiesel, and Wrestling/DwayneJohnson aka The Rock. There was also a big action movie scene in Hong Kong, with stars such as Creator/BruceLee, Chow Yun-Fat, Creator/JackieChan and Creator/JetLi kicking serious ass with kung fu (or GunFu, in the case of Chow Yun-Fat).

->''[[UnflinchingWalk Casually]]''

->''[[PowerWalk In slow-mo]],''
->''Everything [[PreExplosionGlow glowing]] and [[StuffBlowingUp blowing to bits]]''

* The ''ABetterTomorrow'' series

* ''HardBoiled''
* ''TheKiller''
* ''TheReplacementKillers''