# List of action film actors

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.

## Notable actors

* Jensen Ackles
* Scott Adkins
* Ben Affleck
* Carlos Agassi
* Malin Åkerman
* Jessica Alba
* Jestoni Alarcon
* Karen Allen
* Anthony Alonzo
* Dan Alvaro
* Gerald Anderson
* Gillian Anderson
* Jun Aristorenas
* Cüneyt Arkın
* Steve Austin
* Morena Baccarin
* Kevin Bacon
* Joe Don Baker
* Adam Baldwin
* Christian Bale
* Antonio Banderas
* Ahmed El Sakka
* Drew Barrymore
* Angela Bassett
* Dave Bautista
* Sean Bean
* Kate Beckinsale
* Zoë Bell
* David Belle
* Jean-Paul Belmondo
* Jim Belushi
* Julie Benz
* Tom Berenger
* Kathryn Bernardo
* Daniel Bernhardt
* Halle Berry
* Michael Biehn
* Jessica Biel
* Shane Black
* Emily Blunt
* Christian Boeving
* Bernard Bonnin
* Ernest Borgnine
* Johnny Yong Bosch
* Brian Bosworth
* Kate Bosworth
* Jeff Bridges
* James Brolin
* Josh Brolin
* Charles Bronson
* Pierce Brosnan
* Jim Brown
* Reb Brown
* Sandra Bullock
* Steve Buscemi
* Gary Busey
* Richard Burgi
* Gerard Butler
* Nicolas Cage
* Michael Caine
* David Caruso
* Bruce Campbell
* Gina Carano
* Charisma Carpenter
* David Carradine
* Lynda Carter
* Henry Cavill
* John Cena
* Danny Chan Kwok Kwan
* Jackie Chan
* Jessica Chastain
* Maggie Cheung
* David Chiang
* Shin'ichi Chiba
* Cheng Pei-pei
* Chin Kar-lok
* Chow Yun-fat
* George Clooney
* James Coburn
* Jennifer Connelly
* Sean Connery
* Bradley Cooper
* Dominic Cooper
* Kevin Costner
* Jai Courtney
* Randy Couture
* Daniel Craig
* Terry Crews
* Russell Crowe
* Tom Cruise
* Penélope Cruz
* Ice Cube
* Jamie Lee Curtis
* Tony Curtis
* John Cusack
* Mark Dacascos
* Timothy Dalton
* Matt Damon
* Gary Daniels
* Dingdong Dantes
* Ricky Davao
* Robert Davi
* Keith David
* Geena Davis
* Michael de Mesa
* Robert De Niro
* Monsour del Rosario
* Benicio del Toro
* Alain Delon
* Sunny Deol
* Johnny Depp
* Ajay Devgn
* Cameron Diaz
* Joko Diaz
* Vin Diesel
* Lexa Doig
* Kirk Douglas
* Robert Downey Jr.
* Michael Dudikoff
* Bill Duke
* Eliza Dushku
* Sanjay Dutt
* Clint Eastwood
* Gigi Edgley
* Jesse Eisenberg
* E.R. Ejercito
* Idris Elba
* Cary Elwes
* Emilio Estevez
* Gary Estrada
* Jinggoy Estrada
* Joseph Estrada
* Chris Evans
* Ejay Falcon
* Colin Farrell
* Michael Fassbender
* Oded Fehr
* Mark Anthony Fernandez
* Rudy Fernandez
* Tony Ferrer
* Lou Ferrigno
* Nathan Fillion
* Colin Firth
* Laurence Fishburne
* Harrison Ford
* Robert Forster
* William Forsythe
* Ben Foster
* Matthew Fox
* Megan Fox
* Jamie Foxx
* Jason David Frank
* Rila Fukushima
* Gal Gadot
* Eddie Garcia
* Andrew Garfield
* Jennifer Garner
* Sarah Michelle Gellar
* Janno Gibbs
* Mel Gibson
* Danny Glover
* Cuba Gooding Jr.
* John Goodman
* Suresh Gopi
* Joseph Gordon-Levitt
* Louis Gossett Jr.
* Kelsey Grammer
* Erin Gray
* Pam Grier
* Frank Grillo
* Michael Gross
* Richard Gutierrez
* Jake Gyllenhaal
* Gene Hackman
* Charles Hallahan
* Linda Hamilton
* Armie Hammer
* Daryl Hannah
* Tom Hanks
* Tom Hardy
* Kit Harington
* Danielle Harris
* Naomie Harris
* David Hasselhoff
* Anne Hathaway
* Rutger Hauer
* Salma Hayek
* Marg Helgenberger
* Tricia Helfer
* Chris Hemsworth
* Liam Hemsworth
* Lance Henriksen
* Mark Herras
* Charlton Heston
* Hulk Hogan
* Djimon Hounsou
* Sibelle Hu
* Vanessa Hudgens
* Ernie Hudson
* Brent Huff
* Sammo Hung
* Josh Hutcherson
* Rhene Imperial
* Kadir İnanır
* Michael Ironside
* Jason Isaacs
* Tony Jaa
* Hugh Jackman
* Kate Jackson
* Samuel L. Jackson
* Theo James
* Vidyut Jammwal
* Thomas Jane
* Famke Janssen
* Scarlett Johansson
* Don Johnson
* Dwayne Johnson
* Angelina Jolie
* Felicity Jones
* January Jones
* Sam J. Jones
* Tommy Lee Jones
* Vinnie Jones
* Michael B. Jordan
* Milla Jovovich
* Meiko Kaji
* Lau Kar-leung
* Michael Keaton
* Toby Kebbell
* Mila Kunis
* Shah Rukh Khan
* Cynthia Khan
* Richard Kiel
* Rinko Kikuchi
* Val Kilmer
* Ben Kingsley
* Ravi Teja
* Takeshi Kitano
* Keira Knightley
* Kane Kosugi
* Shô Kosugi
* Martin Kove
* Akshay Kumar
* Chiaki Kuriyama
* Aaron Kwok
* Shia LaBeouf
* Lorenzo Lamas
* Christopher Lambert
* Burt Lancaster
* Sonny Landham
* Jess Lapid, Jr.
* Jess Lapid, Sr.
* Lito Lapid
* Mark Lapid
* Sanaa Lathan
* Andy Lau
* Taylor Lautner
* Lucy Lawless
* Jennifer Lawrence
* Martin Lawrence
* George Lazenby
* Bruce Lee
* Don Lee
* Jason Scott Lee
* Lee Min-ho
* Moon Lee
* Kier Legaspi
* Zoren Legaspi
* Al Leong
* Jet Li
* Lucy Liu
* Angel Locsin
* Dolph Lundgren
* Kellan Lutz
* Anthony Mackie
* Michael Madsen
* Tobey Maguire
* Robert Maillet
* John Malkovich
* Rey Malonzo
* Joe Manganiello
* Edu Manzano
* Baldo Marro
* Coco Martin
* Lee Marvin
* Matt McColm
* Matthew McConaughey
* Mary McDonnell
* Rose McGowan
* Steve McQueen
* Ian McShane
* Johnny Messner
* Sasha Mitchell
* Rhona Mitra
* Mohanlal
* Jason Momoa
* Cesar Montano
* Demi Moore
* Roger Moore
* Chloë Grace Moretz
* Carrie-Anne Moss
* Eddie Murphy
* Michael Murphy
* Liam Neeson
* Nichelle Nichols
* Rachel Nichols
* Jack Nicholson
* Brigitte Nielsen
* Connie Nielsen
* Nick Nolte
* Chuck Norris
* Edward Norton
* Warren Oates
* Timothy Olyphant
* Victor Ortiz
* Yukari Ôshima
* Clive Owen
* Al Pacino
* Daniel Padilla
* Robin Padilla
* Rommel Padilla
* Michael Paré
* Anne Parillaud
* Ray Park
* Sonny Parsons
* Robert Patrick
* Guy Pearce
* Gregory Peck
* Anthony Perkins
* Ron Perlman
* William Petersen
* Alex Pettyfer
* Ryan Phillippe
* Lou Diamond Phillips
* Chris Pine
* Brad Pitt
* Fernando Poe Jr.
* Natalie Portman
* Glen Powell
* Chris Pratt
* Freddie Prinze Jr.
* Dominic Purcell
* Maggie Q
* Dennis Quaid
* Puneeth Rajkumar
* Cyril Raffaelli
* Derek Ramsay
* Oliver Reed
* Keanu Reeves
* John Regala
* James Remar
* Jeremy Renner
* Jean Reno
* Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr.
* Ramon Revilla, Sr.
* Efren Reyes Jr.
* Efren Reyes Sr.
* Burt Reynolds
* Ryan Reynolds
* Ving Rhames
* Ronnie Ricketts
* Marian Rivera
* Margot Robbie
* Eric Roberts
* Bembol Roco
* Eddie Rodriguez
* Michelle Rodriguez
* Miguel Rodriguez
* Henry Rollins
* Michael Rooker
* Ruby Rose
* Hrithik Roshan
* Cynthia Rothrock
* Richard Roundtree
* Mickey Rourke
* Ronda Rousey
* Paul Rudd
* Kurt Russell
* Wyatt Russell
* Jeri Ryan
* Katee Sackhoff
* Zoe Saldana
* Phillip Salvador
* Raymart Santiago
* Susan Sarandon
* Romnick Sarmenta
* Catherine Schell
* Roy Scheider
* Arnold Schwarzenegger
* Steven Seagal
* Tom Selleck
* William Shatner
* Robert Shaw
* Charlie Sheen
* Sunil Shetty
* Robin Shou
* Tiger Shroff
* Elisabeth Shue
* Tom Sizemore
* Alexander Skarsgård
* Tom Skerritt
* Christian Slater
* Will Smith
* Wesley Snipes
* Kevin Sorbo
* Jeff Speakman
* Sylvester Stallone
* Sebastian Stan
* Jason Statham
* Ray Stevenson
* Sharon Stone
* Kiefer Sutherland
* Hilary Swank
* Patrick Swayze
* Mr. T
* Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
* Amanda Tapping
* Joe Taslim
* Channing Tatum
* Charlize Theron
* Uma Thurman
* Ti Lung
* Gina Torres
* John Travolta
* Danny Trejo
* Nicholas Tse
* Mike Tyson
* Karl Urban
* Iko Uwais
* Jean-Claude Van Damme
* Casper Van Dien
* Vic Vargas
* Ronaldo Valdez
* Dante Varona
* Robert Vaughn
* Ian Veneracion
* Jesse Ventura
* Ace Vergel
* Joseph Vijay
* Sharni Vinson
* Roi Vinzon
* Jon Voight
* Lindsay Wagner
* Mark Wahlberg
* Paul Walker
* Fred Ward
* Denzel Washington
* Emma Watson
* Naomi Watts
* John Wayne
* Carl Weathers
* Sigourney Weaver
* Hugo Weaving
* Zhao Wei
* Raquel Welch
* Peter Weller
* Vernon Wells
* Weng Weng
* Adam West
* Forest Whitaker
* David A.R. White
* Michael Jai White
* Billy Dee Williams
* Maisie Williams
* Fred Williamson
* Bruce Willis
* Don "The Dragon" Wilson
* Owen Wilson
* Jeff Wincott
* Kate Winslet
* Shailene Woodley
* Sam Worthington
* Simon Yam
* Yanin Vismitananda
* Donnie Yen
* Gong Yoo
* Michelle Yeoh
* Bolo Yeung
* Nan Yu
* Yuen Biao
* Ramon Zamora
* Billy Zane
* Marko Zaror
* Zhang Ziyi
* Zaldy Zshornack
* Bob Odenkirk