Action hero

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This article is about male action heroes. For action heroines, see list of female action heroes.
The old-school action film heroes

The archetypal action hero is the protagonist of an action movie or other entertainment which portrays action and adventure.[1] Other media in which such heroes appear include swashbuckler films, Westerns on television, old-time radio, adventure novels, dime novels, pulp magazines, and folklore.

Contents

[edit] Male action heroes

[edit] Actors

[edit] Classic Action Heroes

[edit] Old School Action Heroes

[edit] New Action Heroes

[edit] Film

[edit] Television

[edit] Video games

[edit] Animation

[edit] Literature

[edit] Further reading

  • Osgerby, Bill, Anna Gough-Yates, and Marianne Wells. Action TV : Tough-Guys, Smooth Operators and Foxy Chicks. London: Routledge, 2001.
  • Tasker, Yvonne. Action and Adventure Cinema. New York: Routledge, 2004.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Barna William Donovan (2010), Blood, guns, and testosterone: action films, audiences, and a thirst for violence, Scarecrow Press, ISBN 9780810872622 

[edit] External links

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