Action Movie Actors with Exceptional Martial Arts Skills
by jtwulink | created - 06 Feb 2015 | updated - 25 Apr 2017 | PublicIn no particular order. Many of the actors on this list are real-life world champions of martial arts competitions; some of them also design/choreograph fight sequences in their movies. No.2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13 perform spectacular martial stunts in the movies. No.13,14,15 are masters of martial stunts & fight choreography.
101. Heidi Moneymaker
Stunts | Captain America: Civil War
Heidi Moneymaker was born on February 9, 1978 in Santa Rosa, California, USA. She is an actress and assistant director, known for Captain America: Civil War (2016), Star Trek (2009) and Avengers: Endgame (2019).
Leading stunt double for Hollywood stars like Scarlett Johansson (as Black Widow). Gymnast and fast learner of martial arts skills.
102. Dean Geyer
Actor | Glee
Dean Geyer was born in Johannesburg South Africa and immigrated to Australia when he was 15 years old, commencing his schooling in Australia at Melbourne High School.
Geyer's family has a strong connection to martial arts. His grandfather Stan Schmidt was credited with formally introducing karate ...
103. Eric St. John
Actor | 4 Horsemen: Apocalypse
Eric St. John is an American actor residing in Los Angeles. He is a graduate of The American Academy of Dramatic Arts New York. Some of his Television and Film credits include General Hospital, Passions, It's a Miracle, True Beauty This Night, Afterlife, The Boarder, The Shifting, Being American, ...
104. Albert Valladares
Stunts | War for the Planet of the Apes
Albert Valladares is known for War for the Planet of the Apes (2017), Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014).
105. Katheryn Winnick
Actress | Vikings
Award-winning actress, director, producer, Katheryn Winnick, is best known for starring and directing the critically acclaimed, Emmy award-winning television series "Vikings." Winnick made her directorial debut in sixth and final season which earned her "Best Director" at the 2020 WIN Awards. She ...
106. Clive Standen
Actor | Vikings
Clive Standen is a British actor, he was born on a British Army base in Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland, and grew up in the East Midlands in England. He went to school at King Edward VII School (Melton Mowbray) followed by a performing arts course at Melton Mowbray College. In his late ...
107. Anthony Molinari
Stunts | Oppenheimer
Anthony Molinari was born in Worcester, Massachusetts to his wonderful parents, William and Joyce, alongside his brother, Billy, and sister, Christina. He earned his degree in Sociology and Education from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. After graduating, he began teaching early elementary ...
108. Thomas Canestraro
Actor | The Expendables 3
Hello I am Thomas,
I have spent the last ten years of my life exploring new avenues like acting in various shows and films like "The Expendables 3" or being directed by Tyler Perry in 'The Haves and Have Nots', to modeling for some amazing projects and appearing in the top fitness magazines. New ...
109. David Belle
Actor | Banlieue 13
David Belle is an international actor, but also the founder of Parkour. Belle was introduced to his acting career in a meeting with Hubert Koundé (La Haine) and then in the play Pygmalion. He began his acting career guest-starring in the television show Louis Page (1997). Belle gained prominence ...
110. Ronda Rousey
Actress | Fast & Furious 7
Ronda Rousey burst onto the women's MMA scene in August of 2010. Born in Riverside County, California on February 1, 1987 to parents Ron Rousey and AnnMaria DeMars, little Ronda was born with an umbilical cord wrapped around her neck that damaged her vocal cords. She didn't speak coherently until ...
111. Ho-Sung Pak
Actor | Lesser of Three Evils
Korean-American born Ho-Sung Pak is best known for two accomplishments in martial arts. A wushu champion, Ho was inducted into the Black Belt Hall of Fame in 1991. His first accomplishment was that he played both Liu Kang and Shang Tsung in the video game that started a fad and 2 movies, Mortal ...
112. Celina Jade
Actress | The Man with the Iron Fists
Celina Horan, professionally known as Celina Jade, is a Chinese American actress, model, singer/songwriter and martial artist most known for her work as "Shado" in the CW series Arrow. Jade's acting career started in Hong Kong in 2007. She was cast as the leading lady in her first film, Legendary ...
113. Ernie Reyes Jr.
Actor | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
Ernie Reyes Jr. was born on January 15, 1972 in San Jose, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991), The Rundown (2003) and Red Sonja (1985). He has been married to Lisa Reyes since November 11, 2009. They have two ...
114. Rorelee Tio
Stunts | Power Rangers
Rorelee Tio was born in Manila, Philippines. She is known for Power Rangers (2017), Deadpool (2016) and Okja (2017).
115. Taylor Lautner
Actor | Twilight
Taylor Daniel Lautner was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to Deborah, a software company worker, and Daniel Lautner, a pilot for Midwest Airlines. He and his younger sister Makena were raised in a well-mannered, Roman Catholic household in Hudsonville, Michigan. He is of English, German, Dutch, and...
116. Johnny Tri Nguyen
Actor | Da 5 Bloods
Johnny Tri Nguyen was born in Vietnam into a family with a rich martial arts tradition. At the age of 9, he immigrated to America. Throughout the 90s, Nguyen's talent in martial arts led him to compete and won many award in various championships as well as representing the US in the national Wushu ...
117. Jeff Wolfe
Director | Mourning Rock
Jeff Wolfe is an award winning Director, 2nd Unit Director. One of few who have parlayed a stunt/acting career into a successful role behind the camera. Having over 200 credits to his name and 150 Episodes of Network television Directing 2nd Unit, his experience and expertise have garnered four ...
118. Tsuyoshi Ihara
Actor | Letters from Iwo Jima
Ihara Tsuyoshi was born on November 6, 1963, in Kokura, Kyushu. He grew up in Osaka, and after graduating high school, he joined JAC (Japan Action Club) which is headed by Shin'ichi Chiba (aka Chiba Shinichi), which is a company of stunt and action actors. He made his debut in 1983 in a stage drama...
119. Natasha Liu Bordizzo
Actress | Ahsoka
Natasha Liu Bordizzo is an Australian actress.
She was born on the 25th of August 1994 in Sydney. Natasha has an academic background, having deferred a law degree to pursue work in film. She also holds a strong background in sports - particularly martial arts, having achieved a black-belt in ...
120. Nathan Barris
Stunts | Infinite
Nathan Barris is known for Infinite (2021), Chappie (2015) and Bloodshot (2020).
121. Tamiko Brownlee
Stunts | Avengers: Endgame
Born and raised in San Antonio, TX to a Canadian Japanese mother and South African father. Tamiko grew up the youngest of three (with two older brothers) participating in Taekwondo and various sports - volleyball, track & field, softball, and dance. She always had a love for martial arts and ...
122. Andrei Arlovski
Actor | Universal Soldier: Regeneration
Andrei Arlovski was born on February 4, 1979 in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, USSR [now Belarus]. He is an actor, known for Universal Soldier: Regeneration (2009), Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (2012) and The Equalizer 2 (2018).
123. Eddie J. Fernandez
Actor | 22 Jump Street
Eddie Fernandez is a Latino stuntman in Hollywood. Eddie started off in the stunt business in 1981 in his hometown of Chicago. He spent his earlier years honing his martial arts, wrestling and motocross skills, among others, which would eventually lead him into his chosen profession, stunt work. ...
124. Clara Lee
Actress | Kyeolhonui yeoshi
Clara Lee is a Korean-American actress from the Republic of Korea. Born in Switzerland, Clara is the daughter of Tom Lee (Seung Kyu Lee) and Kyung Oae Lee, a former ballerina from Europe. Tom Lee, the lead Singer of Korean musical group "Koreana," performed at the Opening ceremonies of the 1988 ...
Fast learner of martial arts skills.
125. Bolo Yeung
Actor | Bloodsport
Bolo Yeung was born in China. He began his martial arts training at the age of 10. Growing up he took an interest in bodybuilding. Later he became know as Chinese Hercules after becoming Mr. Hong Kong bodybuilding champion. He held the title for ten years. Because of his impressively muscular ...
126. Benny Urquidez
Actor | Grosse Pointe Blank
Benny Urquidez was raised in a very athletic family. His mother was a professional wrestler and his father a professional boxer, with all of his siblings black belts. He has earned black belts in nine different martial arts and trained in other styles.
The Jet decided to pursue full-contact karate ...
127. Chris Brewster
Stunts | Renfield
Chris has been doing martial arts since he was four years old and grew up wanting to be a Ninja Turtle or Jackie Chan. He competed for several years and won 13 world titles and traveled around the world doing martial arts competitions and that brought him into the world of performance.
Chris was ...
128. Lewis Tan
Actor | Mortal Kombat
Lewis Tan is a half Chinese half English, film, television and theatre actor. He played as the series regular Gaius Chau on season three of AMC's "Into The Badlands" ; Lu Xin Lee on Netflix's first Asian American original series "Wu Assassins" and many films including the record breaking Marvel ...
129. Daniel O'Neill
Stunts | Ultraviolet
Daniel O'Neill is a British born Martial Arts Action Actor, known mainly for his role as 'Dan' in Bangkok Adrenaline and for his role as the Fixer in the movie 'Fixer'. After watching many Hong Kong action movies as a child, Daniel became very fond of Jackie Chan and saw him as a role model. Daniel...
130. Dean Alexandrou
Stunts | Kate
Dean is an actor, independent film-maker, and writer.
Dean started his professional career on stage in the UK, before moving to Asia to focus on film. He has been cast in leading roles in several theatrically released South-East Asian feature films, and can now be seen in Noah Hawley's "Alien" ...
131. Al Leong
Actor | Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Asian American actor & stuntman has picked up a cult fan following based around his numerous appearances in high voltage action flicks from the mid-1980s onwards. Al nearly always turns up as a bad guy with his lean muscled physique, incredible agility, amazing martial arts skills, wispy black hair...
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