Actors/Martial Artists Within The MCU & The DCEU

1. Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr. has evolved into one of the most respected actors in Hollywood. With an amazing list of credits to his name, he has managed to stay new and fresh even after over four decades in the business.

Downey was born April 4, 1965 in Manhattan, New York, the son of writer, director and ...

Tony Stark / Iron Man (The MCU) Practices: Wing Chun

2. Chris Evans

Actor | The Avengers

Christopher Robert Evans is an American actor, film producer, and director. Evans began his acting career in typical fashion: performing in school productions and community theatre.

He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Lisa (Capuano), who worked at the Concord Youth Theatre, and G. ...

Steve Rogers / Captain America (The MCU) Practices: Boxing, Jiu-Jitsu, Karate, and Parkour

3. Scarlett Johansson

Actress | Lost in Translation

Scarlett Ingrid Johansson was born on November 22, 1984 in Manhattan, New York City, New York. Her mother, Melanie Sloan is from a Jewish family from the Bronx and her father, Karsten Johansson is a Danish-born architect from Copenhagen. She has a sister, Vanessa Johansson, who is also an actress, ...

Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow (The MCU) Practices: Boxing, Judo, Jiu-Jitsu, Kali/Arnis/Eskrima, Wushu, Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), and Pro-Wrestling

4. Chris Hemsworth

Actor | Snow White and the Huntsman

Christopher "Chris" Hemsworth was born on August 11, 1983 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia to Leonie Hemsworth (née van Os), an English teacher & Craig Hemsworth, a social-services counselor. His brothers are actors, Liam Hemsworth & Luke Hemsworth; he is of Dutch (from his immigrant maternal ...

Thor Odinson (The MCU) Practices: Boxing and Muay Thai

5. Jeremy Renner

Actor | The Hurt Locker

Jeremy Lee Renner was born in Modesto, California, the son of Valerie (Tague) and Lee Renner, who managed a bowling alley. After a tumultuous yet happy childhood with his four younger siblings, Renner graduated from Beyer High School and attended Modesto Junior College. He explored several areas of...

Clint Barton / Hawkeye (The MCU) Practices: Kali/Arnis/Eskrima and Muay Thai

6. Clark Gregg

Actor | The Avengers

Clark Gregg is an American actor, writer and director from Boston who is known for portraying Phil Coulson in various Marvel movies, shows and video games. He also acted in Mr. Popper's Penguins, The West Wing, 500 Days of Summer, The New Adventures of Old Christine, Labor Day and Live by Night.

Agent Phil Coulson (The MCU) Practices: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (A Black Belt)

7. Ming-Na Wen

Actress | Mulan

Ming-Na ("enlightenment") was born on the island of Macau, forty miles from Hong Kong. Her mother, Lin Chan Wen, divorced her father when Ming-Na was only a toddler. She has an older brother named Jonathan. After the divorce, they moved to Hong Kong where her mother became a nurse. There her mother...

Agent Melinda May (The MCU) Practices: Boxing, Kickboxing, Kung Fu, and Taekwondo; Also Proficient with Swords and Spears

8. Chloe Bennet

Actress | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Chloe Bennet is an American actress and singer. She is best known for ABC's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013).

Bennet was born Chloe Wang in Chicago, Illinois. Her father is Han Chinese and her mother is Caucasian American.

At 15, she moved to China to pursue a singing career under her birth name, Chloe ...

Daisy Johnson / Quake (The MCU) Practices: Boxing, Kickboxing, Krav Maga, and Jiu-Jitsu

9. Chris Pratt

Actor | Guardians of the Galaxy

Christopher Michael "Chris" Pratt was born on June 21, 1979 in Virginia, Minnesota and raised in Lake Stevens, Washington, to Kathleen Louise (Indahl), who worked at a supermarket, and Daniel Clifton Pratt, who remodeled houses. He is of mostly Norwegian descent. He graduated from Lake Stevens High...

Peter Quill / Star-Lord (The MCU) Practices: Boxing, MMA, Wrestling, Jiu-Jitsu, and Muay Thai

10. Chadwick Boseman

Actor | Black Panther

Chadwick Boseman was an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of T'Challa / Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe from 2016 to 2019, particularly in Black Panther (2018), and for his starring roles as several pioneering Americans, Jackie Robinson in 42 (2013), James Brown in Get on...

T'Challa / Black Panther (The MCU) Practices: Boxing, Karate, Kung Fu, Jiu-Jitsu, Capoeira Angola, Dambe, and Zulu Stick Fighting

11. Tom Holland

Actor | Spider-Man: Homecoming

Thomas Stanley Holland was born in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, to Nicola Elizabeth (Frost), a photographer, and Dominic Holland (Dominic Anthony Holland), who is a comedian and author. His paternal grandparents were from the Isle of Man and Ireland, respectively. He lives with his parents and ...

Peter Parker / Spider-Man (The MCU) Practices: Boxing

12. Lupita Nyong'o

Actress | 12 Years a Slave

Lupita Amondi Nyong'o was born March 1, 1983 in Mexico City, Mexico, to Kenyan parents, Dorothy Ogada Buyu and Peter Anyang' Nyong'o. Her father, a senator, was then a visiting lecturer in political science. She was raised in Kenya. At age 16, her parents sent her back to Mexico for seven months to...

Nakia (The MCU) Practices: Judo, Jiu-Jitsu, Filipino Martial Arts, and Silat

13. Danai Gurira

Actress | Black Panther

Danai Gurira was born in Grinnell, Iowa, to Josephine and Roger Gurira, who were from Zimbabwe. Her father was then teaching Chemistry at Grinnell College. When she was five, the family moved back to Zimbabwe, residing in the capital Harare. Gurira later returned to the United States, and studied ...

Okoye (The MCU) Practices: Kickboxing, Swordsmanship, and Stage Combat

14. Michael B. Jordan

Actor | Black Panther

Michael B. Jordan, the middle of three children, was born in Santa Ana, California and raised in Newark, New Jersey. He is the son of Donna (Davis), a high school counselor, and Michael A. Jordan. His middle name, Bakari, means "noble promise" in Swahili. (He is not related to, or named after, ...

Erik "Killmonger" Stevens (The MCU) Practices: Boxing and MMA (Additional Weapon and Gun Training)

15. Simu Liu

Actor | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Simu is a Chinese-Canadian actor who won a Game Changer Award and People's Choice Award for his role as Shang-Chi in the Marvel movie Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021). Before his leading role in a Marvel movie, he played Jung Kim on the CBC sitcom Kim's Convenience (2016). He is ...

Xu Shang-Chi / Shaun (The MCU) Practices: Taekwondo, Wing Chun, Wushu, Muay Thai, Silat, Krav Maga, Jiu-Jitsu, Boxing, and Street Fighting; Also Knowledgeable in Gymnastics

16. Meng'er Zhang

Actress | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Meng'er Zhang was born on April 22, 1987 in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. She is an actress, known for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), The Witcher (2019) and Untitled Shang-Chi Sequel. She has been married to Yung Lee since May 10, 2021.

Xu Xialing (The MCU) Practices: MMA, Tai Chi, and Rope Dart

17. Michelle Yeoh

Actress | Everything Everywhere All at Once

Michelle Yeoh was born in Ipoh, Malaysia. She's the daughter of Janet Yeoh & Kian Teik Yeoh. She's of Hokkien descent, speaking English and Malay before Chinese. A ballet dancer since 4, she moved to London to study at the Royal Academy as a teen. After a brief dance career, she won the Miss ...

Ying Nan (The MCU) Practices: Judo, Jeet Kune Do, Shaolin Kung Fu, and Taekwondo

18. Florian Munteanu

Actor | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Florian Munteanu was born on October 13, 1990 in Würzburg, Germany. He is an actor, known for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), Creed II (2018) and The Contractor (2022).

Razor Fist (The MCU) Practices: Boxing

19. Fala Chen

Actress | Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

Fala Chen was born in China and raised in Atlanta, GA, USA. A recipient of MFA in Drama from The Juilliard School, Fala's mother tongue is in Mandarin, but she is known to be multilingual, and can speak fluently in English, Cantonese, and Japanese as well. Some of her notable TV and film work ...

Ying Li (The MCU) Practices: Tai Chi

20. Florence Pugh

Actress | The Falling

Florence Pugh is an English actress. She is known for Midsommar (2019), Little Women (2019), her MCU debut Black Widow (2021), and Fighting with My Family (2019).

Pugh made her film debut in The Falling (2014). She also appears in Lady Macbeth (2016), Outlaw King (2018), Malevolent (2018), and the ...

Yelena Belova (The MCU) Practices: Taekwondo, Kali, and Karate

21. Barry Keoghan

Actor | The Killing of a Sacred Deer

Barry came to prominence in the 2017 film 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer' with his truly terrifying portrayal of Martin, an American teenager exacting a grisly revenge on drunken surgeon Colin Farrell, but he was neither an American nor a teenager. Born in Dublin on 17th October 1992, he has a ...

Druig (The MCU) Practices: Boxing

22. Ma Dong-seok

Actor | Busanhaeng

Ma Dong-seok (born Lee Dong-seok on March 1, 1971), also known as Don Lee is a South Korean-American actor best known for his supporting roles in The Neighbor, Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time, and The Unjust. He also played leading roles in Norigae, Murderer and One on One. Under his ...

Gilgamesh (The MCU) Practices: Boxing

23. Angelina Jolie

Actress | Maleficent

Angelina Jolie is an Academy Award-winning actress who rose to fame after her role in Girl, Interrupted (1999), playing the title role in the "Lara Croft" blockbuster movies, as well as Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), Wanted (2008), Salt (2010) and Maleficent (2014). Off-screen, Jolie has become ...

Thena (The MCU) Practices: Muay Thai, Shaolin Kung Fu, Jeet Kune Do, Krav Maga, and Kickboxing; Also Proficient in Swords, Spears, and Staffs

24. Brie Larson

Actress | Room

Brie Larson has built an impressive career as an acclaimed television actress, rising feature film star and emerging recording artist. A native of Sacramento, Brie started studying drama at the early age of 6, as the youngest student ever to attend the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco...

Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel (The MCU) Practices: Judo, Boxing, and Wrestling

25. Hailee Steinfeld

Actress | True Grit

Hailee Steinfeld was born on December 11, 1996 in Tarzana, California, to Cheri (Domasin), an interior designer, and Peter Steinfeld, a personal fitness trainer. She has a brother, Griffin. Her uncle is Jake Steinfeld, a fitness trainer, and her great-uncle is actor Larry Domasin. Her father is of ...

Kate Bishop (The MCU) Practices: Archery, Fencing, and Krav Maga

26. Kathryn Newton

Actress | Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Kathryn co-starred as Cassie Lang in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania 2023, followed by Lisa Frankenstein starring alongside Cole Sprouse and Winner starring Emilia Jones, with release dates sometime in 2023. She can be seen as the lead of Amazon's The Map of Tiny Perfect Things, on Prime Video. ...

Cassie Lang / Stature / Stinger (The MCU) Practices: Boxing

27. Benedict Wong

Actor | Annihilation

Benedict Wong is a British actor. He is known for his roles as Kublai Khan in Netflix's Marco Polo (2014-2016), Bruce Ng in The Martian (2015), and Wong in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since Doctor Strange (2016). Wong was born on 3 July 1971 in Eccles, Greater Manchester, the son of Hong Kong ...

Wong (The MCU) Practices: Wing Chun and Ying Xi Quan

28. Charlie Cox

Actor | The Theory of Everything

Charlie Thomas Cox was born in London, England, to Patricia C. A. (Harley) and Andrew Frederick Seaforth Cox, a publisher. He has English, Scottish, and Irish ancestry, and descends from several prominent forebears (Baronets of Agnew and Carnegie, an Earl of Findlater, and a Colonial Governor of ...

Matt Murdock / Daredevil (The MCU) Practices: Judo, Kung Fu, Wushu, Taekwondo, Kali, and Silat

29. Elodie Yung

Actress | Gods of Egypt

Elodie Yung was born in Paris, France, of Cambodian and French descent. She grew up in Seine-saint-Denis, in Le Bourget, where she practiced karate and obtained her black belt. She graduated from University of La Sorbonne in Paris and has a law degree. She then decided to study acting at London ...

Elektra Natchios (The MCU) Practices: Karate (A Black Belt)

30. Jon Bernthal

Actor | The Wolf of Wall Street

Jon Bernthal was born and raised in Washington D.C., the son of Joan (Marx) and Eric Bernthal, a lawyer. His grandfather was musician Murray Bernthal. Jon went to study at The Moscow Art Theatre School, in Moscow, Russia, where he also played professional baseball in the European professional ...

Frank Castle / The Punisher (The MCU) Practices: MMA, Boxing, and Jiu-Jitsu

31. Finn Jones

Actor | Awake

Finn Jones is a British actor best known for his role as Ser Loras Tyrell, The Knight of Flowers, in the HBO series "Game of Thrones (2011)". He also stars as the eponymous lead in the Netflix/Marvel series "Iron Fist (2017)".

Jones trained at The Arts Educational Schools on a three-year acting ...

Danny Rand / Iron Fist (The MCU) Practices: Kung Fu, Wushu, and Tai Chi

32. Jessica Henwick

Actress | The Royal Hotel

Jessica Yu Li Henwick is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Nymeria Sand in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011), X-wing pilot Jessika Pava in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and Colleen Wing in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, making her debut in the Netflix television series Iron...

Colleen Wing (The MCU) Practices: Aikido, Karate, Krav Maga, Swordsmanship, and Wushu

33. Sacha Dhawan

Actor | The Great

Sacha Dhawan was born in Bramhall, Stockport to Hindu parents though he attended a Roman Catholic secondary school, Thomas Aquinas College, in nearby Stockport. There one of the authors he studied for his final exams was Alan Bennett, by whom he was very impressed. He began as a child actor at the ...

Davos (The MCU) Practices: Wing Chun, Choy Li Fut, and Boxing

34. Olivia Munn

Actress | The Newsroom

Lisa Olivia Munn was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Her mother, Kimberly Schmid, lived in Vietnam, and is of Chinese ancestry, while her father, Winston Barrett Munn, is from a family with deep roots in the American South. Olivia's parents divorced when she was two years old, and she was raised ...

Chess Roberts (The MCU) and Elizabeth Braddock / Psylocke (The X-Men Film Series) Practices: Taekwondo (A Black Belt), Karate, and Swordsmanship

35. Erin Moriarty

Actress | The Boys

New York City-born Erin Moriarty launched her acting career in a way many hopefuls dream of: with an awards-recognized project. Erin first appeared on screen in the Emmy-nominated soap opera One Life to Live (1968) in 2010, playing the character Whitney Bennett in six episodes. In 2011 she built on...

Hope Shlottman (The MCU) Practices: Muay Thai and MMA

36. Olivia Holt

Actress | Cloak & Dagger

Olivia Holt was born in Germantown, Tennessee to parents, Mark and Kim Holt. When she was only 3 years old, she started singing and acting on the stage. Besides acting and singing, she has been a competitive gymnast for the past 5 years, and a competitive cheerleader for the past few years. At ...

Tandy Bowen / Dagger (The MCU) Practices: Karate (A Black Belt) and Parkour; Also Knowledgeable in Gymnastics

37. Lyrica Okano

Actress | Runaways

Lyrica Okano was born November 9, 1994, and she is best known for her starring role as Nico Minoru in the Hulu series Marvel's Runaways. From teen drama icons Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage (The O.C. / Gossip Girl), Marvel's Runaways followed a group of diverse teenagers who discovered their ...

38. Virginia Gardner

Actress | Project Almanac

Virginia Gardner was born Virginia Elizabeth Gardner on April 18, 1995, in Sacramento, California. She attended Sacramento Country Day School until eighth grade. In 2011, she joined online schooling when she moved to Los Angeles and chose to take the California High School Proficiency Exam. She ...

Karolina Dean (The MCU) Practices: Boxing and Taekwondo (A Black Belt); Also Proficient in Nunchucks

39. Babs Olusanmokun

Actor | Dune

Babs Olusanmokun is an actor, best known for Denis Villeneuve's Academy Award-winning Dune (2021), Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022 - ), Nicolas Winding Refn's Too Old To Die Young (2019), Black Mirror (2017). He is multilingual, fluent in Portuguese, French and Yoruba and a third degree ...

Sowande (The MCU) Practices: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (A Black Belt Champion)

40. Idris Elba

Actor | Beasts of No Nation

An only child, Idrissa Akuna Elba was born and raised in London, England. His father, Winston, is from Sierra Leone and worked at Ford Dagenham; his mother, Eve, is from Ghana and had a clerical duty. Idris attended school in Canning Town, where he first became involved in acting, before he dropped...

Heimdall (The MCU) Practices: Kickboxing and MMA

41. Teri Reeves

Actress | The Punisher

Teri is a Northern California native, has lived in Houston, Texas, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Santa Barbara, San Diego, and now resides in Los Angeles, California. She is a certified personal trainer and sucker for black coffee and early morning weight lifting. Teri is a black belt in Brazilian Jiu ...

Marlena Olin (The MCU) Practices: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (A Black Belt)

42. Camille Sullivan

Actress | Hunter Hunter

Camille Sullivan is an award winning Canadian actress. Most recently, Camille starred in the critically acclaimed horror/thriller, Hunter Hunter, opposite Devon Sawa and Nick Stahl. She played a leading role in the limited series, Unspeakable for CBC and starred in the film, Kingsway, directed by ...

Zoe Richards / Aubree Richards (The MCU) Practices: Kickboxing

43. Oscar Isaac

Actor | Ex Machina

Oscar Isaac was born Óscar Isaac Hernández Estrada in Guatemala, to a Guatemalan mother, María Eugenia, and a Cuban father, Oscar Gonzalo Hernández-Cano, a pulmonologist. Oscar was raised in Miami, Florida. Before he became an actor, he played lead guitar and sang vocals in his band the Blinking ...

Marc Spector / Steven Grant / Moon Knight / Mr. Knight Practices: Boxing, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Jiu-Jitsu, Karate, Krav Maga, Wrestling

44. Alaqua Cox

Actress | Hawkeye

Alaqua Cox was born on February 13, 1997 in Keshena, Wisconsin, USA. She is an actress, known for Hawkeye (2021), Echo (2023) and Marvel Studios: Assembled (2021).

Maya Lopez / Echo (The MCU) Practices: Karate and MMA

45. Scott Adkins

Actor | John Wick: Chapter 4

Scott Edward Adkins was born on June 17, 1976 in Sutton Coldfield, England, into a family that for generations were butchers. Along with his elder brother Craig, he was raised by their parents, John and Janet (Sanders) Adkins, in a loving middle-class family. Scott attended Bishop Vesey's Grammar ...

Lucian / Strong Zealot (The MCU) and Weapon XI (The X-Men Film Series) Practices: Taekwondo, Judo, Kickboxing, Ninjutsu, Krav Maga, Karate, Wushu, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai, Capoeira, Tai Chi, and Gymnastics

46. Amy Johnston

Actress | Accident Man

Amy Johnston is known for Accident Man (2018), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) and Deadpool 2 (2018).

Stunt Perfomer for "Iron Man 3", "Captain America: The Winter Soldier", "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.", and "Spider-Man: Far From Home" (The MCU), "Suicide Squad" (The DCEU), "Deadpool", and "Deadpool 2" (The X-Men Film Series) Practices: Jiu-Jitsu, Kenpō Karate, Silat, Kali/Eskrima/Arnis, Kickboxing, Taekwondo, Wing Chun Kung Fu, and Jeet Kune Do

47. Lauren Mary Kim

Stunts | The Mandalorian

Lauren Mary Kim is the faceless action hero that brings adrenaline to films, television and video games. As a child she trained in acrobatics and dance and originally moved to Los Angeles to become a dancer where she landed her first job as a Laker girl. Soon after she trained in acting, martial ...

Stunt Performer for "Luke Cage", "The Defenders", "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.", "Iron Fist", "Daredevil", "The Punisher", and "Ms. Marvel" (The MCU) Practices: Taekwondo, Wushu, Silat, Filipino Martial Arts, Jeet Kune Do, and Capoeira Angola

48. Janeshia Adams-Ginyard

Actress | South Park: Joining the Panderverse

Janeshia Adams-Ginyard is an Emmy-nominated American actress and stunt woman, professional wrestler, sports radio personality, and motivational speaker. She was born on February 14th in Los Angeles, CA to pianist/organist Sidney Ginyard and Xerox senior accountant Gwendolyn Adams-Williams. She is ...

Nomble (The MCU); Stunt Performer for "Black Panther", "Avengers: Infinity War", "Avengers: Endgame", and "WandaVision" (The MCU) Practices: Taekwondo, Pro-Wrestling, and Gymnastics

49. Shad Gaspard

Stunts | Black Panther

Shad Gaspard was born on January 13, 1981 in Brooklyn, New York, USA as Shad Chad Javier Romain Chittick Gaspard. He is a Professional wrestler, actor, and writer, known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment, and films such as Get Hard (2015), WWE Raw (1993) and From Dusk Till Dawn: The ...

Stunt Performer for "Black Panther" (The MCU) Practiced: Wrestling, Judo, Jeet Kune Do, Kickboxing, and Muay Thai

50. Frank Grillo

Actor | The Grey

The oldest of three children, Frank Grillo was born in New York City, to an Italian-American family. He grew up in upstate New York, and got his first taste of acting in high school where he was in many plays. Frank was also a gifted athlete and his dream was to play sports professionally. Frank ...

51. Michelle Lee

Actress | Black Widow

Michelle Charlene Lee is an Asian American actress that has a series role named Violet in Blood and Treasure 2, Mileena in Mortal Kombat Legacy, a role on Black Widow and Venom to name a few. She's also appeared in many films and television series as a stunt woman in Pirates of the Caribbean 3, ...

Oksana (The MCU) and Riot (The SSU); Stunt Performer for "Suicide Squad" Practices: Taekwondo, Wushu (A Black Belt), Karate, Krav Maga, Eskrima, Kung Fu, and Boxing; Also Proficient with Swords, Knives, Guns, Staffs, and Nunchaku

52. Forest Whitaker

Actor | The Last King of Scotland

Forest Steven Whitaker has packaged a king-size talent into his hulking 6' 2", 220 lb. frame. He won an Academy Award for his performance as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the film The Last King of Scotland (2006), and has also won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA. He is the fourth African-American male to...

Zuri (The MCU) Practices: Kali and Kenpō Karate

53. Vin Diesel

Actor | Guardians of the Galaxy

Vin Diesel was born Mark Sinclair in Alameda County, California, along with his fraternal twin brother, Paul Vincent. He was raised by his astrologer/psychologist mother, Delora Sherleen (Sinclair), and adoptive father, Irving H. Vincent, an acting instructor and theatre manager, in an artists' ...

Groot (The MCU) Practices: Kali, Muay Thai, and MXMA (Motocross Martial Arts)

54. Dave Bautista

Actor | Guardians of the Galaxy

David Michael Bautista, Jr. was born on January 18, 1969 in Washington, D.C., to Donna Raye (Mullins) and David Michael Bautista, a hairdresser. He has Filipino and Greek ancestry.

When WCW officials told him he'd never make it in sports entertainment, Bautista pushed himself to achieve his dream of...

Drax The Destroyer (The MCU) Practices: Pro-Wrestling, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (A Purple Belt), and MMA

55. Celia Au

Actress | Lodge 49

Celia Au is a Berlinale Talents alum whose career is propelled by the conviction that storytelling holds the power to reshape perceptions. With a dedicated focus on uplifting diverse voices, her producerial endeavors underscore a steadfast commitment to diversity and representation in the industry....

Mary (The MCU) Practices: Taekwondo

56. Georges St-Pierre

Actor | Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Georges St-Pierre was born on May 19, 1981 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Cartels (2016) and Kickboxer: Vengeance (2016).

George Batroc / The Leaper (The MCU) Practices: MMA, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (A Black Belt), and Muay Thai

57. Dove Cameron

Actress | Schmigadoon!

Dove Olivia Cameron was born Chloe Celeste Hosterman on January 15, 1996 in Bainbridge Island, Washington to Bonnie J. Wallace, an acting coach & Philip Alan Hosterman, a chief executive officer/founder of Kandahar Trading Company. She's known for playing a dual role as the eponymous characters in ...

Ruby Hale (The MCU) Practices: Krav Maga, Kickboxing, and Judo

58. Brittany Ishibashi

Actress | Runaways

Brittany Ishibashi was born in Orange, California, USA. Brittany is an actor, known for Runaways (2017), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016) and Grace and Frankie (2015). Brittany has been married to Jeff Horowitz since May 29, 2011. They have one child.

Tina Minoru (The MCU; "Runaways") Practices: Taekwondo (A Black Belt)

59. Linda Louise Duan

Actress | Doctor Strange

Linda works as a Development Coordinator at Objective Fiction. She started as an actress and short film producer, having studied at Ecole Philippe Gaulier and graduating with a Distinction in MA Producing at the MetFilm School London. Passionate about the environment, climate change, and diversity,...

Tina Minoru (The MCU; "Doctor Strange") Practices: Karate

60. Tony Leung Chiu-wai

Actor | Fa yeung nin wah

Tony Leung Chiu Wai was born in Hong Kong on 27 June 1962. He and his younger sister were raised by their mother after his father left them. In 1982, after passing the training courses of TVB, Tony became a TV actor and became famous for his comedy style in such TV shows as Tales of a Eunuch (1983)...

Xu Wenwu / The Mandarin (The MCU) Practices: Kung Fu

61. Olga Kurylenko

Actress | Oblivion

Olga Kurylenko is a Ukrainian-French actress and model, went from sharing a cramped flat with her aunt, uncle, grandparents and cousin to starring as a Bond girl opposite Daniel Craig.

She was born Olga Konstantinovna Kurylenko on November 14, 1979, in Berdyansk, Ukraine, Soviet Union. Her mother, ...

Antonia Dreykov / Taskmaster (The MCU) Practices: Judo, Boxing, and Kickboxing

62. Jade Xu

Actress | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Born in China, raised in Italy and living in the United States, Jade Xu is a 3-times Wushu / Kung Fu World Champion and aspiring actress who combines natural beauty, incredible talent and cultural diversity. Jade Xu started her rigorous training in the Chinese Martial Arts at the age of 6 under the...

Helen (The MCU); Stunt Performer for "Black Widow", "Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings", and "The Marvels" Practices: Wushu / Kung Fu

63. Adrianne Palicki

Actress | G.I. Joe: Retaliation

Adrianne Palicki was born in Toledo, Ohio, to Nancy (French) and Jeffrey Palicki. Her father is of Polish and Hungarian descent, and her mother is of English and German ancestry. Adrianne graduated from Whitmer High School. She did not take the stage in her first play until she was a sophomore at ...

Barbara "Bobbi" Morse / Mockingbird (The MCU) Practices: Kali, Jiu-Jitsu, and Boxing (Proficient in Gun Training and Additional Martial Arts)

64. 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 ...

Giyera (The MCU) Practices: Karate, Muay Thai, Wushu, Capoeira, Chin Na, Shui Jao, Tai Chi, and Wun Hop Kuen Do

65. Byron Mann

Actor | The Big Short

Byron Mann was born in Hong Kong, British Crown Colony. Byron is an actor and producer, known for The Big Short (2015), Skyscraper (2018) and Altered Carbon (2018).

Li (The MCU) Practices: Wushu

66. Louis Ozawa

Actor | Pachinko

Louis Ozawa was born in Queens, New York City, New York, USA. Louis is an actor and producer, known for Pachinko (2022), Jack Ryan (2018) and Hunters (2020).

Chan Ho Yin / Scorch (The MCU) Practices: Kendo

67. Peter Mensah

Actor | Jason X

Peter Mensah has been doing martial arts since he was 6 years old, growing up in St. Albans, England, just north of London. A former engineer, Mensah came to Canada 11 years ago. He'd worked for British Gas developing gas fields at Morecambe Bay and had done theatre in school. He comes from an ...

Qovas (The MCU) Practices: Wushu

68. Bridget Regan

Actress | Jane the Virgin

Bridget Regan is an American actress and producer. Her film credits include Devil's Gate (2017) opposite Milo Ventimiglia, John Wick (2014), The Leisure Class (2015), The Best and the Brightest (2010) alongside Neil Patrick Harris, Sex and the City (2008), Weak and the upcoming feature Canvas ...

Dottie Underwood (The MCU) Practices: Taekwondo

69. Caitlin Carmichael

Actress | Wheelman

After starting her professional acting career at just three years old, Georgia-born Caitlin Carmichael has continued to make her mark on Hollywood as one of the brightest young actors.

Carmichael can be seen in Lionsgate's film "Midnight in the Switchgrass" as 'Tracey Lee.' This thriller revolves ...

Anya (The MCU) Practices: Swordsmanship and Gymnastics

70. Ivy George

Actress | Big Little Lies

Ivy George was born on May 16, 2007 in Los Angeles and has been acting since she was six years old. She was extremely fortunate that her first acting role was opposite Robin Williams on his last television series before his death. She has two younger siblings, Finnegan George and Elsa, who are also...

Young Whitney Frost / Agnes Cully (The MCU) Practices: Karate

71. Ever Anderson

Actress | Resident Evil: The Final Chapter

Ever Gabo Anderson is an American actress and model. She is known for portraying a young Natasha Romanoff in the 2021 film Black Widow and will star as Wendy Darling in the 2022 film Peter Pan & Wendy. Her mother is actress Milla Jovovich and her father is director Paul W. S. Anderson. She has two ...

Young Natasha Romanoff (The MCU) Practices: Taekwondo

72. Danielle Campbell

Actress | Tell Me a Story

Danielle Campbell is an American actress best known for her role as Davina Claire On the CW Original series The Originals. She has starred in other works such as the Prison Break, Starstruck, and You Can Change Your Family. She lives in New York City, where she shoots the leading role on CBS All- ...

Eiffel (The MCU) Practices: Kickboxing

73. Nicola Peltz Beckham

Actress | Lola

Nicola Peltz is emerging as a force to be reckoned with, on both the big and small screen. Her most prominent roles include the series Bates Motel (2013), and the films The Last Airbender (2010) and Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014).

Nicola was born in Westchester County, New York, to Claudia (...

Jane (The MCU) Practices: Tai Chi

74. Mike Moh

Actor | Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood

Mike grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was inspired by one of his heroes, Jackie Chan, while working as a stuntman in Hong Kong on the film "Robin-B-Hood" to pursue a career in acting. Mike relocated to Los Angeles and landed roles in numerous commercials, TV shows, and films like "Street Fighter:...

Triton (The MCU) Practices: Taekwondo, Jeet Kune Do, Wing Chun, Kali, Kyokushin, Wushu, and Hapkido

75. Chiwetel Ejiofor

Actor | 12 Years a Slave

English actor, writer and director Chiwetel Ejiofor is renowned for his portrayal of Solomon Northup in 12 Years a Slave (2013), for which he received Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations, along with the BAFTA Award for Best Actor. He is also known for playing Okwe in Dirty Pretty Things...

Baron Mordo (The MCU) Practices: Jiu-Jitsu and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

76. Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Actor | Kick-Ass

Aaron Taylor-Johnson is an English stage, television, and film actor.

He was born Aaron Perry Johnson in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, to Sarah and Robert Johnson, a civil engineer. He has a sister, Gemma Johnson, who had a small role in his movie Tom & Thomas (2002). Aaron is of ...

Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver (The MCU) Practices: Kali

77. Cobie Smulders

Actress | The Avengers

Cobie Smulders was born on April 3, 1982, in Vancouver, British Columbia, to a Dutch father and an English mother. As a girl, Cobie had set her sights on becoming a doctor or a marine biologist. In fact, it wasn't until high school that Cobie started to explore acting after appearing in several ...

Agent Maria Hill (The MCU) Practices: Taekwondo

78. Kate Mara

Actress | Fantastic Four

Kate Mara is an American actress. She starred in the Netflix political drama House of Cards (2013) as Zoe Barnes and appeared in the Fox TV series 24 (2001) as computer analyst Shari Rothenberg. She appeared in Brokeback Mountain (2005), We Are Marshall (2006), Shooter (2007), Transsiberian (2008), ...

U.S. Marshal (The MCU) Practices: Boxing

79. Jaimie Alexander

Actress | Thor

Jaimie Alexander was born in Greenville, South Carolina, but moved with her family to Grapevine, Texas, when she was four years old. She took theatre classes in grade school as a hobby but was kicked out in high school because she could not sing, and so she took up sports instead. At age 17 she ...

Sif (The MCU) Practices: Wing Chun and Wrestling

80. Emily VanCamp

Actress | Revenge

Emily Irene VanCamp (born May 12, 1986) is a Canadian actress, known for her lead roles on the WB series Everwood (2002), the ABC dramas Brothers & Sisters (2006) and Revenge (2011), and as Sharon Carter / Agent 13 in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) and Captain America: Civil War (...

Sharon "Kate" Carter (The MCU) Practices: Kali, Karate, and Taekwondo

81. Mads Mikkelsen

Actor | Hannibal

Mads Mikkelsen's great successes parallel those achieved by the Danish film industry since the mid-1990s. He was born in Østerbro, Copenhagen, to Bente Christiansen, a nurse, and Henning Mikkelsen, a banker.

Starting out as a low-life pusher/junkie in the 1996 success Pusher (1996), he slowly grew ...

Kaecilius (The MCU) Practices: Jiu-Jitsu and Kung Fu

82. Zara Phythian

Actress | Tribal Get Out Alive

Zara Phythian was born on May 10, 1984 in England. She is an actress and producer, known for Tribal Get Out Alive (2020), Doctor Strange (2016) and Morgan (2016). She has been married to Victor Marke since 2015.

Zealot (The MCU) Practices: Shotokan Karate and Taekwondo

83. Michael Keaton

Actor | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Quirky, inventive and handsome American actor Michael Keaton first achieved major fame with his door-busting performance as fast-talking ideas man Bill Blazejowski, alongside a nerdish morgue attendant (Henry Winkler), in Night Shift (1982). He played further comedic roles in Mr. Mom (1983), Johnny...

Adrian Toomes / The Vulture (The MCU) Practices: Kickboxing and Street Fighting

84. Zoe Saldana

Actress | Guardians of the Galaxy

Zoe Saldana was born on June 19, 1978 in Passaic, New Jersey, to Asalia Nazario and Aridio Saldaña. Her father was Dominican and her mother is Puerto Rican. She was raised in Queens, New York. When she was 10 years old, she and her family moved to the Dominican Republic, where they would live for ...

Gamora (The MCU) Practices: Archery, Swordfighting, and Wushu

85. Karen Gillan

Actress | Selfie

Karen Sheila Gillan was born and raised in Inverness, Scotland, as the only child of Marie Paterson and husband John Gillan, who is a singer and recording artist. She developed a love for acting very early on, attending several youth theatre groups and taking part in a wide range of productions at ...

Nebula (The MCU) Practices: Karate, Aikido, Swordfighting, and Nunchaku

86. Tessa Thompson

Actress | Creed

The actress Tessa Lynn Thompson was born on October 3, 1983 in Los Angeles, California. She is the daughter of singer-songwriter Marc Anthony Thompson and the granddaughter of actor-musician Bobby Ramos. She was raised in Los Angeles before moving to Brooklyn, New York. Her father is of ...

Valkyrie (The MCU) Practices: Swordsmanship and Wushu

87. Cate Blanchett

Actress | Carol

Cate Blanchett was born on May 14, 1969 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, to June (Gamble), an Australian teacher and property developer, and Robert DeWitt Blanchett, Jr., an American advertising executive, originally from Texas. She has an older brother and a younger sister. When she was ten ...

Hela (The MCU) Practices: Capoeira Angola

88. Florence Kasumba

Actress | Captain America: Civil War

Born in Kampala, Uganda Florence Kasumba is a German actress living in Berlin. She is best known for her work in the Marvel Cinematic Universe productions Captain America: Civil War (2016), Black Panther (2018), Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021). She has ...

Ayo (The MCU) and Senator Acantha (The DCEU) Practices: Shaolin Kung Fu, Tai Chi Chen, Tai Chi Yang, and Qi Gong

89. Shaina West

Actress | Black Widow

Shaina West is a real life super-hero, with a back-story to rival any Avenger and an alter-ego determined to change the stereotype of black women on screen. After being involved in a motorcycle accident aged just 20, inspired by her passion for Japanese culture and love of Anime, Shaina got out of ...

Black Widow (The MCU) Practices: Weapons Training (Sword, Dagger, and Bo Staff), Taekwondo, Kickboxing, Muay Thai, Karate, and Wushu

90. Evangeline Lilly

Actress | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Evangeline Lilly, born in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, in 1979, was discovered on the streets of Kelowna, British Columbia, by the famous Ford modeling agency. Although she initially decided to pass on a modeling career, she went ahead and signed with Ford anyway, to help pay for her University of ...

Hope Van Dyne / The Wasp (The MCU) Practices: Muay Thai, MMA (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Judo, Aikido, and Kickboxing), Archery, and Swordplay

91. Hannah John-Kamen

Actress | Ant-Man and the Wasp

Hannah Dominique E. John-Kamen is a British actress. She is known for her roles as Dutch in the Syfy television series Killjoys, Ornela in the HBO series Game of Thrones, F'Nale Zandor in Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One, and Ghost in Ant-Man and the Wasp.

Hannah was born in Beverley, Yorkshire, ...

Practices: Taekwondo, Kickboxing, Judo, Muay Thai, and Jiu-Jitsu

92. Michael Rooker

Actor | Guardians of the Galaxy

Michael Rooker was born on April 6, 1955 in Jasper, Alabama. When he was thirteen, his parents divorced and he went with his mother to live in Chicago. He caught the acting bug while attending college, and began appearing in local stage productions. On first breaking into film, his intensity and "...

Yondu Udonta (The MCU) Practices: Kyokushin Karate (A Black Belt) and Aikido

93. Pom Klementieff

Actress | Avengers: Infinity War

Pom Klementieff (born 3 May 1986) is a French actress. She was trained at the Cours Florent drama school in Paris and has appeared in such films as Loup (2009), Sleepless Night (2011) and Hacker's Game (2015). She plays the role of Mantis in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Guardians of the ...

Mantis (The MCU) Practices: Taekwondo (A Purple Belt) and Boxing

94. Alicia Vela-Bailey

Stunts | Avatar: The Way of Water

As the most inspirational and diverse action actor of recent years, Alicia Vela-Bailey has emerged from A list stunt double to on screen sensation. Whether it is her chilling performance as Diana in the smash hit "Lights Out" or her acrobatic, ass kicking, portrayal of Alisha Whitley on Marvel's ...

Alisha Whitley (The MCU) Practices: Boxing and Basic Martial Arts

95. 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 ...

Zhou Cheng (The MCU) Practices: Muay Thai, Kung Fu, Kickboxing, Jiu-Jitsu, and Japanese Katana Swordplay

96. Emma Fuhrmann

Actress | Blended

Emma Fuhrmann is an up and coming young talent with a deep body of work seldom seen in someone of her age. At just 9 years old she worked opposite Morgan Freeman in the Rob Reiner directed feature, "The Magic of Belle Isle", playing a girl who just wanted to learn more about imagination and where ...

Cassie Lang (The MCU) Practices: Kickboxing

97. Andy Le

Actor | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Andy Le is known for his work on 'Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings', 'Everything Everywhere All At Once', 'The Paper Tigers', and 'Wu Tang: An American Saga'. Andy grew up in Orange County, California. With very little formal training, the majority of his martial arts abilities are self- ...

Death Dealer (The MCU) Practices: Kung Fu

98. Tom Hardy

Actor | Inception

With his breakthrough performance as Eames in Christopher Nolan's sci-fi thriller Inception (2010), English actor Tom Hardy has been brought to the attention of mainstream audiences worldwide. However, the versatile actor has been steadily working on both stage and screen since his television debut...

Eddie Brock (The SSU) Practices: MMA (Boxing, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and Muay Thai)

99. Sydney Sweeney

Actress | Euphoria

Sydney Sweeney (born September 12, 1997) is an American actress best known for her roles as Haley Caren on In the Vault (2017) and Emaline Addario on the Netflix series Everything Sucks! (2018). Sweeney is set to star in recurring roles in the HBO miniseries Sharp Objects (2018) starring Amy Adams ...

(The SSU) Practices: MMA and Grappling

100. Christian Bale

Actor | The Dark Knight

Christian Charles Philip Bale was born in Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK on January 30, 1974, to English parents Jennifer "Jenny" (James) and David Bale. His mother was a circus performer and his father, who was born in South Africa, was a commercial pilot. The family lived in different countries ...

Gorr The God Butcher (The MCU) Practices: Wing Chun