Bruce Lee (November 27, 1940 - July 20, 1973) was a martial artist, philosopher, instructor, and martial arts actor widely regarded as the most influential martial artist of the 20th century. Born in San Francisco and raised in Hong Kong, Lee is best remembered for the presentation of Chinese martial arts to the non-Chinese world.

Willard Christopher "Will" Smith, Jr. (born September 25, 1968) is a Golden Globe and Academy Award-nominated American actor, and a multiple Grammy Award-winning hip hop artist. He is one of a small group of people who have enjoyed success in three major entertainment media in the United States: feature films, television, and the music industry. "Newsweek" has named him the most powerful actor on the planet.

Jet Li (born Li Lianjie on April 26th, 1963 in Beijing, China) is a Chinese martial artist, actor, Wushu champion, and international film star.

Robert Mario De Niro Jr., credited professionally as Robert De Niro (born August 17, 1943), is an American film actor, director, and producer. He is noted for his method acting and portrayal of conflicted, troubled characters, for his enduring collaboration with director Martin Scorsese and for his early work with director Brian De Palma.

Dato' Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng (Cantonese (Yale romanization): yèuhng jí kìhng; born August 6, 1962) is a Hong Kong-based actress and dancer, sometimes billed as "Michelle Khan". Yeoh is a Chinese Malaysian born in Ipoh, Malaysia. Yeoh was chosen by People magazine as one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" in 1997.

Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an American actor. He is best known for his performances as the tough, wisecracking space pilot Han Solo in the "Star Wars" film series, and the adventurous archaeologist/action hero in the Indiana Jones film series. Ford has also been the star of many high-grossing hits Hollywood blockbusters such as "Air Force One" and "The Fugitive", which have distanced him from his famous Star Wars and Indiana Jones roles.

Clint Eastwood (born Clinton Eastwood, Jr. on May 31, 1930) is an American actor, composer, film director and producer. While his recent work as a director, on films like "Million Dollar Baby" and "Letters from Iwo Jima", is consistently praised by critics, Eastwood is perhaps most famous for his tough guy, anti-hero acting roles, …

Sir Thomas Sean Connery is an Academy Award-winning Scottish actor and producer who is perhaps best known as the first actor to portray James Bond in cinema. He starred in seven Bond films (six EON-produced films, 1962–67 and 1971; and an unofficial Columbia-produced "Thunderball"-remake in 1983). Connery is known for his Scottish accent and rugged good looks. He repeatedly is named as one of the most attractive men alive by magazines, …

Nicolas Cage Biography is an online resource for finding information on the famous movie actor. Includes famous quotes , biographical information , celebrity news and gossip, and pictures of Nicolas Cage . Nicolas Cage was born as "Nicolas Kim Coppola " Nicolas Cage Birthday - 7th of January (born 1964) Nicolas Cage is a major Hollywood movie actor that has been starring in hit movies since the early 1980s.

Pierce Brendan Brosnan OBE (born May 16, 1953) is an Irish actor and producer best known for portraying James Bond in four films from 1995 to 2002: "GoldenEye", "Tomorrow Never Dies", "The World Is Not Enough" and "Die Another Day". Since leaving the role, Brosnan has gone on to star in films such as "Evelyn" and "Seraphim Falls". In 1996, he also formed, along with Beau St. Clair, …

Takeshi Kitano originally studied to become an engineer, but was thrown out of school for rebellious behavior. He learned comedy, singing and dancing from famed comedian Senzaburo Fukami. Working as a lift boy on a nightclub with such features as comic sketches and striptease dancing, Kitano saw his chance when a comedian suddenly fell ill, and he went on stage in the man's place.

Charles Bronson was an American actor of "tough guy" roles. In most of his roles he starred as a brutal police detective, a western gunfighter, vigilante, boxer or a Mafia hitman.

Sammo Hung (Cantonese: Hung4 Gam1 Bou2) (born January 7, 1952) is a Chinese actor, producer and director known for his work in many Kung fu films and Hong Kong action cinema. He has choreographed fight scenes for, amongst others, Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, King Hu, Stephen Chow and John Woo. Hung was among the pivotal figures who, spearheading the Hong Kong New Wave movement of the 1980s, helped reinvent the martial arts genre and started the Jiang Shi (hopping vampire) genre.

Donnie Yen Chi Dan (born July 27, 1963), is a martial artist and a Hong Kong film actor, director and producer.

Thomas William Selleck (born January 29 1945 in Detroit, Michigan) is a Golden Globe and Emmy Award winning American actor, screenwriter and film producer, best known for his starring role on the long-running television show "Magnum P.I.".

Keanu Charles Reeves is a Canadian actor, born September 2 1964 in Beirut, Lebanon, and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is well known for playing Neo in the action film trilogy "The Matrix". He is also well known for playing Ted in the teen comedy films "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" and "Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey". Other notable roles include Scott Favor in the drama "My Own Private Idaho" alongside River Phoenix, …

Chow Yun-Fat (born May 18, 1955) is a Hong Kong actor. He is among a handful of internationally recognized screen actors that the Hong Kong film industry has produced, along with martial artist Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Michelle Yeoh, and Maggie Cheung. However, unlike many of his male counterparts, Chow is not a martial artist. A tall (6'1 / 1.85 m) and charismatic actor, he won Hong Kong's "best actor" award three times and Taiwan's twice.

Sir Roger George Moore, CBE (born 14 October 1927) is an English actor known for his suave and witty demeanour. He may be best known for portraying two British action heroes, Simon Templar in the television series "The Saint" from 1962 to 1969, and James Bond in seven films from 1973 to 1985. He has been a UNICEF ambassador since 1991.

Jonathan Vincent Voight (born December 29, 1938) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. Voight, an Oscar-winner and four-time nominee, has had a long and distinguished career as both a leading man and, in recent years, character actor, with an extensive range. He came to prominence at the end of the sixties, with a riveting performance as a would-be hustler in 1969's Best Picture winner, "Midnight Cowboy", for which he earned his first Academy Award nomination.

Wu Jing (sometimes credited as Jason Wu or Jacky Wu, b. April 3, 1974 in Beijing) is a Chinese and Hong Kong martial artist and actor. At age six he was sent to the Beijing Sports Institute at Shichahai. Both his father and grandfather were also martial artists. Like Jet Li before him, he competed as a member of the Beijing Wushu Team.

Dolph Lundgren (born Hans Lundgren, November 3, 1959) is a Swedish actor, director and karateka. His breakthrough came when he starred in "Rocky IV" in 1985. Since then, he starred in more than 30 pictures, mostly action movies. Dolph belongs to a generation of film actors who epitomise the muscular movie action hero including Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Steven Seagal, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Chuck Norris, …

Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is an American actor and producer, primarily on movies and television, who arose to fame as Karl Malden's young partner, Insp. Steve Keller in the popular 1970s crime drama, "The Streets of San Francisco".

Ti Lung, or Dik Lung, is a Hong Kong based actor. He was born on 3 August 1946 in Guangdong, China, and studied Wing Chun under the martial arts master Chu Wan. In 1969, Ti Lung was found by the Shaw Brothers and cast in "Return of the One Armed Swordsman" opposite Jimmy Wang Yu, a role which would launch his career as one of the best known faces in classic Wuxia film. He became a common face associated with David Chiang, Alexander Fu Sheng, Ku Feng, …

Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951) is an American actor. He became known during the late 1970s, having starred in several Hollywood films, and has continued appearing in leading roles since, including "Escape from New York", "Stargate" and most recently "Grindhouse".

Gordon Liu (born November 30, 1955) is a Chinese martial arts film actor. He was born in Guangdong Province, China and is the adopted brother of famed Shaw Brothers director and actor Lau Kar-leung (Liu Chia-Liang). Best known by Western moviegoers for his role as Pai Mei in "Kill Bill: Volume 2" (2004), and as Johnny Mo in "Kill Bill: Volume 1", the head general of the Crazy 88, O-Ren Ishii's (Lucy Liu) personal army.

Jean-Paul Belmondo (born April 9, 1933, Neuilly-sur-Seine, near Paris), is a French actor. As a youngster, he did poorly in his studies, but developed a passion for boxing and football (soccer). His breakthrough role was in Jean-Luc Godard's "À bout de souffle" (aka "Breathless") (1960), which made him a major figure in the French New Wave. Later he played in Jean-Pierre Melville's philosophical movie Léon Morin, prêtre ("Leon Morin, Priest" 1960), …

born Gouichi Oda (小田 剛一 "Oda Gōichi", February 16, 1931, in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan), is a Japanese actor best known for his brooding style and the stoic, honorable presence he brings to his roles. Known as the "Clint Eastwood" of Japan, Takakura gained his streetwise swagger and tough-guy persona watching yakuza turf battles over the lucrative black market and racketeering in postwar Fukuoka. This subject was covered in one of his most famous movies, …

David Chiang (June 29, 1947) is a Chinese actor. Chiang was (along with Ti Lung) Shaw Brothers studios most famous star during the 1970's and 80's. Chiang was often paired with Ti Lung in wuxia-based swordplay epics or 70's "misunderstood youth" pictures. David started out as a stuntman for Shaw Brothers and then went on to star in such films as "Blood Brothers", "Have Sword Will Travel", …

Danny Lee is a Chinese actor. He sometimes goes by the name of Danny Lee Sau Yin or the stage name Li Hsiu Hsein. He entered acting school in 1970, and got his first big film role in the 1972 film "Water Margin". The next year, Lee made his starring debut with "River of Fury".

Chen Zhi-Gong (also Chin Tsi-(H)Ang and Chi Chi-Ang) (born 1909 in Shanghai) was one among the earliest martial-arts actors of the Chinese film industry, and its first female star. She debuted in "The Lady Swordfighter of Jiang-Nan" (also called "The Heroine of Jiangnan") in 1925 at the age of 16, the first of a series of serials in which she played wuxia heroes.

is a Japanese Oscar-nominated stage, film, and television actor.

Yusaku Matsuda was a Japanese actor. Yusaku was born in Shimonoseki city in Yamaguchi Prefecture. His date was wrongly recorded as 1950 on his birth records due to a parental error in filing a report. He became an actor when he was 23 as a rookie police officer, the "Jeans Detective", for a TV show called "Taiyō ni hoero!" (Bark at the sun) in Japan. Apart from this role, his other defining role on television was in "Tantei Monogatari" (detective story), …

Jean Reno (born Juan Moreno y Herrera Jiménez while French sources spell it as Don Juan Moreno Errere y Rimenes. on July 30, 1948) is a French actor. Working in both French and English, he has appeared in numerous successful Hollywood productions, but also European productions such as the 2005 Italian film "The Tiger and the Snow".