Board 8 > The Mount Rushmore of: Action Movie Stars

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Bitto
07/02/25 8:32:11 AM
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Rules

1. You may vote up to 4 entries that fit the prompt.
2. No alts.
3. No deleting or editing posts; though, editing posts shortly after you post is fine.
4. If you change your vote, clearly indicate that you are changing a previous vote. Same for adding or subtracting picks.
5. In general, if there are two picks that can be considered the same product (i.e. Sonic Adventure 2 and Sonic Adventure 2 Battle), I will combine them.
6. If a vote is vague, I will pick the first available choice that best matches the vote (i.e. "Mario" for Wii Games becomes Super Mario Galaxy).
7. I will post the parameters of each Rushmore topic. Other than that, feel free to vote however you like and based on any criteria that best fits the "Mount Rushmore" of that topic.
8. If a vote doesn't fit the topic, it will count as a blank vote.
9. You may nominate as much as you want and have an unlimited amount of seconds for established nominations.
10. Every Sunday, I'll post the schedule for next week. I will pick based on the number of nominations. Any ties will be determined by RNG.

Spreadsheet & Nominations

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aatA25pW6OsDn2RlAAGP1_GOGCMNvLLumAKckHOhtFk/edit?gid=1117984190#gid=1117984190

Last Topics Results

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/26bdfbff.png

Several said it was a tough Rushmore with many honorable mentions, but it looked clear who would win...for a bit. Then Frogger entered the ring with several vote changes. Then DDR danced in with even more vote changes. At the end, Silent Hill 2 weathered the storm and kept in.

Shout-out to the Yu-Gi-Oh voter. Card games with a single player mode are a dying breed.

Last 5 Rushmores

Live-Action TV Villains: Cigarette Smoking Man / Gustavo Fring / Joffrey Baratheon / The Master
Video Game Sound Effects: Metal Gear Solid - Alert / Sonic - Grabbing a Ring / Pac-Man - Eating Pellets / Zelda - Found Secret or Puzzle Solved
Classic Rock Bands: The Beatles / Led Zeppelin / The Rolling Stones / Pink Floyd
Video Game Voice Lines: Ace Attorney - Objection / Mortal Kombat - Finish him / Mario - It's-a Me / Star Fox - Do a barrel roll
Konami Games: Metal Gear Solid / Castlevania: Symphony of the Night / Contra / Silent Hill 2

This Week's Rushmores

Thursday: Video Games Ending in "4" / "IV"
Friday: Fictional Americans from Non-American Entertainment (Independence Day special)
Saturday: Guitar Hero Songs
Sunday: GBA Games

Next Themed Week: July 7 - July 13 (Songs of the Decade)

Today's Parameters

You must pick movie stars who have played at least 1 action hero before.

They should either be the protagonist or a starring role of some sort.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_action_film_actors
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls000340192/
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls073612135/
https://www.ranker.com/list/the-new-class-of-action-stars/ranker-film
https://consequence.net/list/action-movie-stars-best-ranked-list/
https://www.watchmojo.com/articles/top-10-typecast-male-action-stars

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Leonhart4
07/02/25 8:34:24 AM
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
Sylvester Stallone
Tom Cruise
Keanu Reeves

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ZeroSignal
07/02/25 8:34:50 AM
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
Sylvester Stallone
Bruce Willis
Jackie Chan

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DomaDragoon
07/02/25 8:37:46 AM
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  • Errol Flynn
  • Richard Roundtree
  • Bruce Lee
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger



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Kotetsu534
07/02/25 8:38:40 AM
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Sylvester Stallone
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Vin Diesel
Bruce Willis

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Underleveled
07/02/25 8:43:11 AM
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Not sure if it has been done but if it hasn't, nominate complicated Pokemon evolution methods

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GenesisSaga
07/02/25 8:44:14 AM
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Bitto posted...
Several said it was a tough Rushmore with many honorable mentions, but it looked clear who would win...for a bit. Then Frogger entered the ring with several vote changes. Then DDR danced in with even more vote changes. At the end, Silent Hill 2 weathered the storm and kept in.

Frogger noooooooo, but SH2 is not the game I would've sacrificed to place Frogger on the mountain anyway. Good Rushmore, but alas, what could have been....

ANYWAY

Arnold Schwarzenegger
Bruce Willis
Jason Statham
Vin Diesel

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Underleveled
07/02/25 8:46:58 AM
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
Bruce Lee
Tom Cruise
Harrison Ford

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linkhatesganon
07/02/25 8:48:41 AM
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Sylvester Stallone
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Bruce Willis
Jason Statham

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totamech
07/02/25 8:56:15 AM
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Sylvester Stallone
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Jason Statham

Have to think about the last slot.

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junk_funk
07/02/25 9:09:57 AM
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
Sylvester Stallone
Jackie Chan
Jason Statham

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VeryInsane
07/02/25 9:16:36 AM
#12:


Clint Eastwood
Harrison Ford
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Michelle Yeoh

seems rightish for my tastes, considered Cruise, Lee, even Will Smith

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fortybelowsummer
07/02/25 9:16:49 AM
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
Sylvester Stallone
Jason Statham
Bruce Willis

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Lopen
07/02/25 9:17:12 AM
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
Keanu Reeves
Jason Statham
Tom Cruise

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LightningStrikes
07/02/25 9:22:41 AM
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
Tom Cruise
Michelle Yeoh
Sylvester Stallone

Tom Cruise should absolutely be on here and hes competing with Arnold for the number one spot. Hes the last big action star, he can still drive hundreds of millions in box office revenue by his presence alone, and he represents the style of huge stunts he is known for. Hes also I believe the only actor with a $100 million grossing movie in every decade since the 80s which is an insane achievement.

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Leonhart4
07/02/25 9:24:36 AM
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Yeah, honestly, Tom Cruise is the one rock solid lock on this Rushmore for me

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VeryInsane
07/02/25 9:49:03 AM
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LightningStrikes posted...
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Tom Cruise
Michelle Yeoh
Sylvester Stallone

Tom Cruise should absolutely be on here and hes competing with Arnold for the number one spot. Hes the last big action star, he can still drive hundreds of millions in box office revenue by his presence alone, and he represents the style of huge stunts he is known for. Hes also I believe the only actor with a $100 million grossing movie in every decade since the 80s which is an insane achievement.

I want to say Ford has this too? from the 70s too

that said, when doing research remembered Cruise has the longest streak of 100 million dollar box offices so...

Drop Eastwood
Add Cruise

just going to go with the notion with nobody else supporting him that I just overestimated the effect of Spaghetti Westerns. >_>


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LightningStrikes
07/02/25 9:59:35 AM
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VeryInsane posted...
I want to say Ford has this too? from the 70s too

that said, when doing research remembered Cruise has the longest streak of 100 million dollar box offices so...

Drop Eastwood
Add Cruise

just going to go with the notion with nobody else supporting him that I just overestimated the effect of Spaghetti Westerns. >_>

Ah you know what it was I think Cruise did it first in the 2020s with Top Gun Maverick tying the record then Ford got one with Dial of Destiny the next year and that put him back ahead. I did consider Ford but I think the argument against him is the same one as against Willis, that hes more of a general big name actor who sometimes does hit action films than a proper action movie star.

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azuarc
07/02/25 10:09:01 AM
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Arnold
Sly
Chan
Wesley Snipes

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Yesmar_
07/02/25 10:17:39 AM
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Bruce Lee
Jackie Chan
Harrison Ford
Arnold Schwarzenegger

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Rantman
07/02/25 10:28:40 AM
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
Tom Cruise
Bruce Lee
Bruce Willis

Lee could be swapped in for Jackie Chan, and the last pick is pretty flexible but at this time being I'm picking Willis just because Die Hard is one of the greatest fucking movies ever and the only action movies I like more than it are ones Arnold is in.

others I considered: Stallone, Harrison Ford, Will Smith, Jet Li, Wesley Snipes just because I think he is so impossibly cool it's unbelievable

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PunishedJeezy
07/02/25 10:29:12 AM
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Keanu Reeves
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Harrison Ford
Tom Cruise

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Leonhart4
07/02/25 10:31:23 AM
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Drop: Keanu Reeves
Add: Bruce Lee

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Lopen
07/02/25 10:31:35 AM
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Of mine
Cruise and Schwarzenegger are locks
Reeves is my bias pick in that I think there's a huge amount of people you can pick after those two and he's my favorite that I feel has a legitimate case
Statham is my "new era" pick

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Lopen
07/02/25 10:34:54 AM
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I don't really like Bruce Lee in this. I think Bruce Lee is more notable for being Bruce Lee than his action movie footprint tbh. Same kinda thing with Clint Eastwood.

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Leonhart4
07/02/25 10:41:27 AM
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Keanu Reeves knows Kung Fu because of Bruce Lee imhotbqh

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MacArrowny
07/02/25 10:42:42 AM
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Jackie Chan
Keanu Reeves
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Tom Cruise

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Dancedreamer
07/02/25 10:59:13 AM
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
Sigourney Weaver
Jackie Chan
Harrison Ford

I feel like Sigourney should be in the discussion because she paved the way for female action stars.

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bryans7
07/02/25 11:09:00 AM
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Sigourney Weaver
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Sylvester Stallone
Jackie Chan


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White_Wing
07/02/25 11:24:53 AM
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
Jackie Chan
Bruce Willis
Jean-Paul Belmondo

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StifledSilence
07/02/25 11:54:24 AM
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Arnold
Bruce Willis
Tom Cruise
Keanu Reeves

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Xtlm
07/02/25 11:54:24 AM
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LightningStrikes posted...
Ah you know what it was I think Cruise did it first in the 2020s with Top Gun Maverick tying the record then Ford got one with Dial of Destiny the next year and that put him back ahead. I did consider Ford but I think the argument against him is the same one as against Willis, that hes more of a general big name actor who sometimes does hit action films than a proper action movie star.
I can't name a non action movie for Ford off the top of my head. He has been in a lot of them. He was Jack Ryan for a while even!
However I can name a few for Tom Cruise lol

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mcflubbin
07/02/25 11:56:31 AM
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
Jackie Chan
Michelle Yeoh
Tom Cruise

Kinda wanted to put Milla Jovovich on there tbh.

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Snake5555555555
07/02/25 11:59:06 AM
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
Sylvester Stallone
Bruce Willis
Jackie Chan

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azuarc
07/02/25 1:33:49 PM
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GG me, confusing Harrison Ford and Kevin Costner for a minute. =x

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LightningStrikes
07/02/25 4:43:02 PM
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Xtlm posted...
I can't name a non action movie for Ford off the top of my head. He has been in a lot of them. He was Jack Ryan for a while even!
However I can name a few for Tom Cruise lol

Ford has quite a few! Blade Runner most notably. Lets put it this way, Tom Cruise has made 10 films since 2013 and every single one is an action film, while Harrison Ford has made 13 and only six are action films! He always had a mix. Whereas Cruise basically exclusively does action films now, he is not as mixed as he used to be.

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Leonhart4
07/02/25 4:45:32 PM
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Yeah, Tom Cruise was a serious actor who has transitioned into an action star pretty much exclusively at this point

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Underleveled
07/02/25 5:04:13 PM
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LightningStrikes posted...
Lets put it this way, Tom Cruise has made 10 films since 2013 and every single one is an action film, while Harrison Ford has made 13 and only six are action films! He always had a mix. Whereas Cruise basically exclusively does action films now, he is not as mixed as he used to be.
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LightningStrikes
07/02/25 5:35:34 PM
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Thats fair! The point was more to highlight that Cruise literally only does action movies now, but Ford has always had a mix of roles whenever you look. He was also a pretty reliable leading man for dramas and romances in the 80s and 90s, he even did a horror one time!

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MrSmartGuy
07/02/25 7:00:25 PM
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Tom Cruise
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Sylvester Stallone
Jackie Chan

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Mega_Mana
07/02/25 7:12:05 PM
#42:


Arnold Schwarznegger
Tom Cruise
Keanu Reeves
Jackie Chan

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Seanchan
07/02/25 7:12:08 PM
#43:


Arnold Schwarzenegger
Harrison Ford
Tom Cruise
Sylvester Stallone

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XIII_Rocks
07/02/25 7:26:59 PM
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Cruise
Reeves
Arnie
Chan

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Jesse_Custer
07/02/25 7:30:20 PM
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ZeroSignal posted...
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Sylvester Stallone
Bruce Willis
Jackie Chan

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Maniac64
07/02/25 7:58:24 PM
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Man this is a tough category

Tom Cruise
Harrison Ford
Jackie Chan
Jason Statham

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KingButz
07/02/25 8:11:18 PM
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Willis
Schwarzenegger
Statham
Stallone

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ZenOfThunder
07/02/25 8:21:23 PM
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
Sylvester Stallone
Bruce Willis
Jackie Chan

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lordjers
07/02/25 8:37:48 PM
#49:


Arnold Schwarzenegger
Sylvester Stallone
Jackie Chan
Tom Cruise

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skulltrumpets
07/02/25 8:39:07 PM
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Jackie Chan
Keanu Reeves
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Tom Cruise
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Chaeix
07/02/25 8:41:08 PM
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Keanu Reeves
Tom Cruise
Jason Statham
Bruce Willis

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