Best Martial Arts Actor

[Dreddz]

I dunno about all the martial arts people there are but to me Bruce lee can kill them all.All he has to do is his 1-inch punch.Jackie Chans ok i guess but Jet Li is rubbish who agrees with me.

[Faris]

Jackie Chan;
Action + Comedy + the ending outtakes = good stuff
But lately his movies have been all.....meh. :(

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

Bruce Lee was much more than an actor and overall one of the greatest people who ever lived. So, yeah, he wins.

[m4tt]

I love Jackie Chan, but Bruce is the best.

[malice]

i luv jackie chan he's just so funny

[Itsunari 2000]

Everything that makes a good real-life fighter and martial artist makes a bad on-screen fighter - however Bruce Lee , as probably the greatest exponent of martial arts in modern times , was also an exceptionally good actor. He gets my vote.

[SeeDRankLou]

I'm going to say Bruce Lee. However, I just saw Elektra last night and there was a preview for a movie called Unleashed with Jet Li. Jet Li is a decent actor and has had a few good acting performances, but he has the opportunity to give a REALLY GOOD acting performance with this movie, and if he does a good job with it he will be my new favorite.

[Dingo Jellybean]

Martial arts "actors" are not really actors IMO. They're just stunt people who just read a few "cool" lines.

[Yamaneko]

I guess you haven't seen <i>The Game of Death</i> then. It's one of my favorite movies period.

Bruce Lee was much more than an actor and overall one of the greatest people who ever lived. So, yeah, he wins.

[Doomgaze]

Bruce Lee is THE greatest man ever to live.

[krissy]

Bruce Lee

it's not often that i use capital letters so that better stand for something

[Psychotic]

Bruce Lee is THE greatest man ever to live.

[boris no no]

I dunno about all the martial arts people there are but to me Bruce lee can kill them all.All he has to do is his 1-inch punch.Jackie Chans ok i guess but Jet Li is rubbish who agrees with me.
i love bruce lee!!
i've got a bag with loads of shots of enter the dragon and my message tone on my mobby is
"that is not possible, bulls**t mr hanman!! my favourite film ever!!
"don't think feeeeeeeeeeeeeel!"
jackie chan is good because he bring comedy to martial arts.
but noone can bgeat that one inch punch!! i've got a documentary on vid of that...may go and watch it now!!
:love: :love: :love: :love: he's the best!! jet li is nowhere near!!

[Martyr]

Bruce Lee is the best, but not the best actor.

Jackie Chan is the best actor. I mean, he's spectacular in that he performs excellently AND acts with superstar prowess at the same time. Shame that it looks like he finally bit the wrong worm (And Disney hooked him in the gut)

Of course, I hear no mention of the great, the magnificent, the, uh, well, Jean Claud Van Dam! Not that guy... That guy... I think he guest starred on Friends and the black haired chick fell in love with him for an episode. That was really impressive (For him)

Jet Li sucks. I haven't been able to sit through a single movie of his. Chris Farley was better as the Great White/Fat Ninja. (Though it's sort of unfair to compare hardly anybody to Chris Farley. The man was quite superior to most mortal actors in every way)

Note related to the post below this: I've never seen any of Jet Li's foreign work.

[SomethingBig]

I love Jackie Chan, but Bruce is the best.
Agreed. And Jet Li's a pretty good actor in his foreign films, but I can't sayt he same for his American films.

[Mr. Graves]

Bruce Lee was much more than an actor and overall one of the greatest people who ever lived. So, yeah, he wins.

I shall also quote this.

Besides, Bruce...Jet Li. I'd say Jackie Chan, but none of his more recent flicks feature hardly any martial arts. :(

[lordblazer]

Bruce Lee due to the fact thathe was an actual martial art master whoactually did those things in his movies IRL and during screenings.

[Casey]

1. Bruce Lee
2. Jackie Chan
3. ?
4. ?


Bruce Lee is the best, but not the best actor.

Jackie Chan is the best actor. I mean, he's spectacular in that he performs excellently AND acts with superstar prowess at the same time. Shame that it looks like he finally bit the wrong worm (And Disney hooked him in the gut)

Jet Li sucks. I haven't been able to sit through a single movie of his. Chris Farley was better as the Great White/Fat Ninja. (Though it's sort of unfair to compare hardly anybody to Chris Farley. The man was quite superior to most mortal actors in every way)

Agreed.

[Necronopticous]

<a href="http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/ong_bak-tlr.html/">Tony Jaa</A> is looking promising

[boris no no]

best FEMALE martial artists is that girl from house of flying daggers and crouching tiger hidden dragon!! can't remember her name...
http://www.sonyclassics.com/houseofflyingdaggers/trailer-open.html
her!!! shes sooooooooooo cool!! i wish i was her! :love:

[Peegee]

Watch actual dramas where Bruce Lee acts, not his 'famous five'.

Anyway I like Jet Li in asian films.

[Crazy the Clown]

Gotta go with the Chantastic one.

[Breine]

Hmm, my favourites are Jackie Chan, Michelle Yeoh and Zhang Ziyi.

[Dr Unne]

Aren't we all forgetting Steven Seagal?

[Inferno]

Aren't we all forgetting Steven Seagal? Yeah and what about Chuck Norris !?

[kagome sama]

Jackie chan for comedy but when things get serious my fav is jet li :D

[Crazy the Clown]

A couple of other good ones would have to be Chris "Red Dragon" Cassamassa, Robin Shou, and Mako.

Cassamassa played as a very convincing Scorpion in the original Mortal Kombat Movie. Shou played as Liu Kang in both MK films. And Mako, he's been in more movies than I can even count.

[GhandiOwnsYou]

Bruce Lee, and the Black guy that was with him in Enter the Dragon. I can't remember his name, but he was amazing. Sonny Chiba is great too.

[Lucky Charms]

Bruce Lee who starred in Enter the Dragon.

And after his death.. his small screen successor "Bruce Li" who starred in my favorite kung fu film "Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth, The Legend" (Was a movie about Bruce Lee's life)

Present day actor would have to be Jet Lee (Now spelled Jet Li)
I enjoyed his Once upon a time in China movie series

Actress of course is the stunning Zhang Ziyi.. :love:

[FallenAngel411]

Me likey Bruce Lee :thumb:

[gokufusionss1]

Bruce lee because when he threw a punch you couldn't see his hand move.

[radyk05]

sarah michelle gellar! that gal can kick your arse kung-fu style AND stab you in the heart!

[redxiiii]

Jackie chan does all his own stunts and was funny in rush hour 1 and 2 but I`m compelled to say, BRUCE LEE ROCKS!

[Lionx]

Bruce Lee is THE greatest man ever to live.

Truly...in and out of acting.

[Mercen-X]

That guy who played Bruce Lee in "Dragon"

[kikimm]

Please don't revive old threads. :)


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