When watching an action thriller, who doesn't feel a rush of adrenaline? During a thrilling chase, jump, or blast, we can't stop biting our nails. However, when you learn that the stunts you just witnessed on screen were real, you will be even more surprised. Yes, not all stunts are created by computers or by other stuntmen. To pull off their own stunts, some actors are just as addicted to the rush of adrenaline as anyone else. Even after they've reached the age of 50 or when CGIs were not available, some actors still exhibit admirable physical prowess.
The following is a list of the top ten actors who have performed their own stunts in movies, from Tom Cruise to Angelina Jolie. But the price of the badge of honor is broken bones, burns, and sometimes even the possibility of death. These actors don't scare people away despite these risks. Some even claim that doing so gives them a thrill. Let's check out the actors doing their own stunts.
10. Donnie Yen
Donnie Yen is an actor, director, and producer from Hong Kong. He began his career, however, as a stuntman. Donnie is skilled in a variety of martial arts, including jiu-jitsu and Taekwondo. He started out as an actor by appearing in a lot of fight scenes in films like "Once Upon A Time in China II," "Tiger Cage," and "Legend of the Wolf," among others. His fight sequences are either filmed or edited by a computer. His stunts are real and sometimes move at such a rapid pace that the eye can't keep up.
Donnie has choreographed numerous fight scenes and is one of the most prominent stuntmen in Hong Kong. He has won numerous awards for his Action Choreography. For instance, the Golden Horse Awards, the Taurus World Stunt Awards, and the Hong Kong Film Awards. Later, he even appeared in American films like "Ip Man" and "XXX: Mulan (2020), Return of Xander Cage, and more. He will even appear in the upcoming "John Wick 4" installment.
9. Angelina Jolie
She is not a sensitive princess, despite her stunning appearance. The only woman on this list is the badass Angelina Jolie. In the 2001 film Lara Croft, her adrenaline addiction was first made clear. "Tomb Raider" because everyone in Hollywood thinks she would make a great female James Bond because of her iconic air and her courage to perform her own stunts.
The films "Wanted" (2008) and "Salt" both feature a lot of her incredible stunts. In "Wanted," we see her shooting and jumping over trains from a broken car windshield. Her most well-known stunt from "Salt" is when she jumps from a bridge onto the truck roof.
8. Daniel Craig
When Daniel Craig accepted the role of the new British spy James Bond, he was tasked with performing numerous of the character's stunts. Daniel is 007 whenever we see him jumping off roofs, riding a mother bike on top of houses, or driving insanely fast during a chase. In the James Bond series, Daniel walked over a crane toward a falling train despite his fear of heights.
However, while Daniel performs his stunts, he has been cut, broken bones, and even sliced on the fingertip. After numerous takes, the spy portrays the stunts as effortless and elegant. Therefore, performing them at home requires discretion.
7. Matt Damon
The most well-known stunts by Academy Award winner Matt Damon can be found in the Bourne franchise. Matt was seen having thrilling fight scenes, jumping off windows, and crashing into cars in the "Bourne" series. Matt portrayed Jason Bourne with agility and physical prowess. However, the actor was unable to perform the underwater stunt in the 2004 film "The Bourne Supremacy."
Matt performed the movie's underwater stunt without an oxygen mask. Evidently, Matt was aided by a stunt guide and a diving instructor to navigate underwater. Nevertheless, Matt was unable to sleep that night when he shot the scene. Express quotes him as saying, "That night I woke up probably four times gasping for breath, thinking I was drowning." He admits this. It was horrendous.
6. Harrison Ford
With roles in films like the Indiana Jones and Blade Runner series, Harrison Ford is a well-known Hollywood actor. In addition, Ford receives credit for all of the stunts in his action-thriller films. He jumped out of the way of a fast train in "The Fugitive" (1993) and dangled from a helicopter in "Clear and Present Danger" (1994). Ford refused to have a stuntman play his part, even in the 20th century, when computer-generated imagery (CGI) was not widely used.
In "Raiders of the Ark," which came out in 1981, Ford was, in fact, behind the insanely fast car. The fact that Ford requested to shoot the majority of his stunts independently while filming "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" (2008) further awes the audience. At the time, they were sixty-six years old.
5. Tony Jaa
Tony Jaa is a Thai martial artist, stuntman, actor, director, action choreographer, and stuntman. He became famous for his fight scene in "Ong-Bak: Warrior of Muay Thai. He was praised all over the world for his quick and agile moves. His pants even caught fire later in the film. Tony eventually began working in Hollywood. He was in a lot of major franchises, like "XXX: "Never Back Down: ", "Furious 7," and "Return of Xander Cage" "No Giving Up."
Tony played the lead role in the major action thriller "Tom-Yum-Goong." The movie was even released under the name "The Protector" in the United States. Soon, Tony attracted Jackie Chan, the Chinese superstar, and Tony's hero. In "Rush Hour 3," he was asked to work with Jackie. However, due to a conflict with another film, he was unable to.
4. Buster Keaton
The American actor Buster Keaton, better known by his stage name "The Great Stone Face," was born in the 1920s. He was well-known for performing dangerous stunts in silent films while maintaining his reserved demeanor. There were no breakthroughs in technology during the 1920s. Keaton had to create his own stunts as a result. In addition, he didn't show any emotion while filming stunts.
Keaton even suffered a broken neck once while filming a water tower stunt. A huge pile of bruises and broken bones culminated at this point. In "Steamboat Bill Jr.," Keaton had created a massive set that would miss him. Keaton didn't lose his composure during any of the jump-from-a-house or car chase scenes. Along with Charlie Chaplin, he may be regarded as one of the first actors to perform their own stunts.
3. Tom Cruise
One of the many things on Tom Cruise's "I Can Do This" list is performing his own stunts. As the actor admits that he rather enjoys than is terrified of his stunt work, Tom merits the moniker "the quintessential adrenaline junkie." Over the course of his thirty years as an actor, Tom has healed his breath underwater for six minutes, run along the walls of Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, and, most importantly, healed onto an airplane as it took off.
2. Jason Statham
In addition to Vin Diseal, Jason Statham is the face of action and thriller films about automobiles. His most well-known action thrillers include "Expendable," "Death Race," and "Transporter." Additionally, the actor performed the majority of his stunts in the movies. The actor has even been put in danger by some of these stunts. While doing his stunts, he has broken bones and ligaments.
Despite being outnumbered, Joson has fought his way out by landing his parachute over the roof of a truck, maneuvering fast cars, and fighting his way out. He told Vulture in 2015 that he had a close call with one stunt in "Expendables 3." When his truck's brakes failed while he was driving it at an absurd speed, he drove the car into the Black Sea. In addition to his own stunts, Jason enjoys rock climbing.
1. Jackie Chan
The fact that this Hong Kong actor is at the top of this list is not surprising. It's likely that Jackie has performed all of the aforementioned stunts and added to them. Jackie holds the Guinness World Record for the most self-performed stunts by a living actor. The most well-liked of his daring stunts are his fighting sequences. However, these daring stunts have resulted in numerous surgeries, horrifying burns, broken bones, and other injuries.
Jakie's stunts almost seem out of this world. Jackie has hung from billboards, jumped from buildings, and snowboarded into a helicopter from a mountain. When he slid down from a pole that was covered in electrical lights, it was one of his most dangerous stunts. Even worse, it resulted in severe burns.
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