Asia's Greatest Action Stars
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Asia's Greatest Action Stars

Since the '70s, some of action's biggest names have hailed from the Far East. How would you rank these stars?

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1 Bruce Lee
The nemesis of everyone from Chuck Norris to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lee dominated martial-arts movies before his tragic death. 128 186
2 Jackie Chan
Chan's had as many mainstream hits as anyone, with Rush Hour, Shanghai Knights, and more. 111 175
3 Jet Li
Li was a martial-arts legend for years, before his mainstream breakthrough, in Lethal Weapon 4. He's still kicking, to this day. 90 150
4 Michelle Yeoh
The former Miss Malaysia broke out as a Bond girl before learning Cantonese for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. 30 116
5 Sonny Chiba
Chiba made martial-arts flicks for years, before finally getting some mainstream cred, as sword-maker Hattori Hanzo, in Kill Bill. 1 109
6 Bai Ling
Ling's starred mostly in obscure action flicks but had a mainstream breakthrough with Crank 2: High Voltage. -33 103