The Geekiest Action Heroes
AMC Movie List

The Geekiest Action Heroes

It's the age of the nerd and, not all men of action are are meatheads. Which geeky leading man do you think is the toughest?

rank title points votes your vote
1 Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire), Spider-Man
<p>Thisgeek loves science and gets no love from the ladies, until one day a spider bite has the girls calling him "Tiger."</p> 108 140
2 Matt (Justin Long), Live Free or Die Hard
<p>Matt's just your average hacker sitting in a dark apartment until he becomes Bruce Willis's ass-kicking sidekick and lady-killer.</p> 30 112
3 Neo (Keanu Reeves), The Matrix
<p>The patron saint of tough-guy geeks, Neo goes from cubicle jockey to superman messiah faster than you can say "Woah."</p> 27 123
4 The Narrator (Ed Norton), Fight Club
<p>This guy is a loser until he learns to beat himself up, run a terrorist group and make sweet love to Helena Bonham Carter.</p> 21 119
5 Ben (Nicolas Cage), National Treasure
<p>You wouldn't want the average historian and engineer on a treasure hunt, but Ben's a modern geeky Indiana Jones.</p> 20 118
6 Sam (Shia LaBeouf), Transformers
<p>Sam lacks the usual traits of intelligence and tech savvy, but finds he's destined to save the world and get the girl.</p> 14 124
7 Stanley (Hugh Jackman), Swordfish
<p>Another hacker , you know Hugh Jackman is eventually going to kick ass, which he does with a rocket launcher.</p> -15 93