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In the 1990s and 2000s, Asian actors Chow Yun-fat, Jet Li, and Jackie Chan appeared in a number of different types of action films, and US actors Wesley Snipes and Vin Diesel both had many roles.

As well, several female actors had major roles in action films, such as Michelle Yeoh, Lucy Liu and ex-model Milla Jovovich.

While Keanu Reeves and Harrison Ford both had major roles in action science fiction films ( The Matrix and Blade Runner, respectively ), Ford branched out into a number of other action genres, such as action-adventure films.