James Bond in Goldfinger voted in top 25 awesome action heroes

24-Oct-2007 • Bond News

EW.com have put together a poll of the most awesom action heroes on the silver screen.

What poll would be complete without James Bond? Sean Connery as 007 in 1964's "Goldfinger"
placed #23 in the list.

EW.com said "I'm pretty sure the phrase ''Women want him and men want to BE him'' was invented for Sean Connery, the former bodybuilder who swaggered into the role of James Bond and walked away a screen icon."

The complete list:

1. BRUCE WILLIS, DIE HARD (1988)
2. SIGOURNEY WEAVER, ALIENS (1986)
3. HARRISON FORD, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)
4. MEL GIBSON, THE ROAD WARRIOR (1982)
5. KEANU REEVES, THE MATRIX (1999)
6. RUSSELL CROWE, GLADIATOR (2000)
7. CHOW YUN-FAT, HARD-BOILED (1992)
8. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (1991)
9. WILLIAM HOLDEN, THE WILD BUNCH (1969)
10. PETER WELLER, ROBOCOP (1987)
11. BRUCE LEE, ENTER THE DRAGON (1973)
12. MATT DAMON, THE BOURNE SUPREMACY (2004)
13. ERROL FLYNN, THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (1938)
14. UMA THURMAN, KILL BILL â VOL. 1 (2003)
15. JACKIE CHAN, DRUNKEN MASTER II (1994)
16. JEAN RENO, THE PROFESSIONAL (1994)
17. TOM CRUISE, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III (2006)
18. SYLVESTER STALLONE, RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART II (1985)
19. BURT LANCASTER, THE CRIMSON PIRATE (1952)
20. ANTONIO BANDERAS, DESPERADO (1995)
21. ANNE PARILLAUD, LA FEMME NIKITA (1990)
22. KURT RUSSELL, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (1981)
23. SEAN CONNERY, GOLDFINGER (1964)
24. STEVEN SEAGAL, UNDER SIEGE (1992)
25. TOSHIRO MIFUNE, SEVEN SAMURAI (1954)

Thanks to `Tux` & `Samuel 001` for the alerts.