Gerard Butler in anything. But especially Olympus Has Fallen and Law Abiding Citizen.
Yes Sharon! I was thinking this yesterday when looking through this thread but never posted. Exact two movies I thought of. Also Mel Gibson in the Patriot or Braveheart.
Villian? DeNiro in Cape Fear. Complicated tough hero-Dirty Harry.
Complicated ’tilting at windmills’ he is a gritty realist, no an idealist, Patton, George C. Scott.