The Best Johns/Jacks In Action Movies - NEED ASFN HELP!!!!

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Okay folks... so, I've got a little side project I've been slaving over and researching and i just realized I have completely ignore a great tool to help me... ALL OF YOU!

I'm creating a master list of the best (and worst) Johns and Jacks from action movies throughout history: Everyone from John Connor to John Spartan to John Matrix to Jack Sparrow. And you even stretch into horror/thriller genre and they don't have to all be good guys... like John Doe could be one of them from Se7en.

I've currently got 68 but need more. Who are some of your favorites, could be movies or TV, awesome characters or AWFUL CHARACTERS. They'd preferably be leads, either as hero or villain or at least someone pretty noteworthy if a side-character. But overall, let your freak flag fly. This is as much an action smorgasbord thread as anything else.

Go for it:
 
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John (Jack) Here’s Johnny Torrance


Jack Ryan
 

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I’m sure this doesn’t fit since it wasn’t an action movie but I still wanted to contribute:

Johnny (Patrick Swayze) from Dirty Dancing

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Wait!! I got one!!!

Jack Traven (Keanu Reeves) from Speed
 

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Johnny Rose from Schitt’s Creek (tv and a comedy... I’m sorry!)
 

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Jean-Luc Picard from the Star Trek TNG movies/tv show
 

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Detective John Kimble from Kindergarten Cop. I consider it part action part awesome comedy.
 

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John Crichton from Farscape!! It was tv show but they did a movie at the end. Sci-fi but had action.

John Tucker Must Die (don’t know if action or comedy, never saw it)
 

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John Silver (from any version of Treasure Island)
John "Doc" Holiday
John "Hannibal" Smith - A-Team
John Carter
John Smith
John Blutarsky
Little John
John Prentice
John Darling
John Constantine
John Hancock
Johnny Cage
Johnny Lawrence
Johnny English
John Nash
John Coffey
John Book
John Bosley
John Winger
John Tucker
John Blake
Jonathan Kent
John Kreese
John MClane Jr. (LOL)
John Milton
John Clark
Jonathan Harker
John Ferguson

Jack Skellington
Jack Frost
Jack Dawson
Jack Sparrow
Jack Torrance
Jack-Jack Parr
Jack Ryan
Jack Reacher
Jack Llewelyn Davies
Jack Swigert
Jack Burton
Jack Kelly
Jack Harper
Jack Doyle
Jack Twist
Jack Byrnes
Jack Crawford
Jack O' The Green
jack Rafferty
Jack Goodman
Jack Woltz
Jack Carter
Jack Wilson
Jack Ruby
Jack Vincennes

Guessing you have most if not all of these already. Do you need the movies they appeared in as well?
 

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Can't forget:

Jack Bauer
Jack Ryan
Jack Harkness
Jack Shepard
Jack Donaghy


John Locke
Jon Snow
Prince John
John Hammond
John Spartan
John Winchester
John Diggle
John Stewart (Green Lantern)
John Reese
Jonathan Archer
John Kruger
John Keating
 
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John Silver (from any version of Treasure Island)
John "Doc" Holiday
John "Hannibal" Smith - A-Team
John Carter
John Smith
John Blutarsky
Little John
John Prentice
John Darling
John Constantine
John Hancock
Johnny Cage
Johnny Lawrence
Johnny English
John Nash
John Coffey
John Book
John Bosley
John Winger
John Tucker
John Blake
Jonathan Kent
John Kreese
John MClane Jr. (LOL)
John Milton
John Clark
Jonathan Harker
John Ferguson

Jack Skellington
Jack Frost
Jack Dawson
Jack Sparrow
Jack Torrance
Jack-Jack Parr
Jack Ryan
Jack Reacher
Jack Llewelyn Davies
Jack Swigert
Jack Burton
Jack Kelly
Jack Harper
Jack Doyle
Jack Twist
Jack Byrnes
Jack Crawford
Jack O' The Green
jack Rafferty
Jack Goodman
Jack Woltz
Jack Carter
Jack Wilson
Jack Ruby
Jack Vincennes

Guessing you have most if not all of these already. Do you need the movies they appeared in as well?

yes please!

(and yeah, I've got a lot of those, but keep 'em coming!)
 
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this is great folks... keep 'em coming!
 

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A two-fer: Jonathan J. "Jack" O'Neill, Stargate.
 

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Jack Goodman - American Werewolf in London
Jack Burton - Big Trouble in Little China
John Anderton - Minority Report
John Dunbar - Dances with Wolves
John Shaft - Shaft
John Clayton - Tarzan's real name
 

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