Actor: Steven Seagal

Steven Seagal is a legitimate seventh-dan aikido practitioner who ran a dojo in Japan before acting, and the early films used real technique, which distinguished them from their contemporaries.

Above the Law and Under Siege are the ones that work, and Under Siege in particular has a genuinely good Tommy Lee Jones villain to play against.

The career declined into direct-to-video output, and his conduct, business dealings and his relationship with the Russian government have all been subjects of sustained reporting.