J.B. - Man of Action

    I want to change my initials to J.B. Why? Because all the cool guys have those initials.  Popular culture practically insists that all contemporary, super cool, tougher than tough heroes have that monogram on their towels. I'm not sure why this is but the evidence that it is so is overwhelming.
 
    Let's start with James Bond.  Ian Fleming's bloated and booze-soaked has-been was resurrected in the movies into the uber-cool international spy we either wanted to be or to sip Bollinger champagne with.  Add the 007 status (numbers that appear in an extraordinary amount of email addresses, by the way) and he is just hard to beat regardless of who wore the tuxedo.

    The enigmatic Jason Bourne.  Robert Ludlum's man of mystery, played by Matt Damon in the movies, is tough, whip smart and has ice running through his veins.  Although his lack of past bothers him personally, it doesn't slow this lean, mean, black-ops machine.

    It's all there, all the time, for 24's  Jack Bauer.  Played by husky-voiced Kiefer Sutherland, Jack is a tenacious loyal terrier (not rogue agent) who never needs sleep,  food or a bathroom while he almost single-handedly  diverts world disaster and fends off international terrorists in a single day. Every moment is fused with overwrought drama.  Thank goodness for Chloe and her laptop computer or Jack would be doing battle alone.

    How about some 'close enoughs'? Let's see:

    There is Jack (B)Ryan.  Obviously Tom Clancy's typewriter had a problem with the "B" key while he was creating these books but the never-say-never, true-blue character (played by many actors including Harrison Ford) is spot on for an MoA award.
    J.B. Fletcher.  The only female in our crowd, this amateur sleuth was hugely popular despite the fact she could not prevent Cabot Cove's population from being decimated.  Actress Angela Lansbury made being an old widow cool in Murder She Wrote.
    Jeremy Brett.  O.K. this is an actual actor's name, but no one portrayed the steely-intellect of Sherlock Holmes better than he did. 
    Joe Don Baker.  Another actor whose sloppy joe eatin' , hillbilly characters always managed to get the job done, usually in James Bond flicks.
    Opening the Biblical Characters category:  Jesus (born in) Bethlehem  doesn't really need an introduction.  And John the Baptist leading all those weepers on Jordan's banks.

    Am I missing any larger than life action personae?   Sorry,  Jack Black doesn't count.