Alan Ritchson is Hollywood's last old-school action hero

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Alan Ritchson feels like he wandered in from another era. Whether he's playing Jack Reacher in Reacher , Anders Lassen in The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare , U.S. Army Ranger 81 battling an alien invasion in Netflix's War Machine , or the rough-and-tumble hero of the upcoming Motor City , Ritchson keeps gravitating toward the same type of role: an unstoppable physical force whose greatest weapon is simply walking into a room. 35 years ago, he would've fit comfortably alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger , Sylvester Stallone , Dolph Lundgren, and Jean-Claude Van Damme. Today, he feels almost like the last of a dying breed. That's precisely why he's become such an unlikely star.