14 Famous Actors Who Have Straight-Up Saved A Life
![14 Famous Actors Who Have Straight-Up Saved A Life](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/2/1/786621_320x180.jpg)
In everyday life, people are exposed to many different types of danger. Some of these dangers are natural, such as floods or earthquakes, while others are man-made, such as car accidents or fires. In either case, there are always people who risk their own lives to save others. These people are the real heroes. Among them are some famous actors who have used their celebrity status to save ordinary people from harm. For example, in 2004, actor and director Clint Eastwood helped to save a drowning woman off the coast of California. In another instance, actress Reese Witherspoon used her cell phone to call 911 when she saw a car accident on a busy highway. These examples show that famous actors can be real heroes, just like anyone else.
When you think about it, it makes sense that iconic actors would go out of their way to save the lives of ordinary people. If everyone in the world bled to death in a bizarre scaffolding accident, who would buy Being John Malkovich on Blu-ray?
![Ken Jeong CRACKED.COM Jeong is an actual, for-real doctor, and once stopped his own stand-up show to treat a woman who was suffering a seizure.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/2/0/786620.jpg)
Source: EW
![Christian Bale CRACKED.COM While training to play multiple heart-owner Dick Cheney, Bale had to learn a great deal about heart attacks. So much so, that he was able to help Adam McKay recognize an oncoming heart attack in time to avoid serious damage.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/1/9/786619.jpg)
Source: Deadline
![Kate Winslet CRACKED.com When lightning struck the Carribean vacation home she was staying in, lighting it on fire, Winslet saved Richard Branson's mom. Branson said Many thanks to Kate Winslet for helping to carry my 90-year mum out of the main house to safety.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/1/8/786618.jpg)
Source: People
![John Malkovitch CRACKED.COM When an older gentleman fell into some scaffolding, accidentally slicing his own throat open, Malkovitch ran to his aid and put pressure on the wound, reassuring the man: My name is John and you're going to be alright.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/1/7/786617.jpg)
Source: Toronto Sun
![Benedict Cumberbatch CRACKED.COM When he saw a delivery guy getting jumped by four dudes in London, he hopped out of his Uber and punched the punks into reconsidering this particular shakedown.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/1/4/786614.jpg)
Source: The Sun
![Danny Trejo when CRACKED.COM When Trejo saw an overturned car on a California road in 2019, he rushed to the scene, and pulled a baby from the wreckage.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/0/8/786608.jpg)
Source: CNN
![Jennifer Lawrence CRACKED.COM A woman once collapsed on the front lawn of her apartment complex. J Law was the first to notice, and rushed to help (instead of just drawing the curtains and calling 911). She stayed with the victim until paramedics arrived.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/1/2/786612.jpg)
Source: Daily Mail
![Dolly Parton CRACKED.COM No one wants to die on the set of a Netflix Christmas movie. She spared her 9-year-old costar just such a fate, when she yanked her out of the way of oncoming traffic.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/1/3/786613.jpg)
Source: YouTube
![Leo DiCaprio CRACKED.co COM While cruising around St. Barts on his boat, Leo joined the search for a man had fallen off a cruise ship nearby. His crew actually spotted the man, who'd been treading water for 11 hours, and pulled him aboard.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/1/5/786615.jpg)
Source: The Sun
![Liz Taylor CRACKED.COM She actually ran an illegal drug ring out of her Bel Air mansion. Not fun drugs, though, but an experimental HIV drug that the Bush Sr. administration refused to legalize or even attempt to regulate. On the legal side of the fence, she raised over $270 million to fight AIDS.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/1/1/786611.jpg)
![Goldfinger CRACKED.COM Not the ska band, but rather, German actor Gert Frobe. Long before playing the titular villain in Goldfinger, as a young man, Frobe was forced to join the Nazi party. It turns out he was a terrible Nazi, because he successfully hid a Jewish family for the duration of the war.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/1/0/786610.jpg)
![Laurie Holden CRACKED.COM After her character was killed off of The Walking Dead, she started working with an organization called Operation Underground Railroad. She'd infiltrate and distract child trafficking gangs long enough for armed authorities to SWOOP in and capture them.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/1/6/786616.jpg)
![Harrison Ford CRACKED.COM When he's not busy crashing his small aircraft, he can usually be found saving hikers with them. He once spotted and rescued a Boy Scout who was lost in the woods, and plucked a lost hiker from atop an Idaho mountain.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/0/7/786607.jpg)
![Clint Eastwood LIVE CRACKED.COM The one-time tough guy (and current doddering RNC stooge) once saved a life in the least impressive possible scenario. A guy was choking on a piece of cheese at a golf party, and Clint Heimlich-hugged him until he horked it up.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/0/9/786609.jpg)
Source: Independent