Stars Who Served

Heroic Celebrities

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Stars Who Saved ... They can sing, they can act ... they can save lives? Keeping clicking to see the celebrities who saved the day with good deeds, heroic acts and more. —Xfinity Entertainment Staff
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Jack Osbourne New dad and husband Jack Osbourne, 26, is being praised as a hero for saving the life of a drowning woman in Hawaii this past weekend. "Really proud of Jack and his friend Tyler who saved a woman on the beach yesterday who'd had a heart attack and drown," Osbourne's wife Lisa Stelly tweeted. "They resuscitated her until the ambulance came. We just found out she's in a stable condition! Awesome!" —XFINITY Entertainment Staff
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Jennifer Lawrenc... "Hunger Games" star Jennifer Lawrence recently made headlines when she came to the aid of an unconscious young woman found lying in the grass outside her Los Angeles apartment complex. Lawrence, who was walking her dog at the time, assisted the girl until paramedics arrived. —XFINITY Entertainment Staff
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Patrick Dempsey He might only play a doctor on television, but that doesn’t stop Patrick Dempsey from saving real lives too. The “Grey’s Anatomy” actor pulled 17-year-old Weston Masset out of a wrecked car following a major accident last month. “He was there for me. It would have been a lot worse without him,” Masset told ABC News. —XFINITY Entertainment Staff
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Ryan Gosling Is there anything Ryan Gosling can’t do? British writer Laurie Penny went public with the latest heroic Gosling story on Gawker, claiming that the actor saved her life by pulling her out of the path of a moving car during a fleeting encounter in downtown Manhattan. Swoon.
Just a few months prior to saving Penny, Gosling was filmed breaking up a street fight in New York City's East Village. Two men got into a battle over a piece of art after one claimed the other stole his painting. Gosling pulled them aside, asked what was wrong and paid the man who felt he had been robbed. Only towards the end did the men realize he was that guy from “The Notebook.” —XFINITY Entertainment Staff
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Sofia Vergara Sofia Vergara kicked off 2012 on a heroically positive note. The “Modern Family” star and a friend rushed to the aid of a young woman who collapsed outside a Las Vegas nightclub at 3 a.m. on New Year’s Day. After checking the woman’s pulse, Vergara and pal waited by her side until security and paramedics arrived. The woman was rushed to a nearby hospital in much better shape thanks to the efforts of this Colombian beauty. —XFINITY Entertainment Staff
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JC Chasez The former 'N Sync star showed there is more to him than smooth dance moves when he rescued a baby from harm on New Year’s Day. Chasez was relaxing on Miami Beach when a helicopter flew too close to the shoreline, the force of its blades ripping umbrellas out of the sand and turning them into dangerous projectiles. According to New York Post's Page Six, "One parasol began hurtling toward a stroller carrying a 1-year-old baby girl. Chasez sprung into action and grabbed the umbrella before it fell onto the child." Witnesses at the nearby Fontainebleau hotel described the star as being "sweet and humble" about his heroic actions. —XFINITY Entertainment Staff
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Kate Winslet Academy Award-winning actress Kate Winslet was recently vacationing on a private island owned by Virgin Group boss Richard Branson when the main house caught on fire. Winslet not only got her two children to safety, but carried Brandon’s 90-year-old mother out of the house and harm's way. —XFINITY Entertainment Staff
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Jimmy Stewart Many of Hollywood’s leading men skirted their patriotic responsibilities and never went to war. Jimmy Stewart was the exception. He proudly served in the U.S. Air Force Reserve, eventually achieving the rank of Brigadier General in 1959. Stewart actively participated in battle, never seeking publicity for his service. After 27 years, Stewart retired from the Air Force on May 31, 1968. —XFINITY Entertainment Staff
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David Lee Roth Van Halen rocker David Lee Roth isn’t just an amazing musician. He works as a New York City EMT, riding around in ambulances and responding to emergency calls throughout the city. In 2004, Roth, who prefers to remain anonymous while he works, saved the life of a Bronx woman who had a heart attack by shocking her back to life with a defibrillator. —XFINITY Entertainment Staff
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Ray Davies Ray Davies, the lead singer/songwriter for the Britain-based band The Kinks, was shot in the leg in 2004 after he chased an armed mugger who had stolen a woman’s purse in New Orleans. The mugger was later caught and Davies healed from his gunshot injuries. —XFINITY Entertainment Staff
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Julia Child Chef Julia Child served in an international spy ring managed by the Office of Strategic Services, an early version of the CIA created during World War II by President Franklin Roosevelt. Child studied military plans, created propaganda, infiltrated enemy ranks and stirred resistance among foreign troops, all while making her legendary cookbook. —XFINITY Entertainment Staff
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Harrison Ford Harrison Ford really is as awesome as the characters he plays in the movies. Ford’s second career is as a helicopter pilot. In the past, the actor has rescued two female hikers stranded on Idaho's Table Mountain, helped search for and airlift a lost 13-year-old Boy Scout in the vast woods of Yellowstone National Park and aided in taking victims out of Haiti. —XFINITY Entertainment Staff
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T.I. Rapper T.I. played the hero in 2010, when he stopped to help Atlanta police talk a suicidal man off the top of 22-story building. —XFINITY Entertainment Staff
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Mark Harmon In 1996, the “Chicago Hope” actor saved two teenage boys who were involved in a car accident outside of his home. Harmon grabbed a sledge hammer from his garage and broke open the window of their burning car, pulling them to safety. —XFINITY Entertainment Staff
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Gwyneth Paltrow Paltrow accidentally saved someone’s life. On September 11, 2001, Lara Lundstrom Clarke was headed to catch her train to work on the 77th floor of the World Trade Center, when she was almost run down on the street by a blonde in an SUV. Clarke looked up and saw the driver was none other than Gwyneth Paltrow. The actress waved Clarke across the street, but by the time she got to her station it was too late, the train had already left and Clarke never went to work. —XFINITY Entertainment Staff
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Sean Penn He may be outspoken when it comes to politics, but no one can deny Sean Penn’s dedication to aiding victims of natural disasters. His efforts in Haiti were widely documented, as well as his attempt to rescue hundreds after Hurricane Katrina. Penn traveled the flooded streets by dingy following the storm, picking people out of the water and bringing them to dry land. —XFINITY Entertainment Staff
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Tom Cruise Tom Cruise might be a little controversial when it comes to love and religion, but that doesn’t take away from his hero status in Hollywood. Cruise is rumored to have saved two boys who were pinned to the wall by a wild crowd at one of his movie premieres, rescued five stranded boaters from the ocean when their sailboat caught on fire in a freak accident and came to the rescue of two car accident victims on L.A.’s 101 freeway until a medical team arrived. —XFINITY Entertainment Staff
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Demi Moore Who said Twitter can’t be a useful tool? Demi Moore reached out to two Twitter followers who were sending her suicidal messages on the social networking site. Moore’s intervention is said to have stopped the teens from taking their own lives. —XFINITY Entertainment Staff
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Garth Brooks Country crooner Garth Brooks was visiting his in-laws in Collinsville, Okla. when a raging fire broke out at a nearby home. Brooks heroically ran into the engulfed home and helped evacuate five people, including two children. —XFINITY Entertainment Staff
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Stars Who Served These aren't Hollywood's only heroes. Check out the stars who served their country in a branch of the military by clicking here.