01of 43Dev PatelFrancois Nel/GettyThe good deed:Stopping a violent knife attackIn a statement toVariety, Patel’s repconfirmedthat he and his friends stepped in to stop a knife fight between a man and a woman on the street in Adelaide, Australia, in August 2022.The statement read, “Dev Patel and his friends witnessed a violent altercation that was already in progress outside of a convenience store. Dev acted on his natural instinct to try and de-escalate the situation and break up the fight. The group was thankfully successful in doing so and they remained on site to ensure that the police and eventually the ambulance arrived.“They added, “There are no heroes in this situation and sadly this specific incident highlights a larger systemic issue of marginalized members of society not being treated with the dignity and respect they deserve.““The hope is that the same level of media attention this story is receiving (solely because Dev, as a famous person, was involved) can be a catalyst for lawmakers to be compassionate in determining long-term solutions to help not only the individuals who were involved but the community at large,” the statement concluded.
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Dev Patel
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The good deed:Stopping a violent knife attack
In a statement toVariety, Patel’s repconfirmedthat he and his friends stepped in to stop a knife fight between a man and a woman on the street in Adelaide, Australia, in August 2022.
The statement read, “Dev Patel and his friends witnessed a violent altercation that was already in progress outside of a convenience store. Dev acted on his natural instinct to try and de-escalate the situation and break up the fight. The group was thankfully successful in doing so and they remained on site to ensure that the police and eventually the ambulance arrived.”
They added, “There are no heroes in this situation and sadly this specific incident highlights a larger systemic issue of marginalized members of society not being treated with the dignity and respect they deserve.”
“The hope is that the same level of media attention this story is receiving (solely because Dev, as a famous person, was involved) can be a catalyst for lawmakers to be compassionate in determining long-term solutions to help not only the individuals who were involved but the community at large,” the statement concluded.
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Julie Bowen
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The good deed:Helping a woman who had passed out on a hike
Minnie John was on vacation with her family at Utah’s Arches National Park when she began to feel sick, according to herFacebook postdetailing the incident. When she began feeling lightheaded, she told her family members to go on without her as she took a break on a rock.
Explaining that Bowen kept asking her questions, John wrote, “I wondered if I might be watching tv,” as the duo cleaned up her wounds and gave her electrolytes to help her heal.
The sisters called John’s family to let them know what had happened while other hikers traveled to find them about 20 minutes away.
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Tom Cruise
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The good deed:Saved a costar from a moving helicopter blade
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Dr. Mehmet Oz
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The good deed:Performing CPR on a man who collapsed at the airport.
According to officials, the man started breathing again after several cycles of CPR and was transported to intensive care at a local hospital.
“As a physician and a human being, it’s our responsibility to jump in when there’s a medical emergency,“Oz said in a statement to PEOPLE. “Another critical reminder of how important it is to take the time to learn how to do CPR and use a defibrillator. You could save a life.”
05of 43Pierce BrosnanKeith Hamshere/Mgm/Eon/Kobal/ShutterstockThe good deed:Saving Halle Berry from choking.Berry, who played Bond girl Jinx Johnson in 2002’sDie Another Day, recently revealed thatBrosnanchanneled a real-life James Bond moment when hesaved her from chokingwhile filming a scene together.“I was supposed to be all sexy and seduce him with a fig,” Berry recalled on Jimmy Fallon’s at-home edition ofThe Tonight Showin April 2020. “And then he had to get up and do the Heimlich. So not sexy.““You never see that in a James Bond movie,” a humored Fallon said.“You should’ve seen it,” Berry said, joking, “James Bond knows how to Heimlich.”
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Pierce Brosnan
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The good deed:Saving Halle Berry from choking.
Berry, who played Bond girl Jinx Johnson in 2002’sDie Another Day, recently revealed thatBrosnanchanneled a real-life James Bond moment when hesaved her from chokingwhile filming a scene together.
“I was supposed to be all sexy and seduce him with a fig,” Berry recalled on Jimmy Fallon’s at-home edition ofThe Tonight Showin April 2020. “And then he had to get up and do the Heimlich. So not sexy.”
“You never see that in a James Bond movie,” a humored Fallon said.
“You should’ve seen it,” Berry said, joking, “James Bond knows how to Heimlich.”
06of 43Leonardo DiCaprioLeonardo DiCaprio.Steve Granitz/WireImageThe good deed:Rescuing a man who fell overboard.Not all incidents involvingLeonardo DiCaprioand large boats go as badly as things did inTitanic.The Academy Award-winning actor was vacationing with his friends and girlfriendCamila Morroneon a rented boatnear St. Bartson Dec. 30 when they heard there was an emergency call that a search was on for a man who had drunkenly fallen overboard from a Club Med yacht.It just so happened that DiCaprio’s boat was in the area when the man was spotted and rescued in rough water.“Leo and his friends and their boat captain decided to join the search and their efforts resulted in helping save a man’s life,” a source told PEOPLE exclusively. It was reported that the man had been treading water for 11 hours.The insider added, “The boat crew were happy to try and assist - even more so that they were able to help get the man to safety.”
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Leonardo DiCaprio
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The good deed:Rescuing a man who fell overboard.
Not all incidents involvingLeonardo DiCaprioand large boats go as badly as things did inTitanic.
The Academy Award-winning actor was vacationing with his friends and girlfriendCamila Morroneon a rented boatnear St. Bartson Dec. 30 when they heard there was an emergency call that a search was on for a man who had drunkenly fallen overboard from a Club Med yacht.
It just so happened that DiCaprio’s boat was in the area when the man was spotted and rescued in rough water.
“Leo and his friends and their boat captain decided to join the search and their efforts resulted in helping save a man’s life,” a source told PEOPLE exclusively. It was reported that the man had been treading water for 11 hours.
The insider added, “The boat crew were happy to try and assist - even more so that they were able to help get the man to safety.”
07of 43Melissa ErricoCourtesy Melissa ErricoThe good deed:Pulling a man to safetyafter he fell onto New York City subway tracksOn her way home from a vocal lesson, theBillionsactress saw two men struggling to lift another from the subway tracks when she sprung into action. “I could see the two men giving up,” she says. “They were letting him go.“Errico, a mother of three, knew she had to act quickly, “I came running over. I was like, ‘You can’t lift him? We got this.’ " That’s when she grabbed the man from under the arms, counted to three, and hoisted him from the tracks.Though the man suffered from a broken foot and cuts to his arms, he willreportedlymake a full recovery thanks to the trio.
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Melissa Errico
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The good deed:Pulling a man to safetyafter he fell onto New York City subway tracks
On her way home from a vocal lesson, theBillionsactress saw two men struggling to lift another from the subway tracks when she sprung into action. “I could see the two men giving up,” she says. “They were letting him go.”
Errico, a mother of three, knew she had to act quickly, “I came running over. I was like, ‘You can’t lift him? We got this.’ " That’s when she grabbed the man from under the arms, counted to three, and hoisted him from the tracks.
Though the man suffered from a broken foot and cuts to his arms, he willreportedlymake a full recovery thanks to the trio.
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Danny Trejo
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Trejo happened to be in the area when two cars collided in the Sylmar neighborhood of Los Angeles on Hubbard Street and Jackman Avenue in August 2019.
Acting fast, theMachetestar crawled into the totaled car from one side, but said he was unable to reach the child’s car seat.
While Trejo is being praised for his heroism, he explained to ABC 7, “the only thing that saved that little kid was his car seat, honest to God.”
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Tom Holland
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The good deed:Saving a young fan from a crushing crowd
While signing autographs in New York in June 2019,Hollandcame to thedefense of a girlwho began suffering from a panic attack due to the aggressive autograph hunters who were shoving their way to the front of the crowd.
The incident was captured on video shared from the girl’s Twitter account, in which Holland can be heard saying, “It’s okay, I got you,” and, “I’m gonna throw all your s- on the floor if you keep pushing that girl.” He later did just that, leaving behind the photos, pens and papers of autograph seekers who weren’t complying with his request.
“if anyone can just go ahead and tell Tom thank you and I hope to actually meet him and thank him someday it would be much appreciated lmfao,” she added.
10of 43Danny DeVitoMatt Baron/REX/ShutterstockThe good deed:Saving Michael Douglas from a snake biteOn a September 2018 visit toThe Talk, DeVito recalled a day of filmingRomancing the Stonein Mexico with Douglas in the 1980s.“There was this guy who had a truck with a cage on it and inside the pickup truck, in the bed of the truck, were snakes,“DeVito said.“But Michael, he’s being the hot shot, Mikey D.,” he said. “And the guy’s got a snake on his arm and all the kids are coming around. And Michael grabs the snake. I’m going, ‘Michael, don’t touch the snake! That’s a snake, man. That snake could bite you, man.’ " And it did - right on the hand.“I always heard the best thing to do is suck the poison out, right away, so I did,” DeVito said. “I grabbed his hand and I’m spitting all over the place, and I say, ‘Boy, it’s a good thing this didn’t bite you on the balls man - you would be a dead man.’ "
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Danny DeVito
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The good deed:Saving Michael Douglas from a snake bite
On a September 2018 visit toThe Talk, DeVito recalled a day of filmingRomancing the Stonein Mexico with Douglas in the 1980s.
“There was this guy who had a truck with a cage on it and inside the pickup truck, in the bed of the truck, were snakes,“DeVito said.
“But Michael, he’s being the hot shot, Mikey D.,” he said. “And the guy’s got a snake on his arm and all the kids are coming around. And Michael grabs the snake. I’m going, ‘Michael, don’t touch the snake! That’s a snake, man. That snake could bite you, man.’ " And it did - right on the hand.
“I always heard the best thing to do is suck the poison out, right away, so I did,” DeVito said. “I grabbed his hand and I’m spitting all over the place, and I say, ‘Boy, it’s a good thing this didn’t bite you on the balls man - you would be a dead man.’ "
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Meryl Streep & Cher
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The good deed:Saving a woman from an attacker
Streep previously mentioned the incidentwhile speaking at the Committee to Protect Journalists awards in 2017. “Someone else was being abused and I just went completely nuts and went after this man. Ask Cher - she was there. And the thug ran away, it was a miracle,” she said.
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Benedict Cumberbatch
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The good deed:Saving a cyclist from muggers
Police didn’t confirm the names of anyone involved in the incident, but their report states that a delivery person was attacked, no arrests were made and the victim did not go to the hospital. “I did it out of, well, I had to, you know,” the actor toldThe Sunabout taking action. Meanwhile, Deliveroo, the company that employs the victim, showed their appreciation for Cumberbatch onTwitter.
13of 43Tom Holland (Again)Todd Williamson/Getty ImagesThe good deed:Taking care of a lost dog and finding its ownerHolland really is the friendly neighborhood … actor. “Walking around Kingston and we found this dog who seems to have been stray for the last few days. If it is your dog, please let us know. We’re going to take him to the vet to make sure he’s all okay,” theSpider-Man: Homecomingstar said in avideoposted to his Instagram Story. He also shared a video of the dog happily sniffing a bag of food as they waited in the vet office. In his last update on the pup, Holland revealed that the vet located a microchip and was able to contact the owners. The dog had been wandering around after getting out of a gate in his family’s yard.
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Tom Holland (Again)
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The good deed:Taking care of a lost dog and finding its owner
Holland really is the friendly neighborhood … actor. “Walking around Kingston and we found this dog who seems to have been stray for the last few days. If it is your dog, please let us know. We’re going to take him to the vet to make sure he’s all okay,” theSpider-Man: Homecomingstar said in avideoposted to his Instagram Story. He also shared a video of the dog happily sniffing a bag of food as they waited in the vet office. In his last update on the pup, Holland revealed that the vet located a microchip and was able to contact the owners. The dog had been wandering around after getting out of a gate in his family’s yard.
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Ken Jeong
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The good deed:Jumping off stage to help an audience member who was having a seizure
15of 43John KrasinskiJohn Parra/GettyThe good deed:Saving a drowning woman in Costa Rica.TheA Quiet Placeactor spent six months in the Central American country after he graduated high school.“One of the places I went was this amazing beach called Manuel Antonio that I didn’t realize had an insane riptide,” he explained toPlayboy. “While I was swimming there - this is a story I’ve never told anybody - this Costa Rican girl and an American guy were swimming right next to me, and we were knee-deep. I went underwater for a second, and when I came back up he was screaming at the top of his lungs. Literally in three seconds the girl had been swept 150 yards out.“Fortunately, Krasinski’s mother was a lifeguard and had taught him to swim from a very early age. “In that moment, I didn’t ask anyone. There was no one to help me. I just went out and tried to save her,” he said.The incident proved to be life altering. “Granted, not everybody needs to have life-or-death experiences, but that changed my entire life. All of a sudden I grew up,” he said.
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John Krasinski
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The good deed:Saving a drowning woman in Costa Rica.
TheA Quiet Placeactor spent six months in the Central American country after he graduated high school.
“One of the places I went was this amazing beach called Manuel Antonio that I didn’t realize had an insane riptide,” he explained toPlayboy. “While I was swimming there - this is a story I’ve never told anybody - this Costa Rican girl and an American guy were swimming right next to me, and we were knee-deep. I went underwater for a second, and when I came back up he was screaming at the top of his lungs. Literally in three seconds the girl had been swept 150 yards out.”
Fortunately, Krasinski’s mother was a lifeguard and had taught him to swim from a very early age. “In that moment, I didn’t ask anyone. There was no one to help me. I just went out and tried to save her,” he said.
The incident proved to be life altering. “Granted, not everybody needs to have life-or-death experiences, but that changed my entire life. All of a sudden I grew up,” he said.
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Luke Wilson
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The good deed:He pulled a woman to safetyfollowing a car crash
Wilson and pro golfer Bill Haas were both involved in a fatal crash in February 2018, and while the actor walked away from the crash, Haas was injured and the driver of the Ferrari the golfer was traveling in was killed.
Sean Heirigs told PEOPLE he helped Wilson get an unidentified 50-year-old woman who was trapped in her SUV which had flipped during the collision. The woman’s leg was pinned in the twisted vehicle.
“At one point, [Wilson] was like, ‘Let’s get her out of here, it smells like smoke,'” recalled Heirigs. “You don’t know if it’s going to blow up or not. So, I reached in through a window to calm her down. Luke went around the back, to the trunk of the car. We pried it open, she was able to unbuckle herself, and Luke started to pull her out from the back. We then both carried her to the curb.”
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Davey Boy Smith Jr.
The good deed:The former WWE wrestler prevented a suicide
The wrestler (née Harry Smith)recounted his harrowing tale on Facebook. “When driving up 16th Avenue past bowness road in Calgary I saw a girl crying and hanging off the bridge with someone trying to talk to her. I stopped and jumped the barricade and tried talking to the girl,” he wrote. “She was crying and an emotional mess and threatening to jump if I got closer. She started to slide and want to go more as I grabbed a hold her. Luckily my years of grappling and self defense I knew how to grab her HARD and how to pull her up from hanging off and jumping.” The woman told Smith that she had a gun, but the former athlete didn’t back down: “I told her ‘Miss your not going to move unless I want you to, I’m an expert grappler and your [sic] not going to shoot me. We will get you help life is a precious thing and I’m here to help to help you.'”
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Daniel Radcliffe
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The formerHarry Potterstar was walking in west London when thievesslashed a tourist’s face and tried to steal his bag. “The victim - a man aged in his 50s - was walking in the road when two people riding a moped snatched his bag before riding off. The victim suffered a cut to the face during the incident,” a police statement said of the attack. Radcliffe and other pedestrians came to the aid of the victim. Former police officer David Videcette toldThe Evening Standardthat he witnessed the actor “comforting the tourist,” adding, “It was a bit of the surreal moment, I said ‘you’re Daniel Radcliffe.’ and he replied, ‘I am.’ He was a really nice bloke, a lot of stars wouldn’t have stopped to help.”
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Justin Timberlake
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At the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship in July 2017, a golfer in Timberlake’s group accidentally sent a tee shot into the crowd of spectators, striking anunidentified woman. Infootage from the incident, the star can be seen walking over to console the woman, helping her to her feet and topping it off with a high five.
20of 43Michael KeatonMatthew Simmons/Getty ImagesThe good deed:Keatonused the abdominal thrusts to save his friend from chokingOn a June 2017Jimmy Kimmel Liveappearance, Keaton recalled saving his friend’s life. “A very good friend of mine, [director] Dennis Dugan actually, we were hanging out at his house and everyone had gone home after this party,” he explained. “And all of a sudden I look at him and he’s really red in the face, and then he’s kind of getting a shade of blue that was concerning. And he very calmly kinda [pointed at his neck] … And I remember seeing somewhere or someone explaining what the Heimlich maneuver was. So I got behind him and I thought, ‘Man, I hope this works.’ And I did it really hard, because you’re supposed to. And this thing just shot across the room.“According to the actor, he and Dugan didn’t even discuss the harrowing incident until the next morning. “About 11:30 he calls me and he goes, ‘Hey, man, do you remember last night?’ … That’s when I went, ‘I saved a guy’s life last night.’ "
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Michael Keaton
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The good deed:Keatonused the abdominal thrusts to save his friend from choking
On a June 2017Jimmy Kimmel Liveappearance, Keaton recalled saving his friend’s life. “A very good friend of mine, [director] Dennis Dugan actually, we were hanging out at his house and everyone had gone home after this party,” he explained. “And all of a sudden I look at him and he’s really red in the face, and then he’s kind of getting a shade of blue that was concerning. And he very calmly kinda [pointed at his neck] … And I remember seeing somewhere or someone explaining what the Heimlich maneuver was. So I got behind him and I thought, ‘Man, I hope this works.’ And I did it really hard, because you’re supposed to. And this thing just shot across the room.”
According to the actor, he and Dugan didn’t even discuss the harrowing incident until the next morning. “About 11:30 he calls me and he goes, ‘Hey, man, do you remember last night?’ … That’s when I went, ‘I saved a guy’s life last night.’ "
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Tom Hardy
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The good deed:The actor allegedly chased down and detained a moped thief
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Matthew Underwood
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23of 43David BeckhamSource: London Ambulance/TwitterThe good deed:On a cold London day, the formerSexiest Man Alivebrought an injured elderly patient and the paramedic attending to him hot cups of coffee and teaLondon’s Cycle Response Unit senior paramedic Catherine Maynard was keeping an elderly man who had fallen in the street warm while waiting for an ambulance when the soccer star appeared. “Although I was keeping [the patient] warm it was very cold outside,” Maynard said in a London Ambulance Servicepress release. “All of a sudden, I looked up and saw someone who looked like David Beckham walking past us. He said ‘Hello’ and got in his car. I said to the man I was treating, ‘I think that was David Beckham.’ Ten minutes later, he came back with a cup of coffee for me and a tea for the patient.” The patient was taken to an urgent care center and treated for minor injuries. After the man was safe in the hands of the medical team, the handsome hero even took the time to take a photo with Maynard. “It was awful cycling around in the cold today and I couldn’t believe it when he came back with some hot drinks - I was so chuffed,” said Maynard.
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David Beckham
Source: London Ambulance/Twitter
The good deed:On a cold London day, the formerSexiest Man Alivebrought an injured elderly patient and the paramedic attending to him hot cups of coffee and tea
London’s Cycle Response Unit senior paramedic Catherine Maynard was keeping an elderly man who had fallen in the street warm while waiting for an ambulance when the soccer star appeared. “Although I was keeping [the patient] warm it was very cold outside,” Maynard said in a London Ambulance Servicepress release. “All of a sudden, I looked up and saw someone who looked like David Beckham walking past us. He said ‘Hello’ and got in his car. I said to the man I was treating, ‘I think that was David Beckham.’ Ten minutes later, he came back with a cup of coffee for me and a tea for the patient.” The patient was taken to an urgent care center and treated for minor injuries. After the man was safe in the hands of the medical team, the handsome hero even took the time to take a photo with Maynard. “It was awful cycling around in the cold today and I couldn’t believe it when he came back with some hot drinks - I was so chuffed,” said Maynard.
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Prince Harry
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25of 43Jamie FoxxStefanie Keenan/GettyThe good deed:The actorpulled a man from a burning vehiclefollowing a car accidentFoxx rushed to the rescue when a man crashed his car outside of the star’s Hidden Valley, California, home. The driver lost control of his vehicle, skidded off the road and flipped his car, causing it to burst into flames. Thankfully, Foxx was there to call 911 and pull the still-buckled in man out of the burning vehicle. Though the driver suffered burns and was taken to a hospital, he escaped with his life thanks to the quick-acting Foxx.
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Jamie Foxx
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The good deed:The actorpulled a man from a burning vehiclefollowing a car accident
Foxx rushed to the rescue when a man crashed his car outside of the star’s Hidden Valley, California, home. The driver lost control of his vehicle, skidded off the road and flipped his car, causing it to burst into flames. Thankfully, Foxx was there to call 911 and pull the still-buckled in man out of the burning vehicle. Though the driver suffered burns and was taken to a hospital, he escaped with his life thanks to the quick-acting Foxx.
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Blake Shelton
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The good deed:Rescued four men from a mud hole in Oklahoma
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Orlando Bloom
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The good deed:Bloomhelped rescuea stranded jet skier
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Miles Teller
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The good deed:Escorted pregnant woman and her toddler from the ocean
29of 43Heidi KlumAstrid Stawiarz/GettyThe good deed:Saved her son and nannies from drowningIt was trouble in paradise forKlum, who proved she was much more than a pretty face in a bikini when her oldest son Henry and two nannies were sucked into a riptide ontheir March 2013 Hawaiian vacation. “Of course, as a mother, I was very scared for my child and everyone else in the water,” she said in a statement after her lifeguard-like beach rescue. “We were able to get everyone out safely.”
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Heidi Klum
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The good deed:Saved her son and nannies from drowning
It was trouble in paradise forKlum, who proved she was much more than a pretty face in a bikini when her oldest son Henry and two nannies were sucked into a riptide ontheir March 2013 Hawaiian vacation. “Of course, as a mother, I was very scared for my child and everyone else in the water,” she said in a statement after her lifeguard-like beach rescue. “We were able to get everyone out safely.”
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Jennifer Lawrence
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The good deed:Helped woman passed out in the grass
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Ryan Gosling
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The good deed:Saved a woman from oncoming traffic
32of 43Kate WinsletSplash News OnlineThe good deed:Carried tycoon Richard Branson’s mother out of a fireTheOscar winner’s most noteworthy performance to date may beher heroic deedin August 2011, when she saved the life of the 90-year-old mother of Richard Branson when the British tycoon’s $70 million British Virgin Islands home caught fire with 20 people inside. “No I didn’t save her life,” the modest star claimed. “I carried her down the stairs is the truth of it.”
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Kate Winslet
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The good deed:Carried tycoon Richard Branson’s mother out of a fire
TheOscar winner’s most noteworthy performance to date may beher heroic deedin August 2011, when she saved the life of the 90-year-old mother of Richard Branson when the British tycoon’s $70 million British Virgin Islands home caught fire with 20 people inside. “No I didn’t save her life,” the modest star claimed. “I carried her down the stairs is the truth of it.”
33of 43T.I.Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagicThe good deed:Talked a man off a ledgeIn 2010, T.I.talked a man out of jumpingoff the top of a 22-story Atlanta building. “Something in my heart just said, ‘You need to help,'” the rapper told PEOPLE after hearing about the man on the local radio station. T.I. videotaped a message to the distraught man, saying, “Nothing is that bad. Nothing in life is worth taking your life. I’m here to help you. Please come down to talk to me.” The man came down and had a “heart to heart” with the artist.
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T.I.
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The good deed:Talked a man off a ledge
In 2010, T.I.talked a man out of jumpingoff the top of a 22-story Atlanta building. “Something in my heart just said, ‘You need to help,'” the rapper told PEOPLE after hearing about the man on the local radio station. T.I. videotaped a message to the distraught man, saying, “Nothing is that bad. Nothing in life is worth taking your life. I’m here to help you. Please come down to talk to me.” The man came down and had a “heart to heart” with the artist.
34of 43Zoë SaldanaBauer-GriffinThe good deed:Aided a car accident victimIn January 2012,Zoë Saldanarushed to the aidof an elderly woman who’d been injured in a car accident in Culver City, California. The actress called 911 and stayed with the victim until the ambulance came. “Zoë witnessed the car accident, and was very quick to help,” says an onlooker.
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Zoë Saldana
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The good deed:Aided a car accident victim
In January 2012,Zoë Saldanarushed to the aidof an elderly woman who’d been injured in a car accident in Culver City, California. The actress called 911 and stayed with the victim until the ambulance came. “Zoë witnessed the car accident, and was very quick to help,” says an onlooker.
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Tom Cruise (Again)
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The good deed:Rescued five people stranded in the Mediterranean
36of 43Demi MooreWagner Az/Pacific Coast NewsThe good deed:Used Twitter to help suicidal followersDemi Mooreused the power of Twitter to save the life of a people trying to harm themselves - twice. In the first instance, in 2009, she called cops in San Jose, California, to help a 48-year-old woman who Tweeted that she planned to end her life. The second time, in 2010, she and Nia Vardalos separately called local authorities when a young man threatened via Tweet to hang himself.
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Demi Moore
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The good deed:Used Twitter to help suicidal followers
Demi Mooreused the power of Twitter to save the life of a people trying to harm themselves - twice. In the first instance, in 2009, she called cops in San Jose, California, to help a 48-year-old woman who Tweeted that she planned to end her life. The second time, in 2010, she and Nia Vardalos separately called local authorities when a young man threatened via Tweet to hang himself.
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Garth Brooks
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The good deed:Saved two boys from an Oklahoma wildfire
38of 43Arnold SchwarzeneggerINFThe good deed:Rescued a drowning manWhile vacationing with his family in Hawaii in 2004, then-California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger noticed a man 300 or 400 yards offshore struggling not to drown.The Terminatorstar dove into the waves and pulled the cramping swimmer back to shore with the aid of a boogie board. “I told him to relax a little because he was so out of shape,” the former Mr. Universe later recounted at a news conference.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
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The good deed:Rescued a drowning man
While vacationing with his family in Hawaii in 2004, then-California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger noticed a man 300 or 400 yards offshore struggling not to drown.The Terminatorstar dove into the waves and pulled the cramping swimmer back to shore with the aid of a boogie board. “I told him to relax a little because he was so out of shape,” the former Mr. Universe later recounted at a news conference.
39of 43Sean PennNY Daily News/GettyThe good deed:Rescued Hurricane Katrina victimsWhen the activist actor heard about the plight of tens of thousands ofstranded New Orleans residentsafter Hurricane Katrina struck in September 2005, Sean Penn sprung into action, speeding down to the Crescent City and personally helping rescue an estimated 40 people stuck on roofs amid the floodwaters.
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Sean Penn
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The good deed:Rescued Hurricane Katrina victims
When the activist actor heard about the plight of tens of thousands ofstranded New Orleans residentsafter Hurricane Katrina struck in September 2005, Sean Penn sprung into action, speeding down to the Crescent City and personally helping rescue an estimated 40 people stuck on roofs amid the floodwaters.
40of 43Vin DieselEverettThe good deed:Pulled a family out a a burning carIn what would defy the audience’s disbelief if it happened on the big screen, a motorcycle-riding Vin Diesel spotted a car crash in front of him in Hollywood in 2002, and then ran over to extricate the family - which included young children - before the car reportedly went up in flames.
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The good deed:Pulled a family out a a burning car
In what would defy the audience’s disbelief if it happened on the big screen, a motorcycle-riding Vin Diesel spotted a car crash in front of him in Hollywood in 2002, and then ran over to extricate the family - which included young children - before the car reportedly went up in flames.
41of 43Ryan Gosling (Again)WENNThe good deed:Broke up a fightYep,Ryan Goslingto the rescue again! In August 2011, Boss Gos intervened when a New York tussle over an allegedly stolen street painting threatened to turn violent.Stepping in, he reportedly calmed everyone down and shelled out $20 of his own money to settle the dispute.
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Ryan Gosling (Again)
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The good deed:Broke up a fight
Yep,Ryan Goslingto the rescue again! In August 2011, Boss Gos intervened when a New York tussle over an allegedly stolen street painting threatened to turn violent.Stepping in, he reportedly calmed everyone down and shelled out $20 of his own money to settle the dispute.
42of 43Robert HerjavecBreann LawsonThe good deed:Towing a familystranded on their broken-down boat safely back home"I was out jet skiing and I saw a boat drifting with a dad and his three kids, waving their arms frantically,” Herjavec, who shared a video of the rescue effort on Lake Joseph in Ontario, Canada, onInstagram, told PEOPLE in August 2021. “My first thought was they must loveShark Tank, but then I realized they were out of gas and stranded.“There was “a sense of urgency” to get the family — which turned out to be former pro hockey playerTom Lawsonand his three children Ava, 15, Faith, 14, and Luke, 11 — to safety since the sun was setting, Herjavec explained.“They were in an unlit aluminum boat not meant to be out at night,” the Herjavec Group founder said. “We found a rope, tied it to the jet ski and I towed them back to their lake house.”
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Robert Herjavec
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The good deed:Towing a familystranded on their broken-down boat safely back home
“I was out jet skiing and I saw a boat drifting with a dad and his three kids, waving their arms frantically,” Herjavec, who shared a video of the rescue effort on Lake Joseph in Ontario, Canada, onInstagram, told PEOPLE in August 2021. “My first thought was they must loveShark Tank, but then I realized they were out of gas and stranded.”
There was “a sense of urgency” to get the family — which turned out to be former pro hockey playerTom Lawsonand his three children Ava, 15, Faith, 14, and Luke, 11 — to safety since the sun was setting, Herjavec explained.
“They were in an unlit aluminum boat not meant to be out at night,” the Herjavec Group founder said. “We found a rope, tied it to the jet ski and I towed them back to their lake house.”
43of 43Laurence FishburneMartin Sheen; Laurence Fishburne; Emilio Estevez.Todd Williamson/Getty; Robin L Marshall/FilmMagic; Taylor Hill/GettyThe good deed:Saving Martin Sheen’s son Emilio Estevez from drowning on a movie setSheen appeared onDaily Blast Livein June 2021,where he spokeabout how Fishburne saved his sonEmilio Estevezfrom drowning. At the time, Estevez was visiting his dad on the set of the 1979 filmApocalypse Now, which Sheen was filming alongside Fishburne.“We didn’t know about it until about 30 years later. Emilio never mentioned it, but yeah it’s true,” Sheen said. “I think Emilio was about 12 or 13, and Larry was 14.““They became fast friends and they were out in the boat one day and the boat got stuck, and Emilio got out of the boat to clear the area and he began to sink into the mud,” Sheen said, adding Emilio “went under, and Larry very quickly moved and pulled him on board.“The actor said he “called Laurence and said, ‘Thank you, I appreciate you saving our son’s life.'”
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Martin Sheen; Laurence Fishburne; Emilio Estevez.Todd Williamson/Getty; Robin L Marshall/FilmMagic; Taylor Hill/Getty
The good deed:Saving Martin Sheen’s son Emilio Estevez from drowning on a movie set
Sheen appeared onDaily Blast Livein June 2021,where he spokeabout how Fishburne saved his sonEmilio Estevezfrom drowning. At the time, Estevez was visiting his dad on the set of the 1979 filmApocalypse Now, which Sheen was filming alongside Fishburne.
“We didn’t know about it until about 30 years later. Emilio never mentioned it, but yeah it’s true,” Sheen said. “I think Emilio was about 12 or 13, and Larry was 14.”
“They became fast friends and they were out in the boat one day and the boat got stuck, and Emilio got out of the boat to clear the area and he began to sink into the mud,” Sheen said, adding Emilio “went under, and Larry very quickly moved and pulled him on board.”
The actor said he “called Laurence and said, ‘Thank you, I appreciate you saving our son’s life.'”
source: people.com
