Alan Ritchson’s ‘Reacher’ Is Officially the #1 Action Series in the World

Published Sep 6, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT

Shrishty is a decade-old journalist covering a variety of beats between politics to pop culture, but movies are her first love, which led her to study Film and TV Development at UCLAx. She lives and breathes cinema and sometimes wakes up with the close-up shot of Ryan Gosling’s hands playing piano in La La Land, in her head.

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Simply put, 2026 is turning out to be Alan Ritchson’s year. The actor has been on a roll in the past few years, working with the likes of Guy Ritchie in The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare and turning around his action-hero image with a comedy, Playdate, alongside Kevin James. But the first half of the year delivered back-to-back hits for him, and the streak continues.

Earlier this year, Ritchson brought War Machine to Netflix, where he plays a grieving soldier trying to make it to the end of the line, but his plans go awry when an alien invasion happens amid a mock mission. He then tries to keep his troops alive while using both brains and brute force to defeat the aliens. The movie was a big hit, ruling the streaming service for days and eventually becoming one of Netflix’s biggest hits.

Last month, fans got another taste of Ritchson’s menacing screen presence as Motor City became available on digital. Directed by Potsy Ponciroli, the movie was originally supposed to star Gerard Butler in the lead role. It follows an ex-con, played by Ritchson, who goes on a quest for vengeance against a gangster in 1970s Detroit. The movie sees a brooding Ritchson in silent mode, his mannerisms and physicality (and his hair) doing all the talking. The movie, which became an instant streaming hit, unfolds with very little dialogue and is aided by a thumping soundtrack, earning comparisons to Drive.

The show that claimed the most of your answers is the world you were built for. If two tied, both are shown — you’re complicated enough to straddle two Sheridan universes.

You are a Dutton — or you might as well be. You understand that some things are worth protecting at any cost, and that the modern world’s indifference to history, to land, to legacy, is not something you’re willing to accept quietly. You lead from the front, you carry your family’s weight without complaint, and when someone threatens what’s yours, you don’t escalate — you finish it. You’re not cruel. But you are absolute. In Yellowstone’s world, that combination of ferocity and loyalty doesn’t make you a villain. It makes you the only thing standing between everything that matters and everyone who wants to take it.

You thrive in the chaos of high-stakes negotiation, where the money is enormous, the margins are thin, and the wrong word in the wrong room can cost everyone everything. You’re a fixer — the person called when a situation is already on fire and needs someone with the nerve to walk into it. West Texas oil country rewards exactly what you are: sharp, adaptable, unsentimental, and absolutely clear-eyed about what people want and what they’ll do to get it. You’re not naive enough to think this world is fair. You’re smart enough to be the one deciding who it’s fair to.

You are a Dwight Manfredi — someone who has served their time, paid their dues, and arrived somewhere unexpected with nothing but their reputation and their wits. You adapt without losing yourself. You build loyalty through respect rather than fear, though you’re not above reminding people that the two aren’t mutually exclusive. Tulsa King is for people who are still standing when everyone assumed they’d be finished — who find, in an unfamiliar place, that they’re more capable than the world gave them credit for. You don’t need a throne. You build one, wherever you happen to land.

You carry the weight of a system that is broken by design, and you do it anyway — because someone has to, and because you’re the only one positioned to do it without the whole thing collapsing. Mike McLusky’s world is for people who are comfortable operating where there are no good options, only less catastrophic ones. You speak every language: law enforcement, criminal, political, human. That fluency makes you invaluable and it makes you a target. You’ve made your peace with both. Mayor of Kingstown belongs to people who understand that keeping the peace is not the same as being at peace — and who do the job regardless.

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