''Action Man'' is a 2000 animated television series based on the toy line of the same name. Though unrelated to the 1995 version, it was the first ''Action Man'' series to be made in CGI. In this series, Alexander "Alex" Mann is an

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athlete known as "Action Man" and is a member of Team Xtreme.

Synopsis

Alex Mann, Action Man's civilian identity, is an

athlete of Team Xtreme, taking part in the Mastervision Network's Acceleration Games, a series of unconventional televised sporting activities all over the world. Danger and

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trigger hidden mental powers called the "AMP (Advanced Macro Probability) Factor", a result of secret experiments by his former high school coach Simon Grey. With it, Alex is able to calculate all future possibilities, choosing the best course of action. Alex "Action" Mann, Desmond "Grinder" Sinclair, Agnes "Fidget" Wilson, and Ricky Singh-Baines must stop arch-enemy Doctor X, a brilliant

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and bio-engineer, who will stop at nothing to duplicate Alex's AMP Factor to rebuild Earth with the genetically enhanced neo-humanity.

Cast

Main

* Mark Hildreth as Action Man / Alex Mann * Michael Dobson as Desmond "Grinder" Sinclair * Tabitha St. Germain as Agnes "Fidget" Wilson *

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as Ricky Singh-Baines *

Christopher Judge Christopher Judge is an American actor. He is best known for playing Teal'c in the Canadian- American military science fiction television series ''Stargate SG-1'' (1997-2007). He is also the second actor to portray Kratos in the ''God of War'' ...

as Coach Simon Gray *

Tyler Labine Tyler Labine (born April 29, 1978) is a Canadian-American actor. He is best known for starring in the film ''Tucker & Dale vs. Evil,'' the television series ''Breaker High'', ''Invasion (2005 TV series), Invasion'', ''Reaper (TV series), Reaper'', ...

as Brandon Caine *

Michael Kopsa Michael Kopsa (January 22, 1956 – October 23, 2022) was a Canadian actor, best known for his role as Char Aznable in the English dub of ''Mobile Suit Gundam'', Commander Volcott O'Huey in '' Galaxy Angel'', and Roger Baxter in '' Littlest ...

as Doctor X (new body) *

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as Doctor X (original body) *

Andrew Francis Andrew Michael Scott Francis is a Canadian actor. He has appeared in many television shows and films including '' My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'' as Shining Armor, '' MegaMan NT Warrior'' as MegaMan.EXE, '' Monster Rancher'' as Genki, '' ...

as Tempest / Templeton Storm *

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as Asazi *

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as Gangrene / Dr. Wolfgang Greenholtz *

Ian James Corlett Ian James Corlett (born August 29, 1962) is a Canadian voice actor, animator, and author. He is the creator of the animated series '' Being Ian'' and '' Yvon of the Yukon'' with Studio B Productions, with notable voice roles including Mega Man ...

as Quake / Sydney

Supporting

Mackenzie Gray Alexander Mackenzie Gray (born 22 November 1957) is a Canadian film, television, and stage actor. He is a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and Canada. He divides his time between Toronto and Vancouver. Life and career Gray was born in Toront ...

as Nick Masters *

Venus Terzo Venus Terzopoulos is a Canadian actress who played Detective Angela Kosmo in ''Da Vinci's Inquest'' and its spinoff '' Da Vinci's City Hall''. She was nominated in 2002 for the Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leadi ...

as Agent Diana Zurvis *

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Kirby Morrow Kirby Morrow (August 28, 1973 – November 18, 2020) was a Canadian actor, comedian and writer. In animation, he was known as the voice of Miroku from '' InuYasha'', its four movies, and '' Inuyasha: The Final Act'', Van Fanel from the Ocean ...

as Jimmy Woo *

as Sydney *

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as Craig

Episodes

Season 1 (2000)

Dr. X captured and physically tested Alex Mann repeatedly, as well as his longtime rival and best friend Brandon Caine. Dr. X also added nanotech enhancements to Brandon, making him superior to Alex in athletics, only for them to have side effects. The culmination of the experiments was to mind transfer Dr. X into Brandon's body, becoming his younger self and nanotech cyborg, able to change his appearance and infect others. Following the ninth episode the series becomes more simplified. Dr. X founded the Council of Doom with his evil cohorts: assassin Asazi and weather manipulating scientist Tempest. Dr. X's nanotech trilobites appeared to gain collective intelligence and rebel against him, but this was actually Brandon Caine's uploaded mind punishing Dr. X.

Season 2 (2001)

The Council of Doom continues to grow after Brandon was saved from Dr. X. The season features new villains: Gangrene & Quake.

Home media releases

In the United Kingdom, four

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were released by

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and later reissued by

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, containing three episodes per tape. One VHS release was also released by Maximum Entertainment. There have also been VHS releases in other territories such as France.

VHS releases

DVD releases

In the United Kingdom, The series also saw a few DVD releases as well, released in the UK by Maximum Entertainment.

Video games

A video game named '' Action Man: Search for Base X'' was released based on the 2000 series.

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published the

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game ''Action Man: Raid on Island X'' in the United States as a tie-in to the TV series, despite having nothing to do with it.

Awards

In 2001, the show won a Golden Camera Award at the U.S. and International Film and Video Festival for 'Best Animation' in the episode "The Swarm: Part 2".

References

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