A Definitive Breakdown of "The Expendables" Members

With a roster of action-movie superstars, "The Expendables" series has been wildly entertaining from the jump.

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With heart-pounding drama and a roster of action-movie superstars, The Expendables series has been wildly entertaining from the jump. While the films are about a team of mercenaries called the Expendables who go around saving different parts of the world one bullet, explosive, and knife at a time, its the series’ extremities that make it so appealing. Randy Couture throwing Steve Austin into a ring of fire? Sylvester Stallone going one-on-one with Jean-Claude Van Damme? Chuck Norris blowing up a tank and then telling a story about how he survived a bite from a king cobra? This series gives viewers a shot of adrenaline made up of everything one loves about action movies, and then some.

August 15 marks the release of The Expendables 3 which, like its predecessors, holds back no punches. And the lineup is just as over the top as you would expect it to be. Harrison Ford, Antonio Banderas, Wesley Snipes, Kelsey Grammer, Ronda Rousey, and many others will be joining the Expendables on one of their most difficult missions yet. The team, which primarily consists of Barney Ross (Stallone), Lee Christmas (Jason Statham), Yin Yang (Jet Li), Gunner Jensen (Dolph Lundgren), Toll Road (Couture), and Hale Caesar (Terry Crews),  has gone from defeating a corrupt ex-CIA officer to thwarting the plans of a rival mercenary. Now, they face someone who formed the team they have come to know and love: Conrad Stonebanks (Mel Gibson).

So, in honor of The Expendables 3, we give A Definitive Breakdown of “The Expendables” Members, as well as some honorary characters that helped them along the way.

Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone)

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Lee Christmas (Jason Statham)

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Yin Yang (Jet Li)

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Gunner Jensen (Dolph Lundgren)

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Toll Road (Randy Couture)

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Hale Caesar (Terry Crews)

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Tool (Mickey Rourke)

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Jean Vilain (Jean-Claude Van Damme)

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Trench Mauser (Arnold Schwarzenegger)

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Maggie Chan (Yu Nan)

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Max Drummer (Harrison Ford)

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Booker (Chuck Norris)

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