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Hero (1983 film)

Hero (हीरो) is a 1983 Hindi romantic action film directed and produced by Subhash Ghai for Mukta Arts, starring debutant lead Jackie Shroff and Meenakshi Sheshadri, with music by Laxmikant-Pyarelal; a hitman kidnaps a police commissioner's daughter and falls in love with her.

Hero (2006 film)

Hero (হিরো) is a 2006 Bengali action musical romance directed by Swapan Saha, starring Jeet, Koel Mallick, and Tapas Pal, a remake of the Kannada film Appu (2002) with music by Jeet Gannguli; distinct from the 2006 Bangladeshi and Assamese films of the same name.

Hero (2015 Hindi film)

Hero (2015, हीरो) is a Hindi romantic action film directed by Nikkhil Advani, produced by Salman Khan and Subhash Ghai, remaking Ghai's 1983 Hero, starring debutantes Sooraj Pancholi and Athiya Shetty; released 11 September 2015 to mixed-negative reviews.

Hero (2019 Tamil film)

Hero (ஹீரோ) is a 2019 Tamil superhero film directed by PS Mithran, starring Sivakarthikeyan, Arjun Sarja, Kalyani Priyadarshan, and Abhay Deol; released 20 December 2019 by KJR Studios.

Hero (英雄) (2002 film)

Hero (英雄), also known as Ying xiong, is a 2002 Chinese wuxia film directed by Zhang Yimou, starring Jet Li, about assassins plotting to kill the King of Qin.

Hero Alom (আশরাফুল আলম)

Hero Alom (আশরাফুল আলম), Ashraful Hossain Alom, is a Bangladeshi content creator, singer and politician from Bogura whose low-budget music videos went viral around 2016; known for repeatedly cancelled election nominations, a 2022 police bond barring him from Tagore and Nazrul songs, and 2025–2026 criminal cases.

Hero Factory (TV series)

Hero Factory (2010–2014) is a LEGO computer-animated TV series of 11 episodes on Nickelodeon and Nicktoons, following quaza-powered robots built in Makuhero City; it succeeded Bionicle but shares no story with it.

Hero Fiennes Tiffin

Hero Fiennes Tiffin (born 1997, London) is an English actor, nephew of Ralph and Joseph Fiennes, known as young Tom Riddle in Harry Potter, Hardin Scott in the After films, and Sherlock Holmes in Prime Video's Young Sherlock.

Hero No. 1

Hero No. 1 (हीरो नं॰ 1) is a 1997 Hindi romantic comedy directed by David Dhawan, starring Govinda and Karisma Kapoor, inspired by Bawarchi, second in the No. 1 series, a Super Hit grossing about ₹31 crore worldwide.

Hero or Hate Crime?

"Hero or Hate Crime?" (S12E6) is a 2017 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia episode, written by Day, Howerton, and McElhenney and directed by Jamie Babbit, in which the Gang arbitrates a lottery-ticket dispute and Mac comes out as gay.

Herobrine

Herobrine is a Minecraft community creepypasta hoax: a Steve-like figure with white eyes said to haunt singleplayer worlds. Originated in 2010 forum posts and 4chan, spread by Copeland's Brocraft stream; Mojang and Dinnerbone confirmed he was never in the game.

Heroes (2008 film)

Heroes (2008), originally titled Mera Bharat Mahaan, is a Hindi drama directed by Samir Karnik starring Salman Khan, Preity Zinta, and the Deols; two film students deliver Kargil martyrs' last letters on a road trip; it flopped at the box office.

Heroes (American TV series)

Heroes is an American superhero drama that aired on NBC from 2006 to 2010, following ordinary people who develop extraordinary powers, with a celebrated first season.

Heroes (天行健_(网络剧))

Heroes (天行健), also known as Fushihui (浮世荟), is a 2024 Chinese 36-episode late-Qing legend drama starring Qin Junjie, Liu Yuning, and Huang Mengying; it reached a Douban score of 8.8.

Heroes (说英雄谁是英雄)

Heroes (说英雄谁是英雄, Say Hero Who is Hero) is a 2022 Chinese costume wuxia drama adapted from Wen Rui'an's ten-part novel series, directed by Li Muge, starring Zeng Shunxi, Yang Chaoyue, and Liu Yuning; 38 episodes on Tencent Video from May 23, 2022, reaching 1.5 billion views.

Heroes Next Door (니 옆자리 히어로)

Heroes Next Door (니 옆자리 히어로), also titled UDT: Our Neighborhood Special Forces, is a 2025 South Korean action-comedy series starring Yoon Kye-sang and Jin Sun-kyu as former special forces soldiers.

Heroes Reborn (miniseries)

Heroes Reborn (miniseries) is NBC's 2015 13-episode sequel to Tim Kring's Heroes, set five years later in a world hunting evos after an Odessa terrorist attack; starring Jack Coleman and Zachary Levi, canceled after one season.

Heroes Two (方世玉与洪熙官)

Heroes Two (方世玉與洪熙官, aka Kung Fu Invaders) is a 1974 Shaw Brothers martial arts film directed by Chang Cheh with Chen Kuan-tai and Fu Sheng, first of his Taiwan-made southern Shaolin cycle.

Heroic drama

Heroic drama is a genre of English Restoration theater, popular from about 1660 to 1700, in which idealized heroes confront conflicts of love and honor in rhymed verse.

Heroic Legend of the Yang's Family (碧血青天杨家将)

碧血青天杨家将 (Heroic Legend of the Yang's Family), 1994 Hong Kong ATV 30-episode costume drama fusing Justice Bao and the Yang family generals; starring 金超群 as 包拯, sequel 碧海青天珍珠旗.

Heroine (2012 film)

Heroine is a 2012 Hindi-language drama film directed and co-written by Madhur Bhandarkar, starring Kareena Kapoor as a Bollywood superstar whose career and personal life unravel.

Heropanti

Heropanti (हीरोपंती) is a 2014 Hindi romantic action film directed by Sabbir Khan, produced by Sajid Nadiadwala, a remake of the Telugu film Parugu, and the debut film of Tiger Shroff and Kriti Sanon, released 23 May 2014.

Heropanti 2

Heropanti 2 is a 2022 Hindi action film, sequel to Heropanti, directed by Ahmed Khan, starring Tiger Shroff, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, and Tara Sutaria; it opened to ₹6.50 crore and negative reviews.

Hershel Greene

Hershel Greene is a veterinarian-farmer in The Walking Dead comics and TV series, first appearing in The Walking Dead #10 (July 2004). Portrayed by Scott Wilson on AMC, he mentors Rick Grimes, loses a leg in "Seed," and is beheaded by the Governor in "Too Far Gone." Distinct from Hershel Rhee, his namesake grandson.

Hershey (film)

Hershey (2026) is a Mark Waters biographical drama starring Finn Wittrock as Milton Hershey and Alexandra Daddario as Kitty, released by Angel Studios in US theaters November 25, 2026.

Herta Ware

Herta Ware (Herta Ware Schwartz, 1917-2005), American character actress and activist, wife of blacklisted actor Will Geer, co-founder of the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum in Topanga Canyon, best known as Rosie Lefkowitz in Cocoon (1985).

Hervé Villechaize

Hervé Villechaize (Hervé Jean-Pierre Villechaize), French 3'11" actor; Nick Nack in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) and Tattoo on Fantasy Island (1978–1983), the "The plane! The plane!" catchphrase; left in a 1983 salary dispute; died 1993; portrayed by Peter Dinklage in My Dinner with Hervé (2018).

Hessisches Staattheater Wiesbaden

Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden (Hessian State Theater Wiesbaden), a five-section German state theater opened 16 October 1894 as a royal court theater built by Fellner and Helmer for Kaiser Wilhelm II; hosts the International May Festival.

Hester Street

Hester Street (1975), Joan Micklin Silver's directorial debut, adapts Abraham Cahan's novella Yekl about Jewish immigrant assimilation on the 1896 Lower East Side; Carol Kane earned a Best Actress Oscar nomination, and the film joined the National Film Registry in 2011.

Hetalia: Axis Powers (ヘタリア Axis Powers)

Hetalia: Axis Powers (ヘタリア) is a Japanese gag manga and anime series by Hidekaz Himaruya that depicts nations personified as boys in World War I and II comedies.