Action may refer to: * Action (narrative), a literary mode *

Action fiction Action fiction is a literary genre that focuses on stories that involve high-stakes, high-energy, and fast-paced events. This genre includes a wide range of sub-genres, such as spy novels, adventure stories, tales of terror and intrigue ("cloak a ...

, a type of genre fiction * Action game, a genre of video game

Film

* Action film, a genre of film * ''Action'' (1921 film), a film by John Ford * ''Action'' (1980 film), a film by Tinto Brass * '' Action 3D'', a 2013 Telugu language film * ''Action'' (2019 film), a Kollywood film.

Music

* Action (music), a characteristic of a stringed instrument * Action (piano), the mechanism which drops the hammer on the string when a key is pressed *

The Action The Action were an English band of the 1960s, formed as the Boys in August 1963, in Kentish Town, North West London. They were part of the mod subculture, and played soul music-influenced pop music. Career The band was formed as the Boys in ...

, a 1960s band

Albums

* ''Action'' (B'z album) (2007) * ''Action!'' (Desmond Dekker album) (1968) * ''

Action Action Action ''Action Action Action'' (aka ''Action'') is an album by American saxophonist Jackie McLean recorded in 1964 and released on the Blue Note label.

'' or ''Action'', a 1965 album by Jackie McLean * ''Action!'' (Oh My God album) (2002) * ''Action'' (Oscar Peterson album) (1968) * ''Action'' (Punchline album) (2004) * ''Action'' (Question Mark & the Mysterians album) (1967) * ''Action'' (Uppermost album) (2011) * ''Action'' (EP), a 2012 EP by NU'EST * ''Action'', a 1984 album by Kiddo

Songs

* "Action" (Freddy Cannon song) (1965), the theme song to the TV series ''Where the Action Is'' * "Action" (Sweet song) (1975), covered by various artists * "Action", a version of " Feeling This" by Blink-182 * "Action", a 1994 song by Terror Fabulous featuring Nadine Sutherland * "Action", a 1984 song by The Fits * "Action", a 1960 song by Lance Fortune * "Action", a 1988 song by Pearly Gates * "Action", a 1988 song by Girlschool from '' Take a Bite'' * "Action", a 1989 song by Gorky Park from '' Gorky Park (album)'' * "Action", a 2003 song by Powerman 5000 from '' Transform'' * "Action", a 1972 song by Scorpions from '' Lonesome Crow'' * "Actions", a 1980 song by The Stingrays * "Action Action Action Action Action", a 2008 song by We Are the Physics from ''

We Are the Physics Are OK at Music ''We Are the Physics Are OK at Music'' is the debut full-length album of We Are the Physics, released via This Is Fake DIY Records ''DIY'' is a United Kingdom-based music publication, in print and online. Its free print edition is release ...

Literature

* ''Action'' (comics), a British comic book published in 1976–1977 * '' Action Comics'', a DC Comics comic book series *'' Action: A Book about Sex'', a 2016 book by Amy Rose Spiegel * ''Action'' (newspaper), a newspaper of Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists

People

* Action Bronson (born 1983), American rapper, reality television star, author, and talk show host

Television and radio

Action (Canadian TV channel) Action (formerly known as Showcase Action) was a Canadian English language specialty channel owned by Corus Entertainment. The channel was established as a spin-off of Showcase focused on action genre films and television series. Following a rebr ...

Action (French TV channel) Action is a French television channel which shows action films. History A TV channel dedicated to films (cinema and telefilm) in the action genre, was commercially launched as part of the AB Sat package in 1996. It is also the name of a cha ...

The Action Channel (US TV channel) Get After It Media, formerly known as Luken Communications and Reach High Media Group, is a privately owned American broadcast holding company, based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, which owns or operates around 80 television stations in the United St ...

, a subsidiary of Luken Communications * ''Action'' (radio), a 1945 radio program * ''Action'' (TV series), a comedy series on Fox in 1999–2000 * CBS Action (2009–2018), now known as CBS Justice * Sky Sports Action, a TV channel

Theatre

* Action (theatre), a principle in Western theatre practice * ''Action'' (play), a 1975 play by Sam Shepard

Organizations

Businesses

* Action (store), a Dutch discount store chain with branches in many European countries *

Action (supermarkets) Action (formerly Action Food Barns and Action Supermarkets) was an Australian supermarket chain. Based in Perth, Action had 80 supermarkets across Western Australia, Queensland and New South Wales, and was one of the largest supermarket chains i ...

, an Australian supermarket chain *

Actions Semiconductor Actions Semiconductor Co. Ltd. () is a Chinese fabless semiconductor company founded in 2000 and headquartered in Zhuhai, Guangdong province. The company has about 600 employees and designs SoCs for tablets, digital audio players, photo viewers an ...

, a Chinese semiconductor company * ACTION, an Australian public transport company * The Action Network (branded as Action), an American sports betting analytics company

Political parties

Action (Cypriot political party) Action ( el, Δρασυ, ''Drasy''; tr, Eylem) was a Cypriot bi-communal political alliance formed to contest the 2014 elections to the European Parliament, bringing together Greek and Turkish Cypriots in an electoral alliance for the first tim ...

, a Cypriot political alliance *

Action (Greek political party) Drassi (, "Action") was a liberal political party in Greece. The party was founded in 2009 by Stefanos Manos and was led by former New Democracy member Theodoros Skylakakis. The party had no representation in the Hellenic Parliament or European ...

, a Greek political party *

Action (Italian political party) Action ( it, Azione, abbr. A or Az) is a liberal political party in Italy. Its leader is Carlo Calenda, a member of the European Parliament within the group of Renew Europe and former minister of Economic Development. Originally launched as We ...

, an Italian political party

Other organizations

ACTION (U.S. government agency) ACTION was a United States government agency described as "the federal domestic volunteer agency". It was formed July 1, 1971, during President Richard Nixon's first term under the provisions of Reorganization Plan Number One, and Executive Order ...

, a former US government federal domestic volunteer agency

Science, technology, and mathematics

* Action (physics), an attribute of the dynamics of a physical system * Action at a distance, an outdated term for nonlocal interaction in physics * Group action (mathematics) ** Continuous group action ** Semigroup action * Ring Action (mathematics) * Action (firearms), the mechanism that manipulates cartridges and/or seals the breech *

Action! (programming language) Action! is a procedural programming language and integrated development environment written by Clinton Parker for the Atari 8-bit family. The language, which is similar to ALGOL, compiles to high-performance code for the MOS Technologies 650 ...

, for the Atari 8-bit family of microcomputers *

Action (UML) In the Unified Modeling Language, an action is a named element that is the fundamental unit of executable functionality. The execution of an action represents some transformation or processing in the modeled system. An action execution represents ...

, in the Unified Modeling Language *

Dudek Action The Dudek Action is a Polish single-place, paraglider that was designed and produced by Dudek Paragliding of Bydgoszcz. It is now out of production.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 14. P ...

, a Polish paraglider design * Diia, a brand of e-governance in Ukraine

Other uses

* Action (philosophy), something which is done by a person * Lawsuit or action