History Main / RealMenLoveJesus

* Dave Mustaine of Music/{{Megadeth}}. He began his heavy metal career as an occult-inspired songwriter, but became a born again Christian after his experiences in recovery from his alcoholism. That being the case, some of his older songs make him uncomfortable, and he refuses to play them unless the lyrics are toned down.

* Many professional wrestlers, from the Born Again Wrestling/ShawnMichaels and Wrestling/{{Sting}} to the lifelong devout Wrestling/ChrisJericho ([[PlayingAgainstType really!]]) And of course the late, great Wrestling/EddieGuerrero.

* Wrestling/DwayneJohnson is a Christian and has said his faith has played a role in his success. D'aww...

* Defied with a vengeance by Aron Ra, who fits the "manly" bill almost to a T, and is often compared to Wrestling/TheUndertaker, but is an outspoken atheist and harsh critic of Christianity, and considers Christian faith to be a sign of personal weakness.

* ''Series/SWAT2017'': Deacon's a loving family man who's also a Christian. He hates anyone who tries to justify bad things by using Christianity as a basis. Of course, he's also a highly competent SWAT officer.

** Fellow Sab Tommy Iommi also wrote and performed a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r-9-5T93N8 chroal piece]] for the Birmingham Cathedral, inspired by Psalm 133. For a band who was a prime target of the SatanicPanic they are far more pious Christians than people give them credit for.

* Heavyweight boxing champion Deontay Wilder is a 6'7 beast of a fighter with quite possibly the hardest punch in the history of the sport, having KO'd 42 of his 43 opponents[[note]]The sole exception being his draw with fellow heavyweight champ, the 6'8 260 lbs Tyson Fury - who is also this trope - who he still managed to knock down multiple times.[[/note]] despite nearly all of them weighing over 240 pounds. He's also devoutly religious, thanking God for his success in several post-fight interviews. He even [[https://www.al.com/sports/2019/12/the-champ-and-the-pope-deontay-wilder-meets-pope-francis-during-rome-trip.html went to Rome]] to meet UsefulNotes/ThePope and get his gloves signed.

* As shown in her biographical film ''Film/SoulSurfer'', Bethany Hamilton.

* American football players Tim Tebow and Troy Polamalu are both devout Christians (Tebow is Evangelical, Polamalu is Greek Orthodox) and pray constantly on the field.

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Ned is a devout follower of the Gods of the First Men and Children of the Forest, though he is religiously tolerant. His wife Catelyn is a devotee of the Faith of the Seven, and their children were raised in both faiths, with Robb marrying Talisa before a Septon despite being King in the North, and Sansa being initially strong in the Faith of the Seven.

* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S2E29TheObsoleteMan?from=Recap.TheTwilightZoneS2E65TheObsoleteMan The Obsolete Man]]" Wordsworth firmly ''refuses'' to give up his belief in God, even under penalty of death, and calmly reads the 23rd Psalm from his Bible while awaiting his execution.

* Despite playing a number of sinister characters like Franchise/{{Dracula}}, Creator/ChristopherLee was Anglo-Catholic and spoke out against the occult. Fittingly, one of his few heroic roles, Nicolas in ''Film/TheDevilRidesOut'', was a devout man of God.

* ''Fanfic/CodexEquus'' has Blue Suede Heartstrings, who's based on Music/ElvisPresley. Like Elvis, Blue had a religious upbringing despite his family's poor financial status, [[UpbringingMakesTheHero which influenced him to become the kindhearted and humble stallion he is today]]. Part of the reason why he hated being called "the King [of Music/Rock and Roll]" is because he believes in a higher power (speculated to be the ancient god Equus) that's ''far'' more deserving of the title. The other reason is that in his mind, his [[HeroWorship idol]], Black Domino, is the "true" King of Rock and Roll, having been one of the first pioneers of the genre in the early Second Age. Blue would eventually [[DeityOfHumanOrigin Ascend to godhood]] and become the Alicorn god of Music and Humility after doing a lot of good deeds during his globe-trotting, but he never once disavowed his religious beliefs, and in fact saw his own Ascension as a huge {{Irony}} due to said beliefs. A Codexverse quote reveals that [[HiddenDepths he knows that the "King in Heaven" he worships is likely flawed, but still continues to worship him anyway because he is inspired by him to keep improving himself even when he is tempted by sin]].

* Connor [=MacLeod=] ''Film/{{Highlander}}'' astoundingly remains a devout Catholic ''four hundred and fifty years'' after the very ignorance of his Catholic-kinsmen drove him out of his village for the crime of being "a witch" after returning from a mortal wound in battle. The same applies to his great-grand Nephew Duncan [=MacLeod=], also immortal and driven out by religious ignorance. The series also introduced RetiredBadass Darius, who's been a Catholic monk for over a thousand years.

%%* Arthur Merriman from ''Literature/TheLastDragonChronicles''.

** Captain Kirk in {{Series/ Star Trek The Original Series}} says in the episode Who Mourns for Adonais that “mankind has outgrown its need for gods. We find the one quite sufficient.” and in the episode Bread and Circus is pleasantly surprised by the existence of Space Jesus on the Roman planet commenting “Caesar and Christ. They had them both”.

* Creator/AndreiTarkovsky was a devout Russian Orthodox Christian, with his diaries being filled with prayers.
* Creator/RicardoMontalban was a devout Catholic who described faith and family as the most important aspects of his life. One gag in ''Film/TheNakedGun'' was changed at his polite request, as he found naming a hospital "Our Lady Who Never Got The Pickle" to be disrespectful.

-->'''Cap:''' ''[about Thor & Loki]'' There is only one God, ma'am, and I'm pretty sure he doesn't dress like that.

** Stan Smith is a CIA agent, super buff, RatedMForManly, and is a devout Episcopalian.

** And yet again, another Sab, Geezer Butler, who was the main lyricist for the Sabs, was a devout Catholic in his youth, and, in his own words, "I've slowly come back to the faith over time, not that I ever lost it, really." Maybe it's time to re-classify Music/BlackSabbath as ChristianMetal?

** And yet again, another Sab, Geezer Butler, who was the main lyricist for the Sabs, was a devout Catholic in his youth, and, in his own words, "I've slowly come back to the faith over time, not that I ever lost it, really." Maybe it's time to re-classify BlackSabbath as ChristianMetal?

** Creator/JasonDavidFrank is heavily open about his Christian faith and even founded the Jesus Didn't Tap MMA clothesline.