Hero at Large is a 1980 American superhero comedy film starring John Ritter and Anne Archer.

Steve Nichols is a struggling New York City actor who accepts the job of posing as comic-book hero for the needs of a film's promotion.

[2] Nichols is hired by the Mayor's staff who hope the Captain Avenger's tie-in will win votes for an upcoming election.

Encouraged by his girlfriend, Jolene, to not rely on the costume and mask to gain adulation, Nichols later becomes a bona fide hero when he rescues a child from a burning apartment building.

Roger Ebert gave the film two out of four stars and called it "a big, dumb, silly, good-hearted albatross of a comedy".