Jean-Claude Van Damme Biography

Jean-Claude Van Damme is a Belgian martial artist actor and director best known for his martial arts action films. The most successful of these films include Bloodsport, Kickboxer, Universal Soldier, Hard Target, Street Fighter, Timecop, and The Expendables 2 (2012). After studying martial arts intensively from the age of ten Van Damme achieved national success in Belgium as a martial artist and bodybuilder earning the Mr. Belgium bodybuilding title. In 1982 Van Damme and childhood friend Michel Qissi moved to America in the hope of becoming action stars. They both were cast as extras in the film Breakin'. After a small part in Missing In Action Van Damme was next cast in the film No Retreat No Surrender as the role of the villain Ivan the Russian. Van Damme worked for director John McTiernan for the 1987 film Predator as an early (eventually abandoned) version of the titular alien before being removed and replaced by Kevin Peter Hall. His breakout film was Bloodsport based on the alleged true story of Frank Dux. Shot on a 1.5 million dollar budget it became a U.S. box-office hit in the spring of 1988. He then starred in the smaller budgeted film Cyborg. His last role for 1989 was Kurt Sloane in the successful Kickboxer. In this film his character fights to avenge his brother who has been paralyzed by a Thai kickboxing champion (Qissi)."

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