Jean-Claude Van Damme actor
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- Total de películas conocidas 88
Van Damme was born Jean-Claude Camille François van Varenberg in Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, Brussels, Belgium, to Eliana and Eugène van Varenberg, an accountant. “The Muscles from Brussels” started martial arts at the age of eleven. His father introduced him to martial arts when he saw his son was physically weak. At the age of 12, van Damme began his martial arts training at Centre National De Karate (National Center of Karate) under the guidance of Master Claude Goetz in Ixelles, Belgium. Van Damme trained for 4 years and earned a spot on the Belgium Karate Team. He won the European professional karate associations middleweight championship as a teenager, and also beat the 2nd best karate fighter in the world. His goal was to be number one but got sidetracked when he left his hometown of Brussels.In 1976 at the age of sixteen, Jean-Claude started his Martial Arts fight career. Jean-Claude retired from martial arts in 1982, following a knockout over Nedjad Gharbi in Brussels, Belgium. Jean-Claude posted a 18-1 (18 knockouts) kickboxing record, and a semi-contact record of 41-4. He came to Hong Kong at the age of 19 for the first time and felt insured to do action movies in Hong Kong. In 1981, van Damme moved to Los Angeles. He took English classes while working as carpet layer, pizza delivery man, limo driver, and thanks to Chuck Norris he got a job as a bouncer at a club. Norris gave van Damme a small role in the movie Missing in Action (1984), but it wasnt good enough to get anybodys attention. In 1984, he got his first significant role as a villain named Ivan in the low-budget movie, No Retreat, No Surrender (1986). Then one day, while walking on the streets, Jean-Claude spotted a producer for Cannon Pictures and showed some of his martial arts abilities which led to a role in Bloodsport (1988). The movie, filmed in Hong Kong, was so bad when it was completed, it was shelved for almost two years. It might have never been released if van Damme did not help them to re-cut the film and begged producers to release it. They finally released the film, first in Malaysia and France and then into the US shot on a meager 1.5 million dollar budget, it became a US box-office hit in the spring of 1988. It made about 30 million worldwide and audiences supported this film for its new sensational action star, Jean-Claude van Damme.His good looks led to starring roles in higher budgeted movies like Cyborg (1989), AWOL Absent Without Leave (1990), Double Impact (1991) and Universal Soldier (1992). In 1994, he scored with his big breakthrough $100 million worldwide hit Timecop (1994). But in the meantime, his personal life was coming apart. A divorce, followed by a new marriage, followed by another divorce. It began to show up in his career when his projects began to tank at the box office The Quest (1996), which he directed; Maximum Risk (1996) and Double Team (1997). The three films made less than $50 million combined. In 1999, he remarried his ex-wife, Gladys Portugues, and restarted his lost career to attain new goals. With help from his family, he faced his problems and made movies like Replicant (2001), Derailed (2002), and In Hell (2003).
Kurt Sloane
Película 1989
Replicant / Garrotte
Película 2001
Alain Lefevre
Película 1998
Luc Devereux
Película 1999
Anthony Stowe
Película 2007
Frank Dux
Película 1988
Colonel William Guile
Película 1994
Christopher Dubois
Película 1996
Alex / Chad Wagner
Película 1991
Jack Quinn
Película 1997
Ivan Kraschinsky "The Russian"
Película 1986
J.C.V.D.
Película 2008
Self - Portait Subject & Interviewee (archive)
Película 2023
Luc Deveraux
Película 2009
Ben Archer
Película 2004
Rudy Cafmeyer
Película 2001
Marcus Ray
Película 1998
Self
Película
Jacques Kristoff
Película 2002
Andrei
Película 1988
Kyle LeBlanc
Película 2003
Vincent Brazil
Película 2011
Himself
Película 2012
Gay Karate Man
Película 1984
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Luc Deveraux
Película 2012
George
Película 2012
Philip
Película 2024
Película 2003
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Léo
Película 2025
Self (archive footage)
Película 1990
Self
Película 2013
Spectator in First Dance Sequence (uncredited)
Película 1984
Self
Película 2023
Charles
Película 2006
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Película 2022
Movie Goer / Man in Garden (uncredited)
Película 1979
Extra in Police Arrival Sequence (uncredited)
Película 1984
Gibson Rickenbacker (archive footage) (uncredited)
Película 2014
Self
Película 2014
Lukas
Película 2018
Jean-Claude Van Damme (uncredited)
Película 1993
Película 2019
Himself
Película 2004
Himself
Película 2004
JCVD
Película 2020
Película 2019
Richard Brumére
Película 2021
(uncredited)
Película 2021
Soldier (uncredited)
Película 1984
Self
Película 2002
Van Damme
Película 2024
Self
Tv 2003
Tv 1996
Self
Tv 2003
Self
Tv 1995
Tv 2011
Self
Tv 1999
Tv 1992
Tv 2022
Self
Tv 1962
Tv 1995
Self
Tv 2010
Self
Tv 2019
Self
Tv 1998
