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Belgian actor, martial creative person, director

Jean-Claude Van Damme
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Van Damme in 2010

Born Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg
(1960-x-18) 18 October 1960 (age 61)
Sint-Agatha-Berchem, Brussels-Capital, Kingdom of belgium
Other names
  • "JCVD"
  • "The Muscles from Brussels"
Pinnacle ane.77 m (5 ft ten in)
Division Middleweight
Mode Karate, Kickboxing, Muay Thai, Taekwondo
Fighting out of Brussels, Belgium
Team Squad Goetz
Trainer Claude Goetz
Dominique Valera
Rank 2nd Dan Black Belt in Shōtōkan Karate
Years active 1976–1982 (martial arts)
1979–present (acting)
Kickboxing record
Total 19
Wins xviii
By knockout 18
Losses 1
Amateur record
Total 48
Wins 44
Losses four
Other data
Occupation Player, former martial artist
Spouse

María Rodríguez

(chiliad. 1980; div. 1984)


Cynthia Derderian

(m. 1985; div. 1986)


Gladys Portugues

(1000. 1987; div. 1992)

(thou. 1999)


Darcy LaPier

(m. 1994; div. 1997)

Children 3
Website jcvdworld.com

Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg (French: [ʒɑ̃ klod kamij fʁɑ̃swa vɑ̃ vaʁɑ̃bɛʁɡ], Dutch: [vɑɱ ˈvaːrə(g)ˌbɛr(ə)x]; built-in eighteen Oct 1960), known professionally every bit Jean-Claude Van Damme (French: [vɑ̃ dam], Dutch: [vɑn ˈdɑmə]), is a Belgian actor, martial artist, filmmaker, and fight choreographer. Born and raised in Brussels, Belgium, at the age of ten his father enrolled him in martial arts classes, which led to Van Damme inbound several competitions. With the want of becoming an actor, he moved to the U.s. in 1982, where he did odd jobs and worked on several films, until he got his break as the atomic number 82 in the martial arts moving picture Bloodsport (1988).

Van Damme became a popular action film star and followed up with Cyborg (1989), Kickboxer (1989), Lionheart (1990), Death Warrant (1990), Double Impact (1991), Universal Soldier (1992), Nowhere to Run (1993), Hard Target (1993), Timecop (1994), Street Fighter (1994), Sudden Decease (1995), The Quest (1996), Maximum Risk (1996), etc. After a decline, Van Damme returned to prominence with the critically acclaimed offense drama JCVD (2008).

From thereon Van Damme continued starring in more action films and playing supporting roles in The Expendables 2 (2012), the Kung Fu Panda franchise (2011–2016), and the Kickboxer reboot (2016–2018).

Early life and teaching

Van Damme was built-in Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg, on 18 October 1960, in Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, Brussels, Belgium, the son of Eliana and Eugène Van Varenberg, who was an accountant and florist.[1] [2] [3] [4] His male parent is from Brussels and bilingual, and his mother is Flemish (Dutch-speaking).[five] Van Damme was brought upwards Roman Catholic. His paternal grandmother was Jewish.[half-dozen]

He began martial arts at the historic period of ten, enrolled past his father in a Shōtōkan karate school.[7] His styles consist of Shōtōkan Karate and Kickboxing.[8] He eventually earned his blackness belt in karate at 18.[9] He started lifting weights to improve his physique, which eventually led to a Mr. Kingdom of belgium bodybuilding title.[10] At the age of 16, he took up ballet, which he studied for five years. Co-ordinate to Van Damme, ballet "is an art, just information technology's also one of the well-nigh hard sports. If you can survive a ballet workout, you lot can survive a conditioning in any other sport."[11] Later he took up both Taekwondo and Muay Thai.[12]

Career

Early 1970s to 1980: Martial arts and first film appearance

At the age of 12,[thirteen] Van Damme joined the Heart National de Karaté (National Center of Karate) under the guidance of Claude Goetz in Belgium. Van Damme trained for four years and he earned a spot on the Belgian Karate Team; he subsequently trained in total-contact karate and kickboxing with Dominique Valera.[14]

At the age of xv, Van Damme started his competitive karate career in Belgium. From 1976 to 1980, Van Damme compiled a record of 44 victories and 4 defeats in tournament and non-tournament semi-contact matches.

Van Damme was a member of the Belgium Karate Team when it won the European Karate Title on 26 December 1979 at La Coupe François Persoons Karate Tournament in Brussels.[fourteen] [15]

Van Damme placed second at the Challenge Coupe des Espoirs Karate Tournament (1st Trials). At the three-solar day tournament, Van Damme defeated 25 opponents earlier losing in the finals to teammate Angelo Spataro.[fourteen]

On 8 March 1980, in Brussels, Kingdom of belgium, Van Damme competed against his quondam teammate Patrick Teugels at the Forest National Arena on the undercard of the Dan Macaruso-Dominique Valera Professional person Karate Clan Lite-Heavyweight Globe Championship bout.[fourteen] Prior to this friction match, Teugels had defeated Van Damme twice by conclusion, including a friction match for the Kingdom of belgium Lightweight Championship. Van Damme had a 1977 victory over Teugels. Teugels was coming off an impressive showing at the World Association of Kickboxing Organizations Globe Championships four months before, and was favored by some to win this match. According to reports, and Patrick Teugels' own interview (with photos), Teugels lost to Van Damme by TKO in the 1st round. Teugels was kicked in the nose and was unable to continue every bit a issue.[14] In a 2013 interview, Van Damme called this fight his most memorable match.[16]

Van Damme began his total-contact career in 1977, when Claude Goetz promoted the outset always full-contact karate tournament in Belgium.

From 1977 to 1982, Van Damme compiled a record of xviii victories (eighteen knockouts) and 1 defeat[ commendation needed ].

In 1979, he had an uncredited part in André Delvaux'due south Woman Betwixt Wolf and Domestic dog, a Belgian-French drama film starring Marie-Christine Barrault, and Rutger Hauer.

In 1980, Van Damme defenseless the attending of Professional Karate Magazine publisher and editor Mike Anderson and multiple European champion Geert Lemmens. Both men tabbed Van Damme as an upcoming prospect.[17] Van Damme retired from contest in 1982.

During his early on life, Van Damme sold flowers in restaurants, and got a loan to open a gym to salve some money earlier his move to the United States.[18]

1982 to 1988: Early on works and breakthrough

In 1982, Van Damme and childhood friend Michel Qissi moved to the United States in the hope of working as actors. They did a variety of jobs to support themselves. Their start job working on a moving-picture show as extras in the hip hop trip the light fantastic film Breakin' (1984), made by Cannon Films. They are seen dancing in the background at a dance demonstration.[xix]

Around that time he developed a friendship with action martial art film star Chuck Norris. They started sparring together, and Van Damme started to work equally a bouncer at a bar named Woody's Wharf, owned by Norris.[20]

In 1984, he worked in the stunt team in the Norris action film Missing in Activeness which was besides released by Cannon Films.[21] That same year he as well had a office in the comedy brusque film Monaco Forever.[22] [23]

On two May 1986, Corey Yuen'southward martial arts film No Retreat, No Give up premiered in Los Angeles.[24] Information technology was Van Damme's showtime sizeable function when he was cast as the Russian villain. Information technology starred Kurt McKinney, and was released through New World Pictures.[25] [26] McKinney performs every bit Jason Stillwell, a U.South. teenager who learns karate from the spirit of Bruce Lee. Stillwell uses these lessons to defend his martial arts dojo confronting a Soviet martial artist played by Van Damme.[27] He was set to star in No Retreat, No Surrender 2, simply backed out.[28]

Van Damme worked for managing director John McTiernan for the moving-picture show Predator (1987) as an early on (eventually abased) version of the titular alien, earlier beingness removed and replaced by Kevin Peter Hall.[29] As the first option to play the titular Predator character, with the intent that he would use his martial arts skills to make the alien an agile, ninja-like hunter, merely after few days shot, he left the film. It was reported that Van Damme constantly complained about the monster adapt being too hot and causing him to laissez passer out; he allegedly also voiced reservations about only actualization on photographic camera in the suit. Additionally, information technology became credible that a more physically imposing histrion was needed to make the beast appear threatening against the team of soldiers. The office eventually went to Kevin Peter Hall.[30] After Predator was a success, Van Damme said that he appreciated the moving-picture show and that he had no regrets about missing that role.

Van Damme's breakout film was Bloodsport, which opened on 26 February 1988, based on the alleged true story of Frank Dux.[31] It was shot on a $1.5-meg budget for Cannon.[32] [33] The film is nigh U.S. Army Captain Frank Dux (played by Van Damme), trained from his youth in the means of ninjutsu by Senzo Tanaka, who honors his mentor past taking the place of Tanaka's deceased son Shingo in the illegal martial-arts tournament Kumite in Hong Kong.[34] [35] It became a U.Due south. box-office hit in the spring of 1988. Producer Mark Di Salle said he was looking for "a new martial arts star who was a ladies' man, [just Van Damme] appeals to both men and women. He'south an American hero who fights for justice the American style and kicks the stuffing out of the bad guys."[36] Also in 1988, Van Damme played another Russian villain, in Black Eagle, reverse Sho Kosugi. In the film, Sho Kosugi is a martial artist and special operative for the U.S. regime codenamed "Black Eagle", and summoned by his superiors after an F-111 conveying an experimental black ops laser tracking device was shot down over Republic of malta past Russian forces.[37]

1989 to 1999: International stardom

After the success of Bloodsport, Cannon Films offered Van Damme the atomic number 82 in Delta Force 2, American Ninja iii or Cyborg, a cyperpunk martial arts picture show directed by Albert Pyun.[38] Van Damme chose Cyborg which premiered in 1989. The flick was a depression budget box office success and led to two sequels, neither of which Van Damme appeared in.

Cannon used Van Damme again in Kickboxer released that same yr. Information technology was highly successful, returning over $50 million on a $3-million upkeep.[39] The film started the Kickboxer franchise. Van Damme did not appear in any of the picture'southward four sequels, though he did return every bit a unlike character in the reboot series.

In 1990 Van Damme starred in Decease Warrant, the kickoff script credit for David Southward. Goyer. Besides that year he starred in Lionheart.[xl] Lionheart was directed by Sheldon Lettich who had co-written Bloodsport, and said the film was "the first movie to demonstrate that Van Damme was more just a wink-in-the-pan "Karate Guy" who would never rise higher up simplistic low-budget karate movies."[41] Information technology as well featured rear nudity from Van Damme which Lettich says "became a very memorable moment for the ladies in the audience, and for the gay guys likewise. Showing off his butt (clothed or unclothed) almost became a signature trademark of his subsequently that."[41]

In 1991, Double Impact was released. Directed by Lettich it featured Van Damme in the dual role of Alex and Chad Wagner, estranged twin brothers fighting to avenge the deaths of their parents. This picture show reunited him with his former Bloodsport co-star, Bolo Yeung and was very popular.

In 1992, Van Damme starred in 1 of the biggest blockbusters of the twelvemonth in the sci-fi action picture Universal Soldier directed past Roland Emmerich for Carolco. Van Damme (every bit Luc Deveraux) and Dolph Lundgren (every bit Sergeant Andrew Scott) play U.S. soldiers during the Vietnam War who are sent to secure a hamlet against Due north Vietnamese forces. Yet they end up shooting each other dead after Devereaux discovers that Scott has gone insane and has resorted to mutilating the villagers and barbarically cut off their ears, taking an innocent girl and male child hostage.[42] They are later reanimated in a surreptitious Ground forces project along with a big group of other previously dead soldiers and sent on a mission equally GR operatives. At the 1992 Cannes Motion picture Festival, Van Damme and Lundgren were involved in a verbal altercation that almost turned physical when both men pushed each other only to be separated, but it was believed to have only been a publicity stunt.[43] [44] Universal Soldier opened in theatres on 10 July 1992, a moderate success domestically with $36,299,898 in U.s.a. ticket sales, just a major blockbuster worldwide, making over $65 meg overseas, which earned the flick a total of $102 million worldwide, on a $23 one thousand thousand upkeep.[45]

Van Damme was considered to play Simon Phoenix in Demolition Human being [46] and was briefly considered for the role of Michael Cheritto in Heat.[47]

In 1993 Van Damme made a cameo in Last Activeness Hero, and starred in Nowhere To Run. The moving picture was the commencement in a three-picture deal between Van Damme and Columbia Pictures and his fee was $three.5 million. Columbia said the film is "true to his audience and goes beyond his audience."[49]

In 1994, he starred in Hard Target for Universal, the first American film from director John Woo. Also released that year he starred in Timecop, playing a time-traveling cop.[50] Directed by Peter Hyams, the film was a huge success, grossing over $100 million worldwide, and remains his highest-grossing film in a lead role to engagement. Also that year, Van Damme starred in Street Fighter, written and directed by Steven Due east. de Souza for Universal and based on the video game. It was poorly received critically. Though a commercial success, making approximately iii times its product cost.

Van Damme and Hyams re-teamed for Universal' on Sudden Death released in 1995. Van Damme plays a French Canadian-born firefighter with the Pittsburgh Fire Bureau who suffered a personal crisis afterward he was unable to save a young girl from a house fire. Now removed from active duty, Darren has get demoted to being burn down marshal for the Pittsburgh Civic Arena, where a gang of terrorists are holding U.South. Vice President and several other VIPs hostage in a luxury suite during a game.

In 1996, Van Damme starred and turned managing director for The Quest. That year, he appeared in the Television show Friends in the two-part episode "The One After the Superbowl". He as well starred in Maximum Take a chance, the offset American flick directed by Ringo Lam, and their showtime collaboration.

Van Damme's first box role bomb since he became a star was Double Team (1997), a buddy picture with basketball superstar Dennis Rodman. Information technology was Hong Kong managing director Tsui Hark'southward American debut.

In 1998, he and Hark reunited on Knock Off. Also that year, Van Damme acted in the costume action film, Legionnaire. Despite a $35 million budget, it was not released theatrically in the The states, only overseas.[51]

In 1999, Van Damme starred in Universal Soldier: The Return, (1999), where he returns equally Luc Deveraux. That year he also starred in Inferno.

2000s: Subsequent films

Released in 2001, Replicant is the second collaboration between Van Damme and manager Ringo Lam, and the fifth time that Van Damme has starred in a dual part. It co-stars Michael Rooker. Also that year he starred in The Lodge, directed by Sheldon Lettich, and written by Van Damme.[52]

In 2002 he starred in Derailed.

In Hell is a 2003 American prison house action flick directed by Ringo Lam. Information technology is the third collaboration between Van Damme and Lam. Van Damme plays an American working overseas in Magnitogorsk, Russia. That same year, Van Damme employed his dancing training in the music video for Bob Sinclar's "Osculation My Eyes".

His 2004 flick was Wake of Death, an action motion picture directed by Philippe Martinez. Ringo Lam was the original director, only he left the project after a few weeks of filming in Canada. It co-stars Simon Yam, Valerie Tian, Tony Schiena, etc.

In 2005, he played himself in the French flick Narco.

In 2006, he starred in Second in Command directed past Simon Fellows, and The Hard Corps directed past Sheldon Lettich.

In 2007, played a small-scale role in The Exam, a Turkish comedy-drama film directed by Ömer Faruk Sorak. Also that year he starred in Until Death.[53]

Van Damme on the set of JCVD in Oct 2007

Van Damme returned to the mainstream with the limited theatrical release of the 2008 picture JCVD, which received positive reviews. Time Magazine named Van Damme'southward performance in the film the second best of the twelvemonth (after Heath Ledger'southward The Joker in The Nighttime Knight),[54] having previously stated that Van Damme "deserves not a black belt, only an Oscar."[55] Likewise in 2008, he starred in Isaac Florentine'south The Shepherd: Border Patrol.

He then reprised his role as Luc Deveraux alongside Dolph Lundgren in the 2009 film Universal Soldier: Regeneration, directed by John Hyams. The film was released theatrically in the Middle East and Southeast Asia and directly to video in the U.s. and other parts of the world. Since its release, the film has received better than average reviews for a straight-to-DVD franchise sequel.[56] [57] [58]

2010–present: Current work

In 2010, Van Damme directed himself in the barely released Total Love. That same year, he turned down the office of Gunner Jensen in the first instalment of The Expendables and the role went to Dolph Lundgren.[59]

In 2011, Van Damme voiced the Master Croc in the computer animation film Kung Fu Panda 2. In the moving picture, Van Damme voices a character who helps the heroes of the previous motion-picture show. That same year, he co-starred with Scott Adkins in Assassination Games. Also in 2011, he played a role in the French one-act Beur sur la ville. As well that year, Van Damme starred in his own reality Tv set testify Behind Closed Doors. The testify showcases his family life, his personal troubles, and an upcoming fight. Since 2009, Van Damme has been planning to brand a comeback to fight erstwhile boxing Olympic gold-medalist Somluck Kamsing.[60] [61] [62] The fight was a focal point in his ITV reality show Behind Closed Doors. The fight has been repeatedly postponed, with many critics doubting information technology volition occur, especially due to the difficulty of booking the venue.[63]

In 2012, he acted in the Russian one-act film named Rzhevsky Versus Napoleon, and U.F.O. [ additional citation(south) needed ] [64] He starred in Dragon Eyes, Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning, and Six Bullets.[ additional citation(s) needed ] [65] Also that year, he starred as the main villain in The Expendables 2. The movie series follows a mercenary grouping as they undertake a mission which evolves into a quest for revenge confronting a rival mercenary (Van Damme). The pic was a success. it grossed over $310 million worldwide. Besides that year, Van Damme was seen as part of Kam Sing'south ring crew when Kam Sing fought against Jomhod Kiatadisak.[66] He also appeared in commercials for Coors Light beer, showing him on a snow-covered mount wearing a sleeveless denim jacket,[67] and for the washing powder Dash. On 21 October 2012, Van Damme was honored with a life-size statue of himself in his hometown of Brussels. He told reporters during the unveiling, "Kingdom of belgium is paying me back something, but really it'due south to pay back to the dream. And then when people come by here, it is not Jean-Claude van Damme just it's a guy from the street who believed in something. I want the statue to represent that".[68]

In 2013 Van Damme acted in the comedy Welcome to the Jungle. As well that year, he played the main villain in Enemies Closer, an American action thriller film directed by Peter Hyams.[69] On 13 November 2013, Volvo Trucks released an advertizement on YouTube that shows Van Damme doing the splits while perched with each of his anxiety on the outer rearview mirrors of ane semi-trailer truck and i box truck moving backwards, which Van Damme describes in the commercial as "the nearly epic of splits". The video apace went viral around the web, receiving more than xi meg views in three days,[70] 35 1000000 in the outset week.[71] It was dubbed every bit The Epic Split.[72]

Swelter is a 2014 American action flick where he plays i of the leads. It stars Lennie James, and co-stars Grant Bowler, Josh Henderson, and Alfred Molina. James plays a sheriff in a pocket-size town who has a dark past that he can not remember, merely to have to face up it when his ex-partners show up looking for stolen money they believe he has.

2015, he starred in the activity thriller film Pound of Flesh, directed by Ernie Barbarash. Also that year, he had a supporting role in a Chinese superhero parody film.

In 2016, he returned to his vox part of Master Croc in the Kung Fu Panda franchise for the 3rd installment. Likewise that year, he acted in Kickboxer: Vengeance directed by John Stockwell. Information technology is a reboot of the original where Van Damme was the pb. That year he too played the lead in the tv serie Jean-Claude Van Johnson.

In 2017, he starred in Kill 'Em All, an action film directed by Peter Malota.

In 2018, he returned to his part in Kickboxer: Retaliation, a sequel to the reboot.[73] That aforementioned year, he acted in Black Water. It co-stars Dolph Lundgren in the fifth collaboration between both actors[74] likewise every bit the first fourth dimension they appear together as on-screen allies.[75] In 22 August of that aforementioned yr, he starred in Julien Leclercq's The Bouncer.

In 2019, Van Damme starred in We Dice Young.

In 2021, Van Damme starred in The Final Mercenary.

Monument

The unveiling of the Van Damme statue in Belgium (2012)

In 2012, a statue of the actor was unveiled in Anderlecht, Kingdom of belgium. The artwork, which depicts a younger incarnation of the Muscles from Brussels in ane of his fighting poses from the movie Kickboxer, was commissioned to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Westland Shopping complex. The unveiling took place on Boulevard Sylvain Dupuis and was attended past Van Damme, his parents, Wallonia-Brussels culture minister Fadila Laanan [nl] and nearly 2,000 fans. Van Damme said the statue "represented the dream of a Brussels kid" and was "for all the children who want something bad", calculation that "if you believe in something strongly enough, information technology can come true".[76]

In 2019, a Van Damme monument was mounted in the Vandam village of Qabala, Azerbaijan, due to similarity of the village name and Van Damme'due south proper name. The role player subsequently published a mail service on his Facebook business relationship, thanking those responsible.[77]

Controversies

Lawsuit and fight record controversy

In 1997, Frank Dux, the martial artist whom Van Damme portrayed in Bloodsport, filed a lawsuit against Van Damme for $50,000 for co-writing and consultation work Dux did on the 1996 film The Quest. According to the lawsuit, Dux also accused Van Damme of lying to the public well-nigh his martial arts fight record, stating that when Dux tutored Van Damme while Van Damme was laying carpet for a living, Van Damme exhibited a lack of martial arts skills. Van Damme's lawyer, Martin Vocaliser, responded, "There are records to certificate his martial arts acclamation. Why, only look at his movies; he didn't get those roles on his acting power! He's the one who does those splits on chairs. He doesn't accept a stuntman to do that."[78]

Steven Seagal incident

In 2008, actor Sylvester Stallone declared to the British mag FHM that "At a party in my home in Miami in 1997, Van Damme was tired of Steven Seagal claiming he could boot his ass so he offered Seagal exterior into my back thousand." According to Stallone, Seagal made his excuses and left while Van Damme tracked him downwardly at a nightclub and challenged him again. Stallone finished by stating "Van Damme was too stiff. Seagal wanted none of it."[79]

Chuck Zito incident

On 6 February 1998, the New York Daily News reported that Van Damme had been punched the previous night by Chuck Zito at the Scores social club in Manhattan, New York.[80] Zito, who had previously bodyguarded Van Damme and worked as a stuntman on the film Nowhere to Run, recalled the incident in his 2002 autobiography Street Justice, challenge that he suffered a broken paw every bit a effect of hitting Van Damme several times after Van Damme made disparaging remarks about him to a club bouncer, who then relayed the comments to Zito.[81] Zito has also stated "I promise we can exist friends again, but he was abusive. Some people will have that kind of abuse. I am non one of them."[82]

Kadyrov event

In October 2011, Van Damme, along with other celebrities including Hilary Swank, Vanessa-Mae and Seal attracted criticism from human rights groups for attending an issue in Russian federal field of study Chechnya's upper-case letter Grozny on the 35th birthday of Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov on five October.[83] Human rights groups, who had urged the celebrities to abolish their appearances because of abuses carried out nether Kadyrov, criticised the celebrities for attending the effect.[84] Human being Rights Watch released a statement which said, "Ramzan Kadyrov is linked to a litany of horrific human being rights abuses. It'southward inappropriate for stars to become paid to party with him [...] And getting paid to be part of such a lavish show in Chechnya trivializes the suffering of countless victims of human rights abuses there."[85] [86]

Public image and influence

In the French-speaking world, Van Damme is well known – and often mocked – for the picturesque aphorisms that he delivers on a wide range of topics (personal well-being, spirituality, the environment, women, dogs, his ability to crevice walnuts with his buttocks, his realization that Christianity is flawed based on the fact that "snakes are squeamish" and "apples contain pectin which is anti-cholesterol", etc.) in a sort of Zen franglais.[87] He was deeply affected by his depiction in the media and the frequent derisive use of his interviews in comedy shows in the early 2000s, becoming increasingly reluctant to grant new interviews in French. He later explained that he was trying to communicate $.25 of his difficult-earned wisdom to immature uneducated people dreaming of success, similar he used to be himself, and had to struggle with the time constraints of TV, with his difficulties reacquainting with the French language, and with the furnishings of jet lag, often resulting in a clumsy, haphazard delivery. His public paradigm in the French-speaking world became a major theme of the 2008 movie J.C.V.D. (directed past Mabrouk El Mechri, a fan of Van Damme's from his childhood, who sought to rehabilitate him past exploring those issues head-on).

The original video game Mortal Kombat was conceived as a fighting game based on Van Damme.[88] Creators Ed Boon and John Tobias had originally wanted to star Van Damme himself in the game. That fell through as he had a prior deal for another game nether the auspices of the Sega Genesis platform. Ed Boon and John Tobias eventually decided to create a different graphic symbol for the game named Johnny Cage, who is modelled afterwards Van Damme, primarily from Van Damme's appearance and outfit in the martial arts film Bloodsport.[89] [90] In the German version of the Donkey Kong 64 website, DK's greatest hero is Jean-Claude van Kong.

In Jan 2017, Van Damme featured in an Ultra Tune television advert which was part of a controversial series of ads.[91] 2 women were confronted in a motorcar park past a gang of youths in a threatening manner, Van Damme appears to defend them and then the mood lightens and they have pictures with the star.[92]

In Oct 2020, Van Damme rescued a 3-month-old chihuahua, saving her from euthanasia after a legal tussle between Kingdom of norway and Bulgaria.[93]

Personal life

By the mid-1990s, the stress of the abiding filming and promotion of his films, every bit Van Damme explains, led him to develop a cocaine habit, on which he spent upwards to $10,000 a week, and consuming up to 10 grams per day by 1996. He was arrested for driving under the influence in 1999.[94] [95] [96] Attempts at drug rehabilitation were unsuccessful, and he resorted to resolve his addiction via quitting cold turkey and exercise.[94] In 1998, he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.[94] [95] [97] In 2011, he discussed the status on the British reality bear witness Behind Closed Doors, saying, "Sometimes yous're gonna like me, and sometimes you're gonna detest me. But what can I practise? I'1000 not perfect ... I'yard an extreme bipolar, and I'm taking medication for this ... When I was young, I was suffering those swing moods. In the morning, the sky was bluish [when I was] going to school, and to me, the sky was black. I was so sad."[98]

Van Damme has been married v times to 4 different women. He was married to his 3rd wife, bodybuilder Gladys Portugues, with whom he has ii children (Kristopher (born 1987) and Bianca Brigitte (born 1990)[99]), until 1992, when he began an thing with extra Darcy LaPier, whom he married in Feb 1994. From this marriage, they had a son named Nicholas (born x October 1995). That same twelvemonth he had an thing with his Street Fighter co-star Kylie Minogue during filming of that film in Thailand.[100] [101] LaPier, who was pregnant with their son at the time, did not become aware of the affair until Van Damme publicly admitted it in 2012.[102]

Filmography

Film

Idiot box

Year Title Office Notes
1996 Friends Himself Episode: "The One After the Superbowl"
2004 Las Vegas Himself Episode: "Die Fast, Die Furious"
2009 Robot Chicken Himself / Count Dracula / Rhett Butler (voices) Episode: "Maurice Was Caught"
2011 Jean Claude Van Damme: Behind Closed Doors Himself 8 episodes; also producer
2011 Les Anges Gardiens Himself xx episodes
2016 Sense8 Himself Episode: "Happy F*cking New year's day"
2016–2017 Jean-Claude Van Johnson Johnson / Filip 6 episodes; also executive producer for "Pilot"
2020 Les Anges Asian Dream Himself Post-production
2022 Ramez Picture show Star Himself Arabian pranks bear witness, represented by him and Ramez Galal

Music videos

Year Song title Artist(southward)
1992 "Body Count'due south in the Business firm" Body Count
1994 "Time Won't Let Me" The Smithereens
"Straight to My Feet" MC Hammer featuring Deion Sanders
1995 "Something At that place" Chage and Aska
1999 "Crush 'Em" Megadeth
2003 "Kiss My Eyes" Bob Sinclar
2008 "Ya Lyublyu Ego" Iryna Bilyk and Olga Gorbacheva
2015 "The Hum"[104] Dimitri Vegas & Similar Mike vs. Ummet Ozcan
2020 "Ultrarêve"[105] AaRON

Video games

Year Title Role
1995 Street Fighter: The Moving-picture show Colonel Guile
2021 Warpath [106] Himself (fictional general)

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Outcome
1988 Golden Raspberry Laurels Worst New Star[107] Bloodsport Nominated
1992 MTV Motion-picture show Laurels Nigh Desirable Male Double Impact Nominated
1993 Nowhere to Run Nominated
1994 Hard Target Nominated
1998 Golden Raspberry Honour Worst Screen Couple (with Dennis Rodman) Double Squad Won
2001 Video Premiere Award All-time Histrion Replicant Nominated
2004 Bollywood Movie Award International Action Super Star Himself Won
2008 Silver Leopard All-time Actor JCVD Nominated
2009 TFCA Accolade Best Performance, Male person Nominated
2014 Golden Lotus Award Outstanding Achievement of Action Movies Show Himself Won

Championships and accomplishments

Mr. Belgium bodybuilding Championships (1976 Gold)

Kingdom of belgium Karate Lightweight Championships (1977 Gilt)

Kingdom of belgium Karate team European Championships (1979 Gilt)

Belgium Coupe des Espoirs Karate Tournament Championships (1980 Silver)

Semi-contact / calorie-free-contact record

Effect Record Opponent Method Appointment Round Event Location Notes
Win 44-iv-0 Belgium Jonny Wellum Decision vii May 1980 3 WAKO Brussels, Kingdom of belgium Light-Contact (Van Damme avenges early career defeat)
Win 43-iv-0 Belgium Jordy Claes 1980 Gala International WAKO Light-Contact
Win 42-4-0 Belgium Patrick Teugels[xiv] l'abandon (TKO) eight March 1980 1 Forest Nationals Low-cal-Contact (Teugels suffers a cleaved nose and is unable to continue)
Win 41-four-0 Hungary Andras Kovacs Decision 1980 3 WAKO Semi-Contact
Win 40-iv-0 Algeria Bekim-Moussa Muhammad
Win 39-4-0 Algeria Mustapha-Ahmad Benamou
Win 38-4-0 Germany Reinhard Krass Disq. 26 December 1979 2 Karate Tournament: Belgium Team vs. German Team Woluwe, Brussels, Belgium Low-cal-Contact[14]
Win 37-4-0 Portugal Gilberto Dias l'abandon November 1979 1 World All-styles Karate Arrangement Brussels, Belgium Calorie-free-Contact (Dias suffers talocrural joint injury and is unable to proceed)
Win 36-4-0 Germany Hans Kohler Decision 1979 3 Ingelmunster, Belgium Semi-Contact
Loss 35-four-0 Belgium Patrick Teugels WAKO Tampa, Florida, USA Light-Contact (Both men fight in karate-gi uniforms, no pads or gloves)
Win 35-three-0 Belgium Matthias Evrard Cup of Antwerp World All-styles Karate System Antwerp, Belgium Semi-Contact
Win 34-three-0 Belgium Paul Sperati World All-styles Karate Organization Opprebais, Belgium
Win 33-three-0 Belgium Lucus Reinfeld Earth All-styles Karate Organisation, Europe Interland Cup Mulhouse, Belgium
Win 32-iii-0 Belgium Robbe Bogaerts 1978 Hope Cup World All-styles Karate Organization Brussels, Belgium Semi-Contact[108]
Win 31-3-0 Belgium Leonard Baptiste World All-styles Karate Organization Izegem, Belgium Semi-Contact
Win 30-3-0 Portugal Fernando Cabanela World All-styles Karate Organization
Loss 29-iii-0 Belgium Angelo Spataro[xiv] Challenge Coupe des Espoirs Karate Tournament (1st Trials) Antwerp, Kingdom of belgium Calorie-free-Contact
Win 29-2-0 Belgium Gabriel van der Driessche
Win 28-2-0 Belgium Farid Muhammad Mousseau
Win 27-2-0 Belgium Jacques van Laere
Win 26-2-0 Belgium Christian Hedin
Win 25-ii-0 Belgium Gerard Charon
Win 24-2-0 Portugal David Arranz
Win 23-2-0 Belgium Bernard Redden
Win 22-2-0 Belgium Antoine Redi
Win 21-2-0 Belgium Ben Salah Ellah
Win xx-2-0 Belgium Gaston Airey Foul 1
Win 19-ii-0 Belgium Abdembi Hassan Ali Conclusion 3
Win 18-ii-0 Portugal Jonas "Marcel" Cohen Decision
Win 17-2-0 Belgium Christian van Tieghem
Win 16-two-0 Belgium Max Roelandt
Win 15-2-0 Belgium Andre Verbon
Win 14-2-0 Belgium Michel Juvillier
Win 13-two-0 Belgium Joel Maoreau
Win 12-2-0 Belgium Ronald Duivenbode Semi-Contact
Loss xi-ii-0 Belgium Patrick Teugels Belgium Lightweight Championship Antwerp, Kingdom of belgium Low-cal-Contact
Win 11-ane-0 Belgium Gris Lubbers 1976 European Karate Union Ingelmunster, Belgium Semi-Contact
Win 10-i-0 Belgium Andre Lemaire 1977 World Association of Kickboxing Organizations Open International Izegem, Belgium
Win 9-1-0 Belgium Patrick Teugels Antwerp Open International Competition WAKO Antwerp, Belgium Low-cal-Contact[ commendation needed ]
Win 8-i-0 Belgium Maurice Devos Globe Allstyles Kickboxing System Semi-Contact
Win 7-1-0 France Jacques Berri 1976 Antwerp Open up WAKO
Win 6-1-0 Belgium Johannes Binding Antwerp, Belgium
Win 5-ane-0 France Jean-Morin Devigne
Win 4-ane-0 Belgium Roland Vedani 1976 3 European Karate Union Ingelmunster, Kingdom of belgium
Win 3-1-0 Belgium Jean-Paul Gaston Brussels, Belgium
Loss 2-1-0 Belgium Jonny Wellum 22 Jan 1976 La Federation Europeene de Karate (European Karate Federation) Brussels, Belgium Semi-Contact (J. Vandenberg credit with defaite)
Win two-0-0 Belgium Bernard Briers Semi-Contact (J. Vandenberg credit with victoire)
Win 1-0-0 Belgium Robin Lomard Semi-Contact (J. Vandenberg credit with victoire - Karate magazine Boxe francise)

Kickboxing record

Result Record Opponent Method Date Circular Time Event Location Notes
Win 18-1-0 India Nedjad Gharbi KKO 1982 1 Brussels, Kingdom of belgium Kickboxing
Win 17-1-0 Belgium Daniel Le Jaouen 1:05
Win 16-1-0 Belgium Lenny Leikman[fourteen] iii 1st Journée des Arts Martiaux
Win 15-ane-0 Turkey Ajom Mahmud Uddin KO 1981 i 0:nineteen
Win 14-1-0 Algeria Mustapha-Ahmad Benamou KKO
Win thirteen-ane-0 Netherlands Henk Besselman KO
Win 12-1-0 United Kingdom Michael J. Heming KKO 1980 0:46 European Karate Federation Middleweight Championship Kickboxing[ citation needed ]
Win 11-one-0 France Georges Verlugels KO 2 PKA Middleweight Championship Kickboxing[17]
Win ten-1-0 United States Sherman Bergman KKO 1979 Nov iv 1 0:56 Tampa, Florida, Us Full-Contact
Win 9-1-0 Germany Rolf Risberg KKO 1979 Ingelmunster, Belgium Kickboxing[ citation needed ]
Win 8-1-0 Belgium Emile Leibman Izegem, Belgium Kickboxing[ commendation needed ]
Win 7-1-0 Belgium Cyrille Nollet 1978 Kickboxing
Win 6-i-0 Belgium Orlando Lang KO 0:26 Antwerp, Belgium
Win 5-1-0 Belgium Jacques Piniarski KKO Kingdom of belgium Kickboxing[ citation needed ]
Win iv-1-0 Germany Eric "Basel" Strauss 0:eighteen Antwerp, Kingdom of belgium Kickboxing[ citation needed ]
Win iii-1-0 Belgium Andre "Robar" Robaeys Mulhouse, Kingdom of belgium Kickboxing[ commendation needed ]
Win ii-ane-0 Belgium Michel Juvillier KO 0:39 Antwerp, Belgium Full-Contact[ citation needed ]
Loss ane-one-0 France Etienne "Tuf" Aubry DQ 7 March 1977 one:02 Marseilles, French republic Full-Contact (Karate magazine Boxe francise)
Win 1-0-0 Belgium Toon van Oostrum KKO 1977 0:46 Brussels, Belgium Total-Contact[ citation needed ]

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Books cited

  • Corcoran, John; Farkas, Emil (1988). Martial Arts: Traditions, History, People. New York City: Gallery Books. pp. threescore, 265. ISBN978-0-8317-5805-ix. (Wako)
  • Corcoran, John; Farkas, Emil (1988). Martial Arts: Traditions, History, People. New York City: Gallery Books. pp. 285–286. ISBN978-0-8317-5805-9. (PKA Globe Heavyweight Championship)
  • Corcoran, John; Farkas, Emil (1988). Martial Arts: Traditions, History, People. New York City: Gallery Books. pp. 210, 393. ISBN978-0-8317-5805-nine. (Eku)
  • Soet, John Steven (March 1990). "Jean-Claude van Damme". Inside Kung-Fu Presents: Martial Artists One on One. pp. xvi–25.
  • Zito, Chuck (2002), Street Justice, St. Martin's Press, ISBN9780312320218

Further reading

  • Vandehey, Tim (Apr 1991). "Gunning for Van Damme". Karate Kung-Fu Illustrated.
  • Xuat Tinh Som (31 December 2007). "Jean-Claude van Damme". Tre Today News.

External links

  • Official website
  • Jean-Claude Van Damme at IMDb

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