Born in Agathe, Belgium, on Oct. 18, 1960, athletic action hero Jean-Claude Van Damme was practicing martial arts by age 11 and went on to win a string of competitive honors, including the European Professional Karate Association's middleweight championship, and even studied ballet to improve his form.His dreams of becoming a movie star began to take shape when he moved to America and was cast as a Russian in No Retreat, No Surrender (1986), which led to high-profile but formulaic roles in films such as Bloodsport (1988), Kickboxer (1989), Double Impact (1991) and The Quest (1996).
Despite his catchy nickname as "the Muscles from Brussels," Van Damme hasn't experienced the same degree of crossover success as fellow strongmen Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger -- but he's come close with the high-grossing hits Universal Soldier (1992) and Nowhere to Run (1993).
AddJCVDJean-Claude Van Damme plays himself in this comic action film. While visiting his family at home in Belgium, Van Damme is caught in the middle of a robbery, and the cops think the aging star has snapped and pulled the job himself. Now, on top of dealing with financial problems, a nasty custody... Read More
AddUniversal Soldier: The ReturnNow retired from his career as a Universal Soldier, Luc Deveraux (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is working as a technical adviser on a top-secret government project to design a smarter cyborg warrior. But "Seth" -- the supercomputer that controls the soldiers -- has an agenda of his own, which includes... Read More
AddUniversal SoldierDeep within a government complex, dead soldiers are resurrected as superhuman cyborgs. When the experiment spirals wildly out of control, only the original universal soldier can take on this elite army of unstoppable killing machines. Packed with borg-crunching action, Universal Soldier continues... Read More
AddThe ShepherdEx-cop and current border patrol agent Jack Robideaux (Jean-Claude Van Damme) becomes a one-man crime-fighting force when he tries to take down a rogue American Special Forces unit in this action thriller. Determined to thwart a plan to smuggle millions of dollars' worth of Afghan heroin into the... Read More
AddBloodsportBased on true events, this kickboxing extravaganza follows American Frank Dux (Jean-Claude Van Damme) on his quest to become champion of a secret, dangerous martial arts contest called the Kumite. While searching Hong Kong for the event's underground arena, Dux must outfox U.S. agents who want him... Read More
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