10.0
10.0
Dolph: Unbreakable
2022
as Self
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Also known as: JCVD, Muscles from Brussels, Jean Claude van Damme
Acting
Nationality:Belgium
Height:5'10" (177 cm)
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CommunityBiographyvia wikipedia
Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg (French: [ʒɑ̃ klod kamij fʁɑ̃swa vɑ̃ vaʁɑ̃bɛʁɡ]; Flemish: [vɑɱ ˈvaːrə(m)bɛr(ə)x]; born 18 October 1960), known professionally as Jean-Claude Van Damme (French: [vɑ̃ dam]; Flemish: [vɑn ˈdɑmə]), is a Belgian martial artist and actor. Born and raised in Brussels, he was enrolled by his father in a Shotokan karate school at the age of ten, which led Van Damme to hold the rank of 2nd-dan black belt in karate, and compete in several karate and kickboxing competitions. As a teenager, he won the middleweight championship of the European Professional Karate Association in 1979 and the Mr. Belgium bodybuilding title in 1978. With the desire of becoming an actor in Hollywood, he moved to the United States in 1982, where he worked on several films, until he got his break as the lead in the martial arts film Bloodsport (1988). He became a popular action film star and followed up with commercially successful films such as Cyborg, Kickboxer (both 1989), Lionheart, Death Warrant (both 1990), Double Impact (1991), Universal Soldier (1992), Nowhere to Run, Hard Target (both 1993), Timecop, Street Fighter (both 1994), Sudden Death (1995), The Quest, which marked his directorial debut, and Maximum Risk (both 1996). He achieved sex symbol status in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Between 1993 and 1998, three Hong Kong filmmakers collaborated with Van Damme for their debuts in Western cinema: John Woo, Tsui Hark, and Ringo Lam. After a decline in popularity in the late 1990s and early 2000s, he returned to prominence with the critically acclaimed crime drama JCVD (2008), in which he starred as a fictional version of himself. His big return to the action genre was in The Expendables 2 (2012), in which he starred as the villain, opposite Sylvester Stallone's character.
Filmography (79 movies)
10.0
10.0
Guns, Genes & Fighting Machines: The Making of 'Universal Soldier'
2004
as Himself
7.8
7.8
Dans la peau de Jean-Claude Van Damme
2003
7.3
7.3
Minions: The Rise of Gru
2022
as Jean Clawed (voice)
7.0
7.0
Kung Fu Panda 2
2011
as Master Croc (voice)
7.0
7.0
Bloodsport
1988
as Frank Dux
7.0
7.0
Full Love
2010
Writer
6.8
6.8
Kickboxer
1989
as Kurt Sloane
6.8
6.8
We Die Young
2019
Executive Producer
6.7
6.7
Kill 'em All 2
2024
as Philip
6.7
6.7
JCVD
2008
Executive Producer
6.6
6.6
Breakin'
1984
as Spectator in First Dance Sequence (uncredited)
6.6
6.6
In Hell
2003
as Kyle LeBlanc
6.6
6.6
Lionheart
1990
Screenplay
6.5
6.5
Darkness of Man
2024
Executive Producer
6.5
6.5
Hard Target
1993
as Chance Boudreaux
6.4
6.4
The Last Mercenary
2021
as Richard Brumére
6.4
6.4
The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films
2014
as Self
6.4
6.4
All the Love You Cannes!
2002
as Self
6.4
6.4
Nowhere to Run
1993
as Sam Gillen
6.4
6.4
The Expendables 2
2012
as Jean Vilain
6.3
6.3
Universal Soldier
1992
as Luc Deveraux / GR44
6.3
6.3
Assassination Games
2011
Executive Producer
6.3
6.3
No Retreat, No Surrender
1986
as Ivan Kraschinsky "The Russian"
6.3
6.3
6 Bullets
2012
Executive Producer
6.2
6.2
The Bouncer
2018
as Lukas
6.2
6.2
Death Warrant
1990
as Louis Burke
6.2
6.2
Double Impact
1991
Screenplay
6.2
6.2
The Gardener
2025
as Léo
6.2
6.2
The Quest
1996
Director
6.1
6.1
Inferno
1999
Producer
6.1
6.1
The Hard Corps
2005
as Phillippe Sauvage
6.0
6.0
Timecop
1994
as Max Walker
6.0
6.0
Sudden Death
1995
as Darren Francis Thomas McCord
6.0
6.0
The Making of Double Impact, Parts 1 & 2
2019
6.0
6.0
Wake of Death
2004
as Ben Archer
6.0
6.0
The Shepherd: Border Patrol
2008
as Jack Robideaux
5.9
5.9
Until Death
2007
as Anthony Stowe
5.9
5.9
Universal Soldier: The Return
1999
Producer
5.8
5.8
Replicant
2001
as Replicant / Garrotte
5.8
5.8
Legionnaire
1998
Producer
5.8
5.8
Maximum Risk
1996
as Alain Moreau / Mikhail Suverov
5.7
5.7
Cyborg
1989
as Gibson Rickenbacker
5.7
5.7
Kill 'em All
2017
as Philip
5.7
5.7
Pound of Flesh
2015
Executive Producer
5.6
5.6
Universal Soldier: Regeneration
2010
as Luc Deveraux
5.6
5.6
Black Water
2018
Executive Producer
5.5
5.5
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
2012
as Luc Deveraux
5.5
5.5
Second in Command
2006
as Cmdr. Samuel 'Sam' Keenan
5.4
5.4
Enemies Closer
2013
as Xander
5.4
5.4
Kickboxer: Retaliation
2018
as Master Durand
5.3
5.3
Dragon Eyes
2012
as Tiano
5.3
5.3
Knock Off
1998
as Marcus Ray
5.2
5.2
Double Team
1997
as Jack Quinn
5.1
5.1
The Order
2001
Writer
5.1
5.1
Derailed
2002
as Jacques Kristoff
5.1
5.1
Kickboxer: Vengeance
2016
as Master Durand
5.1
5.1
Swelter
2014
as Stillman
5.0
5.0
Welcome to the Jungle
2013
as Storm
5.0
5.0
Street of the Damned
1984
as Extra in Police Arrival Sequence (uncredited)
4.9
4.9
Black Eagle
1988
as Andrei
4.9
4.9
Jian Bing Man
2015
as Jean-Claude Van Damme
4.7
4.7
Street Fighter
1994
as Colonel Guile
4.5
4.5
Universal Soldier: A Tale of Two Titans
2004
as Himself
4.3
4.3
Beur sur la ville
2011
as Colonel Merot
4.2
4.2
U.F.O.
2012
as George
3.7
3.7
Monaco Forever
1984
as Gay Karate Man
3.5
3.5
Corporal vs. Napoleon
2012
as Himself
Silent Kill
TBA
Producer
What's My Name?
TBA
Monsieur Jean-Claude
2021
as (uncredited)
Albert Pyun: King of Cult Movies
2023
as Self
Days of Reckoning: The Making of Universal Soldier 4
2013
as Self
Spaten
2024
as Van Damme
Chinese Hercules: The Bolo Yeung Story
TBA
as Self
Slinger
2011
as Gibson Rickenbacker
Sensation: Cruise
2025
as Kyle LeBlanc (archival footage from 'In Hell')
Ultrarêve
2020
as Self
Bloodsport
TBA
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