Who is Jean-Claude Van Damme

1 - I can do better 2 - Jury's out 3 - Pretty darn good 4 - Splendiferous 5 - Awesometastic by 44 people | Log in to rate

Ranked #7,081 in People, #121,103 overall

Action Star: Jean-Claude Van Damme

Known as "The Muscles from Brussels", Jean-Claude Van Damme is known for is ability to do a leaping kick while turning 360 degrees in the air. It was his fancy kicking that landed him his first major acting role in Blood Sport. Since then he became famous as a Hollywood martial arts action star.

Jean-Claude Van Damme Spotlight 

Hard Target/Sudden Death

Amazon Price: $13.49 (as of 11/09/2009)Buy Now
List Price: $14.98

Two fast kicking, action packed Jean-Claude Van Damme classics. If you are a fan of his fancy kicking then you need to add these movies to your collection!

Usually ships in 24 hours

Van Damme in Hollywood 

Jean-Claude Van Damme was first introduce to acting by Chuck Norris who landed him a small roll in Missing in Action. Later he landed another small roll in No Retreat No Surrender. He didn't get his first real break till he showed some of his martial art skills to a producer from Cannon Pictures who got him is first major roll in the movie Blood Sport. This launched his Hollywood career. He followed Blood Sport with more major roles in the movies Cyborg, Lionheart, Double Impact and Universal Soldier.

Jean-Claude Van Damme scored his biggest break through in Hollywood when he landed the lead role in the international hit, Timecop. Shortly after this big success his personal life started falling apart.

During that time his acting career went south. He acted in The Quest, Maximum Risk and Double Team. These movies combined didn't make half of what Timecop did. Since acting in Double Team he been in the movies Replicant, Derailed, and In Hell but non have compared to the earlier success he saw.

Jean-Claude Van Damme at a Glance 

Jean-Claude Van Damme (born Jean-Claude Camille François Van Vaerenbergh, ) is a Belgian martial artist and actor who is best known for martial arts and action movies. His most successful films include Bloodsport (1988), Universal Soldier (1992), Hard Target (1993), and Timecop (1994). Due to his physique and his Belgian background, he is sometimes known as "The Muscles from Brussels."

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.'Playboy interview', Lawrence Grobel, Playboy, January 1, 1995 He emigrated to the United States in 1982 to pursue a career in film, and achieved breakout success with Bloodsport (1988), based on the alleged true story of Frank Dux. He attained subsequent box office success

with Timecop (1994), which grossed over $100 million worldwidehttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000241/bio and became his most financially successful film.

Great Jean-Claude Van Damme stuff from Amazon 

Quick, what do you think of Jean-Claude Van Damme? 

Loading poll. Please Wait...

The Latest News on Jean-Claude Van Damme 

Loading Fetching RSS feed... please stand by

Jean-Claude Van Damme Videos 


Jean Claude Van Damme Tribute

Runtime: 3:52
100378 views
10 Comments:


Jean Claude Van Damme interview

Runtime: 9:38
121322 views
10 Comments:


Van Damme: Bloodsport Final Fight (1988) - High Quality

Runtime: 8:07
3647320 views
10 Comments:

curated content from YouTube

Shout Out For Jean-Claude Van Damme! 

Share your stories, sightings, thoughts, rants, raves...

buffalo wrote...

Finally! An action star that we can agree on. ;)

ReplyPosted June 01, 2008

Buy Jean-Claude Van Damme Stuff on eBay 

Loading Fetching new data from eBay now... please stand by
eBay

by WebGazelle

I am a Utah SEO specialist and currently work for SEO.com. I have been building websites and marketing them on the internet for over 6 years. Be sure...

(more)

Explore related pages

WebGazelle Recommends...

Create a Lens!