Jean-Claude Van Damme is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, Action Director, Editor and Stunts Belge born on 18 october 1960 at Berchem-Sainte-Agathe / Sint-Agatha-Berchem (Belgique)
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Jean-Claude Van Damme participated to
71 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those,
13 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
Actor
, 1h42
Directed by Simon WestOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
Action,
AdventureThemes Films about terrorismActors Sylvester Stallone,
Jason Statham,
Jet Li,
Dolph Lundgren,
Chuck Norris,
Jean-Claude Van DammeRoles Jean Vilain
Rating65%
The Expendables—leader Barney Ross, knife specialist Lee Christmas, hand-to-hand combat specialist Yin Yang, heavy-weapons specialist Hale Caesar, demolitions expert Toll Road, the unstable Gunner Jensen, and sniper Billy the Kid, the team's newest recruit and Ross' protégé—are deployed to Nepal to rescue Dr. Zhou, a hostage. They also rescue the captured mercenary Trench, Ross's rival. Yang leaves the group to escort Zhou back to China., 2h6
Directed by Simon West,
Avi Lerner,
Patrick HughesOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
Action,
AdventureThemes Films about terrorismActors Sylvester Stallone,
Jason Statham,
Jet Li,
Jackie Chan,
Mel Gibson,
Dolph LundgrenRoles Jean Vilain
Rating61%
The Expendables—led by Barney Ross and formed by Lee Christmas, Gunnar Jensen, and Toll Road—extract former member Doctor Death, a knives specialist and team medic, from a military prison during his transfer on a train. They recruit Doc to assist them in intercepting a shipment of bombs meant to be delivered to a warlord in Somalia. Arriving there, they reunite with Hale Caesar, who directs them to the drop point, where Ross is surprised to find out that the arms trader providing the bombs is Conrad Stonebanks, a former co-founder of the Expendables who went rogue and was presumed dead. In the ensuing firefight, The Expendables manage to kill all but Stonebanks, who shoots Caesar twice. As the team attempts to aid him, they are forced to retreat due to Stonebanks' advanced weaponry, and Caesar is severely injured in the process., 1h38
Directed by Peter HyamsOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
Thriller,
Action,
Adventure,
Crime,
RomanceThemes Sports films,
Time travel films,
Films set in the future,
Martial arts films,
Superhero filmsActors Jean-Claude Van Damme,
Mia Sara,
Ron Silver,
Gloria Reuben,
Bruce McGill,
Scott LawrenceRoles Max Walker
Rating59%
In 1863, Confederate soldiers are carrying a gold bullion as a payday for the army. Suddenly, they are cornered and shot by a highwayman using anachronistic machine pistols and futuristic tech equipment, leaving them stranded and dead before suddenly vaporizing into the mist., 1h42
Directed by Steven E. de SouzaOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Thriller,
Martial arts,
Comedy,
Action,
Adventure,
Martial artsThemes Films about computing,
Jeu,
Monde imaginaire,
Sports films,
Martial arts films,
Superhero films,
Films about video games,
Films based on video gamesActors Jean-Claude Van Damme,
Raúl Juliá,
Ming-Na Wen,
Kylie Minogue,
Damian Chapa,
Byron MannRoles Colonel William Guile
Rating41%
In the Southeast Asian nation of Shadaloo City, civil war has erupted between the forces of crazed military dictator General M. Bison (Raul Julia) and the Allied Nations, a multinational military force, led by their regional commander, Colonel William F. Guile. Bison has recently captured several A.N. relief workers, and via a live two-way radio broadcast, demands Guile secure a US$20 billion ransom in three days or else face responsibility for the hostages' deaths. Guile refuses and vows to track Bison down, but his assistant, Sergeant Cammy (Kylie Minogue) is only partially able to pinpoint Bison's location to the river-delta region outside the city. One of the hostages is Guile's close friend, Carlos "Charlie" Blanka (Robert Mammone), who Bison orders taken to his lab for his captive witch doctor, Dhalsim (Roshan Seth), to turn into the first of his supersoldiers. Though Charlie is severely disfigured by the procedure, Dhalsim secretly alters his cerebral programming to maintain Charlie's humanity.Team
, 1h47
Directed by John McTiernan,
Craig R. BaxleyOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
ActionThemes Films about extraterrestrial life,
Children's films,
Films about extraterrestrial lifeActors Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Carl Weathers,
Bill Duke,
Elpidia Carrillo,
Kevin Peter Hall,
Richard ChavesRoles Stunts
Rating77%
Major Alan "Dutch" Schaefer and his six-man team, consisting of himself, operators Mac Eliot, Billy Sole, and Blain Cooper, ordnance expert Jorge "Poncho" Ramírez and radioman Rick Hawkins, are tasked by the CIA with spearheading the rescue of an official held hostage by insurgents in Val Verde. Agent George Dillon, an old friend of Schaefer's, is assigned to supervise. The team is taken to a remote jungle and begins the mission.Actor
, 1h43
Directed by Roland EmmerichOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
War,
Thriller,
Action,
Adventure,
CrimeThemes Films about computing,
Sports films,
Martial arts films,
Cyberpunk filmsActors Jean-Claude Van Damme,
Dolph Lundgren,
Ally Walker,
Leon Rippy,
Ed O'Ross,
Jerry OrbachRoles Luc Deveraux / GR44
Rating61%
In 1969, an American US Army Special Forces team receives orders to secure a village against North Vietnamese forces. Private Luc Deveraux (Jean-Claude Van Damme) discovers members of his squad and various villagers dead, all with their ears removed. Deveraux finds Sergeant Andrew Scott (Dolph Lundgren), who has gone insane, with a string of severed ears and holding a young boy and girl hostage. Devereaux, who is near the end of his tour of duty, tries to reason with Scott, who shoots the boy and orders Devereaux to shoot the girl to prove his loyalty. Deveraux refuses and tries to save the girl, but Scott kills her with a grenade. The two soldiers shoot each other to death. Deveraux and Scott's corpses are recovered and iced by a second U.S. Special Forces squad, their deaths covered up as "missing in action., 1h34
Directed by Peter MacDonald,
Brian W. CookOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
Adventure,
Crime,
RomanceActors Jean-Claude Van Damme,
Rosanna Arquette,
Kieran Culkin,
Ted Levine,
Joss Ackland,
Edward BlatchfordRoles Sam Gillen
Rating57%
Sam Gillen (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a Québécois convict in the United States who escapes from Federal custody with the aid of his bank-robbing partner. In their last heist, Sam's partner killed a bank guard, a crime for which Sam was ultimately convicted. Sam's partner is killed in the break, forcing Sam to continue on alone. He sets up camp on a piece of farmland owned by Clydie Anderson (Rosanna Arquette), the widowed mother of two kids, Mike (nicknamed "Mookie") (Kieran Culkin) and Bree (Tiffany Taubman).Director
, 1h35
Directed by Jean-Claude Van DammeOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Martial arts,
Action,
Adventure,
Martial artsThemes Sports films,
Martial arts filmsActors Roger Moore,
James Remar,
Janet Gunn,
Jack McGee,
Aki Aleong,
Jean-Claude Van DammeRating56%
Late night in a bar in the present day, an old man enters and awaits service. Not long after, a group of thugs arrive and attempt to rob the till. The old man defeats them easily one by one with hand-to-hand combat. Amazed, the bartender asks how he learned to fight. The old man replies "it was long ago..."Actor
, 1h40
Directed by Ringo LamOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
Action,
Adventure,
CrimeThemes Sports films,
Transport films,
Martial arts films,
Road movies,
Chase filmsActors Jean-Claude Van Damme,
Natasha Henstridge,
Jean-Hugues Anglade,
Zach Grenier,
Paul Ben-Victor,
Frank SengerRoles Alain Moreau / Mikhail Suverov
Rating55%
Alain Moreau (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a cop in Nice, France. Alain is at a funeral that is being held for a fellow cop, when Alain’s partner Sebastien (Jean-Hugues Anglade) shows up, and requests for his presence at a crime scene. When they arrive, Sebastien shows Alain a dead body of someone that looks exactly like him. They discover that his name was Mikhail Suvorov, who was born on exactly the same day Alain was. As it turns out, Mikhail is the twin brother Alain never knew he had., 1h47
Directed by Sheldon LettichOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Martial arts,
Action,
Adventure,
Crime,
Martial artsThemes Sports films,
Martial arts filmsActors Jean-Claude Van Damme,
Geoffrey Lewis,
Alan Scarfe,
Philip Chan,
Bolo Yeung,
Philip ChanRoles Alex / Chad Wagner
Rating56%
The story begins with the opening of the Hong Kong Victoria Harbour tunnel by business partners Paul Wagner and Nigel Griffith (Alan Scarfe). Paul attends with his twin infant sons, Chad and Alex. However, after the celebrations, the family is followed home by a Triad hit squad on orders from Griffith and crime lord Raymond Zhang (Philip Chan). A shootout ensues, in which Paul and his wife are killed by Moon (Bolo Yeung), Griffith's henchman. Chad is rescued by the family bodyguard, Frank Avery (Geoffrey Lewis), and raised abroad. Alex is dropped off on the doorstep of a Hong Kong orphanage., 1h45
Directed by Sheldon LettichOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Martial arts,
Action,
Martial artsThemes French war films,
Sports films,
Martial arts filmsActors Jean-Claude Van Damme,
Harrison Page,
Deborah Rennard,
Brian Thompson,
Lisa Pelikan,
Ashley JohnsonRoles Leon Gaultier
Rating62%
Lyon Gaultier is a paratrooper in the French Foreign Legion, stationed in Djibouti, North Africa. His brother, who is married to an American woman in Los Angeles, is burned alive during a deal gone wrong and suffers third-degree burns, dying shortly afterward. Lyon deserts his legion when they withhold letters from his brother's wife and ultimately refuse to let him see his brother. He steals a jeep and escapes through the desert, finding work on a tramp steamer headed for the U.S. Meanwhile, the Legion commanding officer also travels to the States, arriving at the French Embassy, where he is told that Lyon's desertion is ranked at low importance with the LAPD, so he orders two of his own Legionnaires to do the job., 1h55
Directed by Djamel BensalahOrigin FranceGenres Comedy,
Comedy thriller,
CrimeThemes La banlieue française,
Medical-themed films,
Films about drugsActors Booder,
Sandrine Kiberlain,
Steve Tran,
Josiane Balasko,
Issa Doumbia,
Gérard JugnotRoles Colonel Merot
Rating43%
At 25, while Khalid Belkacem had wasted his BEPC, its traffic, its BAFA, and even his BCG. He did not expect to become the first "positive discriminated" of the police., 1h47
Directed by Gilles BéhatOrigin FranceGenres Mob film,
Action,
CrimeThemes La banlieue française,
Gangster filmsActors Bernard Giraudeau,
Christine Boisson,
Jean-Pierre Kalfon,
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu,
Michel Auclair,
Corinne DaclaRoles Extra in Police Arrival Sequence (uncredited)
Rating54%
Daniel Chetman, ancien membre d’une bande de barbares des rues, s’est rangé et travaille comme ouvrier. Un soir, il décide de venir en aide à une jeune Chinoise violée par Matt Hagen, le chef de son ancienne bande, qui se considère comme un homme d'affaires. Matt règne sur la rue par la violence et la terreur, alors, quand Chet lui fait cet affront, il le considère comme un homme gênant, mais hésite à le tuer en souvenir du "bon vieux temps, unis comme les six doigts de la main". Son gang est plus fort que jamais, et il ne s'inquiète pas plus que de raison, se contentant de passer Chet à tabac dans le sous-sol aménagé, qui lui tient lieu de repaire. Désormais, Chet sait que cette rue lui sera fatale, il ne lui reste que deux choix : déménager comme sa femme et ses amis le voudraient, ou se battre, seule façon de garder la tête haute, même si ce choix le conduit à nouveau dans ce passé violent et sordide qu'il voudrait refouler.