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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
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Birth name Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg
Nationality Belgique
Birth 18 october 1960 (64 years) at Berchem-Sainte-Agathe / Sint-Agatha-Berchem (Belgique)

Jean-Claude Van Damme, né Jean-Claude Van Varenberg le 18 octobre 1960 à Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, en Belgique, est un acteur, réalisateur, producteur de cinéma et pratiquant d'arts martiaux belge.

Après s'être exercé intensivement aux arts martiaux dès l'âge de dix ans, Van Damme connaît le succès national en Belgique comme lutteur d'arts martiaux et bodybuilder, remportant le titre de « Mr. Belgium ».

En 1982, il émigre aux États-Unis afin de poursuivre une carrière au cinéma et connaît le succès avec Bloodsport (1988) qui, pour un budget d'un million et demi de dollars, en rapporte soixante-cinq dans le monde.
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Biography

Jeunesse
Jean-Claude Van Varenberg naît le 18 octobre 1960 à Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, une commune de Bruxelles, en Belgique. Il est le fils d'Eugène et d'Éliana Van Varenberg.

Il se lance dans les arts martiaux à l'âge de dix ans au sein d'une école de karaté. Son style de combat se compose de karaté Shotokan et de kickboxing. Il parvient à obtenir sa ceinture noire en karaté. Il se lance ensuite dans le bodybuilding, désireux de développer sa musculature, ce qui lui vaut par la suite le titre de Mr.
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Best films

The Expendables 2 (2012)
(Actor)
The Expendables 3 (2014)
(Actor)
Timecop (1994)
(Actor)
Street Fighter (1994)
(Actor)
Predator (1987)
(Stunts)
Universal Soldier (1992)
(Actor)

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Filmography of Jean-Claude Van Damme (71 films)

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Actor

U.F.O.
U.F.O. (2013)
, 1h41
Directed by Dominic Burns
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, War, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Space adventure films, La fin du monde, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Political films, Dystopian films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors Bianca Bree, Sean Brosnan, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Simon Phillips, Andrew Shim, Julian Glover
Roles George
Rating30% 1.534671.534671.534671.534671.53467
Five friends engage in a night of heavy drinking, fighting, and carousing at a club. Hung-over, they drunkenly stumble out of Robin's house, where they crashed for the night, and discover that nobody on their street has mobile phone service or power. They are confronted by an apparently deranged tramp who insists that they are in danger from people with a purple mark. When a city-sized spaceship hovers over Derby, the city begins to panic and society begins to break down. Michael, a lieutenant in the SAS, attempts to lead his friends to safety.
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Corporal vs. Napoleon, 1h35
Origin Russie
Genres Comedy
Themes Spy films, Films about sexuality, Histoire de France, Napoleonic Wars films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Pavel Derevyanko, Mikhail Yefremov, Svetlana Khodtchenkova, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Alexey Buldakov, Aleksei Maklakov
Roles Himself
Rating28% 1.425571.425571.425571.425571.42557
Nous sommes en 1812 et l'Empereur Napoléon Bonaparte (Volodymyr Zelensky) a conquis toute l'Europe.
6 Bullets
6 Bullets (2012)
, 1h50
Directed by Ernie Barbarash
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime, Politic, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Jean-Claude Van Damme, Joe Flanigan, Anna-Louise Plowman, Bianca Bree, Kristopher Van Varenberg, Charlotte Beaumont
Roles Samson Gaul
Rating60% 3.002153.002153.002153.002153.00215
Veteran mercenary Samson Gaul (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is retired from combat when his actions resulted in the deaths of helpless victims, but now he's the last hope for a desperate father. Mixed martial artist, Andrew Fayden (Joe Flanigan) knows how to fight, but alone he's unprepared to navigate the corrupt streets of a foreign city to find his kidnapped daughter. Together, these two try to stop a network of criminals that prey upon the innocent.
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning, 1h54
Directed by John Hyams
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Films about computing, Films about anarchism, Films about sexuality, Sports films, Rape in fiction, Martial arts films, Rape and revenge films, Political films, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films
Actors Jean-Claude Van Damme, Scott Adkins, Dolph Lundgren, Kristopher Van Varenberg, Roy Jones, Jr., Juli Erickson
Roles Luc Deveraux
Rating51% 2.5542052.5542052.5542052.5542052.554205
John (Scott Adkins) awakens from a coma to find that his wife and daughter were brutally murdered in a home invasion. Haunted by images of the attack, he vows to kill the man responsible: Luc Deveraux (Jean-Claude Van Damme), one of the original Universal Soldiers (UniSol). While John tries to piece his reality back together, things are complicated by a relentless UniSol named Magnus (Andrei "The Pit Bull" Arlovski), who is determined to kill John. Meanwhile, Deveraux and surviving UniSol Andrew Scott (Dolph Lundgren) are preparing to unleash anarchy and build a new order ruled by Unisols.
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Dragon Eyes, 1h31
Directed by John Hyams
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Martial arts, Action, Crime, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Jean-Claude Van Damme, Peter Weller, Luis Da Silva, Kristopher Van Varenberg, Crystal Mantecón, Jason Mitchell
Roles Tiano
Rating44% 2.213362.213362.213362.213362.21336
St. Jude Square is a neighborhood living in fear and despair. The dueling gangs of local kingpins, Dash and Antoine, terrorize the streets, and the citizens live without a shred of hope until mysterious stranger, Ryan Hong (Cung Le) arrives. He begins to play one gang against the other, by calling on the teachings of his mentor, Tiano (Jean-Claude Van Damme), to find the strength to battle back. However, just as he begins to bring the community under control, Hong is confronted by Mr. V (Peter Weller), the town's corrupt police chief.
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The Expendables 2, 1h42
Directed by Simon West
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about terrorism
Actors Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme
Roles Jean Vilain
Rating65% 3.296973.296973.296973.296973.29697
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.
Beur sur la ville, 1h55
Directed by Djamel Bensalah
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime
Themes La banlieue française, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Booder, Sandrine Kiberlain, Steve Tran, Josiane Balasko, Issa Doumbia, Gérard Jugnot
Roles Colonel Merot
Rating43% 2.172832.172832.172832.172832.17283
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.
Kung Fu Panda 2, 1h27
Directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Kung fu, Action, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Martial arts films, Films about apes, Mise en scène d'un tigre, Kung fu films, Wuxia films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Panda
Actors Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Gary Oldman, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu
Roles Master Croc (voice)
Rating72% 3.6471553.6471553.6471553.6471553.647155
An opening prologue set years before the events of the first film tells that Lord Shen, the scion of a peacock clan that rules Gongmen City in ancient China, seeks to harness fireworks as a weapon. After discovering from the court's goat Soothsayer that "a warrior of black-and-white" will defeat him if he does not change his ways, Shen leads an army of wolves to exterminate the panda population to avert the prophecy. Shen's parents are horrified at this atrocity and exile their son, who swears revenge.
Assassination Games, 1h41
Directed by Ernie Barbarash
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Jean-Claude Van Damme, Scott Adkins, Kevin Chapman, Ivan Kaye, Kristopher Van Varenberg, Michael Higgs
Roles Vincent Brazil
Rating61% 3.0523.0523.0523.0523.052
After a drug dealer puts his wife in a coma, assassin Flint retires. When a contract is put out on the drug dealer, Flint comes out of retirement, only to find that another assassin, Brazil, is also on the job due to the money. The two assassins reluctantly partner in order to combat corrupt Interpol agents and gangsters.
Full Love
Full Love (2010)
, 2h10
Directed by Jean-Claude Van Damme
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kristopher Van Varenberg, Claudia Bassols, Bianca Bree
Roles Frenchy
Rating73% 3.695383.695383.695383.695383.69538
A military veteran and former mercenary named Frenchy (JCVD) is haunted by his childhood, as well as his past in the military. Now living in Eastern Asia, he is hiding, working as a taxi driver. He soon picks up a beautiful female passenger that will change him forever, with a dark look back into memories of his childhood past. He has become determined to better her life, and without her knowing, takes her on the most dangerous ride of her life.
Universal Soldier: Regeneration, 1h37
Directed by John Hyams
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, War, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about computing, Medical-themed films, Sports films, Films about terrorism, Martial arts films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Political films, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films
Actors Dolph Lundgren, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Corey Johnson, Kerry Shale, Aki Avni, Zachari Baharov
Roles Luc Deveraux
Rating53% 2.652722.652722.652722.652722.65272
A group of terrorists led by Commander Topov (Zahary Baharov) kidnap the Ukrainian prime minister's son and daughter and hold them hostage, demanding the release of their imprisoned comrades within 72 hours. In addition, they have taken over the crippled Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and threaten to detonate it if their demands are not met. It is revealed that among the ranks of the terrorists is an experimental Next-Generation UniSol (NGU) (Andrei "The Pit Bull" Arlovski), who was smuggled in by rogue scientist Dr.
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The Shepherd: Border Patrol, 1h35
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Jean-Claude Van Damme, Scott Adkins, Stephen Lord, Natalie J. Robb, Bianca Bree, Andrée Bernard
Roles Jack Robideaux
Rating55% 2.7563152.7563152.7563152.7563152.756315
A former New Orleans cop Jack Robideaux (Jean-Claude Van Damme) arrives with his pet rabbit in Columbus, New Mexico to take a job with the border patrol, and working with Captain Ramona Garcia (Natalie J. Robb).
JCVD
JCVD (2008)
, 1h36
Directed by Mabrouk el Mechri
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Crime
Themes Films about television, Heist films
Actors Jean-Claude Van Damme, François Damiens, Zinedine Soualem, Karim Belkhadra, Jean-François Wolff, Anne Paulicevich
Roles J.C.V.D.
Rating69% 3.497613.497613.497613.497613.49761
The film establishes Jean-Claude Van Damme playing himself as an out-of-luck actor. He is out of money; his agent cannot find him a decent production; and the judge in a custody battle is inclined to give custody of his daughter over to his ex-wife. His own daughter rejects him as a father, much to his chagrin. He returns to his childhood home of Schaarbeek in the Brussels capitol region, Belgium, where he is still considered a national icon.
Until Death, 1h41
Directed by Simon Fellows
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Jean-Claude Van Damme, Gary Beadle, Stephen Rea, Mark Dymond, William Ash, Stephen Lord
Roles Anthony Stowe
Rating57% 2.8525352.8525352.8525352.8525352.852535
New Orleans narcotics detective Anthony Stowe (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a heroin addict who is teetering on the edge of oblivion, and he could not care less. At the moment, he is trying to bring down his former partner Gabriel Callahan (Stephen Rea), who has become a drug kingpin. Callahan is trying to, and slowly succeeding at, taking over the New Orleans underworld.
Heist School, 2h
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Tuba Büyüküstün, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Zafer Algöz, Hümeyra, Ali Sürmeli
Roles Charles
Rating65% 3.2974353.2974353.2974353.2974353.297435
Five friends (Mert, Sinan, Gamze, Kaan and Uluç) are set to sit for the daunting nationwide university entry exam. Desperate to get a passing grade, they try to pool their resources together and enlist the services of a professional thief/assassin (Charles) for hire to steal the papers.