Jean-Claude Van Damme

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1960-10-18 (65 years old)

Place of Birth

Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, Brussels, Belgium

Jean-Claude Van Damme

Biography

Van Damme was born Jean-Claude Camille François van Varenberg in Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, Brussels, Belgium, to Eliana and Eugène van Varenberg, an accountant. “The Muscles from Brussels” started martial arts at the age of eleven. His father introduced him to martial arts when he saw his son was physically weak. At the age of 12, van Damme began his martial arts training at Centre National De Karate (National Center of Karate) under the guidance of Master Claude Goetz in Ixelles, Belgium. Van Damme trained for 4 years and earned a spot on the Belgium Karate Team. He won the European professional karate association's middleweight championship as...

Acting

1989

Cyborg

as Gibson Rickenbacker

1989

Kickboxer

as Kurt Sloane

2001

Replicant

as Replicant / Garrotte

1998

Legionnaire

as Alain Lefevre

1993

Hard Target

as Chance Boudreaux

1993

Nowhere to Run

as Sam Gillen

1999

Inferno

as Eddie Lomax

1996

Maximum Risk

as Alain Moreau / Mikhail Suverov

2007

Until Death

as Anthony Stowe

1988

Bloodsport

as Frank Dux

1994

Street Fighter

as Colonel Guile

2008

1994

Timecop

as Max Walker

1995

Sudden Death

as Darren Francis Thomas McCord

1996

The Quest

as Christopher Dubois

1991

Double Impact

as Alex / Chad Wagner

1992

Universal Soldier

as Luc Deveraux / GR44

1990

Lionheart

as Leon Gaultier

1997

Double Team

as Jack Quinn

1986

No Retreat, No Surrender

as Ivan Kraschinsky "The Russian"

2005

The Hard Corps

as Phillippe Sauvage

2008

JCVD

as J.C.V.D.

2023

Jean-Claude van Damme: Karate King

as Self - Portait Subject & Interviewee (archive)

2004

Wake of Death

as Ben Archer

2021

Haters

as Jean-Claude Van Damme

2001

The Order

as Rudy Cafmeyer

1998

Knock Off

as Marcus Ray

1990

Death Warrant

as Louis Burke

2002

Derailed

as Jacques Kristoff

1988

Black Eagle

as Andrei

2011

Kung Fu Panda 2

as Master Croc (voice)

2006

Second in Command

as Cmdr. Samuel 'Sam' Keenan

2003

In Hell

as Kyle LeBlanc

2011

Assassination Games

as Vincent Brazil

2010

Full Love

as Frenchy

2012

2012

The Expendables 2

as Jean Vilain

1984

Monaco Forever

as Gay Karate Man

2012

Dragon Eyes

as Tiano

2012

6 Bullets

as Samson Gaul

2012

U.F.O.

as George

2013

2014

Swelter

as Stillman

2024

1995

Top Fighter

as (archive footage)

2016

Kickboxer: Vengeance

as Master Durand

2015

2024

Darkness of Man

as Russell Hatch

2025

1990

The Best of the Martial Arts Films

as Self (archive footage)

2016

Kung Fu Panda 3

as Master Croc (voice)

1984

Breakin'

as Spectator in First Dance Sequence (uncredited)

2004

Narco

as Jean-Claude Van Damme fantasmé par Lenny

2011

Beur sur la ville

as Colonel Merot

2006

Heist School

as Charles

2018

Kickboxer: Retaliation

as Master Durand

1979

Woman Between Wolf and Dog

as Movie Goer / Man in Garden (uncredited)

1984

Street of the Damned

as Extra in Police Arrival Sequence (uncredited)

2014

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

as Gibson Rickenbacker (archive footage) (uncredited)

2017

Kill 'em All

as Philip

2018

Black Water

as Wheeler

2015

Jian Bing Man

as Jean-Claude Van Damme

2018

The Bouncer

as Lukas

2019

We Die Young

as Daniel

1993

Last Action Hero

as Jean-Claude Van Damme (uncredited)

2022

Minions: The Rise of Gru

as Jean Clawed (voice)

2021

The Last Mercenary

as Richard Brumére

2021

Monsieur Jean-Claude

as (uncredited)

1984

Missing in Action

as Soldier (uncredited)

2024

Spaten

as Van Damme

2011

Slinger

as Gibson Rickenbacker

Production

1989

Cyborg

as Editor

1999

Inferno

as Producer

1989

Kickboxer

as Story

1998

Legionnaire

as Producer

1989

Kickboxer

as Stunt Coordinator

1989

Kickboxer

as Martial Arts Choreographer

1989

Kickboxer

as Action Director

1996

The Quest

as Director

1990

Lionheart

as Screenplay

1991

Double Impact

as Screenplay

1991

Double Impact

as Producer

2008

JCVD

as Executive Producer

2010

Full Love

as Director

2010

Full Love

as Writer

1988

Bloodsport

as Editor

2001

The Order

as Writer

2010

Full Love

as Producer

2010

Full Love

as Editor

-

Silent Kill

as Producer

1991

1991

Double Impact

as Fight Choreographer

2024

Darkness of Man

as Executive Producer

2024

2012

6 Bullets

as Executive Producer

2011

Assassination Games

as Executive Producer

2016

1984

2019

We Die Young

as Executive Producer

2018

Black Water

as Executive Producer

2015

Pound of Flesh

as Executive Producer

1998

Legionnaire

as Story

1996

The Quest

as Story

2018

1990

Lionheart

as Story

1990

Lionheart

as Fight Choreographer

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