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
Also known As
JCVD
The Muscles from Brussels
Jean-Claude van Varenbergh
Jean-Claude Camille François van Varenberg
Ζαν-Κλοντ Βαν Νταμ
Ζαν Κλοντ Βαν Νταμ
Βαν Νταμ
尚格·云顿
장 끌로드 반담
ژان-کلود ون دام
ژان کلود ون دام
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
as Gibson Rickenbacker
1989
as Kurt Sloane
2001
as Replicant / Garrotte
1998
as Alain Lefevre
1999
as Luc Deveraux
1993
as Chance Boudreaux
1993
as Sam Gillen
1999
as Eddie Lomax
1996
as Alain Moreau / Mikhail Suverov
2007
as Anthony Stowe
1988
as Frank Dux
1994
as Colonel Guile
2008
as Jack Robideaux
1994
as Max Walker
1995
as Darren Francis Thomas McCord
1996
as Christopher Dubois
1991
as Alex / Chad Wagner
1992
as Luc Deveraux / GR44
1990
as Leon Gaultier
1997
as Jack Quinn
1986
as Ivan Kraschinsky "The Russian"
2005
as Phillippe Sauvage
2008
as J.C.V.D.
2009
as Luc Deveraux
2023
as Self - Portait Subject & Interviewee (archive)
2004
as Ben Archer
2021
as Jean-Claude Van Damme
2001
as Rudy Cafmeyer
1998
as Marcus Ray
-
as Self
1990
as Louis Burke
2002
as Jacques Kristoff
1988
as Andrei
2011
as Master Croc (voice)
2006
as Cmdr. Samuel 'Sam' Keenan
2003
as Kyle LeBlanc
2011
as Vincent Brazil
2010
as Frenchy
2012
as Himself
2012
as Jean Vilain
1984
as Gay Karate Man
2012
as Tiano
2012
as Luc Deveraux
2012
as Samson Gaul
2012
as George
2013
as Storm
2013
as Xander
2014
as Stillman
2024
as Philip
1995
as (archive footage)
2016
as Master Durand
2015
as Deacon
2024
as Russell Hatch
2025
as Léo
1990
as Self (archive footage)
2016
as Master Croc (voice)
1984
as Spectator in First Dance Sequence (uncredited)
2004
as Jean-Claude Van Damme fantasmé par Lenny
2023
2011
as Colonel Merot
2006
as Charles
2018
as Master Durand
1979
as Movie Goer / Man in Garden (uncredited)
1984
as Extra in Police Arrival Sequence (uncredited)
2014
as Gibson Rickenbacker (archive footage) (uncredited)
2017
as Philip
2018
as Wheeler
2015
as Jean-Claude Van Damme
2018
as Lukas
2019
as Daniel
1993
as Jean-Claude Van Damme (uncredited)
2022
as Jean Clawed (voice)
2004
as Himself
2021
as Richard Brumére
2021
as (uncredited)
1984
as Soldier (uncredited)
2002
as Self
2024
as Van Damme
2011
as Gibson Rickenbacker
Production
1999
as Producer
1989
as Editor
1999
as Producer
1989
as Story
1998
as Producer
1989
as Stunt Coordinator
1989
as Martial Arts Choreographer
1989
as Action Director
1996
as Director
1990
as Screenplay
1991
as Screenplay
1991
as Producer
2008
as Executive Producer
2010
as Director
2010
as Writer
1988
as Editor
2001
as Writer
2010
as Producer
2010
as Editor
-
as Producer
1991
as Story
1991
as Fight Choreographer
2024
as Executive Producer
2024
as Story
2012
as Executive Producer
2011
as Executive Producer
2016
as Characters
1984
as Stunts
2019
as Executive Producer
2018
as Executive Producer
2015
as Executive Producer
1998
as Story
1996
as Story
1991
as Characters
2018
as Characters
1990
as Story
1990
as Fight Choreographer
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