Born in Agathe, Belgium, on Oct. 18, 1960, athletic action hero Jean-Claude Van Damme was practicing martial arts by age 11 and went on to win a string of competitive honors, including the European Professional Karate Association's middleweight championship, and even studied ballet to improve his form.His dreams of becoming a movie star began to take shape when he moved to America and was cast as a Russian in No Retreat, No Surrender (1986), which led to high-profile but formulaic roles in films such as Bloodsport (1988), Kickboxer (1989), Double Impact (1991) and The Quest (1996).
Despite his catchy nickname as "the Muscles from Brussels," Van Damme hasn't experienced the same degree of crossover success as fellow strongmen Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger -- but he's come close with the high-grossing hits Universal Soldier (1992) and Nowhere to Run (1993).
Assassination GamesThe indestructible Jean-Claude Van Damme returns to big-screen mayhem in this light-'em-up action thriller, with rival assassins joining forces to dismantle a global drug cartel operating in league with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. Read More
Universal Soldier: RegenerationWhen a Chechen Islamic extremist threatens the world with another nuclear disaster centered in Chernobyl, Ukraine, futuristic supersoldier Luc Deveraux (Jean-Claude Van Damme) leads a team to recapture the power plant and disarm the madman. But when the terrorist turns a clone of Deveraux's old... Read More
The ShepherdEx-cop and current border patrol agent Jack Robideaux (Jean-Claude Van Damme) becomes a one-man crime-fighting force when he tries to take down a rogue American Special Forces unit in this action thriller. Determined to thwart a plan to smuggle millions of dollars' worth of Afghan heroin into the... Read More
BloodsportBased on true events, Jean-Claude Van Damme makes his starring debut in this kickboxing extravaganza that follows American Frank Dux on his quest to become champion of a secret, dangerous martial arts contest called the Kumite. While searching Hong Kong for the event's arena, Dux must outfox U.S.... Read More
The Expendables 2 (2012) | NR | |
NR | ||
Six Bullets (2012) | NR | |
Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) | PG | |
Assassination Games (2011) | R | |
Universal Soldier: Regeneration (2009) Universal Solider: A New Beginning, Universal Soldier: The Next Generation | R | |
NR | ||
R | ||
The Shepherd (2008) | R | |
Until Death (2007) | R | |
The Hard Corps (2006) | R | |
Second in Command (2006) | NR | |
Wake of Death (2004) | R | |
R | ||
Derailed (2002) | R | |
R | ||
Replicant (2001) | R | |
R | ||
Desert Heat (1999) | R | |
Legionnaire (1998) | R | |
Knock Off (1998) | R | |
Double Team (1997) | R | |
R | ||
The Quest (1996) | PG-13 | |
Sudden Death (1995) | R | |
Timecop (1994) | R | |
Street Fighter (1994) | PG-13 | |
TV-PG | ||
Hard Target (1993) | R | |
Nowhere to Run (1993) | R | |
Universal Soldier (1992) | R | |
Double Impact (1991) | R | |
Lionheart (1990) | R | |
Death Warrant (1990) | R | |
Kickboxer (1989) | R | |
Cyborg (1989) | R | |
Bloodsport (1988) | R | |
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