This block contains the information about Jean-Claude Van Damme and provides an insight into the life of the celebrity. From here you can also learn when, how and why the profession of an actor was chosen. Some interesting facts are waiting for you here.

Jean Claude Van Damme was born in October 1960 in Berkem Saint Agate- he is an American actor, producer and main director, but beside that he is a scenario writer of Belgium origin; he is also a professional karate fighter and a kick boxer. When he was 10 years old, he started attending setokan karate school, till the time he was sixteenth he performed in the European competition and got the black knit for it. He won in a lot of boxing battles. His first significant role was in the movie “To step back doesn’t mean to give up” (1986) where he performed a role of a Russian killer, but the real success was brought to him due to performing in “The Blood Sport” (1988). This role made him famous. Later were “The Cyber” (1989), “The Kick boxer” (1989), “”Order for Dismissing” and many others. Jean Claude turned down the offer in a large budget movies like “The street Fighter 2”, “Rush Hour 3” and also he turned down the offer of performing in “The Free ones” by explaining that he didn’t liked the image that they suggested him. Not a long time ago was the release of “Eagle’s Road” movie, which was produced and performed by him. He is a father of three children: Christopher, Bianca and Nicholas (he was his son from the second marriage).

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Here you can learn about the movies Jean-Claude Van Damme acted in. You can see the names of the movies, their budget, years of release and the money gained from the screening of the certain movie. It is always interesting to know.

Movies & Videos	Budget	Year	Opening weekend	US box Office
Sudden Death - Darren McCord	$35M	1995		$22M
Street Fighter - Colonel William F. Guile	$35M	1994		$33.4M
Knock Off - Marcus Ray	$35M	1998	$5.52M	$10.1M
The Quest - Christopher Dubois, Writer (story), Director	$30M	1996		$21.6M
Double Team - Jack Quinn	$30M	1997	$5.03M	$11.3M
Timecop - Walker	$27M	1994		$44.5M
Maximum Risk - Alain Moreau/Mikhail Suverov	$25M	1996	$5.61M	$14.1M
Universal Soldier - Luc Deveraux/GR44	$23M	1992		$36.3M
Legionnaire - Alain Lefevre, Writer (story), Producer	$20M	1998
Universal Soldier: The Return - Luc Deveraux, Producer	$19M	1999	$4.61M	$10.4M
Derailed - Jacques Kristoff	$18M	2002
Hard Target - Chance Boudreaux	$18M	1993		$32.5M
Predator - Body Double (uncredited)	$18M	1987		$59.7M
Replicant - Replicant/Edward Garrotte	$17M	2001
In Hell - Kyle LeBlanc	$17M	2003
Inferno - Eddie Lomax, Producer	$15M	1999
Until Death - Anthony Stowe	$15M	2007
Double Impact - Alex/Chad Wagner, Writer (screen story) (screenplay), Producer, Fight Choreographer	$15M	1991		$30.1M
Nowhere to Run - Sam Gillen	$15M	1993		$22.2M
Universal Soldier: Regeneration - Luc Deveraux	$14M	2009