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Jean-Claude Van Damme

Belgian actor and martial artist (born 1960)

  • Audience937K
  • Fame81.7
  • Momentum3.3
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937K youtube followers
  • Audience937K
  • Fame81.7
  • Momentum3.3
  • Actors rank#49
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Born 1960 · age 66
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    937K
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  • Wikipedia
    82 languages
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  • Age
    66
    Born 1960
  • Known for
    Minions: The Rise of Gru
    2022
Summary
Updated 2026-09-07

He turned competitive karate and a Mr. Belgium bodybuilding trophy into a Hollywood action franchise, then proved the muscle-and-splits persona could carry real acting when JCVD let him play a washed-up version of himself.

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Born Jean-Claude Van Varenberg in Brussels in 1960, he started Shotokan karate at ten and by his teens held a European Professional Karate Association middleweight title and a national bodybuilding crown. He moved to the United States in 1982 chasing an actor's life and broke through six years later as the lead in Bloodsport. A decade-long run followed — Kickboxer, Universal Soldier, Timecop, Street Fighter — that made him a sex symbol and a fixture of early-90s action cinema, with three Hong Kong directors (John Woo, Tsui Hark, Ringo Lam) using him as their bridge to Western filmmaking. Popul…

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In a dojo... you will never become any good unless you believe in yourself.
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  • Officer of the Order of the Crown
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Fame
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81.7
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Momentum3.3
Historical33.6
Now attention15.2
Source confidence90.0
Completeness80.0
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