Michel Qissi
Moroccan-Belgian actor · Morocco · On the map · Actors · Born 1962 · age 64
Michel Qissi is a Moroccan-Belgian actor, filmmaker, and martial artist best known for his action films. Born in Oujda but raised in Brussels, in 1982 Qissi emigrated to Hollywood together with childhood friend Jean-Claude Van Damme in search of becoming an action star. Bloodsport (1988) was their first major film.
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Order of the DragonFilm, Commander Rouge2025
BXLFilm2024
Killer ExFilm, Shakur2023
Jean-Claude Van Damme: Karate KingFilm2021
Denard: Anatomy of an AntiheroFilm, Khan2016
Kickboxer: VengeanceFilm, Prisoner2012
Road to KabulFilm, General2001
Extreme ForceFilm, Director, Writer1992
Terminator WomanFilm, Director1991
BloodmatchFilm, Davey O'Brien1990
LionheartFilm, Moustafa1989
KickboxerFilm, Tong Po1988
BloodsportFilm, Suan Paredes1984
Breakin'Film, Passerby in First Dance Sequence (uncredited)1962Born12 September 1962People around Michel
Albert Pyun Directed Kickboxer 2 (1991)
Menahem Golan Produced Bloodsport and Kickboxer
Jean-Claude Van Damme Wrote Kickboxer and Lionheart
David S. Goyer Produced Kickboxer 2 (1991)
Matthias Hues Also in Kickboxer 2 (1991)
Sheldon Lettich Directed Lionheart (1990)
Yoram Globus Produced Bloodsport (1988)
Peter Boyle Also in Kickboxer 2 (1991)
Brian Austin Green Also in Kickboxer 2 (1991)
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Also in Kickboxer 2 (1991)
Uwe Boll Directed Run (2025)
Sasha Mitchell Also in Kickboxer 2 (1991)
John Diehl Also in Kickboxer 2 (1991)
Billy Blanks Also in Lionheart and The Last Kumite
Heather McComb Also in Kickboxer 2 (1991)
Vincent Klyn Also in Bloodmatch (1991)
Saïd Naciri Directed Un Marocain à Paris (2012)- David Worth Directed Kickboxer (1989)
Newt Arnold Directed Bloodsport (1988)- Paul Hertzog Wrote Bloodsport and Kickboxer
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Bloodsport 1988
The Last Kumite 2024
Kickboxer 1989
Breakin' 1984
Lionheart 1990
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The two had previously collaborated on Breakin' (1984), and went on to appear in Kickboxer (1989), in which Qissi portrayed the Thai villain Tong Po, Lionheart (1990), and Kickboxer: Vengeance (2016). Qissi also had the role of a fight trainer for Van Damme in the action cyberpunk film Cyborg (1989) and served as choreographer on Kickboxer.
