Jean-Claude Van Damme

Known For: Acting
Born: October 18, 1960
Place of Birth: Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, Brussels, Belgium

Jean-Claude Van Damme

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 a teenager, and also beat the 2nd best karate fighter in the world. His goal was to be number one but got sidetracked when he left his hometown of Brussels. In 1976 at the age of sixteen, Jean-Claude started his Martial Arts fight career. Jean-Clau…

Filmography

Darkness of Man

2025 · Russell Hatch, Executive Producer, Story

Dolph: Unbreakable

2025 · Self

Sensation: Cruise

2025 · Kyle LeBlanc (archival footage from 'In Hell')

The Gardener

2025 · Léo

Kill 'em All 2

2024 · Philip

Spaten

2024 · Van Damme

Albert Pyun: King of Cult Movies

2023 · Self

Minions: The Rise of Gru

2022 · Jean Clawed (voice)

Ramez Movie Star

2022

Haters

2021 · Jean-Claude Van Damme

The Last Mercenary

2021 · Richard Brumére

Monsieur Jean-Claude

2021 · (uncredited)

Ultrarêve

2020 · Self

In Search of the Last Action Heroes

2019 · Self

The UnXplained

2019 · Self

The Making of Double Impact, Parts 1 & 2

The Making of Double Impact, Parts 1 & 2

2019

We Die Young

2019 · Daniel, Executive Producer

The Bouncer

2018 · Lukas

Black Water

2018 · Wheeler, Executive Producer

Kickboxer: Retaliation

2018 · Master Durand, Characters

Bon Voyage

2017 · Self (archive footage)

Kill 'em All

2017 · Philip

Quotidien

2016 · Self - Guest

Jean-Claude Van Johnson

2016 · Johnson

Kickboxer: Vengeance

2016 · Master Durand, Characters

Kung Fu Panda 3

2016 · Master Croc (voice)

Jian Bing Man

2015 · Jean-Claude Van Damme

Pound of Flesh

2015 · Deacon, Executive Producer

The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films

2014 · Self

Swelter

2014 · Stillman

Jean-Claude Van Damage

Jean-Claude Van Damage

2014

Enemies Closer

2013 · Xander

Welcome to the Jungle

2013 · Storm

Days of Reckoning: The Making of Universal Soldier 4

2013 · Self

U.F.O.

2012 · George

Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning

2012 · Luc Deveraux

6 Bullets

2012 · Samson Gaul, Executive Producer

The Expendables 2

2012 · Jean Vilain

Dragon Eyes

2012 · Tiano

Corporal vs. Napoleon

2012 · Himself

Beur sur la ville

2011 · Colonel Merot, Le colonel

Assassination Games

2011 · Vincent Brazil, Executive Producer

Kung Fu Panda 2

2011 · Master Croc (voice)

Jean-Claude Van Damme: Behind Closed Doors

2011

Slinger

2011 · Gibson Rickenbacker

Conan

2010 · Self

Full Love

2010 · Frenchy, Writer, Director, Editor, Producer

Universal Soldier: Regeneration

2010 · Luc Deveraux

JCVD

2008 · J.C.V.D., Executive Producer

The Shepherd: Border Patrol

2008 · Jack Robideaux

Until Death

2007 · Anthony Stowe

Heist School

2006 · Charles

Second in Command

2006 · Cmdr. Samuel 'Sam' Keenan

The Hard Corps

2005 · Phillippe Sauvage

Wake of Death

2004 · Ben Archer

Narco

2004 · Jean-Claude Van Damme fantasmé par Lenny

Universal Soldier: A Tale of Two Titans

2004 · Himself

Guns, Genes & Fighting Machines: The Making of 'Universal Soldier'

2004 · Himself

In Hell

2003 · Kyle LeBlanc

Las Vegas

2003 · Jean-Claude Van Damme

Celebrities Uncensored

2003 · Self

Dans la peau de Jean-Claude Van Damme

2003

Derailed

2002 · Jacques Kristoff

All the Love You Cannes!

2002 · Self

The Unbeatable Bruce Lee

2001

The Apartment

2001 · Self - Guest

Replicant

2001 · Replicant / Garrotte

The Order

2001 · Rudy Cafmeyer, Writer

Inferno

1999 · Eddie Lomax, Producer

Universal Soldier: The Return

1999 · Luc Deveraux, Producer

Beckmann

1999 · Self

Legionnaire

1998 · Alain Lefevre, Producer, Story

Vivement dimanche

1998 · Self

Knock Off

1998 · Marcus Ray

Double Team

1997 · Jack Quinn

Maximum Risk

1996 · Alain Moreau / Mikhail Suverov

E! True Hollywood Story

1996

The Quest

1996 · Christopher Dubois, Director, Story

Sudden Death

1995 · Darren Francis Thomas McCord

Viva el lunes

1995 · Self

WCW Monday Nitro

1995

Street Fighter

1994 · Colonel Guile

Friends

1994 · Jean-Claude Van Damme

Timecop

1994 · Max Walker

Last Action Hero

1993 · Jean-Claude Van Damme (uncredited)

Hard Target

1993 · Chance Boudreaux

Nowhere to Run

1993 · Sam Gillen

Universal Soldier

1992 · Luc Deveraux / GR44

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992

Double Impact

1991 · Alex / Chad Wagner, Producer, Screenplay, Story, Fight Choreographer

Kickboxer 2: The Road Back

1991 · Characters

Death Warrant

1990 · Louis Burke

Lionheart

1990 · Lyon Gaultier, Screenplay, Story, Fight Choreographer

Kickboxer

1989 · Kurt Sloane, Story, Stunt Coordinator, Action Director, Martial Arts Choreographer

Cyborg

1989 · Gibson Rickenbacker, Editor

Black Eagle

1988 · Andrei

Bloodsport

1988 · Frank, Editor

Sacrée soirée

1987 · Self

No Retreat, No Surrender

1986 · Ivan Kraschinsky "The Russian"

Missing in Action

1984 · Soldier (uncredited), Stunts

Breakin'

1984 · Spectator in First Dance Sequence (uncredited)

Street of the Damned

1984 · Extra in Police Arrival Sequence (uncredited)

Monaco Forever

1984 · Gay Karate Man

Woman Between Wolf and Dog

1979 · Movie Goer / Man in Garden (uncredited)

The Late Late Show

1962 · Self

What's My Name?

What's My Name?

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Silent Kill

— · , Producer

Chinese Hercules: The Bolo Yeung Story

— · Self

Raid Pacific

— · Captain William Pierce

Prison Fight

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Guns, Genes & Fighting Machines: The Making of "Universal Soldier"

— · Self

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