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Van Damme was born Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg, on 18 October 1960, in Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, Brussels, Belgium, the son of Eliana and Eugène Van Varenberg, who was an accountant and florist. [4] [5] [6] His father is from Brussels and bilingual, and his mother is Flemish (Dutch-speaking). [7] Van Damme was brought up Roman ...
The name "Rob Van Dam" was given to him in 1992 by Ron Slinker, a promoter in Florida, possibly because of his martial arts experience and his resemblance to actor Jean-Claude Van Damme. [272] During the early years of his career, he used a "Moonsault Split" as finisher, until he adopted the Frog Splash (named Five Star Frog Splash) as finisher ...
In 1987, at the age of thirty, Portugues married Belgian martial artist and actor Jean-Claude van Varenberg. [1] The couple divorced in 1992, then remarried in 1999. They have two children: Kristopher van Varenberg (b. 1987) and Bianca Brigitte (b. 1990). [2] Her husband is professionally known as Jean-Claude Van Damme.
Bloodsport was an inspiration for the video game Mortal Kombat, [34] and Johnny Cage, one of the characters, is a parody of Jean-Claude Van Damme. [35] Van-Damme himself later voiced a Johnny Cage character based on his likeness in Mortal Kombat 1. [36] In 2024, Capelight Pictures released The Last Kumite, a crowd-funded film "inspired by the ...
The film tells the story of Luc Deveraux, portrayed by Jean-Claude Van Damme, a former U.S. Army soldier who was killed in the Vietnam War in 1969, and returned to life following a secret military project called the "Universal Soldier" program.
Jean-Claude Van Damme’s career began with a whimper.. The Belgian actor and martial artist arrived in Hollywood in 1982 determined to become a movie star. But over the next five years, the best ...
Jean-Claude Van Damme shares memories from the making of the film "Double Impact," in which he played twin brothers, as it turns 30.
Jean-Claude Van Damme was cast as the Soviet villain, Ivan Kraschinsky. On set, he performed a roundhouse kick on Pete Cunningham , rendering him unconscious. [ 6 ] Actor and martial artist Timothy Baker stated that during action scenes on the set, the production manager and director Corey Yuen instructed Van Damme to not make contact with the ...