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Jean-Claude Van Damme
Birth at
18 October 1960
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Jean-Claude Camille François Van Warenberg (this is what the actor’s real name is) was born on October 18, 1960 in Belgium. As a child, he was sickly and weak. Jean-Claude Van Damme was engaged in dancing since childhood and achieved good results in this business. When he was 11, his father took him to karate classes, and he fell in love with the sport. Coaches predicted a brilliant career for him. At the age of 20, Jean-Claude won the title of European professional karate champion. A year later,
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Jean-Claude Camille François Van Warenberg (this is what the actor’s real name is) was born on October 18, 1960 in Belgium. As a child, he was sickly and weak. Jean-Claude Van Damme was engaged in dancing since childhood and achieved good results in this business. When he was 11, his father took him to karate classes, and he fell in love with the sport. Coaches predicted a brilliant career for him. At the age of 20, Jean-Claude won the title of European professional karate champion. A year later, he went to conquer Hollywood.
His first roles were unnoticed by the public. Van Damme was introduced in 1986 after the release of the film “Never Give Up or Retreat.” And the real fame came to the actor in 1988, when the audience saw the action movie.
Bloody sport ? Jean-Claude Van Damme embodied on the screen the images of courageous few-worded heroes fighting for justice. With each new picture, the popularity of the muscular handsome man increased. It is worth mentioning the films “Cyborg”, “The Carpet”, “Double Impact”, “Universal Soldier” and others. But in 1998, the actor took a break due to problems with the law. Since 2002, a new round of creativity Van Damme began. He starred in such films as “Inferno”, “Under the Deviation”, “Until death” and many others.
The personal life of Jean-Claude Van Damme is full of events. Suffice it to say that he was officially married five times, two of them to the same woman Gladys Portuguez. In 2015, the media reported about the next divorce movie star. The reason was his fascination with Ukrainian model Alena Kaverina.