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Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg (French: [ʒɑ̃ klod kamij fʁɑ̃swa vɑ̃ vaʁɑ̃bɛʁɡ], Flemish: [vɑɱ ˈvaːrə(m)bɛr(ə)x]; born 18 October 1960), known professionally as Jean-Claude Van Damme (French: [vɑ̃ dam], Flemish: [vɑn ˈdɑmə]), is a Belgian martial artist and actor.
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. [274] 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 ...
Hard Target is a 1993 American action film directed by Hong Kong film director John Woo in his American film directorial debut. The film stars Jean-Claude Van Damme as Chance Boudreaux, an out-of-work homeless Cajun merchant seaman and former United States Force Recon Marine who saves a young woman named Natasha Binder (Yancy Butler) from a gang of thugs in New Orleans.
According to Van Damme, Golan, who died in 2014, never planned much of a theatrical push. “The movie was released only on a few screens in Los Angeles,” Van Damme says. “And we did $9,000 ...
Johannes van Damme (1 June 1935 – 23 September 1994) [1] was a Dutch engineer and businessman executed in Singapore for drug trafficking.. After purportedly being recruited to work as a courier for a Nigerian drug trafficking organization, van Damme was caught up in a D.E.A.-led international sting operation, which resulted in him being arrested while in possession of nearly 6 kilograms of ...
Dad Jean-Claude Van Damme struck the same pose in the 1988 film "Black Eagle." (Alamy) Bianca, who previously went by stage name Bianca Bree before re-adopting her father's famous last name, is ...
NBA Global Ambassador and Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo passed away today at the age of 58 from brain cancer. He was surrounded by his family. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver ...
Jean-Claude Van Johnson is an American action comedy-drama television series starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and produced by Ridley Scott with his production studio Scott Free Productions and Amazon Studios. It premiered on August 19, 2016. On January 18, 2018, the series was cancelled after one season. [1]