The story is that Van Damme saw the producer Menahem Golan, a cofounder of Cannon Films, at a restaurant. He showed how high he could kick by kicking up and over Golan’s head, and that’s how ...

Van Damme hailed from Brussels and paid his dues waiting tables like many actors before him and after. When he saw Golan, partner in The Cannon Group, Van Damme seized his opportunity.

Bianca Van Damme Eventually, the family moved from Los ... We’ll go to the gym and kick and stuff.” Bianca’s certainly inherited his skills. Just like Jean Claude, she can do crazy flying ...

Jean-Claude Van Damme has been kicking butts and taking names on the big screen for decades. Now fans will get to see another side of the star when his show “Jean-Claude Van Johnson” premieres ...

But Van Damme, who rose to fame kicking his way through martial arts action movies in the ’80s and ’90s, is perfectly suited to the concept, since it both overhauls and pays homage to his imag ...

Call it Jean-Claude Van Damme’s “Being John Malkovich” moment. In the opening sequence in his namesake drama “JCVD,” the C-list martial arts movie star is shown punching, kicking and ...

Maybe you're too young to remember Kickboxer, the 1989 martial arts movie where Jean-Claude Van Damme learns Muay Thai ... means you'll be able to kick a pillar to intimidate your opponent.

Plenty of action stars rose to prominence through roles in iconic films in the '80s. Arnold Schwarzenegger had The ...

Jean-Claude Van Damme is a Belgian action star who rose to ... known for his amazing kicks and splits. The 1989 film Kick Boxer proved that he’s a pretty amazing dancer, too.

In 1989, the original Kickboxer martial arts movie helped establish Jean-Claude Van Damme as an action star. Now, for the first time ever, the Kickboxer franchise is making the leap to video games ...

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