Highest Rated: 92% Kickboxer: Retaliation (2018)
Lowest Rated: Not Available
Birthday: Oct 18, 1960
Birthplace: Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, Brussels, Belgium
An action movie hero and world-renowned martial artist hailing from Belgium, Jean-Claude Van Damme burst onto the Hollywood scene with classic martial arts films "Bloodsport" (1988) and "Kickboxer" (1989). Van Damme was suddenly a star and broadened his fan base from fight film fanatics to general action film fans with critically panned, but commercially successful blockbusters like "Universal Soldier" (1992) and "Time Cop" (1994). Unlike his more popular counterparts, Van Damme projected a softer character who was not as invincible as Schwarzenegger nor as unrefined as Stallone. Van Damme's vehicles in the 1990s like "Sudden Death" (1995), "Maximum Risk" (1996) and "Double Team" (1997) were fairly formulaic, requiring him to speak little but display as much of his muscular physique as possible - all of which eventually turned the actor into a caricature of himself and demoted the actor to the straight-to-video bin. Meanwhile, Van Damme hit rock bottom in his personal life when he sought help for his cocaine addiction and was diagnosed with manic depression, which he began talking about openly in 1998. Though he was able to resurrect himself in private, Van Damme continued to struggle on the screen until he surprised everyone with a critically hailed performance as a fictional version of himself in the art house showbiz satire "JCVD" (2008). In the end, however, his appeal rarely went beyond his impressive physicality, as Van Damme continued trying to cross over to mainstream thrillers and dramas with little avail.
Highest rated movies
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Movies
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57% | 40% | Darkness of Man | Russell Hatch (Character) | - | 2024 |
70% | 89% | Minions: The Rise of Gru | Jean Clawed (Voice) | $369.5M | 2022 |
58% | 37% | The Last Mercenary | Richard Brumère (Character) | - | 2021 |
20% | 36% | We Die Young | Daniel (Character) | - | 2019 |
83% | 45% | The Bouncer | Lukas (Character) | - | 2018 |
0% | 25% | Black Water | Wheeler (Character) | - | 2018 |
92% | 84% | Kickboxer: Retaliation | Master Durand (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet | 18% | Kill 'Em All | Philip (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 15% | Kill'em All | Unknown (Character) | - | 2017 |
41% | 44% | Kickboxer: Vengeance | Master Durand (Character) | - | 2016 |
14% | 21% | Pound of Flesh | Deacon (Character), Executive Producer | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 54% | Jian Bing Man | Unknown (Character) | $300.0K | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 24% | Swelter | Stillman (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet | 67% | The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films | Unknown (Character) | - | 2014 |
22% | 20% | Welcome to the Jungle | Storm (Character) | - | 2013 |
79% | 29% | Enemies Closer | Xander (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 8% | U.F.O. | George (Character) | - | 2012 |
57% | 34% | Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning | Luc Devereaux (Character) | $5.2K | 2012 |
No Score Yet | 41% | 6 Bullets | Samson Gaul (Character) | - | 2012 |
67% | 67% | The Expendables 2 | Jean Vilain (Character) | $85.0M | 2012 |
No Score Yet | 18% | Dragon Eyes | Tiano (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet | 45% | Assassination Games | Vincent Brazil (Character) | - | 2011 |
81% | 74% | Kung Fu Panda 2 | Master Croc (Voice) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet | 60% | The Eagle Path | Frenchy (Character), Director, Screenwriter, Producer | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 34% | Universal Soldier: Regeneration | Luc Deveraux (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 26% | The Shepherd: Border Patrol | Jack Robideaux (Character) | - | 2008 |
83% | 74% | JCVD | J.C.V.D. (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 39% | Until Death | Anthony Stowe (Character) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet | 32% | The Hard Corps | Philippe Sauvage (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 33% | Second in Command | Cmdr. Samuel "Sam" Keenan (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 43% | Wake of Death | Ben Archer (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet | 53% | In Hell | Kyle LeBlanc (Character) | - | 2003 |
0% | 21% | Derailed | Jacques Kristoff (Character) | - | 2002 |
13% | 28% | The Order | Rudy Cafmeyer/ Writer | - | 2001 |
27% | 37% | Replicant | Replicant/ | - | 2001 |
5% | 24% | Universal Soldier: The Return | Luc Deveraux (Character), Producer | $10.4M | 1999 |
0% | 35% | Desert Heat | Eddie Lomax (Character), Producer | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Coyote Moon | Eddie Lomax (Character) | - | 1999 |
10% | 26% | Knock Off | Marcus Ray (Character) | $10.1M | 1998 |
29% | 30% | Legionnaire | Alain Lefevre (Character), Producer | - | 1998 |
11% | 25% | Double Team | Jack Quinn (Character) | $11.3M | 1997 |
14% | 36% | The Quest | Christopher Dubois (Character), Director | $21.6M | 1996 |
34% | 34% | Maximum Risk | Alain Moreau/ | $14.1M | 1996 |
50% | 39% | Sudden Death | Darren McCord (Character) | $20.2M | 1995 |
42% | 36% | Timecop | Walker (Character) | $44.3M | 1994 |
11% | 20% | Street Fighter | Colonel William F. Guile (Character) | $33.2M | 1994 |
60% | 49% | Hard Target | Chance Boudreaux (Character) | $31.5M | 1993 |
36% | 33% | Nowhere to Run | Sam Gillen (Character) | $21.9M | 1993 |
34% | 46% | Universal Soldier | Luc Deveraux / | $35.4M | 1992 |
33% | 42% | Double Impact | Alex/ Screenwriter, Producer | $28.6M | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Best of the Martial Arts Films | Unknown (Character) | - | 1991 |
0% | 35% | Death Warrant | Louis Burke (Character) | $15.1M | 1990 |
39% | 52% | Lionheart | Léon Gaultier (Character), Screenwriter | $22.5M | 1990 |
36% | 64% | Kickboxer | Kurt Sloane (Character) | $13.2M | 1989 |
22% | 31% | Cyborg | Gibson Rickenbacker (Character) | $9.3M | 1989 |
46% | 74% | Bloodsport | Frank Dux (Character) | $10.8M | 1988 |
No Score Yet | 16% | Black Eagle | Andrei (Character) | - | 1988 |
80% | 53% | No Retreat No Surrender | Ivan Kraschinsky the Russian (Character) | $1.5M | 1986 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conan | Guest | 2015 2017 2019 |
70% | 96% | Jean-Claude Van Johnson | Jean-Claude Van Johnson (Character), Executive Producer | 2016-2017 |
No Score Yet | 91% | Robot Chicken | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Las Vegas | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
78% | 93% | Friends | Himself (Guest Star) | 1996 |