Jean claude van damme imdb biography

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Who Is Jean-Claude Van Damme?

Jean-Claude Van Damme is a champion martial artist and bodybuilder as a teenager, he used his physical abilities to become the star of such American action flicks as Bloodsport () and Double Impact ().

Jean claude van damme imdb biography

Van Damme endured personal and professional difficulties beginning in the s, but has since regained some of his star power.

Early Years and Career

Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg was born on October 18, , in Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, Brussels, Belgium.

A skinny child, he began studying Shotokan karate at age 11, and also eagerly took to weightlifting and ballet. As a teenager, Van Damme won the middleweight championship of the European Professional Karate Association and was named "Mr.

Belgium" in a bodybuilding competition.

Van Damme opened a gym in Brussels and earned some modeling work, but he was enthralled with the idea of becoming a film star. After briefly attempting to break into the thrivi