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Birth Name: Jean-Claude Van Varenberg
Date of birth: 18/10/1960
Place of birth: Brussels, Belgium
Nickname: Muscles from Brussels
Height: 175 cm
Weight: 79 kg
Eye color: Green
Hair: Brown
Status: Married
Previous job: bouncer did, aerobics instructor, a pizza messenger, driver and cleaned carpets
Nynijší zaměstání: Producer, scriptwriter, combat choreographer, director and actor
Favorite food: Chicken and Chinese seafood

Jean Claude Van Damme was born on 18 October 1960 at the Brussels suburb of Berchem-Ste-Agathe, Belgium. Jean Claude Van Damme was living with his parents in humble circumstances in the same room. Iliana's mother sold lingerie and Eguen father was a bookseller.

Little Van Damme was thirteen years too weak, so his parents sent to train karate. The boy was but little moving and so attended the ballet, but also in karate. The ballet began with the same vigor with which he trained karate and was offered the place in the Belgian State Ballet. Van Damme refused the offer because he began riding races in karate and karate wanted to fully concentrate.

In eighteen years, was founded in Brussels its own sports club where he trained karate called "Califofnia Gym".

In 1980 he sold the Jean Claude Van Damme his studio, bought a ticket and flew to Los Angeles. There did not know anyone, could not speak a word of English, so he spent six weeks on the car's rear seat, where he slept. Began to occur to him money and he began work on black. Did bouncer, aerobics instructor, a pizza messenger, driver and cleaned carpets.

One day he met Van Damme Menahem Golan - Cannon production company that produces action movies. Van Damme yelled: 'Menahem, it's me Van Damme! "And he kicked his leg over his head.

Golan invited him the next day and said to himself that he can make Bloodsport. Van Damme for his film got a $ 50 000, but the Golani disliked the film, so he decided that this film never goes out in public.

Van Damme at his own expense, had the film edited and Mark Disalle for him to negotiate a supporting role in the film Neustupuj, do not give up!

Golan, seeing that this film earned considerable money, so he decided to give Bloodsport to the cinema and the film became a blockbuster. For the company still made Cannon Cyborg movie, Deadly warrant and Black Eagle.
After the movie Kickboxer with him became interested in Columbia Pictures and made them double hit.