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Birth Name: Jean-Claude Van Varenberg
Date of birth: October 18, 1960
Place of birth: Brussels, Belgium
Nickname: Muscles from Brussels
Height: 175 cm
Weight: 79 kg
Eye Color: Green
Hair: Brown
Status: Married
Earlier employment: Did bouncer, aerobics instructor, messenger with pizza, the driver and cleaned carpets
Nynijší occupations: producer, screenwriter, combat choreographer, director and actor
Favorite food: Chicken for Chinese and sea food

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

Small Van Damme was thirteen years too weak, and so his parents sent him to practice karate. The boy was only a few mobile and so attended the ballet, as well as karate. The ballet began with the same fervor with which he trained karate and so he was offered a place in the Belgian State Ballet. Van Damme refused the offer because it began riding races in karate karate and wanted to devote all their time.

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

In 1980 he sold the Jean Claude Van Damme my studio, bought a ticket and flew to Los Angeles. There did not know anybody, did not know a word of English, so he spent six weeks on the car's rear seats, where they slept. He started there money so he started to work illegally. Did the bouncer, aerobics instructor, pizza with the bellman, the driver and cleaned carpets.

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

Golan invited him the next day and said to himself that he can shoot a blood sport. Van Damme for his film was given $ 50,000, but the Golani liked the movie, he decided that the film never goes out in public.

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

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