The talented actor Jean-Claude Van Damme is one of those representatives of the acting profession that boys and men want to be like. At 53 years old, he looks luxurious, in many ways he managed to achieve this thanks to his youthful sporting achievements, in any case, his biography says. Jean-Claude Van Damme was born on October 18, 1960 in the Belgian city of Brussels.
The actor is often compared with such athletes as Chuck Norris, Arnold Schwarzenegger. The fact is that Jean-Claude Van Damme, whose biography is similar to the life of his colleagues, also was actively involved in sports in his youth, has the same beauty and the same crazy charm. Film critics promised him a great future, and he managed not to disappoint their hopes. Even today, Jean-Claude remains one of the most sought-after actors of our time.
About this person, we can say that he made himself from scratch on his own. Read more about this in his biography. Jean-Claude Van Damme grew up in a very poor family, often sick and suffered from weight loss. All his childhood, he dreamed of becoming an actor and that is why he came to the sport, which helped Jean-Claude become a wonderful athlete, whom they were glad to see always and everywhere.
Having achieved great results in sports, Van Damme stubbornly did not abandon his dream of an acting career. His own sports school, which he possessed, did not suit him, he longed for more. As a result, he sold a very successful business and went to America, where at first he had a very hard time.
Trying to break into Hollywood, Jean-Claude Van Damme managed to change a huge number of professions: bouncer, salesman, driver, etc. At some point, the Belgian even wanted to give up and return to his homeland, that’s how his biography says. Jean-Claude Van Damme passed the auditions one by one, and everywhere he was told that he was not suitable.
Desperate, the actor sends a letter to M. Golan, a well-known producer and director, and asks for a meeting with him. The Golan became interested in the unusual offer and was shocked after Van Damme sat on a twine during a conversation between two chairs. The conversation was long enough, and the result was not long in coming. The only thing that made him turn to the Golan at that time was his family. Jean-Claude Van Damme did not want to disappoint his family.
As a result, the actor received his first role in the film "Do not give up and do not give up," which was released in 1986. Film critics drew attention to Van Damme, who demonstrated an excellent method of owning his own body. New offers from film companies and directors began to arrive with lightning speed.
This was followed by a series of films in which the actor played the role of a male model who restores justice violated by villains. As a result, the talented Belgian received the stigma of "a fighter for world peace," says his biography. At first, Jean-Claude Van Damme was offended by the fact that everyone saw him as just a superhero, and few people noticed the actor. Everything changed in 1991, after the release of the film “Double Strike”, where he played completely different twins, standing on both sides of good and evil. Now the actor is removed less often and devotes all his free time to business.
Jean-Claude Van Damme was married five times and now has three children: a daughter and son from his third wife, Gladys Portugues, as well as a son from his fourth marriage with Darcy Lyapier. Now the heart of the Belgian actor is occupied by the Ukrainian model Elena Kaverina.