Jean-Claude van Damme

An action movie hero and world-renowned martial artist hailing from Brussels, Belgium, Jean-Claude Van Damme burst onto the Hollywood scene with classic martial arts films “Bloodsport” (1988) and “Kickboxer” (1989), broadening his fan base from fight film fanatics to general action film fans with the blockbuster “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 and beyond were fairly formulaic, requiring him to speak little but display as