In the years that followed, Van Damme would star in some of the most popular martial arts-themed action movies. For this list ...

Jean-Claude Van Damme is one of the world’s most iconic 1980s action stars, but while many of his movies began franchises, he does not always star in their sequels. Van Damme’s movies have oft ...

Van Damme’s extraordinary agility and martial arts background made him perfect for this interpretation. As he recalled, “They made me run around the studio and I jumped like a dancer.

For Jean-Claude Van Damme, his rise to fame came with 1988's martial arts movie Bloodsport. Bloodsport's premise is simple, yet engaging: Frank Dux (Van Damme) enters the deadly fighting ...

With him, the world of film fans and martial arts cinema discovered a new idol: Jean-Claude Van Damme. In the 1970s there was Bruce Lee, but at the end of the 1980s a Belgian won the day.