Jean-Claude Van Damme
Belgian actor and martial artist
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| April 16 2025 | Posted a video on Diana Panchenko's Telegram channel asking Putin to become an ambassador for peace based on love and sport. |
| April 2025 | Jean-Claude Van Damme is accused by Romanian Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism of human trafficking, involving 5 Romanian women allegedly trafficked in Cannes. |
| 2025 | Van Damme is set to play Leo in 'The Gardener', which is currently in completion. |
| 2024 | He will reprise his role as Philip in 'Kill 'Em All 2', which will be released direct-to-video. |
| 2024 | He debuted in Hitman: World of Assassination as the game's latest elusive target, portraying Max Valliant. |
| 2024 | He is set to appear in Darkness of Man. |
| 2023 | Van Damme featured his likeness and voice as Johnny Cage in the fighting game Mortal Kombat 1. |
| 2023 | Van Damme appeared in the TV special 'Jean-Claude Van Damme, Coup sur Soup'. |
| 2022 | He visited Ukraine during the Russian invasion to show his support. |
| 2022 | Van Damme lent his voice in Minions: The Rise of Gru. |
| 2022 | Van Damme was appointed as the Democratic Republic of the Congo Ambassador On Environment. |
| 2022 | He represented Arabian pranks show 'Ramez Movie Star' alongside Ramez Galal. |
| December 2022 | Visited a clinic in Uzhhorod, Ukraine, met with military personnel, and declared 'Slava Ukraini' on local television. |
| 2021 | Jean-Claude Van Damme appeared as himself in the film 'Warpath'. |
| 2021 | Van Damme played Le fan de Thomas in 'Haters'. |
| 2021 | Van Damme starred in The Last Mercenary. |
| 2020 | Jean-Claude Van Damme was inducted into the Martial Arts History Museum Hall of Fame, recognizing his significant contributions to martial arts and cinema. |
| 2020 | AaRON released the song 'Ultrarêve'. |
| 2020 | Van Damme featured as himself in 'Les Anges Asian Dream'. |
| 2019 | A monument dedicated to Jean-Claude Van Damme was installed in the village of Qabala, Azerbaijan, prompted by the similarity of the village name to his own. Van Damme thanked those responsible for the monument via a post on his Facebook account. |
| 2019 | He starred in the film We Die Young. |
| 2018 | He starred in The Bouncer and Kickboxer: Retaliation. |
| 2018 | Van Damme played Wheeler in the limited release film 'Black Water'. |
| August 22 2018 | Van Damme starred in Julien Leclercq's film The Bouncer. |
| 2017 | Van Damme starred in the action film Kill 'Em All, directed by Peter Malota. |
| 2016 | Van Damme appeared as himself in the episode 'Happy F*cking New Year' of the series 'Sense8'. |
| 2016 | Van Damme starred in the Ridley Scott-produced series Jean-Claude Van Johnson. |
| 2016 | Van Damme returned to voice Master Croc in Kung Fu Panda 3 and acted in Kickboxer: Vengeance as the lead in this reboot of the original film. |
| October 2016 | He expressed his support for presidential candidate Donald Trump during the election. |
| August 2016 | Georges St-Pierre expressed that fighting Jean-Claude Van Damme in the film Kickboxer: Vengeance was 'a dream come true.' |
| March 2016 | Publicly commented about the Illuminati potentially trying to stop Donald Trump from winning the presidential election. |
| 2015 | He made a cameo appearance in 'Jian Bing Man' as himself. |
| 2015 | Van Damme played Deacon Lyle in 'Pound of Flesh', which had a limited release. |
| 2015 | He starred in the action thriller film Pound of Flesh, directed by Ernie Barbarash, and had a supporting role in a Chinese superhero parody film. |
| 2015 | Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike vs. Ummet Ozcan released the song 'The Hum'. |
| 2014 | Van Damme starred in the American action film Swelter, alongside Lennie James and others. |
| 2014 | Jean-Claude Van Damme won the Golden Lotus Award for Outstanding Achievement of Action Movies Show. |
| 2013 | He starred as Storm Rothschild in 'Welcome to the Jungle', which had a limited release. |
| 2013 | He appeared in the well-received action film Enemies Closer. |
| 2013 | He starred in the direct-to-video film 'Swelter' as Stillman. |
| November 13 2013 | Volvo Trucks released a viral advertisement featuring Van Damme performing an impressive split between two moving trucks, described as 'The Epic Split'. The video garnered over 11 million views within three days. |
| 2012 | A statue of Jean-Claude Van Damme was unveiled in Anderlecht, Belgium, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Westland Shopping complex. The unveiling was attended by Van Damme, his parents, and nearly 2,000 fans, where he expressed that the statue represented 'the dream of a Brussels kid' and was meant for 'all the children who want something bad'. |
| 2012 | Van Damme starred as Luc Deveraux in 'Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning', which had a limited release. |
| 2012 | Van Damme made his big return to the action genre in The Expendables 2, starring as the villain. |
| 2012 | Van Damme took on the role of George in 'U.F.O.', which had a limited release. |
| 2012 | He played Samson Gaul in 'Six Bullets', which was released direct-to-video. |
| October 21 2012 | Van Damme was honored with a life-size statue of himself in his hometown of Brussels, where he expressed that the statue should represent a person from the street who believed in something. |
| 2011 | Van Damme appears in 'Les Anges Gardiens' TV series as himself in 20 episodes. |
| 2011 | He appeared as himself in 'Rzhevsky versus Napoleon'. |
| 2011 | Jean-Claude Van Damme voiced the character Master Croc in 'Kung Fu Panda 2'. |
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