Biography of Van Damme

Van Damme was born as Jean Claude Camille Francois Van

Varenberg on 18 October 1960.He hails from Brussels in Belgium.
He is the son of Eliana and Eugene Van Varenberg who were an
accountant and florist. Van Damme was enrolled into a martial arts
school by his dad. He was ten at the time. Shotokan Karate and
Kickboxing are his styles. He earned a black belt in karate at the age
of 18. He later started weightlifting. He became Mr. Belgium. He
later took taekwondo and Muay Thai. From 1977 to 1982 Van
Damme was a professional kick boxer. He had a record of 18 wins
and 1 loss. He also has an impressive semi contact career. In semi
contact he had 44 wins and 4 losses. After this he moved to United
Stated to become an action star. Van Damme’s breakthrough role
was Bloodsport in 1988.He portrayed Frank Dux in the film. It was a
box office hit. Since then he has worked in numerous action
blockbusters in the 90’s. His other notable films are Double Impact ,
Universal Soldier ,Hard Target ,Maximum Risk, In hell,
Assassination Games and the Expendables 2.
Jean Claude Van Damme suffers from bipolar disorder. Van Damme
has been married five times. The marriages were four different
woman. He married Gladys Portugues twice. He has had two
children with her, Kristopher Van Varenberg and Bianca Bree.