Some action stars prefer shooting and blowing things up. Others prefer using their hands and feet as weapons. Jean-Claude Van Damme, nicknamed "The Muscles from Brussels," falls under the latter ...

An American low-budget action film celebrated an unexpected worldwide success in 1988: "Bloodsport". With its, the world of film fans and martial arts cinema discovered a new idol: Jean-Claude Van ...

Double Impact' was the most expensive project the Muscles from Brussels had tackled to date, featuring him as brothers Alex ...

Actor Jean-Claude Van Damme was known for being one of the industry’s most bankable and legitimate action stars. He once proved this legitimacy by knocking out another martial artist in front of a ...

Jean-Claude Van Damme, the Muscles from Brussels, has kicked his way into action history, and these are the actor's best movies worth watching.

Van Damme was born Jean-Claude Camille François van Varenberg in Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, Brussels, Belgium, to Eliana and Eugène van Varenberg, an accountant. “The Muscles from Brussels” started ...