How old is Jean-Claude Van Damme?

Jean-Claude Van Damme is a renowned Belgian actor and martial artist. He was born in 1960 in Brussels as Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg and began practicing karate at the age of 10. As a teenager, he competed in karate and kickboxing events and later expanded his training to taekwondo and Muay Thai. His first film appearance was in a local romantic drama, but his first notable role came with Breaking (1984). By the late 1980s, Van Damme had risen to international fame with films such as Bloodsport and the first installment of the Kickboxer series.

Over the following two decades, he starred in a long list of action films, including Lionheart, Double Impact, Universal Soldier, Street Fighter, Hard Target, Sudden Death, Knock Off, Wake of Death, Narco, Until Death, and JCVD. In addition to his action work, Van Damme explored comedy roles and voiced characters in animated projects like Kung Fu Panda. He later joined Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis, Dolph Lundgren, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and other action icons in The Expendables franchise. He is also widely believed to have inspired the creation of the main character in the Mortal Kombat video game series. Jean-Claude Van Damme has been married multiple times and is a father of three children.

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