• Name: Jean Claude Van Damme
  
• Birth Name: Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg
  
• Height: 5' 8''
  
• Sex: M
  
• Nationality: American
  
• Birth Date: October 18, 1960
  
• Birth Place: Sint-Agatha Berchem, Belgium
  
• Profession: actor, director, writer
  
• Education: Dropped out of school at age 16
  
• Husband/Wife: Gladys Portugues (bodybuilder; married in 1986; divorced; remarried in June 1999), Darcy La Pier (model; married on February 3, 1994; filed divorce in November 1997), Cynthia Derdian (married for one year in 1985), Maria Rodriguez (first wife; Venezuelan; separated in 1981)
  
• Father: Eugene Van Varenberg (florist)
  
• Mother: Eliana Van Varenberg
  
• Son: Kristopher Van Damme (mother: Gladys Portugues), Nicholas Van Damme (mother: Darcy LaPier)
  
• Daughter: Bianca Van Damme (mother: Gladys Portugues)
  

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• "I love karate, it's like a bible to me. But deep inside I'm so I mean, I'm so sensitive."
• "I am the Fred Astaire of karate."

• Razzie Awards: Worst Screen Couple, DOUBLE TEAM (1998) – shared with Dennis Rodman
• European Professional Karate Association's middleweight championship

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