jean claude van damme

born 18 October 1960 is a Belgian martial artist and actor .
due to his physique ad his Belgian background he is known as THE MUSCLES FROM BRUSSELS.
He began martial arts at the age of ten enrolled by his father in a shotokan karate school.
His style consist of kickboxing shotokan,muay thai and taekwondo.
At the age of 16 he took up ballet,which he studied for five years.
Van damme had troubles with cocaine during 1995 ,entering a month long rehab program in 1996 .
filmography: "cyborg" 1989 "lionheart"1990 "double impact" 1991 "universal soldier"1992
"maximum risk"1996 "inferno"1999 "replicant"2001 "until death"2007