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There are questionable claims stated: That Van Damme was a member of the Belgium Team in 1979 when they were supposed to have won the European Karate Championship held in Brussel. Although 2 sources are cited, the fact is the 1979 European Karate Championship was held in Helsinki, Finland in May 4 to May6 and not Dec as claimed and it was the team from the Netherlands who won gold, France won silver, and Finland won bronze. And no individuals from Belgium placed in Kumite, kata, or open Kumite. There is something seriously wrong with this whole section on Van Damme's martial arts career. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.230.236.74 (talk) 02:41, 22 December 2016 (UTC)
Last time I checked you don't use "of Somewhere" surnames as solitary identifiers even with context established. This is simply because "of New York" or "of Paris" or "of Damme" doesn't identify the family in question, let alone the person in context. It's disrespectful in a way. 2601:C:AB80:3D1:BE5F:F4FF:FE35:1B41 (talk) 07:13, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
The part about The expendables 3 should be modified, now that he's obviously not in it.aps (talk) 19:29, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
Last action Hero - 1993 - isn't a jean claude van damme movie, but an Arnold schwarzenegger one !!! Evreska (talk) 16:15, 28 July 2015 (UTC) 28.07.15
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Can someone with an account correct the infobox to say "screenwriter" rather than "sreenwriter". It appears on line 7, occupation: "| occupation = Actor, martial artist, sreenwriter, film producer, director" I see the article is locked, and have no interest in registering. Thank you and best wishes. 96.231.140.161 (talk) 21:27, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
The name of JC's youngest son is Nicolas and not Nicholas! TanyaValkering (talk) 08:42, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
www.jcvdworld.com is the official website of JCVD!
JCVD also made a trailer for a tv series on Amazon, Jean-Claude van Johnson. It is picked up and will be a full series to be broadcasted in 2017. TanyaValkering (talk) 08:49, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
une jame blendi — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.99.19.202 (talk) 10:27, 7 May 2017 (UTC)
Should his political views, for example on world politics, globalists vs anti-globalists, Trump, Rothshild and Rockefeller, be mentioned? --Mats33 (talk) 18:02, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
In the filmography section I think they're missing Desert Heat. Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Danny Trejo, and Pat Morita. International star and martial arts master Jean-Claude Van Damme kicks into high gear in DESERT HEAT, a scorching, high intensity action-thriller. Desperate to flee the inner demons raging inside him, mysterious loner Eddie Lomax (Van Damme) rides to the last outpost of an abandoned desert highway, prepared to end it all. But when a savage gang steals his prized cycle and leaves him for dead, Eddie's life is saved by a soulmate from his past. Burning with a new reason to live, Eddie sets off on a one-man search and destroy mission against his attackers. Fueled by Van Damme's powerful, take-no-prisoners performance, DESERT HEAT is an explosively sexy and sensational adventure from first blast to last. 2604:6000:D602:B900:545C:AB0E:74F6:16C (talk) 02:42, 17 September 2017 (UTC)Brad 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California 90232-3195. Copyright 1999 Lomax Productions, Inc. Copyright 1999 Layout and Design Columbia Tristar Home Video. All Rights Reserved.
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Jean-Claude Van Damme Was 'Coked Out of His Mind' During 'Street Fighter,' Director Steven de Souza says
Van Damme it all In a cast full of young newcomers and civilised character actors, Jean-Claude Van Damme stood out as the archetypal movie star, with an ego to match. As he later admitted, he also came into Street Fighter with a major cocaine habit. At one stage in the 1990s, he was hoovering 10g a day; and $10,000 a week.
“I couldn’t talk about it at the time, but I can now: Jean-Claude was coked out of his mind,” says de Souza. “The studio had hired a wrangler to take care of him, but unfortunately the wrangler himself was a bad influence. Jean-Claude was calling in sick so much I had to keep looking through the script to find something else to film; I couldn’t just sit around for hours waiting for him. On two occasions, the producers allowed him to go to Hong Kong, and both occasions he came back late – on Mondays he just wasn’t there at all.”
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/j5nmd4/jean-claude-van-damme-street-fighter-movie-cocaine-vgtrn?utm_source=vicefbus https://www.theguardian.com/games/2018/jul/16/inside-street-fighter-movie-jean-claude-van-damme-kylie-minogue
It seems some people forgot all these... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:2149:810A:7F00:F99A:43E0:DD47:6D7F (talk) 00:06, 18 July 2018 (UTC)
The overly long section titles make the table of contents ludicrously wide and unreadable. I have never seen another article on Wikipedia where the section titles were so long that they actually wrapped over multiple lines. For example, the following:
That could simply be shortened to "2.5 Mid to late 1990s: Moderate Success".
In addition, it seems like substantial overkill to have a subsection on each on movie. None of which contain any references! For example, section 2.5 contains all of the following subsections, not a single one of which has a citation in it:
This article is fancruft crap and large parts of it need to be nuked or rewritten. 142.167.242.182 (talk) 16:36, 21 July 2018 (UTC)
*2.6 2000s: Subsequent films and critical breakthrough.
- 2.6.1 Second collaboration with RIngo Lam: Replicant
- 2.6.2 Subsequent films: The Order (third film directed by Sheldon Lettich), and Derailed
- 2.6.3 Third collaboration with RIngo Lam: In Hell
- 2.6.4 Music video: Bob Sinclar's "Kiss My Eyes." Subsequent film: Wake of Death. Supporting role: Narco
- 2.6.5 Subsequent films: Second in Command, The Hard Corps (fourth film directed by Sheldon Lettich), and Until Death. Supporting role: The Exam
- 2.6.6 Critical breakthrough: JCVD
- 2.6.7 Subsequent films: The Shepherd: Border Patrol and Universal Soldier: Regeneration (first collaboration with John Hyams)
This edit keeps being made. It is not appropriate for a number of reasons.
Van Damme is notable as an action movie actor, not for his teenage successes at karate. If there is to be any mention of them, it should be short - not take up half the lead, more space than the stuff he's actually known for.
It is also unsuitably cited to Van Damme's own website (not independent, so no indication of significance and likely to exaggerate his successes and not mention any failures) and a random wordpress site that has copied his own Website (not a reliable source, or a new one).
The edit then adds "His films have particularly had a great influence within Asian cinema." However, leaving aside the reliability of the cite, what it actually discusses is Van Damme working with people from Asian cinema. The closest we get is "But when it comes to his movies, he has a great influence within Asian Cinema, using many directors and choreographers in his movies"; but it's pretty clear in context that all it's saying is that he works with many people in Asian cinema. There is zero discussion in the cite as to any influence he has had on Asian films. Pinkbeast (talk) 03:28, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
these heights are not the same thing 177 is 5 foot 8 inches — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.247.56.183 (talk) 13:10, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
177cm is NOT 5'8 inches. If you want to get pedantic it is 5'9 and 3/4 of an inch but it's not uncommon to round such heights up to the nearest inch when dealing with metric to imperial conversion. If you have a reliable source that says he is 5'8 inches (or 173cm) do please cite it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.51.250.63 (talk) 19:32, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
Hello worldwide wikipedia users ! I just came here to ask if it's possible to do a little edit about the movies listed for JCVD. The following ones : - The Order - Derailed - In Hell - Wake of Death - Until Death - Swelter
Had limited releases around the world, according to imdb : https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000241/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm
Please can you fix them by mentionning "Limited release" instead of "Direct-to-video" ? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alex Blt (talk • contribs) 22:46, 23 August 2019 (UTC)
Article states:
The pronoun "this" has no clear antecedent. A literal interpretation would be:
How would his wife not know she was pregnant until her husband admitted it??? I think you must mean that his wife didn't know that her husband was having an affair with Minogue until he announced it. (PeacePeace (talk) 18:06, 21 October 2019 (UTC))
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I have just deleted “ While promoting the film Van Damme indicated that he had experienced a period of homelessness "sleeping on the street and starving in L.A”. The quoted reference from the Sun in 2009 is no longer available. Note the reference also contained the following “ "My eldest son doesn't know how to deal with society because I over-protect him because of my last life of being on the street and sleeping on the street and starving in L.A. I didn't want him to have that."
The only current relevant reference I could find was | this article where the video contained the following statement from Van Damme “ I was living on the street, sleeping in cars, sometimes in garages. Sometimes I stole food. I did’nt have good money. I took $3,000 and came to America. I don’t know, I was so starving for movies. When you want something you want something, right.”. Note that this interview appears to be from 2019. Plus it appears that the conversation immediately preceeding Van Damme’s statement has been cut.
Given the lack of a crediable reference, plus the inaccuracy of the quote (ie “...starving in LA” vs “...starving for movies”) appears the safest course of action is to delete the section. Happy to hear if any other editors have thoughts / comments Ilenart626 (talk) 09:11, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
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Maximum Risk (1996) was his following film for Columbia, the first American film from Ringo Lam, and his first collaboration with Van Damme. He plays Alain Moreau a French cop in Nice. A dead body of someone that looks exactly like him, is discovered. It turns out, that it is the twin brother Alain never knew he had. Tracing his brother's steps back to New York City, Alain discovers that he was a member of the Russian Mafia, who was chased down and killed when he attempted to get out. Now Alain is mistaken for hiim, who was also mixed up in a series of affairs concerning the FBI and the Russian mafia. With his only real ally being Mikhail's fiancé Alex Bartlett (Natasha Henstridge), Alain sets out to avenge his brother's death. Typo in the description of the film. Specifically the word "hiim" should be "him".Pony Express1974 (talk) 16:48, 21 December 2020 (UTC) Pony Express1974 (talk) 16:48, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
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Van Damme's first box office bomb since he became a star was Double Team (1997), a buddy film with basketball superstar Dennis Rodman. It was Hong Kong's director Tsui Hark Incorrect punctuation used here. Should be "Van Damme's first box office bomb since he became a star was Double Team (1997), a buddy film with basketball superstar Dennis Rodman. It was Hong Kong director Tsui Hark's"Pony Express1974 (talk) 16:51, 21 December 2020 (UTC) Pony Express1974 (talk) 16:51, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
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Incorrect word usage. In The Shepherd: Border Patrol (2008), he plays a border patrol is up against a highly dangerous drug smuggling operation. Should be "In The Shepherd: Border Patrol (2008), he plays a border patrol up against a highly dangerous drug smuggling operation."Pony Express1974 (talk) 16:53, 21 December 2020 (UTC) Pony Express1974 (talk) 16:53, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
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He starred as the main villain Simon West <-----Director listed as character in the film. Pony Express1974 (talk) 17:03, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
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In the "filmography" part : Legionnaire was not a wide release => change it to "direct-to-video" Inferno was not a "limited release" => change it to "direct-to-video" Alex Blt (talk) 22:57, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
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The paragraph on the movie 'No Retreat. No Surrender' says it is about a teenager learning karate from the spirit of Bruce Lee. That is incorrect. Change "karate" to "Kung fu". 172.7.229.35 (talk) 01:54, 18 June 2021 (UTC)
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template. It looks like the source says Karate, and that is also the wording at No_Retreat,_No_Surrender. Get consensus before changing it. RudolfRed (talk) 03:59, 18 June 2021 (UTC)![]() | This edit request has been answered. Set the |answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request. |
The page's filmography erroneously states that "The Quest" was released in 1995. The film was released in 1996. 2604:2D80:8D15:E800:4C28:D01A:26C1:7AC (talk) 21:08, 28 July 2021 (UTC)
To fresh eyes reading this article, it’s blindsiding and awkward to be reading a whole paragraph about Mortal Kombat and its history relating to JCVD… only to have some mention about a Donkey Kong game slapped on the end. Wha? At the very least this should be reworded or separated to another line/paragraph. 209.171.88.86 (talk) 21:02, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
Needs to be added. This will Van Damme's final film. Thanks 176.27.25.141 (talk) 11:49, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
Under Personal section the term mood swings is miswritten — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mannycastaneda (talk • contribs) 23:26, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
Just an obersavtion--10 grams per day=70 grams per week=a lot less than $10,000, especially 25 years ago. 2600:387:15:517:0:0:0:A (talk) 21:48, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
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Add the title "Ramez Movie Star" under the list of TV series which Jean-Claude Van Damme has acted in, since he is a co-host alongside Ramez Galal. This show is airing in 2022 during the month of Ramadan on MBC channels. Here is an English article which talks about it from Arab News (https://www.arabnews.com/node/2057471/lifestyle) NiceCrispyBac0n (talk) 18:21, 7 April 2022 (UTC)
I propose that sections Filmography be split into a separate page called "Jean-Claude Van Damme filmography". This section is large enough to make its own page. Thank you.Filmman3000 (talk) 23:30, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
GALLAXY — Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.109.3.58 (talk) 17:18, 1 September 2022 (UTC)
Please create an article for Darkness of Man Alimir1986 (talk) 11:38, 28 February 2023 (UTC)
In the French-speaking world, Van Damme is well known – and often mocked – for the picturesque aphorisms that he delivers on a wide range of topics (personal well-being, spirituality, the environment, women, dogs, his ability to crack walnuts with his buttocks, his realization that Christianity is flawed based on the fact that "snakes are nice" and "apples contain pectin which is anti-cholesterol", etc.) in a sort of Zen franglais. - THE FOLLOWING LINK IS BROKEN. Sorry, I am not common with suggesting edits to a protected page. I'd love to see Van Damme's "Zen Franglais", btw. Otec nixon (talk) 21:43, 13 March 2023 (UTC)
May I suggest "Thereafter"? Less clunky.
Yours,
Grammar Pedant 222.153.59.170 (talk) 03:21, 19 March 2023 (UTC)
Double Team and Knock Off were also box office hits and actually made more than the likes of Cyborg, Lionheart, and Double Impact. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.44.196.37 (talk) 08:53, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
In the interest of caution over a WP:BLP, I'm just leaving a note that this article seems to have been particularly targeted by a sockpuppeteer over the last few months. Theriddler1234, Whodatttt, Ziggy Wiggy Figgy, Jackie786, Iftar7376 are all suspected sockpuppets which have edited here during that time. I've reverted their last bit of edit-warring ([1]), but I'm not familiar with this topic and it would be a lot of work to try and manually revert all their edits on my own anyways, so I'm leaving it to others to check if their earlier edits introduced any problematic material. R Prazeres (talk) 00:54, 8 September 2023 (UTC)
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Jean-Claude Van Damme is a Belgian Actor, Martial Artist, Filmmaker and Conservationist. SpilledKetchup (talk) 23:27, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
What the hell is a KKO?? His record has mention of KO's and KKO's. 40 years of martial arts, and I've never heard/read KKO. And google gives me nothing. Torydude (talk) 06:30, 26 January 2024 (UTC)