Jean Claude Van Damme's net worth was $30 million.
Jean-Claude Van Damme, also known as JCVD, is a Belgian actor and retired martial artist who has a net worth of $40 million.He is best known for his martial arts action films from the late 1980s and 1990s.
On October 18, 1960, Jean- Claude Camille Franois van Varenberg was born in Berchem-Sainte-Agathe.He began practicing martial arts when he was ten years old.His fighting style consists of Shotokan Karate and kickboxing.He earned his black belt in karate at the age of eighteen.He studied ballet for five years after taking up martial arts at the age of sixteen.
When he was twelve, Van Damme joined the Centre National de Karaté, where he trained for four years and earned a spot on the Belgian Karate Team.His karate career began when he was fifteen.He won 44 and lost four in tournament and non-tournament semi-contact matches from 1976 to 1980.The Belgian Karate Team won the European Karate Championship in 1979.After recording 18 victories and one defeat, he retired from competition in 1982.
At the age of 22, Jean-Claude moved to America with a friend to pursue an acting career.After launching a chain of private gyms in his home country, he was already a millionaire when he decided to move to California to become an actor.He was cast as an extra in the movie "Breakin" but it was "Bloodsport" that catapulted him to fame.
He starred in "Kickboxer" (1989), which was produced by Cannon Films.After the success of his films, Van Damme joined The Cannon Group's lineup of action stars.He played the roles of twins Alex and Chad in "Double Impact" and "Death Warrant".The film "Universal Soldier" was one of the biggest blockbusters of 1992.It earned $102 million against a budget of $23 million.
Columbia Pictures paid him $3.5 million for three films."Nowhere to Run" was his first film from the deal.He starred in several films for Universal, including "Sudden Death" (1995).He came back to Columbia with "Double Team" in 1997.Van Damme co-stars with Dennis Rodman in the movie "Double Team."The film was Van Damme's first big box office flop.The 2008 Belgian crime drama "JCVD" is one of his projects.Van Damme plays a semi-fictionalized version of himself.
Over the years, Van Damme has been involved in a number of other acting and film-related projects.He was a guest on the show "Friends" after the Superbowl.He co-stars with Roger Moore in the 1996 film "The Quest".He directed, edited, produced, wrote, and starred in a film.Jean- Claude Van Damme has appeared in more than 50 films during his 40-year film career.Although he is a highly acclaimed actor, he has only won a few awards, including a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Couple (with Dennis Rodman) for Double Team in 1988, a Bollywood Movie Awards for International Action Super Star in 2004, and a Macau International Film Festival Golden Lotus Award in 2014).