Van Damme All Movies — Jeanclaude

Every action star eventually faces the slide from the multiplex to the Blockbuster bargain bin. After the commercial disappointment of Street Fighter (1994) and The Quest (1996), Van Damme entered his "DTv" era.

Known as "The Muscles from Brussels," Van Damme rose to fame in the late 80s and dominated the 90s action scene with a unique blend of legitimate martial arts skills (he was a European Karate champion), balletic flexibility (the splits!), and a surprising amount of charisma. jeanclaude van damme all movies

(2008), where he played a fictionalized version of himself. He returned to major theatrical releases as the villain in The Expendables 2 Complete Filmography by Release Year Le jardinier Every action star eventually faces the slide from

| Year | Movie Title | Role | Notes | |------|-------------|------|-------| | 1995 | Sudden Death | Darren McCord | Die Hard in a hockey arena. Co-stars Powers Boothe. | | 1996 | The Quest | Christopher Dubois | Van Damme’s directorial debut. A street thief joins a secret martial arts tournament. | | 1996 | Maximum Risk | Alain Moreau / Mikhail | Directed by Ringo Lam. A cop discovers his twin brother was murdered. | | 1997 | Double Team | Jack Quinn | Bizarre cult film. Co-stars Dennis Rodman, directed by Tsui Hark. Features a colosseum fight with a tiger. | | 1998 | Knock Off | Marcus Ray | Second Tsui Hark collaboration. Action set in Hong Kong’s knock-off clothing industry. | | 1999 | Universal Soldier: The Return | Luc Deveraux | Sequel ignores previous sequels. Van Damme fights an evil supercomputer. Weak box office. | | 2001 | The Order (aka The Warrior’s Code ) | Rudy Cafmeyer / LeRoux | Action in Israel involving a secret sect. | | 2002 | Derailed | Jacques Kristoff | Euro-thriller about a train hijacking. No relation to the later Clive Owen film. | | 2004 | In Hell (aka The Savage ) | Kyle LeBlanc | Prison drama. Directed by Ringo Lam. Darker and more serious. | | 2006 | Second in Command | Cmdr. Sam Keenan | DTV action. US embassy in a fictional Eastern European country under siege. | | 2006 | The Hard Corps | Patrick Suavage | Ex-boxer turned bodyguard for a former heavyweight champ. | | 2007 | Until Death | Anthony Stowe | A corrupt cop is shot, falls into a coma, and wakes up a changed man. | | 2008 | The Shepherd: Border Patrol | Jack Robideaux | A DEA agent fights drug traffickers in New Mexico. | (2008), where he played a fictionalized version of himself

The 1990s saw Van Damme achieve mainstream success with a string of blockbuster films. Some notable movies from this period include:

A one-location mystery. Van Damme plays a mysterious wounded man in a hospital surrounded by gangs. The twist is predictable.