Van Daaaaamn!

Van Damme. He was in a lot of movies in a short period of time. He played Guile in the Street Fighter II movie. Ken busted a cap in his ass.

Van Damme's very first movie role was as "Gay Karate Man" in 1984's Monaco Forever. It set the tone for his whole career.

He played twins in Double Impact. In a rare stroke of creative genius, the creators of Double Impact decided to make one of the twins a street-wise tough guy, and the other a prissy cake boy. Oh yeah, and separated at birth. Needless to say, I was blown away by such raw originality in a screenplay.

The picture above was from Cyborg. Despite that "cyborg" is written right there on his head, Van Damme does not play a cyborg in that movie.

The last time Van Damme was heard from in the news was on a slightly embarrassing note. In Feb. 1998 Van Damme, along with pal and not-much-action star Mickey Rourke walked into the famous NY strip club, Score’s. After a few drinks eyewitnesses reported that Hells Angel’s president Chuck Zito beat-up Van Damme with a fierce series of punches and jabs. Where was Mickey Rourke when all this was happening? I guess he was engaged in other activities, like being a total homo. Poor Van Damme. I guess he needs to spend less time looking tough and more time actually being tough.

Van Damme is multi-talented. Actor, martial arts expert, and most importantly, an accomplished dancer. Early in his career, he was in the famous breakdance movie, Breakin', as "Passerby in First Dance Sequence." The fresh moves he learned from that experience obviously carried over into the scene in the following link, which is from one or more of the following movies: Bloodkill, Killsport, Kickdeath, Bloodsport, Deathboxer, Kickboxer, or Deathkill.

Don't just stand there, bust a move.