Steven Seagal
Steven Seagal
Biography
Steven Seagal is an American action film star, producer, writer, martial artist, guitarist, and a reserve deputy sheriff. A 7th-dan black belt in Aikido, he began his adult life as an Aikido instructor in Japan. He became the first foreigner to operate an Aikido Dojo in Japan. He later moved to the Los Angeles, California, area where he made his film debut in 1988 in Above the Law. By 1991, he had starred in three successful films, and would go on to achieve greater fame in Under Siege (1992), where he played Navy SEALs counter-terrorist expert Casey Ryback. However, his image became tarnished when both On Deadly Ground (1994, which he directed) and Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995) did poorly in theaters. During the later half of the 90s, he starred in three more theatrical films and a direct-to-video The Patriot. Aside from Exit Wounds (2001) and Half Past Dead (2002), his career shifted almost entirely to direct-to-video films (often low budget productions and shot in Europe or Asia). Between 1998 to 2009, he appeared in a total of 22 of these. At the age of 59, he finally returned to the big screen as Torrez in the 2010 film Machete. He is also a recording artist and guitarist and the founder of Steven Seagal Enterprises. In addition to his professional achievements, he is also known as an environmentalist, an animal rights activist and a supporter of the 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso, and the Tibetan independence movement.
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as Elijah Kane
as self/host
as Self
as Augustino 'Finn' Adair
as Steven Seagal
as Jake Alexander
as Axe
as Self (archive footage)
as Lauder
as John Harrison
as John Harmon
as Decker
as The Director
as Gan Sirankiri
as Colonel Robert Sikes
as Sergeant Jake Chandler
as Self
as John Alexander
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as Paulie Trunks
as Alexander
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as Alexander Coates
as Elijah Kane
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as Cross
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as Paul
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as Bobby
as Rogelio Torrez
as Shane Daniels
as Rolland Sallinger
as Ruslan Drachev
as Himself
as Commander Tao
as Self
as Det. Jacob King
as Cock Puncher
as Matt Conlin
as Simon Ballister
as John Sands
as Cmdr. Marshall Lawson
as Jack Foster
as John Seeger
as Jonathan Cold
as Travis Hunter
as Harlan Banks
as Chris Cody
as William Lansing
as Jack Miller
as Jake Hopper
as Professor Robert Burns
as Johnathon Cold
as Self
as Sasha Petrosevitch
as Self - Interviewee
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as Frank Glass
as Orin Boyd
as Sensei
as Self
as Wesley McClaren
as Himself
as Jack Taggart
as self
as Self
as Lt. Jack Cole
as Lt. Colonel Austin Travis
as Casey Ryback
as Forrest Taft
as Casey Ryback
as Self
as Gino Felino
as John Hatcher
as Mason Storm
as Self
as Nico Toscani
as Self - Host
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as Screenplay
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Crew
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as Fight Choreographer
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Director
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