Steven Seagal

Acting Apr 10, 1952 (74 years old) Lansing, Michigan, USA

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.

100 Acting Credits

50 Crew Credits

Steven Seagal

Acting

Machete

Under Siege

Executive Decision

Under Siege 2: Dark Territory

Above the Law

Hard to Kill

Marked for Death

Exit Wounds

On Deadly Ground

Out for Justice

Saturday Night Live

The Glimmer Man

The Patriot

Fire Down Below

Half Past Dead

The Onion Movie

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Belly of the Beast

Into the Sun

Pistol Whipped

The Foreigner

Out for a Kill

A Good Man

Driven to Kill

Crew