Jean-Claude Van Damme (born 1960) is a Belgian martial arts expert, actor, and director best known for various popular martial arts action films, including Bloodsport, Kickboxer, Hard Target, the Universal Soldier franchise, Timecop, Sudden Death, and Maximum Risk.
In August 2012, Van Damme make a theatrical comeback by appearing as the lead villain in The Expendables 2 (with Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis). On November 14 of 2013, Van Damme appeared in an ad for Volvo Truck company where he was shown standing between two Volvo trucks supporting only by his feet.
He was mentioned during one of the riffs for Episode #320 when Crow T. Robot exclaims: "Van Damme AND Van Damme IN Van Damme Yankees!" which parodies the promotional material for the 1991 film Double Impact, in which he portrayed identical twin brothers. He was also mentioned repeatedly in Episode #1004 due to lead star Daniel Bernhardt's resemblance to the actor. His name inspired that of the briefly-seen character Matt Claude Van Damme.
Riffed Movies[]
- No Retreat, No Surrender (The Great Cheesy Movie Circus Tour & RiffTrax) - as Ivan Kraschinsky
- Street Fighter (RiffTrax) - as Col. Guile
