Steven Seagal (born April 10, 1951) is an American action movie actor, producer, writer, director, martial artist, singer-songwriter, spiritualist and activist.
Seagal belongs to a generation of movie action hero actors.
A 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) 7th-dan black belt in aikido, Seagal began his adult life as an aikido instructor in Japan, and became the first foreigner to ever own and operate an aikido dojo in Japan in Osaka.
He later moved to the Los Angeles, California area where he made his film debut in 1988 in Above the Law.
His action films include, Under Siege (1992) and Under Siege 2 (1995) where he played Navy SEALs counter-terrorist expert Casey Ryback.
Steven Seagal: Birth : April 10, 1951, Lansing, Michigan, USA.
Educated : Orange Coast College, Fullerton.
It was at the age of 7 that Seagal reportedly first began studying the martial arts under the direction of renowned Shito-ryu karate master Fumio Demura and Aikido under Rod Kobayashi, the President of the Western States Aikido Federation.
He earned belts in aikido, karate, judo, and kendo and in his late teens, Seagal became part of Demura's Karate Demonstration Team and performed daily demonstrations in the former Japanese Village and Deer Park, in Southern California.
Become first non-asian man who ran his own dojo in Japan.
Initially he worked as martial arts coordinator on the films The Challenge (1982) starring Toshirô Mifune and Never Say Never Again (1983) starring Sean Connery.
Seagal then became a bodyguard to celebrities such as future wife Kelly Le Brock and Hollywood agent Michael Ovitz. It was Ovitz who, impressed with Seagal's martial arts abilities, personally financed a screen test in front of Warner Bros. executives.
They too were impressed and Seagal was signed for his first film.
Made his Debut in 1987 in "Above the law".
His movies include : "Hard to kill", "Out of justice", "Marked for death", "Under siege1", "On deadly ground", to namr just a few.
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