Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1952-04-10 (Age: 74)
Place of Birth
Lansing, Michigan, USA
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.
Filmography (85)
Order of the Dragon
2026
The Time I Almost Met Steven Seagal
2025
In the Name of Justice
2024
Beyond the Law
2019
Hot!
2019
General Commander
2019
Attrition
2018
Steven Seagal & Samuel Kwok Martial Arts Seminar
2018
Kadyrov, The Dictator of Chechnya
2018
China Salesman
2017
Killing Salazar
2017
Contract to Kill
2016
End of a Gun
2016
The Perfect Weapon
2016
