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Steven Seagal - Biography
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Steven Seagal Biography
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| Name : | Steven Seagal |
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Date of birth :
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10 April 1951
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Place of birth :
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Lansing, Michigan, USA
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Height :
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6' 4
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Steven Seagal Trivia
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- Is the first foreigner ever to own and operate an Aikido dojo in Japan. Known as "Master Take Shigemichi", he was the chief instructor at the Aikido Tenshin Dojo in the city of Osaka.
- Has been married 3 times
- Has three children with Kelly LeBrock: Annaliza, Dominick, and Arissa.
- Is an Aikido-master - 7th Dan.
- Father of Kentaro Seagal and Ayako Fujitani.
- Is a vegetarian.
- Seagal's love of guitar and appreciation of rasta music led him to study with teacher in Jamaica, where he owns a vacation home.
- His Santa Inez home includes 200 acres planted with cabernet grapes, which is then sold to wineries.
- Master in Japanese Kendo
- Has been a bodyguard
- Broke Sean Connery's wrist when he was teaching him martial arts during the filming of Never Say Never Again (1983).
- Is King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden's favourite actor and also his friend.
- His first seven films were all starring roles, ending with "Executive Decision" (1996).
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Steven Seagal Detailed Biography
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He's an action superstar surrounded by controversy and crime. He skyrocketed to fame in 1988 with an action-packed debut in ‘Above the Law’, but long before then, he was known to martial arts insiders as the first Caucasian to open his own aikido dojo in Japan. Is he really, as he claims, a reincarnated lama in the Tibetan Buddhist faith?
Steven travelled to Japan at the age of 17, where he taught English and perfected his martial arts skills. Besides choreographing fight scenes in Action films, he remains secretive about his past. Rumours have named him as a bounty hunter and part-time CIA agent. His large donations to various religious charities have also been questioned over the years.
Following his 15 years in Asia, Steven returned to the US where he got work as a celebrity bodyguard, later marrying one of his clients - Kelly LeBrock. However, he was cast into the limelight himself in ‘Above the Law’. Proving an instant hit, his next film ‘Hard to Kill’ secured his status as a hard-hitting action hero. ‘Under Siege’ was to become his most popular movie in 1992.
In 1999, Steven turned his hand to producing with ‘Prince of Central Park’ – a film about a young boy living in the park. In 1997, he announced that he had been proclaimed a tulku, the reincarnation of a Buddhist lama, by His Holiness Penor Rinpoche. Besides acting, he remains a student of Buddhism who spends many hours meditating, studying, and practicing to become a healer.
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