Steven
Seagal (born April 10, 1951) is an American action movie actor,
producer, writer, director, martial artist, singer-songwriter,
spiritualist and activist. A 6' 4" (193 cm) 7th-dan black
belt in aikido, Seagal began his adult life as an aikido
instructor in Japan, and reputedly 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, after being
noticed by entertainment executives, he made his film debut in
1988 in the film Above the Law. Since then, Seagal has become a
globally recognized action star largely due to his action films of
the 1990s in films such as Under Siege (1992) and Under Siege 2
(1995) where he played the powerful Navy SEALs counter-terrorist
expert Casey Ryback. In total his movies have earned more than $2
billion worldwide. Seagal belongs to a generation of film actors
who epitomise the movie action hero, including Sylvester Stallone,
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Lee, Dolph Lundgren, Harrison Ford,
Jean-Claude Van Damme, Chuck Norris and Bruce Willis. Despite his
tough image, Seagal is widely recognizable by his softly spoken
voice which is often a stark contrast to some of his hard action
scenes that have appeared in various movies ... more
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