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In 1982, JC and friend Michel Qissi moved to the USA in hope of becoming stars. Both were cast as extra's in 'Breakin'. After a small part in 'Missing In Action', JC was cast in No Retreat, No Surrender as villain, Ivan the Russian. JC worked for director John McTiernan on the 1987 film 'Predator' as an early version of the titular alien which was abandoned.

'Bloodsport', based on the story of Frank Dux was a 1.5 million dollar budget film, which became a box-office hit in 1988. A string of hit movies followed from 'Kickboxer', 'Double Impact', 'Universal Soldier', 'Hard Target', 'Timecop' and 'Sudden Death'.

In 2008 JC played an on screen version of himself in the critically acclaimed film JCVD, which received outstanding reviews. Time Magazine named JC's performance in the film as second best of that year, following only Heath Ledger as The Joker. In 2011 Sylvester Stallone signed JC to play the villain in the 2012 'Expendables 2' movie as Jean-villain.

JC has also appeared in very commercially popluar ad's for Volvo and Coors light from 2011-Present. His 'Epic Split' v

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