Steven Seagal | |
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Name: | Steven Frederic Seagal |
Birthplace: | Lansing, Michigan, U.S. |
Birthdate: | April 10, 1952 |
Active: | 1978–present |
Films appeared in: | Hard to Kill Marked for Death Out for Justice Under Siege On Deadly Ground Under Siege 2: Dark Territory Executive Decision Fire Down Below The Patriot (1998 film) Ticker Half Past Dead Dragon Squad Submerged Shadow Man Flight of Fury Against the Dark Driven to Kill The Keeper Maximum Conviction Mercenary: Absolution Sniper: Special Ops Killing Salazar Four Towers |
Role: | Mason Storm (Hard to Kill) John Hatcher (Marked for Death) Lt. Gino Felino (Out for Justice) Casey Ryback (Under Siege movies) Forrest Taft (On Deadly Ground) Austin Travis (Executive Decision) Jack Taggert (Fire Down Below) Dr. Wesley McClaren (The Patriot) Frank Glass (Ticker) Sasha Petrosevitch Executive Producer (Half Past Dead) Executive Producer (Dragon Squad) Chris Cody (Submerged) Jack Foster (Shadow Man) John Sands Executive Producer (Flight of Fury) Tao (Against the Dark) Ruslan (Driven to Kill) Roland (The Keeper) Cross(Maximum Conviction) John Alexander (Mercenary: Absolution) Sergeant Jake Chandler (Sniper: Special Ops) Harrison (Killing Salazar) Kirk Bronson (Four Towers) |
Steven Seagal (born April 10, 1952) is an American actor and martial artist who specializes in action films.
Career[]
In the 1990's, he appeared in a number of successful theatrical action films, such as Above the Law and Hard to Kill, but in more recent years his filmography has become almost entirely direct-to-DVD releases such as The Foreigner (with Deobia Oparei). Seagal has appeared in several different Die Hard scenario films.
Seagal began his descent into this genre with the 1992 film Under Siege (with Tommy Lee Jones) and continued in the 1995 film Under Siege 2: Dark Territory, in both of which he played Casey Ryback. In 1996 he appeared in Executive Decision as Austin Travis, a supporting character who dies less than halfway through the film. He returned to the sub-genre in 2002's Half Past Dead, playing Sasha Petrosevitch and reuniting him with his Under Siege 2 co-star Morris Chestnut. After moving onto the direct-to-DVD portion of his career, Seagal appeared in Submerged as Chris Cody, Flight of Fury as John Sands, and in Maximum Conviction as Cross, opposite Steve Austin.