Stephen Frederick Segal (b. Has citizenship of the USA, Russia and Serbia.
There are many interesting facts in the biography of Steven Seagal, which we will talk about in this article.
So, before you is a short biography of Steven Seagal.
Steven Seagal biography
Steven Seagal was born on April 10, 1952 in the US state of Michigan, in the city of Lansing. He grew up in a simple family that has nothing to do with cinema.
According to some sources, his father, Samuel Steven Seagal, was a Jewish mathematics teacher. Mother, Patricia Segal, worked as an administrator at the clinic, while having English, German and Dutch roots.
Childhood and youth
Stephen's paternal grandfather and grandmother were Jewish immigrants who moved to the United States from St. Petersburg. They later shortened the surname from Siegelman (Siegelman) to Sigal.
According to the actor himself, his paternal grandfather could have been a "Mongol", but he cannot confirm this with any facts. In addition to Stephen, his parents had three more girls.
When Seagal was barely 5 years old, he and his family moved to Fullerton. Soon, his parents took him to karate.
As a teenager, Steven often participated in various fights, honing his karate techniques on his opponents.
Later in the biography of Steven Seagal there was a sharp turn. He met the master of aikido Keshi Isisaki, who was training students in the suburbs of Los Angeles.
As a result, the young man joined Isisaki's disciples and soon became the best of them. The teacher took him to various demonstration fights, demonstrating the art of aikido to the audience.
When Sigalu was 17, he went to Japan to continue his studies with the masters. After 5 years, he received 1st dan, and a year later he opened his own school.
An interesting fact is that Stephen was the first American to open a dojo in Japan - an aikido school. He preached a style of fighting that was effective in street fights.
Segal later continued his training with the masters, becoming a more experienced and professional warrior. As a result, he was awarded 7th dan and the title of shihan.
Films
Steven Seagal first appeared in cinema at the age of 30. At that time in his biography, he was in Japan.
The masters were invited to the shooting of the action movie "Challenge" as an expert in Japanese fencing. He directed several scenes of katana sword fighting.
In 1983, Segal moved his school to Los Angeles, where he continued to teach martial arts students. Interestingly, his school is still very popular in the United States.
In the following years of his biography, Stephen collaborated with the Warner Brothers film concern. He not only trained artists, but also starred in films himself.
In 1988, the premiere of the police action movie "Above the Law" took place, where Seagal was entrusted with the main role. With a budget of $ 7 million, the picture grossed over $ 30 million at the box office!
After that, many famous directors drew attention to Stephen, offering him leading roles.
Then Segal starred in films such as "Under Siege", "In the Name of Justice" and "Marked for Death." In 1994, he starred in the action movie In Mortal Peril, where he acted not only as an actor, but also as a film director.
In the period 1994-1997, Steven Seagal participated in the filming of the films: "Under Siege 2: Territory of Darkness", "Ordered to Destroy", "Flickering" and "Fire from the Underworld"
In 1998, the man became interested in Buddhism. For this reason, he decided to leave the cinema for a while, breaking off contracts with partners.
In 2001, there was a scandal. One of Segal's partners in the film industry has sued the master. For breaking the contract, he demanded to reimburse him $ 60 million.
In turn, Stephen filed a counterclaim, complaining that unknown people extort large sums of money from him. The investigation showed that the artist's words turned out to be true, for which reason the police managed to arrest 17 criminals.
After the end of the trial, Stephen returned to the big screen. In 2001, he starred in 2 films - "Through Wounds" and "Clockwork", where he got the main roles.
Segal continued to actively participate in the filming, but the tapes with his participation were no longer as popular as before.
In 2010, the actor appeared in the comedy thriller Machete in an unusual image for himself. He played a drug lord named Rachello Torres.
In the period 2011-2018, Steven Seagal starred in 15 films, including "The Maximum Deadline", "The Good Man", "Asian Messenger" and "Chinese Salesman". An interesting fact is that Mike Tyson also starred in the last tape.
Despite all his popularity, over the years of his creative biography, Segal was nominated 9 times for the Golden Raspberry anti-award, in the categories "Worst Director", "Worst Actor", "Worst Film" and "Worst Song".
Music
Steven Seagal is known not only as a professional fighter and actor, but also as a talented musician.
From his youth, the blues remained the master's favorite musical genre. It is curious that in one of his interviews he stated that he considers himself more a musician than an actor.
Seagal recorded his debut album "Songs from the Crystal Cave" in 2005. A year later, the second disc, entitled "Mojo Priest", was released.
Personal life
Steven Seagal was married 4 times. His first wife was a Japanese woman, Miyako Fujitani. In this union, the couple had a girl Aako and a boy Kentaro.
After that, Stephen married actress Adrienne Larousse. After some time, this marriage was annulled by a court decision.
For the third time, the man went down the aisle with model and actress Kelly LeBrock, who bore him 3 children. Having lived together for 7 years, the couple decided to divorce as a result of Segal's romance with Arissa Wulf, their family nanny.
An interesting fact is that at that time Arissa was barely 16 years old. Later, the couple had a girl named Savannah.
The fourth wife of Steven Seagal was the Mongolian dancer Batsuhiin Erdenetuyaa. The woman gave birth to his boy Kunzan.
The Master is a reputable weapon collector. In his collection there are over 1000 units of various weapons. In addition, he is fond of cars and watches.
Segal also periodically sells self-grown silkworms. He also has his own energy drink company.
Steven Seagal today
In 2016, Sigal received two citizenships at once - Serbia and Russia. After that, he starred in a commercial for the Megafon mobile network.
At the end of 2016, the master became a co-founder of the Russian company Russian Yarmarki, which produces food and tobacco products. However, after a few months, he left the business due to excessive employment.
Today Steven Seagal advises Russian MMA fighters and heads up the Steven Seagal Group, which organizes concert halls.
In mid-2018, the artist was entrusted with the post of special representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry on humanitarian issues of the Russian Federation and the United States.
In 2019, the premiere of two films with Segal's participation took place - "Commander-in-Chief" and "Out of the Law".
The actor has an official Instagram page, which has about 250,000 subscribers.
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