Steven Seagal
Known for: Acting
Born: April 10, 1952
Place of birth: Lansing, Michigan, USA
Steven Seagal is an American action film star, producer, writer, martial artist, guitarist, and a reserve deputy sheriff. A 7th-dan black belt in Aikido, he began his adult life as an Aikido instructor in Japan. He became the first foreigner to operate an Aikido Dojo in Japan. He later moved to the Los Angeles, California, area where he made his film debut in 1988 in Above the Law. By 1991, he had starred in three successful films, and would go on to achieve greater fame in Under Siege (1992), where he played Navy SEALs counter-terrorist expert Casey Ryback. However, his image became tarnished when both On Deadly Ground (1994, which he directed) and Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995) did poorly in theaters. During the later half of the 90s, he starred in three more theatrical films and a direct-to-video The Patriot. Aside from Exit Wounds (2001) and Half Past Dead (2002), his career shifted almost entirely to direct-to-video films (often low budget productions and shot in Europe or Asia). Between 1998 to 2009, he appeared in a total of 22 of these. At the age of 59, he finally returned to the big screen as Torrez in the 2010 film Machete. He is also a recording artist and guitarist and the founder of Steven Seagal Enterprises. In addition to his professional achievements, he is also known as an environmentalist, an animal rights activist and a supporter of the 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso, and the Tibetan independence movement.
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Filmography
89 movies · 14 TV shows, newest first
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Order of the Dragon
2026
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The Time I Almost Met Steven Seagal
2025
9.0
In the Name of Justice
2024
8.4
The Art of Action
2020
5.2
Beyond the Law
2019
6.0
Hot!
2019
3.9
General Commander
2019
4.4
Attrition
2018
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Steven Seagal & Samuel Kwok Martial Arts Seminar
2018
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Zhara Music Awards
2018
3.0
Kadyrov, The Dictator of Chechnya
2018
5.3
China Salesman
2017
4.9
Killing Salazar
2017
4.5
Contract to Kill
2016
4.5
End of a Gun
2016
3.7
The Perfect Weapon
2016
7.0
Ramez is Playing With Fire
2016
3.9
The Asian Connection
2016
4.1
Code of Honor
2016
4.3
Sniper: Special Ops
2016
4.6
Absolution
2015
6.5
The Real Miyagi
2015
4.1
Gutshot Straight
2014
4.8
A Good Man
2014
8.0
The Joe Show
2014
4.6
Force of Execution
2014
5.3
Dead Drop
2013
6.0
Angel of Death
2013
6.2
Violence of Action
2012
5.0
Maximum Conviction
2012
5.9
Blood Alley
2012
5.0
One Shot, One Life
2012
5.4
Vengeance is Mine
2012
5.2
Urban Warfare
2012
5.1
Death Riders
2011
3.8
Sheep Impact
2011
5.7
Dark Vengeance
2011
3.5
Payback
2011
5.9
True Justice
2011
6.0
Street Wars
2011
5.3
Lethal Justice
2011
5.4
Deadly Crossing
2010
4.6
Born to Raise Hell
2010
6.3
Machete
2010
5.0
A Dangerous Man
2009
5.4
Steven Seagal: Lawman
2009
5.0
The Keeper
2009
5.0
Driven to Kill
2009
7.5
How to Blow Up a Helicopter (Ayako's Story)
2009
3.9
Against the Dark
2009
4.6
Kill Switch
2008
6.1
The Onion Movie
2008
5.8
Projectorparishilton
2008
5.5
Pistol Whipped
2008
5.1
Urban Justice
2007
4.1
Flight of Fury
2007
4.2
Attack Force
2006
4.3
Shadow Man
2006
4.4
Mercenary for Justice
2006
4.2
Black Dawn
2006
4.5
Into the Sun
2005
5.8
Dragon Squad
2005
4.4
Today You Die
2005
4.7
Submerged
2005
6.0
The Friday Night Project
2005
4.5
Out of Reach
2004
3.2
Clementine
2004
5.5
Belly of the Beast
2003
4.1
Out for a Kill
2003
4.9
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
4.0
The Foreigner
2003
5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
5.2
Half Past Dead
2002
5.9
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
2002
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The Making of Exit Wounds
2002
8.4
The Unbeatable Bruce Lee
2001
3.7
Ticker
2001
5.9
Exit Wounds
2001
5.3
Aikido: The Path Beyond Thought
2001
4.9
Prince of Central Park
2000
6.5
Get Bruce!
1999
5.6
The Patriot
1998
5.4
My Giant
1998
5.8
Fire Down Below
1997
4.3
Taff
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Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997
10.0
Love in Hollywood
1996
5.4
The Glimmer Man
1996
8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
6.4
Executive Decision
1996
5.9
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
1995
5.2
On Deadly Ground
1994
6.3
Under Siege
1992
5.4
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
6.2
Out for Justice
1991
6.1
Marked for Death
1990
6.0
Hard to Kill
1990
8.5
Celebrity Guide to Wine
1990
6.1
Above the Law
1988
6.1
Never Say Never Again
1983
5.9
The Challenge
1982
6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975
7.0
The Oscars
1953