Actors similar to Steven Seagal and Jean-Claude-Van-Damme?

I was just wondering cause I actually enjoy their acting escapades, even if the most I've ever watched is "Knock Off in 10 minutes" and a bunch of dumb clips.

Oh yeah I watched Mercenary for Justice, oh MAN!!

so YEAH help a duder out, (I shall hear no mention of that guy from starship troopers.)

Chuck Norris, Dolph Lundgren, any number of professional wrestlers trying to act

Steven Seagal or Van Damme don't go in the same sentence as the word acting unless it contains the phrase 'is a terrible' in front of it.

Anyways, No Holds Barred just came out on DVD, so go check that out. Its a campy action movie with terrible acting (I mean Hulk Hogan IS the main character) that is fun to make fun of it because it actually took it seriously.

@SomeDeliCook said:

Steven Seagal or Van Damme don't go in the same sentence as the word acting unless it contains the phrase 'is a terrible' in front of it.

Anyways, No Holds Barred just came out on DVD, so go check that out. Its a campy action movie with terrible acting (I mean Hulk Hogan IS the main character) that is fun to make fun of it because it actually took it seriously.

Steven Seagal is a terrible acting?

If you want some prime Seagal I'd suggest watching stuff like Under Seige, Out for Justice and Hard to Kill if you want his legitimately good stuff. I'm not as familiar with JCVD but Sudden Death is pretty good. Similar but inferior actors are probably Chuck Norris, Dolph Lundgren, Jackie Chan and I guess the modern equivalent would be Jason Statham.

For JCVD in his prime, see Blood Sport and Kickboxer.

@Ramone said:

@SomeDeliCook said:

Steven Seagal or Van Damme don't go in the same sentence as the word acting unless it contains the phrase 'is a terrible' in front of it.

Anyways, No Holds Barred just came out on DVD, so go check that out. Its a campy action movie with terrible acting (I mean Hulk Hogan IS the main character) that is fun to make fun of it because it actually took it seriously.

Steven Seagal is a terrible acting?

Oh god damnit

Also checkout Wrong Side of Town. It has Batista and Rob Van Dam (no relation) the wrestlers. Its a terrible movie all around, even the action is abysmal, but the active is still laughable enough to watch.

You can also watch some of Stone Cold's movies too, most specifically The Condemned.

Jeff Speakman springs to mind.

Not that Van Damme isn't great, but he's much better than Segal. I think Segal is one of the top worst actors I've ever seen, and I know a lot. Even in his best films some of the stuff he does is just so hilarious. Also, he looks like a diaper. It's weird.

From what I've heard, the movie JCVD is legitimately good.

@PenguinDust said:

Jeff Speakman springs to mind.

thank you, saved me hours on google trying to remember his name.

he went out pretty fast, but they wanted to make this guy another van damme.

to add, Schwarzenegger's Commando is along the same lines.

The cast of the Expendables movies.

Sonny Chiba

Nowadays, Jason Statham.

@TheJohn said:

For JCVD in his prime, see Blood Sport and Kickboxer.

No Cyborg? I used to love that movie, as terrible as it was lol

What a crazy idea for a thread.

My favorite Van Damme is Sudden Death because it's so dumb. Same with Hard to Kill for Seagal. The training/recuperation scene in Hard to Kill get me every time.

@ItBeStefYo: I must ask, have you read Vern's, I guess, manifesto on the seagal as a whole and his development as a person throughout his filmography? If not I highly suggest you do, it's beyond fantastic.

http://www.amazon.com/Seagalogy-Study-Ass-Kicking-Steven-Seagal/dp/1845769279

@ArtisanBreads:

lol That was pretty good. I never got into Seagal since I started taking Aikido as a pre-teen and he wasn't looked upon as a very beneficial asset to the philosophy. I did like him in the jet infiltration scene in Executive Decision, though. Some of his best acting ever. ;)

@TheJohn said:

For JCVD in his prime, see Blood Sport and Kickboxer.

The Quest is a cool movie like a Tekken Tournament movie.

Something about Steven Seagals face makes me want to punch it to a pulp

@ArtisanBreads: My favourite thing about this scene is the way it stops half-way through for a sex scene...and then goes back into a training montage.

The sex-scene is barely signalled by the movie either. I mean, obviously you know it's coming because that's how films work, but they normally do a little bit more to show that the people might have some kind of attraction to each other, apart from creeping on the coma patient.

PS Universal Soldier

@Grimhild said:

@TheJohn said:

For JCVD in his prime, see Blood Sport and Kickboxer.

No Cyborg? I used to love that movie, as terrible as it was lol

Yeah, Cyborg was pretty good, wasn't it? Not Kickboxer punching-the-fuck-outta-people-with-broken-glass-on-his-knuckles kinda good, but still good.

Reb Brown springs to mind

Also a fair share of his movies got stuck on youtube.

@EarlessShrimp said:

@ItBeStefYo: I must ask, have you read Vern's, I guess, manifesto on the seagal as a whole and his development as a person throughout his filmography? If not I highly suggest you do, it's beyond fantastic.

http://www.amazon.com/Seagalogy-Study-Ass-Kicking-Steven-Seagal/dp/1845769279

Fuck yes, I'm currently reading through this for the second time. Genuinely one of my favourite books.

@moffattron9000 said:

Reb Brown springs to mind

Also a fair share of his movies got stuck on youtube.

"HAAA. HAAA."

Boy, that acting is real special.

Those two are my least favorite action movie stars. I freaking hate them and their movies.

I'd add Wesley Snipes to the list, though he has been in some legitimatly good movies and definitely has more versatility then Steven Seagal and JCVD.

@thomasnash said:

@ArtisanBreads: My favourite thing about this scene is the way it stops half-way through for a sex scene...and then goes back into a training montage.

The sex-scene is barely signalled by the movie either. I mean, obviously you know it's coming because that's how films work, but they normally do a little bit more to show that the people might have some kind of attraction to each other, apart from creeping on the coma patient.

PS Universal Soldier

haha yeah seriously what a creep that girl is.

Also I love Seagal's crazy fake beard he has in the coma.

@LD50 said:

Sonny Chiba

Isnt he one of the rappers in Camp Lo?

Kirk Cameron

There's no one like JCVD.

If you're looking for a good time filled with broken arms, Taken with Liam Neeson should suffice. Look it up.

@ItBeStefYo said:

@LD50 said:

Sonny Chiba

Isnt he one of the rappers in Camp Lo?

He's the Japanese Chuck Norris.

The Street Fighter (preview):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNomgiorr-U

Brandon Lee(RIP)

@ItBeStefYo: Brandon Lee (besides The Crow) was pretty much known as a B-level action star. If you want the hilarious jokes taken care of for you, check this out.

Marked for Death is easily the best Seagal movie. 90 mins of Keith David and Seagal laying waste to voodoo worshipping, drug trafficking Jamaicans.

I can't believe that nobody remembers Michael Dudikoff. The American Ninja series has always been one of the greatest bad movie series of all time.

@RandomHero666 said:

Something about Steven Seagals face makes me want to punch it to a pulp

You would fail at that task sir, miserably.