Steven Seagal

Steven Seagal (born April 10, 1951) is an action movie actor and a 7th dan black belt in Aikido.

Filmography

• Above the Law. (aka "Nico") (1988) - Blockbuster police drama directed by Andrew Davis.
• Hard to Kill (1990) - Playing a cop out for vengeance. (He later married costar Kelly LeBrock.)
• Marked for Death (1990) - Playing a retired DEA agent who returns to his hometown, to find an evil drug lord in charge.
• Out for Justice (1991) - Playing one of two childhood rivals fighting over old grievances. This is also his first credit as a producer.
• Under Siege (1992) - Another Andrew Davis movie, about a cook who prevents nuclear armageddon. This was his most successful movie.
• On Deadly Ground (1994) - A movie in which he befriends an Indian tribe and fights against an evil oil company. This is Seagal's directorial debut; he also produced. However, the movie underperformed at the box office and damaged his career.
• ' (1995) - Seagal returns as Casey Ryback, this time out to foil a mad scientist who tries to hijack a satellite weapon. He also produced this movie.
• Executive Decision (1996) - Playing the head of an elite military team that must stop a plane carrying a nerve-gas bomb.
• The Glimmer Man (1996) - Playing a detective who must find a serial killer.
• Fire Down Below (1997) - Playing a hard-hitting EPA agent investigating a mine in Kentucky. He also produced this film.
• The Patriot (1998) - Playing a Canadian who foils an evil, virus-releasing militia. He produced this film also.
• The Prince of Central Park (2000) - Credited as producer.
• Exit Wounds (2001) - Playing a tough urban detective
• Ticker (2001) - Playing the leader of a bomb squad.
• Half Past Dead (2002) - Playing an FBI agent.
• The Foreigner (2003) - Political intrigue and scandal plague Seagal's character in this film. Known as "The Package" in production
• Out for a Kill (2003) - Playing an archaeologist who avenges the death of his wife. Oblowitz directs.
• Belly of the Beast (2003) - Direct to video release with Seagal copying some of his best known films.
• Out of Reach (2004) - Seagal and his stunt double attempt to save a kidnapped girl.
• Clementine (2004 - Guest stars in this Korean martial arts film.
• Unititled Onion Project (unreleased as of 2005) - Guest stars in a spoof of himself by the makers of The Onion.
• Into the Sun (2005) - Seagal in fights the Yakuza in another direct to video release shot in Japan.
• Submerged (2005)- Playing a mercenary who must fight terrorists
• Today You Die (2005) - Seagal plays a former thief who is trying to go straight and seeks vengeance on those who framed him
• Black Dawn (2005)- Seagal returns as John Cold in this continuation of "Foreigner" franchise.
• Mercenary (2005)- Seagal plays John Seeger, a mercenary who is on a mission that threatens the lives of his family, and will break into a European prison to free a drug lord's son to save them.
• Shadows of the Sun (2006) Seagal plays an intelligence agent just after World War Two who runs a medical clinic in Japan (currently being filmed).