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Steven Seagal

Highest Rated: 83% Under Siege (1992)

Lowest Rated: 0% Contract to Kill (2016)

Birthday: Apr 10, 1952

Birthplace: Lansing, Michigan, USA

In his 1990s heyday as an action film hero, Steven Seagal's martial arts prowess and earnest social agenda briefly gave competitors like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone a run for their money. However by the end of the decade, Seagal had lost his studio deal with Warner Bros. and was relegated to the world of low budget, direct-to-video films, where he remained in obscurity until he resurfaced in "Steven Seagal: Lawman" (A&E, 2009-14), a reality show that followed the 59-year-old's adventures as a volunteer law enforcement agent. It was hardly a surprising development for an actor who had spent his career enthusiastically aligning himself with his screen characters, adopting their noble adventures as his own and creating a mythical personal background that included wild claims about involvement with covert U.S. government operations and a familiarity with Brooklyn street life. While his arrogance and bravado well-served the Saturday night movie crowd who cheered the justice-seeker to victory in hits like "Hard to Kill" (1990) and "Under Siege" (1992), the hulking, ponytailed actor burned more than a few bridges in show business. Unrelenting bad reviews for his acting, his storyline contributions, and his directorial debut "On Deadly Ground" (1994) - as well as changing tide in audience taste - all contributed to a career stall by the late 1990s. Instead of wasting time lamenting his lost glory days, the 6'4" actor donned an actual badge and took to the streets where he could continue fulfilling his self-image as a mythical man of honor.

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Highest rated movies

83% 62% Under Siege
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72% 45% Get Bruce!
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70% 63% Machete
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62% 53% Executive Decision
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50% 48% Above the Law
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35% 38% Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
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34% 45% Exit Wounds
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33% 47% Hard to Kill
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27% 50% Marked for Death
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23% 53% Out for Justice
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 15% Beyond the Law Augustino 'Finn' Adair (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet 20% General Commander Jake Alexander (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet 50% Attrition Axe (Character),
Screenwriter,
Producer
- 2018
13% 34% China Salesman Lauder (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet 1000 Hands of the Guru Self - 2016
No Score Yet 12% Killing Salazar John Harrison (Character),
Producer
- 2016
0% 25% Contract to Kill John Harmon (Character),
Producer
- 2016
No Score Yet 15% The Perfect Weapon The Director (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet 17% End of a Gun Decker (Character),
Producer
- 2016
No Score Yet 18% The Asian Connection Gan Sirankiri (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet 27% Code of Honor Robert Sikes (Character),
Executive Producer
- 2016
No Score Yet 15% Sniper: Special Ops Jake (Character),
Executive Producer
- 2016
No Score Yet 26% Absolution John Alexander (Character),
Producer
- 2015
No Score Yet 80% The Real Miyagi Self - 2015
No Score Yet 25% Gutshot Straight Paulie Trunks (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet 23% A Good Man Alexander (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet 17% Force of Execution Thomas Douglas (Character),
Producer
- 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dead Drop Elijah Kane (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet 26% Maximum Conviction Tom Steele (Character),
Producer
- 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Angel of Death Elijah Kane (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet True Justice : Blood Alley Elijah Kane (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Violence of Action Elijah Kane (Character) $963.7K 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Street Wars Elijah Kane (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet One Shot, One Life Elijah Kane (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Vengeance Is Mine Elijah Kane (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet 66% Like Water Self - 2011
No Score Yet 0% True Justice: Urban Warfare Elijah Kane (Character),
Screenwriter
- 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dark Vengeance Elijah Kane (Character),
Screenwriter
- 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Deadly Crossing Elijah Kane (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 17% Lethal Justice Elijah Kane (Character),
Screenwriter
- 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Brotherhood Elijah Kane (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 24% Born to Raise Hell Samuel Axel (Character),
Screenwriter,
Producer
- 2010
70% 63% Machete Torrez (Character) $26.6M 2010
No Score Yet 26% The Keeper Roland (Character),
Producer
- 2009
No Score Yet 27% A Dangerous Man Shane Daniels (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet 26% Driven to Kill Ruslan (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet 11% Against the Dark Tao (Character),
Producer
- 2009
No Score Yet 16% Kill Switch Jacob (Character),
Writer,
Executive Producer
- 2008
No Score Yet 46% The Onion Movie Cock Puncher (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 28% Pistol Whipped Matt Conlin (Character),
Producer
- 2008
No Score Yet 39% Urban Justice Simon (Character),
Producer
- 2007
No Score Yet 24% Flight of Fury John Sands (Character),
Screenwriter
- 2007
No Score Yet 27% Mercenary for Justice John Seeger (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet 20% Attack Force Cmdr. Marshall Lawson (Character),
Screenwriter,
Producer
- 2006
No Score Yet 29% Shadow Man Jack Foster (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet 40% Dragon Squad Executive Producer - 2005
No Score Yet 22% Black Dawn Black Dawn (Character),
Producer
- 2005
No Score Yet 44% Today You Die Harlan Banks (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 24% Submerged Chris Cody (Character),
Executive Producer
- 2005
No Score Yet 27% Into the Sun Travis Hunter (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 21% Out of Reach William Lansing (Character),
Executive Producer
- 2004
No Score Yet 23% Clementine Unknown (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet 35% Belly of the Beast Jake Hopper (Character),
Producer
- 2003
No Score Yet 89% Words of My Perfect Teacher Self - 2003
No Score Yet 26% Out for a Kill Professor Robert Burns (Character) - 2003
0% 26% The Foreigner Jonathan Cold (Character) - 2003
3% 37% Half Past Dead Sascha Petrosevitch (Character),
Producer
$15.4M 2002
No Score Yet 19% Ticker Frank Glass (Character) - 2001
34% 45% Exit Wounds Orin Boyd (Character) $51.8M 2001
72% 45% Get Bruce! Self $43.2K 1999
20% 35% Prince of Central Park Producer $5.8K 1999
20% 31% The Patriot Dr. Wesley McClaren (Character),
Producer
- 1998
21% 25% My Giant Self $8.0M 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Not Even the Trees Producer - 1998
14% 36% Fire Down Below Jack Taggart (Character),
Producer
$16.1M 1997
62% 53% Executive Decision Lt. Col. Austin Travis (Character) $55.7M 1996
11% 38% The Glimmer Man Lt. Jack Cole (Character),
Producer
$20.4M 1996
35% 38% Under Siege 2: Dark Territory Casey Ryback (Character),
Producer
$46.9M 1995
14% 35% On Deadly Ground Forrest Taft (Character),
Director,
Producer
$36.0M 1994
83% 62% Under Siege Casey Ryback (Character),
Producer
$82.3M 1992
23% 53% Out for Justice Det. Gino Felino (Character),
Producer
$36.8M 1991
33% 47% Hard to Kill Mason Storm (Character) $46.6M 1990
27% 50% Marked for Death John Hatcher (Character),
Producer
$43.1M 1990
50% 48% Above the Law Nico Toscani (Character),
Producer
$18.6M 1988

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Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Steven Seagal Lawman Producer,
Self,
Executive Producer
2009-2010 2014
No Score Yet 17% True Justice Elijah Kane (Character),
Executive Producer,
Writer
2011-2012
No Score Yet 42% Jimmy Kimmel Live! Guest 2009 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Bonnie Hunt Show Guest 2010
76% 78% Roseanne Himself (Guest Star) 1996
No Score Yet 57% Saturday Night Live Host 1991