jeanclaude van damme was born on a boat
 controversies  lawsuit and fight record controversy in 1997 frank dux the martial artist whom van damme portrayed in bloodsport filed a lawsuit against van damme for 50000 for cowriting and consultation work dux did on the 1996 film the quest
 public image and influence in the frenchspeaking world van damme is well known  and often mocked  for the picturesque aphorisms that he delivers on a wide range of topics personal wellbeing spirituality the environment women dogs his ability to crack walnuts with his buttocks his realization that christianity is flawed based on the fact that snakes are nice and apples contain pectin which is anticholesterol etc