Steven Frederic Seagal is an American actor, producer, screenwriter, martial artist, and musician who also holds Serbian and Russian citizenship. He is a 7th-dan black belt in aikido, he began his adult life as a martial arts instructor in Japan. He has released two studio albums, Songs from the Crystal Cave and Mojo Priest, and performed on the scores of several of his films. SeagAL is a known environmentalist, animal rights activist, and supporter of 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso.
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Steven Frederic Seagal is an American actor, producer, screenwriter, martial artist, and musician who also holds Serbian and Russian citizenship. He is a 7th-dan black belt in aikido, he began his adult life as a martial arts instructor in Japan. He has released two studio albums, Songs from the Crystal Cave and Mojo Priest, and performed on the scores of several of his films. In 2018, he was appointed Russia’s special envoy to the U.S. He was granted Russian citizenship in 2016. From 1996 to 2018, multiple women accused SeagAl of sexual harassment or assault. He once referred to Vladimir Putin as \”one of the great living world leaders\”. He has worked with Stevie Wonder and Tony Rebel, who both performed on his debut album. In 1987, he appeared with director Andrew Davis on his first film, Above the Law. In 1992, he achieved mainstream success with the release of Under Siege, which reunited him with director Davis. He also hosted the late night variety show Saturday Night Live on April 18, 1991. He currently lives in Los Angeles, California, with his wife and two children. He and his wife have a daughter, Ayako, and a son, Kentaro, who was born in 1998. SeagAL is a known environmentalist, animal rights activist, and supporter of 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso. In 2011, he helped train Brazilian Mixed Martial Artist Lyoto Machida for the UFC 129 fight at UFC 129 in May 2011.
In 2012, he became the first foreigner to operate an aikado dojo in the country. He appeared in the film Hard to Kill, Marked for Death, and Outed for Justice; all of which were box office hits, making him an action hero. In 2013, he starred in the action film The Expendables 3; he also appeared in several other films, including Under Siege and Under Siege 2. In 2014, he played Navy SEAL counter-terrorist expert Casey Ryback in Under Siege 3. In 2015, he had a role in the movie Under Siege 4; he had previously appeared in two other films in the 1990s, including the direct-to-video film The Patriot. In 2016, he co-hosted a reality show, Steven Seagals Lawman, which depicted his duties as a reserve deputy sheriff. In the show, he also played the role of a sheriff’s deputy in Taos, New Mexico, where they opened a dojo, although he spent much of his time pursuing other ventures. In 2017, he returned to Taos with a student, Craig Dunn, to run the dojo until the two parted ways in 1997. In 2008, he moved to Los Angeles with senior student Haruo Matsuoka. In 2009, he opened a new dojo with Haruo, which the two ran until the latter ran out of money. In 2010, he and Haruo parted ways, with the latter running it until he ran it for another year.
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