Birth of Steven Seagal

Steven Seagal was born on 10 April 1952 in Lansing. An American actor, martial artist and producer, Seagal is a long-time practitioner of aikido and was reportedly the first foreigner to run an aikido dojo in Japan. He became an action film star with Above the Law in 1988 and followed it with Hard to Kill, Marked for Death and Under Siege, which was his biggest commercial success. In later years most of his films were released directly to video. He is also a blues guitarist and has released albums. In 2016 he was granted Russian citizenship by President Vladimir Putin, and he later took on a role as a Russian government envoy for humanitarian ties with the United States.

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