Steven Seagal biography
Steven Frederic Seagal is a Michigan born Hollywood actor who is best known for his 1992 movie titled Under Siege or his mastery of Aikido. He was born in Lansing, Michigan, on April 10, 1952, to the family of Samuel Seagal, a high school mathematics teacher (the father who lived from 1928 to 1991) and Patricia Anne, a medical nurse Patricia (the mother who lived from 1930 to 2003).
His mother’s ancestry is traceable to Dutch, English, and German origin, while his father was the son of Russian Jews who had relocated to the U.S. back in the days.
Steven Seagal Career
Seagal began his acting career in 1988 starring in the popular movie dubbed Above the Law
The act initiated his martial arts training at the tender age of seven under the supervision of well-known karate instructor and author Fumio Demura, and in the 1960s he debuted his aikido training in Orange County, CA, under the instruction of Harry Ishisaka.
At the age of 17, Steven traveled to Japan to teach English. He bagged several black belts in martial arts to his name and choreographed movie fight scenes for big actors such as Sean Connery.
Seagal spent a total of 15 years in Asia continent, studying Eastern philosophy and occasionally choreographing martial arts fight scenes in movies, he has equally worked with stars like Sean Connery and Toshiro Mifune.
On returning to the United States, he opened a martial arts learning center and became a bodyguard for some celebrities like Kelly LeBrock and Hollywood agent Michael Ovitz.
LeBrock later became Seagal’s wife while Ovitz helped him churn out imteresting films for Warner Bros.
Apart from being an actor, Steven is also a musician, guitarist with two studio albums already released to his name: Crystal Cave and Mojo PriestSeagal. He has also performed on many of his several films.
In line with his chosen singing career, he has worked with Stevie Wonder and Tony Rebel, both of whom jointly performed on his debut album.
Steven Seagal’s Sexual life and controversy
The Martial artist and action movie actor has been associated with what could be said to be rumours in his lifetime.
A notable abuse was accused by Kayden Nguyen, a 23-year-old former model, who filed a $1 million sexual trafficking and sexual harassment lawsuit against the Screenwriter and Producer.
Her story goes that she was hired as an assistant, but then used her as his common sex slave when he wants.
Not only that, Two other women (Ray Charles’ granddaughter, Blair Robinson) have backed this statement in court by providing sworn declarations to assist Nguyen’s lawsuit against the alleged rapist.
Just like Nguyen, both women testified to have worked for Seagal but quit after he allegedly made inappropriate sexual advances at them.
On the contrary, his lawyer, Marty Singer, have come openly to refute what he called “absurd” accusations and went ahead to claim that the actor has “no knowledge of these women”
Steven Seagal net worth
Seagal is a multi-talented star. I mean that he is heavily gigted. Nevetheless, the actor seems to love a private life more because most of his earnings are not in the public domain for scrutiny.
He has so far released two albums in his music singing career already, money accrues from it.
He awaits income as a director, producer, and writer. He made his directorial debut in the 1994 movie On Deadly Ground, it hugely paid him.
All along, the actor has 49 credits as a producer.
Seagal’s first production project was the movie Above the Law. He has also served as a producer on the films Marked for Death, Out for Justice, Under Siege, and On Deadly Ground.
Steven’s highest-paying film is Under Siege, with total worldwide box office earnings of more than $155 million.
His other highest-paying films include Executive Decision, with more than $125 million in worldwide box office earnings, and Under Siege 2, with more than $105 million in worldwide box office revenue.
Steven Seagal Wife, Children
Seagal does not have all his children from one women. During his stay inJapan, he married his very first wife, Miyako Fujitani, the daughter of an aikido instructor. He and Fujitani together had a son, Kentaro Seagal, and a daughter, Ayako Fujitani.
At some point in his life, Seagal made a transition from Miyako back to the United States of America.
It was while in the US that he met the hot model and movie actress, Kelly LeBrock, with whom he began an affair which got Fujitani furious which led to granting him a divorce to move on with his new found love.
Again and making it the third affair, Seagal was reported to have briefly married to actress Adrienne La Russa in 1984, but that marriage did not hold water since his filed divorce had not yet been finalized as at the time.
At the beginning of 1987, LeBrock gave birth to Seagal’s daughter Annaliza. Seagal and LeBrock officially tied the knots in September 1987 and their son Dominic was given birth to in June 1990 afterwards while their daughter Arissa was born in 1993. The following year, Seagal received a divorce file from LeBrock over irreconcilable differences.
When Seagal visited Mongolia Elle seeved as his interpreter and he liked her, proposed to her and got her married. Erdenetuya Batsukh (Mongolian: Батсүхийн Эрдэнэтуяа) or Elle as she is widely known, have one son together with Steven named Kunzang.
Summarily, Seagal has seven children from four Wifes, and two grandchildren from his eldest son, Kentaro. In addition to his biological children, Seagal is the guardian of Yabshi Pan Rinzinwangmo, the only child of the 10th Panchen Lama of Tibet. When she studied in the United States, Seagal was her minder and bodyguard.
Steven Seagal Nationality
Your favourite man on the screen is a multi-national actor who holds United States (American), Russian and Serbian citizens rights.
Steven Seagal’s Awards & Recognitions
So far, this talented actor has been nominated in several awards but he has been able to win but a few. This include Razzie Award won in 1995 as the Worst Director.
Another popular award he bagged is the Bollywood Movie Award – Humanitarian Award in 1999.