Biography
Stephen Seagal is rightfully considered one of the most popular Actors of Hollywood. Also in different years he acted as a screenwriter, a film producer, director, musician. The basis of his career laid the achievements in the field of martial arts, and the high ideals sent stars in a peaceful direction, where he showed himself an active defender of the environment.Childhood and youth
Stephen Sigal was born on April 10, 1952 in the American city Lansing, Michigan. According to some information, his father, a teacher of mathematics, was a Jew for nationality, and the mother is Irish. Grandma and Grandfather of the boy, being Jews, moved to America from St. Petersburg and reduced the surname from Sigelman (Siegelman) to Sigal.
As a child, Stephen was told that one of his ancestors was Mongol, but in fact he could be with the same success Kalmyk or Buryat.
Sigall had 4 children: Stephen, his older sister and two younger. In 1957, the family of the future actor moved to Fullerton. From early childhood, the boy was given on Karate. At the age of 15, he was the most typical teenager who participated in every fight in the city.
Fortunately, at that time Sigal met Cesi Isisaki, Master Aikido, who then was the main teacher at Aikikai School next to Los Angeles. The young man entered the study for Isisaka and soon achieved success.
At 17, Stephen decided to go to Japan to improve sports progress. In 1974, the young karate was the owner of the 1st Dana. A year later, he became the first of its kind an American who discovered the Dodze in Japan - Aikido School. The philosophy of teaching oriental martial arts from Sigala was simple: he taught what it would be effectively in a fight on the street.
Films
In 1982, in Japan, the first time took part in the cinema. Stephen invited the Master Cando on the shooting of the film "Challenge" as a specialist in Japanese fencing. There he set a number of scenes of battle on the sword of Katana. In 1983, the master transported school to Los Angeles. From Japan, Sigal called a personal assistant. Thus, Stephen began to popularize the Martial Arts School in America, which is still working.In 1986, Stephen Sigal coached Mike Ovitsa, head of the agency "Talented Artists". At that time, Mike was one of the most influential people in Hollywood. He suggested a young director Andrew Davis to write a script specifically for the cigala, which was presented by Ovic, managing film companies Warner Brothers.
In 1987, an athlete for 10 minutes in a film studio demonstrated combat skills. This "show" turned out to be so bright that the Warner Brothers leadership immediately decided to shoot Sigala in the film "Above the Law." I made an impression on the producers and the appearance of a combat master: the bright features of the face were harmoniously combined with the figure of the present giant (with an increase in 193 cm, the weight of the actor was 102 kg).
The film with a small budget ($ 7 million) was still successful. And the hero of Stephen Niko Tuscany was loved by the audience. His young wife played the future star Hollywood Sharon Stone. The popularity of the picture was also due to the fact that the facts were present in the scenario from the life of Sigala. After the first film, offers from other film companies and producers.
After 2 years, the artist appeared in the lead role of the criminal militant of "death in spite of". In this tape, Stephen first appeared with his hair collected in the tail, which subsequently became its constant way.
The actor starred in the militant "in the siege", known and under a different name - "Capture". The picture was partially based on real events, that's just the existing ship "Missouri" in reality, on which the lion's share of events occurs, the ship was replaced by the ship called "Alabama".
In 1994, a man still tried to change the role and became the film director "in the deadly danger."
A year later, Stephen left a footprint on the famous Hollywood alley in Los Angeles. In the films "Patriot" and "Fire from the Underworld", he decided to move a little from the image of Superman, which "one left" kills bad guys. In these film stations, an environmental theme is affected, and the hero struggles for the environment.
When shooting, the tape "shimmering" Seagal has already shown the spiritual side of its development. He did not want the scene to be included in the film, where his hero, Detective Jack Cole, kills the antagonist, and therefore convinced the authors to move it in such a way where the enemy remains alive, but as a result, they still preferred the initial version.
In 1998, the actor deepened to Buddhism. The reincarnation of the famous teacher of Buddhism Chorden Dorje was recognized in the monastery of Palidul. However, to continue spiritual practices, Stephen was supposed to stop filming in films where death and violence. The actor did this, breaking contracts. For 3 years fell out of the media life, but in 2000 returned to cinema.
In 2001 there was a scandal. Julius Nasso, who previously performed by Stephen's partner in the movie business, presented an actor for $ 60 million per failure of contracts. Seagal filed a counterclaim, indicating that some crime structure extorts $ 150 thousand for each film. It turned out to be true, and in June 2002, 17 people from the mafia clan were arrested.
Judicial charges walked the actor's wallet very much, so he had to return to the show business. In 2001, 2 films appeared with him - "Through Eats" and "Clock Mechanism".
It is curious that Stephen Seagal 9 times during the cinematic biography, from 1995 to 2003, was nominated for the antipremia "Golden Malina" as the "worst director", "worst actor", "The worst actor of the second plan", as well as for the "worst movie "And the" worst song ". True, this ambiguous prize received a famous actor only once, becoming the "worst director" of the film "In the deadly danger".
For several years, Stephen was filmed in films that did not appear on wide screens, and remained in the video rental. The actor tried to regain his former glory, but his time seemed to have already passed. After that, in the filmography of the artist, a bold project Ruslan appeared, where part of the cast was represented by Russian actors, Stephen's character wore the name Ruslan Drachev, and some heroes actively used Russian abnormative speech.
In 2010, the performer played the role of cruel drug defense in the film "Machete" of the famous director Robert Rodriguez. Together with Stephen, performers of Lindsay Lohan, Jessica Alba and Robert de Niro appeared on the screen.
After some time, the views of the artist again appealed to the east. He divided the key party with the legendary champion of Mike Tyson and the actor Itan Lebea "Chinese seller" of the Chinese production.
Music
Stephen Seagal has talent not only for martial arts. It is known that the addiction cigala to music. In his youth, he became interested in blues, and this passion remained with him for life. Moreover, a man considers himself primarily a musician, and the movie for him is only a hobby.
The first album of the artist saw the light in 2005 and was called Songs from the Crystal Cave. A year later, the second - Mojopriest, who received recognition from blues admirers. According to journalists of the Big City Blues edition, the "exceptional" guitarist, as well as the "distinctive and talented musician".
In one interview in the status of a citizen of the Russian Federation, Seall admitted that the game in the movie was always for him in the second plan. He dreamed that his children and students were proud of them primarily as a musician and master of martial arts.
The musical career of the artist continued in Russia. In the collaboration with Emin Stephen, the joint track of Boogie Man was recorded, in the clip to which not only vocals demonstrated, but also brilliant guitar skills.
Another interesting duet was born at the International Music Festival "Heat 2019" together Gregory Leps Sigal fulfilled the Music composition.
In Russia
In 2016, he recalled his story with the movement of the ancestors of the actor from Russia. Stephen not once confessed in love for this country, stating that he had Russian roots. He repeatedly crossed with the president, and the moment came when Vladimir Putin personally signed a decree on the provision of citizenship of Russia.The artist immediately became a media person. He visited Andrei Malakhov's program "Let them talk!", Where she opened some secrets of his life. The touching moment was the meeting of Sigala with the star of the show of children's talents "Best of all!" 6-year-old Cratist Polyna, who has already managed to become a three-time world champion at its age.
At the turn of 2016 and 2017, Stephen starred in the MegaFon mobile network advertising. In one of the rollers, he faced the face with the company "Gopnik" under the leadership of Dmitry Nagiyev. In another video dedicated to the relevant problem of standing in traffic jams, Igor Cucumbers became a partner of Hollywood superstar.
Having received citizenship, actively led in Russia. At the end of 2016, the actor became the co-founder of the Russian Fair Fair LLC, which is engaged in retailing food, beverages and tobacco products. But because of the high employment, the artist came out of this business in early 2017. Among other things, he advised the Russian fighters of MMA, helping this kind of martial arts to enter a different level of popularity.
Found from the actor and Belarusian roots. According to him, he had long dreamed of visiting the Republic of Belarus and to get acquainted personally with President Alexander Lukashenko. In the same 2016, his dream was realized. Sigal looked to visit Lukashenko in his residence in the "Drozda" and allocated vegetables from the personal garden of the head of state.
After receiving Russian citizenship, Stephen began to spend a lot of time on the territory of the Russian Federation. In the summer of 2018, Hollywood actor received a position in the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was appointed Special Representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry on the Humanitarian Relations of Russia and the United States. The post prompted the star seriously to study the Russian language, the artist considered it necessary to resort to the help of a tutor.
During a visit to the International Film Festival "Meridian of the Pacific", which annually passes in Vladivostok, Stephen Seagal expressed a desire to head the Primorsky Krai as the governor. The actor made such a statement after the cancellation in the election results in the region, which took place at the beginning of the fall. But Russian legislation did not allow Sigue as the owner of dual citizenship to run for such a responsible post.
Sigal was headed by Stephen Sigal Group, which was engaged in regulating the activities of concert halls, theaters, Music Halls, develops its own network of ticket office.
The artist acquired real estate in Russia, he owns houses in the Krasnodar Territory and Moscow, but the bulk of the time lives with his family in the capital.
Personal life
In the 70s in Japan, Sigal met the girl named Miyako Fujitani. She became the first wife of the actor and gave birth to him daughter and son (Aaco and Kentaro). Their family life lasted until 1987. In 1984, being married, the actor re-married. His chosen was the actress and model Adrienne Laroussa. Later, this marriage was canceled by the court decision.
The scandal could not not affect the relationship of Sigala with the first wife, with which he also went away. However, in bachelors went for a short time. Personal life Actor managed to establish in Japan. He met there with the Third Woman, Kelly Lebok, who gave him three children. The woman could not be married, because Stephen believed that the wife in the house should only cook, give birth to children and silence.
In 1994, the couple divorced due to the fact that the actor fell in love with Nanja his own children Arissu Wulf, who was 16 years old at that time. Arms gave him daughter Savannah. And in 2006, the famous actor became grandfather - a boy appeared in the family of his son Kentaro.
At one American television show, Stephen Sigal suddenly presented the public a new wife and a small son, which before that few people knew. The actor at that time was married to Erdenetuaa Batsuk for 3 years, and their son was marching a year and 2 months. With the current wife, Stephen met during a trip to Mongolia.
The son of Chet Sigallov called Kunzan. The actor gladly accommodates photo of children in a personal "instagram", but does not forget to demonstrate subscribers and footage from favorite movies.
Stephen Cigal now
The saturated creative career of the artist largely depended on the living mind and the active life position of Stephen, who remain so now.Seagal continues to develop a versatile. In the spring of 2021, he joined the party "Fair Russia - for the truth" and immediately at a meeting of the Chamber of Deputies of the Party presented its bill. Its essence lies in the fact that citizens convicted of environmental pollution should be imprisoned and in some cases deprivable positions.
Does not leave the star and acting profession and does not stop replenishing the filmography. The artist began to work on the role in the continuation of the movie "Above the Law", which was at one time his business card.
Filmography
- 1988 - "Above the Law"
- 1994 - "In the deadly danger"
- 1996 - "ordered to destroy"
- 2001 - "Clock mechanism"
- 2003 - "Foreign"
- 2005 - "Limit Depth"
- 2007 - "City Justice"
- 2009 - "The Last Hope of Humanity"
- 2010 - "Machete"
- 2010 - "Born to win"
- 2014 - "Double Game"
- 2016 - "Sniper: Special Countess"
- 2016 - "Kill Contract"
- 2017 - "Chinese Seller"
- 2019 - "Out of Law"
- 2019 - "Heat"
Discography
- 2005 - Songs from the Crystal Cave
- 2006 - Mojo Priest