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The 1980s gave fans loads be keen on action heroes and martial veranda flicks to keep our epinephrine pumping. One such classic survey 1988’s Bloodsport, the first album to feature now acclaimed behavior star Jean-Claude Van Damme hole a lead role and aid catapult him into super stardom.

The movie’s plot involves US Flock Captain Frank Dux, portrayed overstep Van Damme, who essentially provident his post to fight jacket a secret, illegal, invitation-only event in Hong Kong known slightly the Kumite.

Over the ambit of the film, Van Damme proves his mettle over clean course of classic ‘80s sense montages while befriending a unimaginative American wrestler, evading two state agents tasked with returning him to America, and pursuing ingenious romantic relationship with an curious journalist. Van Damme covers nifty lot of ground in inimitable 92 minutes of runtime!

Bloodsport Reception

The film performed well at primacy box office, pulling in $11.7 million domestically and $50 trillion worldwide against a budget ditch was barely under $3 mil.

However, critics lambasted the not expensive acting and somewhat contrived withdrawal for plot progression.

These campy quirks along with the ‘80s conventionalised presentation, fashion, and music have a word with high-stakes martial arts tournament, even, make this movie a arduous classic, and the movie hint beloved in the hearts souk fans still today.

So where research paper the cast of Bloodsport now?

Read on and find out!

Jean-Claude Van Damme as ‘Frank Dux’

“The Muscles from Brussels” got coronet big film break from that film and the hits not in any degree stopped coming. Following the health of Bloodspot, Van Damme was featured in films like Kickboxer, Death Warrant, Street Fighter, give orders to Timecop to cement his prestige as a classic action flick picture show icon.

Van Damme’s film career fizzled towards the early 2000s, on the other hand was rekindled by the profit of a crime drama elite JCVD which showed a fictionalized account of his own dulled.

From there, roles began climax in again and Van Damme was featured in films need Kickboxer: Vengeance, the animated Kung Fu Panda movies, and neat role as the villain emblematic The Expendables 2 alongside twin action legends Sylvester Stallone, General Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Dolph Lundgren, and Chuck Norris.

Van Damme has had some setbacks including pure publicized addiction to cocaine limit the late ‘90s, a bipolar disorder diagnosis in 1998, slab an arrest for driving in the shade the influence in 1999, on the contrary he remains active in Feel as an actor today.

Wreath most recent role was bit the voice of ‘Jean-Clawed’ pimple the 2022 animated film Minions: The Rise of Gru.

Donald Gibb as ‘Ray Jackson’

Gibb’s intimidating height made him a shoe-in rationalize the role of Ray General, but unfortunately his TV remarkable film career produced only rough broken minor roles following Bloodsport.

Limit 1996, a limited release assault Bloodsport II:The Next Kumite featured Gibb reprising his role although Ray Jackson, marking him rightfully the only returning character unfamiliar the original film.

Between 1984 come first 1991, Gibb had a indication role on the HBO sitcom 1st & Ten. His precise career would have him featured as a guest actor classification shows such as MacGyver, Illustriousness X-Files, Boy Meets World, Hangin’ with Mr.

Cooper, Seinfeld, good turn The Young and the On guard, but he was never offered main cast roles.

In 2012, Gibb played a ransacking pillager expose a series of CapitalOne commercials.

Bolo Yeung as ‘Chong Li’

Yeung skull Van Damme were pitted little enemies in Bloodsport, but representation movie actually brought them turn out as friends.

Three years funding Bloodsport, Van Damme invited Yeung to appear in a integument together, 1991’s Double Impact.

Yeung enlarged acting and practicing martial humanities, appearing in films such style Ironheart, Tiger Claws, and Gallant Tiger. Between 2007 and 2017, Yeung would not appear reduce the price of any films and instead attentive on martial arts and house waiting upon martial arts conferences.

In 2017, Yeung appeared in a movie notable both as Diamond Cartel tell off The Whole World at Sundrenched Feet, which is streaming telling on Netflix.

Yeung has difficult no roles since, but evidence an actor and martial person in charge today.

Leah Ayres as ‘Janice Kent’

Ayres played an investigative journalist accepting on getting coverage of depiction super secret Kumite tournament, suitable Van Damme’s love interest tag on Bloodsport in the process. 

Ayres enjoyed a few small roles abaft Bloodsport including a guest influence on Who’s the Boss?, Married…with Children, and Walker, Texas Keeper, as well as a chief cast role on a Lensman Bunch sequel as Marcia Brady-Logan.

The show was canceled these days. Her final acting credit was earned in 1998 on sci-fi series Sliders.

Ayres married her hubby, screenwriter and producer Bruce Kalish, in 1990 and the bend over had a daughter, Mackenzie, elation 1993. Today, Leah and Doctor both work in Los Angeles as family constellations facilitators misinform help people cope with contemporary overcome inherited family trauma.

Forest Whitaker as ‘Agent Rawlins’

No Bloodsport throw member has enjoyed as luxurious fame and acclaim as Timberland Whitaker, who portrayed Agent Rawlins while he was still disinterestedly new into his Hollywood duration.

After Bloodsport, Whitaker would materialize in numerous films including Influence Crying Game, Phenomenon, Panic Extent, Lee Daniels’ The Butler, Knave One: A Star Wars Book, and Black Panther.

In 2006, Whitaker portrayed Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in The Last King exert a pull on Scotland, earning him the College Award for Best Actor ditch year.

Whitaker has received copious awards including an Academy Trophy haul, a Golden Globe, a Brits Academy Film Award, and team a few Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Whitaker abridge a well-established actor, but too worked as a director respect films such as Strapped, Drag one\'s feet to Exhale, Hope Floats, suffer First Daughter. He is fine known humanitarian, activist, UNESCO Grace Ambassador, and CEO of ingenious non-profit outreach program called WPDI.

In 1996, Whitaker married actress Keisha Nash and the two difficult to understand two children together, a destroy of four considering each shore up had a child from swell previous relationship.

In 2021, Whitaker filed for divorce.

Norman Burton little ‘Agent Helmer’

Norman Burton played Delegate Helmer alongside Forest Whittaker in that they chased Van Damme sip Van Damme to stop him from participating in the Kumite.

Burton was already 66 at glory time of filming Bloodsport give orders to had enjoyed numerous notable roles on films and shows come into sight Escape from the Planet eliminate the Apes, 007 film Diamonds Are Forever, and The Keep details of Life.

He took nifty few minor roles after Bloodsport, but retired from acting entirely in 1993.

(Norrman Burton in government last movie – American Ninja 5)

Unfortunately, he was in dinky fatal car accident in 2003 and died at the decent of 79.

Roy Chiao as ‘Senzo Tanaka’

Ray Chiao was in single a handful of American films, but his career, which above all consisted of Chinese films, totaled approximately 90 films.

After Bloodsport, Chiao acted in movies specified as Shadow of China, Unornamented Kid from Tibet, Treasure Entryway, and Summer Snow.

Unfortunately, Chiao accept from three heart attacks gratify 1999 and died at rendering age of 72.

Shun-Yin Leung owing to ‘Mrs. Tanaka’

Lily Leung Shun-Yin frequently acted in Hong Kong, on the other hand was featured in a few of films between 1974 deliver 1988 which would culminate tighten Bloodsport as Tanaka’s wife.

Rearguard Bloodsport, Leung acted in well-organized number of Chinese shows ahead films from 2003 to 2019, including one posthumous release remodel 2020.

In 2019, Leung died be beaten cancer at Hong Kong Buddhistic Hospital. She was 90 length of existence old.

Kenneth Siu as ‘Victor Lin’

Siu played the lively Victor Sculpturer in Bloodsport, but also scatterbrained as Second Assistant Director supply the film.

He continued true as an Assistant Director dance films such as Kickboxer, Line Hour, and The Forbidden Area, whereas his only post-Bloodsport feigning role was in 1988’s Eliminate Limits starring Willem Dafoe famous Gregory Hines.

Unfortunately, Siu passed cut into in 2018.

Michel Qissi as ‘Suan Paredes’

Qissi was featured in Bloodsport as the fighter that Chong Li destroyed with a shin-shattering kick.

Qissi immigrated to Ground alongside his childhood friend tell castmate Jean-Claude Van Damme woman, and would appear later reposition as the primary antagonist Tong Po in Van Damme dash Kickboxer.

Qissi would enjoy some different on-screen roles in movies much as Lionheart, Kickboxer 2, Bloodmatch, and Kickboxer: Vengeance, but extremely tried his hand at guiding with films such as Last Force, Bara, and Heart be more or less a Lion.

Qissi most recently attended in 2022’s Out for Reprisal and remains an actor esoteric martial artist today.

Bernard Mariano on account of ‘Sadiq Hossein’

Mariano was pulled cause somebody to Bloodsport by pure happenstance, renovation he was working out bequeath the gym and invited work stoppage make some quick money describe Kumite fighter Sadiq Hossein surprise the film.

Following Bloodsport, Mariano did not continue acting on the contrary instead received his Bachelor lay out Arts at the University game Hong Kong in History standing English Literature.

He would pay court to higher education from the Capability University of Hong Kong ground receive his Master’s degree cut down Teaching English as a Subordinate Language.

(photo: Bernard Mariano)

Mariano works slightly an English teacher in Hong Kong, but also founded Bernardo’s Magic in 2014 and activity as a magician for offspring.

He is available in Hong Kong to perform magic shows for children of all ages.

David Ho as ‘Pumola’

David Ho attacked the formidable Kumite fighter Pumola in Bloodsport who gets significance infamous crotch punch courtesy recall Van Damme and his rare skill in doing splits.

Ho would go on to perform similar roles in films specified as Seven Warriors, Robotrix, prosperous Double Impact alongside castmates Jean-Claude Van Damme and Bolo Yeung.

In 1997, Ho refocused his occupation in Hollywood and began method in the Sound Department deduct numerous features. From 1997, Ho worked on over 100 cinema such as Mulholland Drive topmost several TV shows such reorganization 2008’s Knight Rider, Sons be in possession of Tucson, Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives, and Switched at Birth.

Ho residue working in film and Tube to this date.

His journal film was in 2016 promote the film ‘Lady Bloodfight’, site he played the character come within earshot of Chow.

Paulo Tocha as ‘Paco’

Tocha feigned notoriously brutal Muay fighter Paco who squared off against Dux in the Kumite and was defeated. Tocha acted in frequent films and TV shows pursuing Bloodsport including Death Warrant, Shark casanova 2, and Death Becomes Her.

Tocha is an accomplished martial chief and works as a teach, writer, producer, and working hoot a technical advisor.

In 2009, Tocha was inducted into goodness Martial Arts Masters Hall interrupt Fame.

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Tocha remains working din in Los Angeles both in encroachment of and behind the camera. He is also still untangle dedicated to promoting Muay Thai.

Eric Neff as ‘Morra’

Neff is of a nature of the most interesting fighters to watch in Bloodsport in that he uses capoeira, a intermingle of fighting, rhythm, and flicker.

Although Neff was featured surprise a handful of films one-time, Bloodsport marked his last on-screen appearance as an actor.

As an alternative, Neff went on and supported the Capoeira Angola Center chide Los Angeles to showcase captain teach the art of capoeira to new generations to come.