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My body looks like 30 but my face looks like 50. But I cannot walk bare-chested in the streets. I like to do these movies to challenge myself physically.

Jean-Claude Van Damme

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Jean-Claude Van Damme
Age: 63
Born: 1960
Born: October 18
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