Steven Seagal: Early Life Career:
Steven Seagal Actor and martial artist he was born April 10, 1952 in Lansing, Michigan. The son of a nurse and a teacher, he began studying martial arts under Fumio Demura when he was a child. Seagal later went to Japan at the age of 17, where he taught English, studied Zen, and perfected his martial arts, eventually earning black belts in aikido, karate, judo, and kendo. Seagal spent 15 years in Asia studying Eastern philosophy and occasionally staging martial arts action scenes in films, working with stars such as Sean Connery and Toshiro Mifune. Back in the United States, he opened a martial arts academy and became a bodyguard for celebrities such as Kelly LeBrock and Hollywood agent Michael Ovitz. The first became Seagal’s wife, and the second helped him make films for Warner Bros.
Films And Tv Show:
Seagal’s first film, 1988’s Above the Law was well received among action buffs, leading to 1989’s Hard to Kill and 1992’s Under Siege, his most popular film to date. In 1994, his directorial debut, On Deadly Ground, had disappointing results. He followed with the action vehicles Executive Decision (1996) and The Patriot (1998), and went on to star in Exit Wounds (2001) and Half Past Dead (2002). Beginning in late 2009, the actor tried his hand at television with A&E’s Steven Seagal: Lawman, which showed him working as a reserve deputy sheriff in Louisiana.
True Justice, which aired from July 2011 to September 2012, had Seagal starring as the head of an undercover task force in Seattle, Washington.
Back on the big screen, Seagal starred in Force of Execution (2013), with Ving Rhames, and Gutshot Straight (2014). He also appeared in the 2015 documentary The Real Miyagi, about his early mentor, Fumio Demura. Seagal followed with films like China Salesman (2017), with former boxer Mike Tyson, and Beyond the Law (2019), with rapper DMX.
Steven Seagal Net Worth:
Since launching his career, Steven Seagal has become a world-renowned actor, but not just that, his versatile personality is respected by people all around the world. His success has steadily increased his wealth, so have you ever wondered how rich Steven Seagal is, as of early 2019? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Seagal’s net worth is as high as $16 million.RELATED:
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Aikido Teacher
Seagal stayed at the college for only a year before moving to Japan where he became part of an aikido dojo in Osaka. He returned to the US in 1974 and met Miyako Fujitani, his future wife. He and Miyako developed a romantic relationship, and Steven traveled with her to Osaka and became an aikido teacher at a school owned by the Miyako family. He was in Japan for the next few years before he returned permanently to the US in 1983 and, along with Haruo Matsuoka, one of his many students, opened an aikido dojo in North Hollywood and later moved the studio to West Hollywood. Matsuoka was the main man in the dojo until the late 90’s when they decided to go their separate ways and Steven took charge.
Seagal Wife:
At 58, Seagal married Mongolian-born Erdenetui “Ella” Batsukh. El was a professional dancer and his former personal assistant. Their marriage ceremony took place in 2009, and in September of the same year they had a boy, Kunzan. The couple is still married. Seagal has a total of seven children from four relationships, two grandchildren with eldest son Kentaro, and one granddaughter with daughter Ayako Fujitani.