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Steven Frederic Seagal was born in Lansing, Michigan, to Patricia Anne (Fisher), a medical technician, and Samuel Seagal, a high school math teacher. His paternal grandparents were Russian Jewish immigrants, and his mother had English, German, and distant Irish and Dutch, ancestry. The enigmatic Seagal commenced his martial arts training at the age of seven under the tutelage of well-known karate instructor and author Fumio Demura, and in the 1960s commenced his aikido training in Orange County, CA, under the instruction of Harry Ishisaka. Seagal received his first dan accreditation in 1974, after he had moved to Japan to further his martial arts training. After spending many years there honing his skills, he achieved the ranking of a 7th dan in the Japanese martial art "aikido" and was instructing wealthy clients in Los Angeles when he came to the attention of Hollywood power broker Michael Ovitz.
Ovitz saw star value in the imposing-looking Seagal. The high-octane act
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Steven Seagal
(1952-)
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Steven Seagal traveled to Japan at age 17 to teach English. He earned several black belts in martial arts and choreographed movie kamp scenes for actors such as Sean Connery. Seagal brought his skills to the screen after returning to the United States, with flicks like Above the Law (1988), Hard to Kill (1989) and Under Siege (1992) making him one of the biggest action stars of the era. He later starred in the reality series Steven Seagal: Lawman and continued churning out action fare well into his 60s.
Early Life and Career
Actor and martial artist Steven Seagal was born on April 10, 1952, in Lansing, Michigan. The son of a sjuksköterska and a teacher, he started studying martial arts under Fumio Demura when he was a child. Seagal later traveled to Japan at age 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,
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Steven Seagal: Lawman
American reality television series
| Steven Seagal: Lawman | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Reality |
| Starring | Steven Seagal |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 29 (list of episodes) |
| Executive producers |
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| Producer | Binh Dang |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production companies | ITV Studios Steamroller Films |
| Network | |
| Release | December 2, 2009 (2009-12-02) – February 13, 2014 (2014-02-13)[1] |
Steven Seagal: Lawman is an American reality television series that aired on A&E for its first two seasons and Reelz for its third. It stars actor, martial artist and musician Steven Seagal, performing his duties as a reserve deputy sheriff in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana (season 1–2) and Maricopa County, Arizona (season 3). It premiered on December 2, 2009.&#