His first glory Stephen Sigal received as a martial arts master, seriously devoting himself to aikido . He became the first American American to open a dojo in the US, a place for meditation and other spiritual practices of Japanese Buddhism. Later, in 2011, Stephen Sigal decides to fight crime not only on television, but in life and on personal initiative becomes a sheriff in Texas. In addition, he managed to try himself as a musician, producer, screenwriter and film director. Such a multifaceted personality deserves close attention. Let's turn to Steven Seagal's biography in this article.
Childhood and the period of formation
Stephen Sigal was born on April 10, 1952 in Lansing, Michigan. The history of its origin is shrouded in mystery. It is known that Stephen's father - Samuel Stephen Sigal - a Jew, and his mother - Patricia Segal - Irish. According to the actor himself, his grandfather and grandmother on his father's line came to America as children from St. Petersburg, and later Americanized his real name Zigelman, reducing it to Segal. Grandfather branch of the grandfather came from the Buddhist region of Russia, whose name is still unknown. The origin of Steven Seagal's mother is also not known for certain, since she became a foundling, being a newborn child.
Stephen became the second child in the Sigal family. He has three sisters: one older and two younger. In 1957, the family was destined to move to Fullerton, California. Here the childhood and the youth of the actor passed.
At the age of 7, Steven Seagal begins to study karate. From this moment his life turns into an endless series of street fights. But everything changes when Stephen meets aikido master Shihan Kyoshi Isisaka. He becomes the best pupil of his teacher and takes part in demonstrations that take place in the so-called "Japanese village" in the state of California. At that time, America did not know anything about the martial art of aikido.
As a 17-year-old teenager, Steven decides to move to Japan in order to continue his training with the masters. In the 70's, Stephen Sigal first married Japanese Miyako Fujitani, who becomes the mother of two of his children.
In 1974, Segal received the 1st Dan, and in 1975 opened his dojo, called "Tensin", which means "Heavenly Soul". After some time young Stephen Sigal begins to feel a kind of stagnation in his development, which pushes him in search of students of Morihei Ueshiba. Later he learns from the great masters and quickly acquires the 7th dan and the title of the ta'aan. The last teacher of Stephen Segal was Seysaki Abe, who has the 10th dan in Aikido and is a great master of calligraphy.
Career and the personal life of Stephen Segal
In the film industry, Steven Seagal was led precisely by his professional employment in martial arts. So, in 1982 he was invited to shoot the film "Challenge" as an expert on Japanese fencing. For the mass scenes of the film, Sigal's pupils from the dojo were also drawn.
In the same period, Sigal invites his student Haruo Matsuoka to join the dojo. This decision determined the future fate of Tenshin, making it prosperous and popular with Matsuoka's participation.
In 1985, Stephen Seagal meets model and actress Kelly LeBrock. In 1986, Seagal met with a bright representative of Hollywood at the time Mike Ovitz, who wished to become his disciple. Shocked by the technique of Steven Seagal, his external data (height - 193 cm) and character, Ovits decides to represent him personally. Already in 1987, "Warner Bros." concludes with Sigal contract for the latter's participation in the film "Above the Law". In the same year, the wife of the future actor becomes Kelly LeBrock. Despite the modest budget, the film "Above the Law" was a resounding success and raised over $ 30 million at the box office. He was followed by such films as "Death in spite of", "He must be removed", "In the name of justice" and others. Meanwhile, in the 90s, Stephen Sigal resumed his trips to Japan with the aim of participating in various aikido festivals. In 1994 the divorce of the actor with Kelly LeBrock took place. The reason for this was the flushed feeling between Sigal and the 16-year-old nanny of his children, Arissa Woolf. The girl became the third wife of Stephen Sigal and in 1996 she gave birth to his daughter Savannah. From the middle to the end of 90th years the actor continues to act in film. This period is marked by such works as "In mortal danger", "Fire from the underworld" and many others.
In 1998, Stephen Sigal plunges headlong into Buddhism and ceases his acting until 2000. Later, his return to the film industry will be marked by such films as "The Clockwork", "Not Alive, Not Dead," "The Alien" and others.
In 2006, Stephen Sigal first becomes a grandfather, and in 2009 for the seventh time he becomes a father. This time the son was presented to the actor by the Mongolian-born dancer Batsuhine Erdanatuya, with whom Steven Seagal has been married since 2001.
In 2010, the actor played a prominent role in the film "Machete" by Robert Rodriguez.
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It is known that since 2015, Stephen Sigal works as an analyst in the Legg Mason fund.
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