Ron Van Clief
Actor
- Born
- January 25, 1943 (age 83) · Brooklyn, New York, USA
Ron "The Black Dragon" Van Clief is a martial arts legend. Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1943, he started martial arts training in his early teens. At 5 feet 10 inches and 190 pounds, Van Clief was fast, powerful, and tough. He won 10 New York State Full-Contact Karate Championships. He won multiple Karate Point-Fighting Titles. By the early 1970s he had earned his 10th Degree Black Belt. His karate record was reported to be 110-8. In 1994 at age 51, he launched a comeback on December 16, 1994 fighting former World JuJitsu Lightheavyweight and Ultimate Fighting World Champion Royce Gracie. The Black Dragon landed one good punch, but was taken to the canvas where after a valiant battle was choked into submission, thus ending one of the greatest fighting careers in martial arts history.
Known for
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
August 14, 2019
Fist of Fear, Touch of Death
September 1, 1980
Death by Misadventure: The Mysterious Life of Bruce Lee
December 31, 1993
Enter the Clones of Bruce
December 22, 2023
Top Fighter
June 15, 1995
Kung Fu Fever
February 6, 1979
The Squeeze
October 25, 1978
UFC 4: Revenge of the Warriors
December 16, 1994
The Black Dragon
March 2, 1974
Black Dragon's Revenge
November 6, 1975
Way of the Black Dragon
December 28, 1978
Blazin'
April 3, 2001
Acting22
- 2023Enter the Clones of Bruce as Self
- 2023The Hanged Man: The Story of Ron Van Clief as Himself
- 2021Snow Black as Jerrod Camden
- 2020The Hanged Man: The Story of Ron Van Clief as Self
- 2020That's Brucesploitation! Making Fist of Fear, Touch of Death
- 2019Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks as Self
- 2018Hot Lead Hard Fury as Solomon Link
- 2012The Black Kung Fu Experience as Self
- 2001Blazin' as Davis
- 1999Colorz of Rage