Name	ITV4
Logofile	ITV4.svg
Logosize	250px
Launch	1 November 2005
Picture format	576i (SDTV)1080i (HDTV)
Share	0.9%0.1% (+1)
Share as of	December 2010
Share source	BARB
Country	United Kingdom
Owner	ITV Digital Channels Ltd(ITV plc)
Replaced names	ITV News Channel
Sister names	ITVITV2ITV3
Timeshift names	ITV4 +1
Web	www.itv.com/itv4
Terr serv 1	Freeview
Terr chan 1	Channel 24
Sat serv 1	Freesat
Sat chan 1	Channel 117 Channel 118 (+1)
Sat serv 2	Sky
Sat chan 2	Channel 120 Channel 227 (HD)
Sat serv 3	Astra 2D
Sat chan 3	10.758 V 22.0 5/6 10.832 H 22.0 5/6 (+1)
Cable serv 1	Virgin Media
Cable chan 1	Channel 118 Channel 175 (+1)
Cable serv 2	UPC Ireland
Cable chan 2	Channel 136
Cable serv 3	naxoo
Cable chan 3	Channel 220
Adsl serv 1	TalkTalk TV
Adsl chan 1	Channel 29
Online serv 1	itv.com
Online chan 1	Watch live (UK only)
Online serv 2	TVCatchup
Online chan 2	Watch live (UK only) Watch live (+1)(UK only)

ITV4 is a British television station which launched on 1 November 2005. It is owned by ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc, and is part of the ITV network. The channel has a male-oriented line-up, including sport, cop shows and US comedies and dramas, as well as classic ITV action series of the 1960s and '70s. ITV4 is broadcast on Freeview, digital cable, IPTV and satellite television.

History

It was expected that ITV4 would replace the existing Men & Motors channel in the same way Granada Plus was rebranded into ITV3, until ITV plc stated that the two channels would run alongside each other, forcing the ITV News Channel on Freeview to timeshare with ITV4. ITV replaced the failing News Channel with CITV. Both channels were on Freeview until ITV plc took Men & Motors off Freeview (although it remained on other platforms for some time until April 2010) and replaced it with the live quiz channel ITV Play. Some programming from Men & Motors were transferred to ITV4. ITV4 was the first channel to launch the new on-screen look that rolled out across the rest of ITV plc's channels on 16 January 2006. Red Bee Media designed the new logos and presentation for the entire corporation that saw the end of the yellow and blue squared look designed for ITV1, ITV2 and the cube look for ITV3. An ITV annual report revealed that an old style logo was designed for the channel but was never used on air.

Launch

ITV4's launch night aired on Freeview channel 30. Although it was broadcast on the Astra 2D satellite used by Sky, so users could manually tune it in, it launched on Sky channel 120, after ITV2 and ITV3 in the listings, on 7 November. Prior to this date, some sporting content was simulcast on Men & Motors in an ITV4 on M&M; strand.

ITV4+1

It was announced in late October 2008 that ITV4 would get a +1 channel by the end of 2008. ITV4+1 launched on Sky on 1 December 2008 and on Freesat on 9 December 2008. The timeshift channel arrived on Virgin Media on 25 March 2010. It was removed from Sky on 11 January 2011, due to the launch of ITV1+1 taking up space on the EPG. Sky viewers will need to tune the channel in manually, using 'other channels' if they still want it. The channel continues to be available on Freesat and Virgin Media.

ITV4 HD

A high-definition simulcast of ITV4, ITV4 HD, launched on 15 November 2010 on Sky. The channel is available through Sky's pay subscription but ITV is in talks with other providers including Virgin Media. ITV4 HD's high definition content includes premium sports events such as the British Touring Car Championship, , 2010-11 Ashes Series, Tour de France, Grand Slam of Darts and UEFA Europa League, as well as films.

Freeview

As Freeview announced plans for a retune on 30 September 2009, ITV4 moved to an alternative multiplex. Viewers in areas that have completed switchover who receive their signal from a local relay transmitter and receive 'Freeview Lite', are no longer able to receive ITV4.

Some programmes shown on ITV4

''Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

Big Match Revisited

Dollhouse

The Force

Jericho

Martial Law

Miami Vice

Millennium

Minder

Police Camera Action!

The Professionals

Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)

Real Prison Breaks

Richard Bacon's Beer & Pizza Club

The Saint

The Sweeney

UFO

Used Car Roadshow

Past programmes on ITV4

A a number of hits from the ITC catalogue are shown, such as The Saint and The Persuaders!.

In a change of pace, in June 2007, ITV4 aired The Winner.

ITV4 used to air the Late Show with David Letterman from 1 November 2005 until it was dropped by ITV4 on 27 October 2006 and replaced with Saturday Night Live from 4 November 2006.

Sports coverage

Sporting coverage includes:

UEFA Europa League

Tour de France (Until 2013)

Tour of Ireland

Isle of Man TT

British Touring Car Championship

World Poker Tour

Grand Slam of Darts

Indian Premier League Cricket

2010 FIFA World Cup

The channel also broadcasts a Sunday evening highlights programme featuring rugby union's Guinness Premiership, and highlights from the Heineken Cup on Monday evenings. Craig Doyle hosts the programme.

Indian Premier League

In a deal announced on Thursday, March 4, 2010, ITV secured UK broadcast rights to the 2010 Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket competition, to be shown exclusively on ITV4.

The deal, for the third season of IPL, will see ITV4 broadcast 59 live, free to air, matches over the 45 day season, beginning on Friday, March 12. Live coverage, produced by ITV Sport, will be presented by Matt Smith alongside Bollywood actress and presenter Mandira Bedi, who hosted Cricket World Cup coverage in India. They will be joined by renowned analyst Simon Hughes, with more guest experts to be announced.

The IPL will have a bespoke section of the ITV.com website. The tournament will be supported by a prominent marketing campaign on ITV.

Announcing the deal, ITV’s Director of Digital Channels and Acquisitions, Zai Bennett said: “In only two years, the Indian Premier League has already established itself as one of the world’s most high profile and exciting sports events which attracts some of the very best cricketers from around the globe. It’s an exciting acquisition for one of the UK’s fastest growing digital channels and we’re delighted to be able to offer the whole tournament free-to-air to our viewers.”

Lalit Modi, Chairman and Commissioner of the IPL said: “This is a hugely significant deal for the IPL. It is a truly global competition unlike any other, ideally suited to the British passion for both cricket and entertainment. As such, we are delighted that ITV have recognised the game’s appeal and that the glorious spectacle of every game will be available in full, free to air, throughout the UK.”

References

External links

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Name	Jean-Claude Van Damme
Caption	Van Damme at Cannes Film Festival (2010)
Birthname	Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg
Birthdate	October 18, 1960
Birthplace	Sint-Agatha-Berchem, Brussels, Belgium
Yearsactive	1984–present (acting)
Occupation	Actor, martial artist, director
Spouse	1 child)and (1999–present); 2 children)

Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg (born 18 October 1960), professionally known as Jean-Claude Van Damme (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ klod vɑ̃ dam]), is a Belgian martial artist and actor.

Van Damme is best known for his martial arts action movies. His most successful films include Bloodsport (1988), Kickboxer (1989), Double Impact (1991), Universal Soldier (1992), Hard Target (1993), Timecop (1994), Street Fighter (1994), and JCVD (2008). Due to his physique and his Belgian background, he is known as "The Muscles from Brussels."

After studying martial arts intensively from the age of ten, Van Damme achieved national success in Belgium as a martial artist and bodybuilder, earning the "Mr. Belgium" bodybuilding title. He emigrated to the United States in 1982 to pursue a career in film, and achieved success with Bloodsport (1988), based on a story written by Frank Dux. He attained subsequent box office success with Timecop (1994), which grossed over $100 million worldwide and became his most financially successful film.

Personal life

Van Damme was born in Sint-Agatha-Berchem (Brussels), Belgium, the son of Eliana and Eugène Van Varenberg, who was an accountant and owned a flower shop. He began martial arts at the age of ten, enrolled by his father in a Shotokan karate school. His styles consist of kickboxing, Shotokan karate, Muay Thai, and Taekwondo. He eventually earned his black belt in karate. He started lifting weights to improve his physique, which eventually led to a Mr. Belgium bodybuilding title. In the French-speaking world, Van Damme is well known for the that he delivers on a wide range of topics (personal well-being, the environment, etc.) in a sort of Zen franglais. Most iconic and often quoted was his repeated use of the English word aware during an interview for a French channel, to convey the notion of self-awareness as a key to success.

In a 2009 interview in the British newspaper The Sun, promoting his film JCVD (of which Time magazine said "He deserves not a black belt, but an Oscar"), Van Damme indicated he experienced a period of homelessness "sleeping on the street and starving in L.A."

Van Damme has been married five times, including two marriages with bodybuilder and fitness competitor Gladys Portugues. Van Damme is the father of three children: Kristopher (born 1987), Bianca (born 1990), and Nicholas (born 1995).

Health and addiction

Van Damme had troubles with cocaine that started during 1995. He entered a month-long rehabilitation program in 1996 but left it after only one week. In 1996, he spent up to $10,000 a week on cocaine. He is also reported to have experienced bipolar disorder. Competing under his birth name of Jean Claude Van Varenberg, he was staggered by a round-house kick thrown by Toon Van Oostrum in Brussels, Belgium. Van Damme was badly stunned, but came back to knock out Van Oostrum moments later.

In 1977, at the WAKO Open International in Belgium, Van Damme lost a decision to fellow team mate Patrick Teugels. The experience left an impact on Claude Goetz and he felt that Jean-Claude needed more training before competing again.

After six months of intense training and sparring, Master Goetz decided to unleash his prized pupil on the European Full-Contact scene. Jean-Claude won his first tournament by scoring three knockout victories in one evening. However, in a 1978 match for the Belgium lightweight title, he again lost a decision to Patrick Teugels. Once again, the loss left an impact on Claude Goetz and a few months later at Iseghem, Belgium, Van Damme came back and knocked out Emile Leibman in the first round. In 1979, Jean-Claude and the Belgium Team became European Team Champions.

Next, he faced Sherman Bergman, a kickboxer from Florida, USA with a long string of knockout victories. For the only time in his career, Van Damme was knocked to the canvas after absorbing a powerful left hook.

In 1980, Jean-Claude Van Damme defeated former Great Britain karate champion Michael J. Heming. Next, Van Damme scored a knockout over France's Georges Verlugels in two rounds. After these victories, Jean-Claude caught the attention of the European martial arts community. Professional Karate Magazine publisher and editor Mike Anders, and multiple European champion Geet Lemmens tabbed Jean-Claude Van Damme as an upcoming prospect. However, Jean-Claude's ambitions now focused in the direction of acting.

Van Damme ended his fight career at the Forest National in Brussels. He knocked Patrick Teugels down and scored a first round technical knockout victory. Teugels suffered a nose injury and was unable to continue.

Following the victory, Van Damme retired from martial arts competition. However, Van Damme made a comeback in 1981. In his first match he knocked out Henk Besselman of Holland in one round, and at the 1st Journée Des Arts Martiaux, Van Damme knocked out Lenny Leikman in 3 rounds. His final fight record was 20–2 (20 Knockouts), with all wins being knockouts and his two losses being by decision.

Van Damme will make a return to fighting and is scheduled to fight former boxing Olympic gold-medalist Somluck Kamsing in April 2011. Various reports have named Las Vegas, USA, Moscow, Russia and Macau, China as locations for the bout. At the prospect of being the first man over the age of 50 to kickbox professionally, Van Damme stated that "it's kind of dangerous, but life is short."

Hollywood

In 1982, Van Damme and childhood friend, Michel Qissi, moved to America in the hope of becoming action stars. They both were cast as extras in the film, Breakin'. After a small part in Missing In Action, Van Damme was next cast in the film No Retreat, No Surrender, as the role of the villain, Ivan the Russian. Van Damme worked for director John McTiernan for the 1987 film Predator as the titular alien, before being removed and replaced by Kevin Peter Hall. His breakout film was Bloodsport, based on the alleged true story of Frank Dux. Shot on a 1.5 million dollar budget, it became a U.S. box-office hit in the spring of 1988. He then starred in the smaller budgeted film Cyborg. His last role for 1989 was Kurt Sloane in the successful Kickboxer. In this film, his character fought to avenge his brother who had been paralyzed by a Thai kickboxing champion (Qissi).

Double Impact featured Van Damme in the dual role of Alex and Chad Wagner, two brothers fighting to avenge the deaths of their parents. This film reunited him with his former Bloodsport co-star, Bolo Yeung. He then starred opposite Dolph Lundgren in the action film Universal Soldier. While it grossed $36,290 in the U.S., it was an even bigger success overseas, making over $65 million, well over its modest $2 million budget, making it Van Damme's highest grossing film at the time.

Van Damme followed Nowhere To Run and Hard Target with Timecop in 1994. The film was a huge success, grossing over $100 million worldwide. In the film, Van Damme played a time traveling cop, who tries to prevent the death of his wife. It remains his highest grossing film to date.

After his role in the poorly received Street Fighter, his projects started to fail at the box office. The Quest (1996), which he directed; Maximum Risk (1996) and Double Team (1997) were box-office flops.

The 1999 film , was his last theatrically released film until 2008. In 2003, Van Damme employed his dancing training in the music video for Bob Sinclar's Kiss My Eyes.

He returned to mainstream with limited theatrical release of the critically aclaimed film JCVD in 2008. Time magazine named Van Damme's performance in the film the second best of the year (after Heath Ledger's The Joker in The Dark Knight), having previously stated that Van Damme "deserves not a black belt, but an Oscar".

Van Damme reprised his role as Luc Devereaux in the 2010 film .

He was offered a lead role in Sylvester Stallone's latest film The Expendables. Stallone called Van Damme personally to offer him the role, but Van Damme turned it down, citing that he "doesn't want his career going down that route." He has a series of film projects warmed up for 2011, including another Universal Soldier movie which will appear between 2011 and 2012, and the possibility to appear on the sequel to The Expendables.

Cultural icon

Jean-Claude Van Damme is considered a national cultural icon in his homeland Belgium. Along with Audrey Hepburn, Van Damme is one of the most known Belgians ever to step into the Hollywood industry. In the film JCVD (2008), Van Damme is portrayed as a national hero of Belgium.

The Mortal Kombat fighter character Johnny Cage was modeled after Van Damme.

Filmography

{| class="sortable wikitable" |- ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes |- |rowspan="3" | 1984 || Breakin' || Guy dancing in the background || Uncredited |- |Monaco Forever || Gay Karate Man || as Jean-Claude Vandam |- |Missing in Action || Car Driver || Stunt man |- | 1985 || No Retreat, No Surrender || Ivan Krushensky || |- |rowspan="2" | 1988 || Bloodsport || Frank Dux || Fight choreographer/Writer |- |Black Eagle || Andrei || |- |rowspan="2" | 1989 || Cyborg || Gibson Rickenbacker || |- |Kickboxer || Kurt Sloane || Writer |- |rowspan="2" | 1990 || Death Warrant || Louis Burke || |- |Lionheart || Lyon Gaultier || Fight choreographer |- | 1991 || Double Impact || Alex Wagner/Chad Wagner || Double role MTV Movie Awards nomination for Most Desirable Male |- | 1992 || Universal Soldier || Luc Deveraux/GR44 || |- |rowspan="4" | 1993 || Last Action Hero || Himself || Cameo |- |Hard Target || Chance Boudreaux || MTV Movie Awards nomination for Most Desirable Male |- |Nowhere to Run || Sam Gillen || MTV Movie Awards nomination for Most Desirable Male |- |Cyborg 2 || Gibson Rickenbacker || Archive footage |- |rowspan="3" | 1994 || Street Fighter || Colonel William F. Guile || Based on the video game of the same name |- |Timecop || Max Walker || Double role |- |- |Kickboxer 4 || Kurt Sloane || Archive footage |- | 1995 || Sudden Death || Darren McCord || |- |rowspan="2" | 1996 || Maximum Risk || Alain Moreau/Mikhail Suverov || Double role |- |The Quest || Christopher Dubois || Directional debut Writer |- | 1997 || Double Team || Jack Quinn || |- |rowspan="2" | 1998 || Legionnaire || Alain Lefevre || Producer |- |Knock Off || Marcus Ray || |- |rowspan="2" | 1999 || || Luc Devereaux || Producer, last theatrical release until JCVD |- |Inferno || Eddie Lomax || Film is also known as "Desert Heat" |- |rowspan="2" | 2001 || The Order || Rudy Cafmeyer/Charles Le Vaillant || Double role |- |Replicant || Edward "The Torch" Garrotte/Replicant || Double role |- | 2002 || Derailed || Jacques Kristoff || |- | 2003 || In Hell || Kyle LeBlanc || |- |rowspan="2" | 2004 || Wake of Death || Ben Archer || |- |Narco || Jean's Ghost by Lenny || |- |rowspan="3" | 2006 || The Hard Corps || Phillip Sauvage || |- |Second in Command || Sam Keenan || |- |Sınav || Charles || |- | 2007 || Until Death || Anthony Stowe || |- |rowspan="2" | 2008 || || Jack Robideaux || |- |JCVD || JCVD || Return to mainstream with limited theatrical release 2008: Toronto Film Critics Association Awards nomination for Best Actor

2009: Chlotrudis Awards nomination for Best Actor |- | 2009 || || Luc Deveraux || Limited theatrical release in Israel, Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia, United Arab Emirates, India, Jordan, Lebanon, Italy, Japan, Pakistan |- | 2010 || The Eagle Path || Frenchy || 2008-2010 Producer, Director and Writer |- |rowspan="4" | 2011 || || Master Croc || First voice over in a theatrical release |- | Weapon || || |- |Rzhevskiy protiv Napoleona || || |- | || Luc Deveraux || Announced |- |}

Van Damme has been cast in "dual roles" in a single film many times during his career. Most cases involve two distinct characters, but others (such as Timecop) involve the same character from different periods of time-travel. These scenes often necessitate special editing or blue-screen cinematography to have two versions of the actor interacting in the same scene.

TV

{| class="sortable wikitable" |- ! Year !! Title !! Episode !! Role |- | 1996 || Friends || "The One After the Superbowl" || Himself |- | 2006 || Las Vegas || "Die Fast, Die Furious" || Himself |- | 2009 || Robot Chicken || "Maurice Was Caught" || Rhett Butler, Dracula |}

Karate and kickboxing record

|- style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:100%;" |align="center" colspan=8|20 Wins (20 knockouts), 2 Losses , 0 Draws {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:80%; text-align:left; width:100%;" !style="border-style:none none solid solid; background:#e3e3e3;"|Result !style="border-style:none none solid solid; background:#e3e3e3;"|Record !style="border-style:none none solid solid; background:#e3e3e3;"|Opponent !style="border-style:none none solid solid; background:#e3e3e3;"|Method !style="border-style:none none solid solid; background:#e3e3e3;"|Date !style="border-style:none none solid solid; background:#e3e3e3;"|Round !style="border-style:none none solid solid; background:#e3e3e3;"|Time !style="border-style:none none solid solid; background:#e3e3e3;"|Event !style="border-style:none none solid solid; background:#e3e3e3;"|Location !style="border-style:none none solid solid; background:#e3e3e3;"|Notes |- | | style="text-align:center;"| |align='left'| Somluck Kamsing |align='left'| |align='left'|April 2011 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"| |align='left'|K-1 |Moscow, Russia | |- | style="text-align:center;" Win | style="text-align:center;"|20-2 |align='left'| Lenny Leikman |align='left'|KO |align='left'|1982 | style="text-align:center;"|3 | style="text-align:center;"| |align='left'|1st Journée Des Arts Martiaux |Brussels, Belguim | |- | style="text-align:center;" Win | style="text-align:center;"|19-2 |align='left'| Henk Besselman |align='left'|KO |align='left'|1981 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"| |align='left'|1st Journée Des Arts Martiaux | | |- | style="text-align:center;" Win | style="text-align:center;"|18-2 |align='left'| Patrick Teugels |align='left'|TKO (broken nose) |align='left'|March 8, 1980 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"| |align='left'|Dominique Valera vs. Dan Macaruso at the Forest National (undercard) |Brussels, Belgium | |- | style="text-align:center;" Win | style="text-align:center;"|17-2 |align='left'| Andres Kovac |align='left'|KO |align='left'|1980 | style="text-align:center;"|2 | style="text-align:center;"| |align='left'|European Professional Karate Association | |Retained the Professional Karate Association's European middleweight kickboxing championship. |- | style="text-align:center;" Win | style="text-align:center;"|16-2 |align='left'| Georges Verlugels |align='left'|KO |align='left'|March 1980 | style="text-align:center;"|2 | style="text-align:center;"| |align='left'|Professional Karate Association |Brussels, Belgium |Won the Professional Karate Association's European middleweight kickboxing championship. |- | style="text-align:center;" Win | style="text-align:center;"|15-2 |align='left'| Michael J. Heming |- | style="text-align:center;" Win | style="text-align:center;"|14-2 |align='left'| Bekim-Moussa Muhammad |align='left'|TKO |align='left'|March 1980 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"| |align='left'|European Professional Karate Association |Brussels, Belgium | |- | style="text-align:center;" Win | style="text-align:center;"|13-2 |align='left'| Mustapha-Ahmad Benamou |align='left'|KO |align='left'|March 1980 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"| |align='left'|European Professional Karate Association |Brussels, Belgium | |- | style="text-align:center;" Loss | style="text-align:center;"|12-2 |align='left'| Patrick Teugels |align='left'|Decision |align='left'|November 1979 | style="text-align:center;"|2 | style="text-align:center;"| |align='left'|WAKO World Full-Contact Championships |Tampa, Florida, USA |Tournament final bout. |- | style="text-align:center;" Win | style="text-align:center;"|12-1 |align='left'| Gilberto Dias |align='left'|TKO (injury) |align='left'|November 1979 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"| |align='left'|WAKO World Full-Contact Championships |Tampa, Florida, USA |Tournament semi-final bout. |- | style="text-align:center;" Win | style="text-align:center;"|11-1 |align='left'| Sherman Bergman |align='left'|KO (axe kick) |align='left'|November 1979 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"|0:59 |align='left'|WAKO World Full-Contact Championships |Tampa, Florida, USA |Tournament quarter-final bout. |- | style="text-align:center;" Win | style="text-align:center;"|10-1 |align='left'| Rolf Risberg |align='left'|KO |align='left'|1979 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"| |align='left'|World-All Styles Karate Organization |Ingelmunster, Belgium | |- | style="text-align:center;" Win | style="text-align:center;"|9-1 |align='left'| Jacques Piniarski |align='left'|KO |align='left'|1979 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"| |align='left'|World-All Styles Karate Organization |Opprebais, Belgium | |- | style="text-align:center;" Win | style="text-align:center;"|8-1 |align='left'| Andre Robaeys |align='left'|KO |align='left'|1979 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"| |align='left'|World-All Styles Karate Organization |Mulhouse, Belgium | |- | style="text-align:center;" Win | style="text-align:center;"|7-1 |align='left'| Cyrille Nollet |align='left'|TKO |align='left'|1978 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"| |align='left'|World-All Styles Karate Organization |Iseghem, Belgium | |- | style="text-align:center;" Win | style="text-align:center;"|6-1 |align='left'| Emile Leibman |align='left'|KO |align='left'|1978 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"| |align='left'|World-All Styles Karate Organization |Iseghem, Belgium | |- | style="text-align:center;" Win | style="text-align:center;"|5-1 |align='left'| Orlando Lang |align='left'|TKO |align='left'|1978 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"|0:12 |align='left'|European Karate Union |Antwerp, Belgium |Tournament final bout. |- | style="text-align:center;" Win | style="text-align:center;"|4-1 |align='left'| Michel Juvillier |align='left'|KO |align='left'|1978 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"|0:39 |align='left'|European Karate Union |Antwerp, Belgium |Tournament semi-final bout. |- | style="text-align:center;" Win | style="text-align:center;"|3-1 |align='left'| Eric Bruno Strauss |align='left'|KO |align='left'|1978 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"|0:18 |align='left'|European Karate Union |Antwerp, Belgium |Tournament quarter-final bout. |- | style="text-align:center;" Loss | style="text-align:center;"|2-1 |align='left'| Patrick Teugels |align='left'|Decision |align='left'|1977 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"| |align='left'| WAKO Open International |Iseghem, Belgium | |- | style="text-align:center;" Win | style="text-align:center;"|2-0 |align='left'| Maurice Devos |align='left'|TKO |align='left'|1977 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"| |align='left'|Netherlands Kickboxing Federation |Antwerp, Belgium | |- | style="text-align:center;" Win | style="text-align:center;"|1-0 |align='left'| Toon Van Oostrum |align='left'|KO |align='left'|1976 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"|0:46 |align='left'|European Karate Union |Brussels, Belgium | |- |}

References

Further reading

(Wako) (PKA World Heavyweight Title) (Eku)

External links

Sites

Official page on Facebook

Official channel on YouTube

Rodin Entertainment Fansite

Interviews

Interview with Patri(c)k Teugels

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Name	Xuasus
Birthname	Juan Jesus Garcia
Birthdate	January 12, 1968
Birthplace	Mieres, Asturias
Nationality	Spanish
Area	Artist
Website	http://www.xuasus.com

Xuasus is the pseudonym of Spanish comicbook artist Juan Jesus Garcia (Mieres, 1968).

Biography

Xuasus' chunky, fully-painted style was admired by David Bishop, editor of the Judge Dredd Megazine, in the early 1990s, and the artist was commissioned to work on a number of well-known characters, including Judge Dredd, Judge Anderson, Judge Hershey and the Brit-Cit Brute. Xuasus has also contributed to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Victor titles.

His latest contribution is the "Waccy Baccy Races" series for the magazine Wasted in collaboration with Alan Grant. He now combines his work in comics with film projects.

His most recent work is as a matte painter of the cities of Jerusalem and the Castle of Kerak on Kingdom of Heaven. He also created the virtual Waterfall City for Dinotopia and was a matte painter on Troy, Rome and Harry Potter II. Rumours have persisted of him being 'difficult' to work with and there have been accusations of him passing off other peoples work as his own and not recognising a team effort in taking credit on film projects. He now works in Canada as a matte painter.

Works

Bibliography

Comics work includes:

Judge Hershey (in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.2 #12, 1992)

Judge Dredd (in ''Judge Dredd Megazine vol.2 #19, 21, 27-29 & 34-35, 1993)

Orlock

Judge Anderson

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Commando

Victor

X-Bow

France Routes

Bonty

La Nueva Espana

Wild Crew

Lletres Asturianes

Filmography

Kingdom of Heaven

Inkheart

The Golden Compass

Underdog

Rome

Troy

Harry Potter II

Dinotopia

References

2000 AD profile

External links

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