Steven Seagal

Steven Seagal is an American actor, producer, writer and director. He was born on April 10, 1951, in Lansing, Michigan, and is known for playing action hero film roles.

In 2009, Seagal is slated to star on the A&E reality series, Steven Seagal Lawman, about his life as a deputy in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Allegations of Sexual Harassment

TMZ reported on April 12, 2010, that 23-year-old former model, Kayden Nguyen, was suing Seagal for alleged sexual harassment that she claims occurred while she worked for him as an assistant.http://www.tmz.com/2010/04/12/steven-seagal-sexual-assault-lawsuit-executive-assistant-kayden-nguyen/ Her lawsuit seeks damages amounting to one million dollars. Nguyen claims in her lawsuit that Seagal treated her "as his sex toy."http://www.tmz.com/2010/04/12/steven-seagal-sexual-assault-lawsuit-executive-assistant-kayden-nguyen/

Although the 23-year-old woman apparently intended on working for Seagal as his personal assistant, Nguyen has claimed that she was unknowingly applying for a different position. Allegedly, Nguyen claims that "Mr. Seagal had been keeping two young female Russian 'Attendants' on staff who were available for his sexual needs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week."http://www.tmz.com/2010/04/12/steven-seagal-sexual-assault-lawsuit-executive-assistant-kayden-nguyen/ Nguyen believes that she was expected to work in this position instead, and replace one of the two staff members who had quit at that time.

Seagal grew up in Fullerton, California. He began martial arts training at the age of seven. He earned belts in karate, aikido, kendo, and judo. Seagal moved to Japan as a young adult where he was an aikido instructor.

In 1975, Seagal married Miyako Fujitani. The couple had two children together, Kentaro and Ayako Fujitani. The marriage ended in a divorce, but before his divorce was finalized from Fujitani, Seagal married actress Adrienne La Russa. Their marriage ended in an annulment in 1987. Later that year, Seagal tried his hand at marriage once again, with actress Kelly LeBrock. Seagal and LeBrock had three children together, Annaliza, Arissa and Dominic, but ended up divorcing in 1996. Seagal has since been romantically involved with Arissa Wolf and the couple have a daughter, Savannah.

Segal began his acting career as a martial arts coordinator on the films The Challenge and Never Say Never Again. He made his film debut in 1988, on the set of Above the Law. From there, he acted in the films Hard to Kill, Marked for Death, and Out for Justice. He became famous for his role in Under Siege. His more recent works include Exit Wounds, The Foreigner, Into the Sun, Black Dawn, Shadow Man, Flight of Fury and Urban Justice.

• Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

• April 10, 1951 Born

• 1988: Above the Law

• 1990: Hard to Kill

• 1990: Marked for Death

• 1991: Out for Justice

• 1992: Under Siege

• 1994: On Deadly Ground

• 1995: Under Siege 2: Dark Territory

• 1996: Executive Decision

• 1996: The Glimmer Man

• 1997: Fire Down Below

• 2001: Exit Wounds

• 2002: Half Past Dead

• 2008: Prince of Pistols