Ron Van Clief
Actor
Biography
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.
Filmography
Fist of Fear, Touch of Death
as The Boxer 1980
Death by Misadventure: The Mysterious Life of Bruce Lee
as Self 1993
Enter the Clones of Bruce
as Self 2023
Top Fighter
as Self 1995
Kung Fu Fever
as Black Dragon 1979
The Squeeze
as Duke 1978
UFC 4: Revenge of the Warriors
as Self 1994
Black Dragon's Revenge
as Black Dragon 1975
The Black Dragon
as The Black Dragon 1974
Blazin'
as Davis 2001
The Hanged Man: The Story of Ron Van Clief
as Self 2020
The Black Kung Fu Experience
as Self 2012
Way of the Black Dragon
as Bill Eaton 1978
Bamboo Trap
1975
The Super Weapon
as Himself 1976
Colorz of Rage
as Diciple 1999