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Jean-Claude Van Johnson

Jean-Claude Van Johnson

Description: Jean-Claude Van Damme is a name that is synonymous with action movies, but what if he was actually a secret agent and his entire film career was intended to be a front for his black ops missions? That's the premise of this series, a tongue-in-cheek look at his life in the spotlight. Working under the (not-so-secretive) alias Jean-Claude Van Johnson, the unhappily retired action star is lured back into the spy game by a chance encounter. When he gets involved as an undercover operative, Johnson is forced to confront the greatest enemy he's ever faced.
Genre: Action fiction
Year Released: 2016
Number of seasons: 1
First episode air date: August 19, 2016
Director: Peter Atencio
Program Creator: David Callaham
Network: Amazon Prime Video
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