

" Seagal attended Buena Park High School in Buena Park, California, and Fullerton College between 19.

His mother later told People magazine that prior to the move Seagal was frail and suffered from asthma: "He was a puny kid back then. When he was five years old, he moved with his parents to Fullerton, California. His paternal grandparents were Russian Jewish immigrants. His mother was of Irish descent, while his father was Jewish. Steven Frederic Seagal was born in Lansing, Michigan, on April 10, 1952, the son of medical technician Patricia (1930–2003) and high school mathematics teacher Samuel Seagal (1928–1991).

Seagal is a guitarist and has released two studio albums, Songs from the Crystal Cave and Mojo Priest, and performed on the scores of several of his films. He has since appeared in films and reality shows, including Steven Seagal: Lawman, which depicted Seagal performing his duties as a reserve deputy sheriff. Subsequently, his career shifted to mostly direct-to-video productions. During the latter half of the 1990s, Seagal starred in three more feature films and the direct-to-video film The Patriot. In 1992, he played Navy SEAL counter-terrorist expert Casey Ryback in Under Siege. In 1988, Seagal made his acting debut in Above the Law. He later moved to Los Angeles where he had the same profession. A 7th- dan black belt in aikido, he began his adult life as a martial arts instructor in Japan, becoming the first foreigner to operate an aikido dojo in the country. Steven Frederic Seagal ( / s ɪ ˈ ɡ ɑː l/ born April 10, 1952) is an American actor, screenwriter and martial artist.
