There is no evidence that Seagal has ever worked with the Central Intelligence Agency. You could say that I became an advisor to several CIA agents in the field, and through my friends in the CIA, I met many powerful people and did special works and favors." Fujitani has refuted these allegations and has also dismissed Seagal's claims that he had combatted yakuza. Seagal has claimed that he helped train CIA agents in Japan: "They saw my abilities, both with martial arts and with the language. The judge just gave him the black belt." Interviewed in 1993, Fujitani stated that: "The only reason Steven was awarded the black belt was because the judge, who was famous for his laziness, fell asleep during Steven's presentation. Seagal taught at the school owned by Miyako's family and earned his aikido black belt in 1978. After they married, they had a son, Kentaro, and a daughter, Ayako. We got married in December 1974." Fujitani was a second-degree black belt and daughter of an Osaka aikido master who had come to Los Angeles to teach aikido. Martial arts and JapanĪccording to Seagal's first wife, Miyako Fujitani: "I met Steven in California in the fall of 1974. For instance, Seagal has claimed that he was a student of the founder of aikido, Morihei Ueshiba despite the fact that Ueshiba died in 1969 when Seagal was 17 and five years before Seagal moved to Japan at age 22 - when he moved there to allegedly avoid the draft for the Vietnam War by marrying a Japanese national. Seagal has been described as a “ pathological liar” due to his propensity of making greatly exaggerated or outright fabricated statements about his personal life and achievements. 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 5-years-old, Seagal moved with his parents to Fullerton, California. He stated that genetic testing determined that he has Yakut and Buryat ancestry as well. During an interview for the Russian talk show Let Them Talk, Seagal stated that he has paternal ancestors from the Siberian city of Vladivostok, as well as Belarus and Saint Petersburg. 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 Patricia Anne Fisher, a medical technician, and Samuel Seagal, a mathematics teacher. From 1996 to 2018, multiple women accused Seagal of sexual harassment or assault. In 2018, he was appointed Russia's special envoy to the U.S. He was granted both Russian and Serbian citizenship in 2016. Seagal is a supporter of Vladimir Putin, to whom he once referred as "one of the great living world leaders". Seagal is an environmentalist, animal rights activist, and supporter of 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso. He has been involved in a line of "therapeutic oil" products and energy drinks. He has worked with Stevie Wonder and Tony Rebel, who both performed on his debut album. 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 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 and eventually ended up running his father-in-law's dojo. Steven Frederic Seagal ( / s ɪ ˈ ɡ ɑː l/ born April 10, 1952) is an American actor, producer, screenwriter, martial artist, and musician.
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