Daniel Bernhardt

Bernhardt belongs to a class of performers I deeply respect: the ones who earned their screen presence through actual physical mastery rather than publicity. Stepping into the Bloodsport lineage as a successor to Van Damme is no small ask, yet he carried it with a model's poise and a fighter's discipline. At 189 cm with a martial-arts pedigree, he reads as authentic in a genre that punishes fakery. I'm drawn to how he kept building, moving from leading roles into producing. He's the kind of dependable craftsman whose name on a fight scene quietly guarantees the choreography will land.

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Name (English)

Daniel Bernhardt

Name (Japanese)

ダニエル・バーンハード

Reading

だにえる・ばーんはーど

Born

August 31, 1965 (age 61)

Origin

Ittigen, Canton of Berne, Switzerland

Height

189 cm

Occupation

actor / martial artist / model / film actor / film producer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Snake

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Bernhardt
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%8F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115932

Tags

• Canton of Berne
• actor
• martial artist
• model

Last updated

September 23, 2026

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