Photo: Ivan Bessedin / CC BY 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Don "The Dragon" Wilson is one of those rare figures who fully lived two demanding careers. Eleven world kickboxing titles and forty-seven knockouts across four decades is the kind of record that earns a nickname like "the Dragon" honestly, and I respect that it was never just marketing. What impresses me more is the range: a college-educated fighter who became an actor, stunt performer and screenwriter without losing his credibility in any of them. His on-screen toughness lands because it was proven in the ring first. I came up loving action films built on genuine martial artists, and Wilson is a prime example of why.
Overview
Donald Glen Wilson (born September 10, 1954), nicknamed "the Dragon", is an American former professional kickboxer, boxer, actor, and martial artist. An 11-time world champion who scored 47 knockouts in four decades, he has been called by the STAR System Ratings as "perhaps the greatest kickboxer in American history. He has disposed of more quality competition than anyone we've ever ranked".
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Don "The Dragon" Wilson
- Name (Japanese)
- ドン・ウィルソン
- Reading
- どん・うぃるそん
- Born
- September 10, 1954 (age 71)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Horse
- Origin
- Alton, Illinois, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 185 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- kickboxer / film actor / stunt performer / actor / screenwriter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Eastern Florida State College
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.