Semmy Schilt

What strikes me about Semmy Schilt is how thoroughly his height could have been a gimmick yet never was. At 212 cm, plenty of fighters coast on physical advantage, but Schilt paired that frame with genuine karate technique and ice-cold ring intelligence, which is how you win four K-1 Grand Prix and a Glory Grand Slam. I find that combination of size and discipline far more compelling than raw power alone. His pivot into acting feels natural to me; that quiet, towering presence reads as authority on screen. He is the rare athlete whose dominance came from precision rather than aggression, and I respect that enormously.

Name (English)

Semmy Schilt

Name (Japanese)

セーム・シュルト

Reading

せーむ・しゅると

Born

October 27, 1973 (age 52)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Ox

Origin

Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

Height

212 cm

Occupation

actor / kickboxer / karateka

• Official sitehttp://www.semschilt.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/semmyschilt/
• Xhttps://x.com/semmyschilt
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semmy%20Schilt
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BB%E3%83%9F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q311016

Tags

• South Holland
• actor
• kickboxer
• karateka

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.