Michel Qissi

Michel Qissi was born as Mohammed Qissi on 12 September 1962 in Oujda, Morocco. He has two brothers named Youssef and Abdel. At the age of two, Michel Qissi moved to Brussels, Belgium. At the age of seven, he started training in boxing and went on to become an amateur champion at 17. He also studied different forms of martial arts like Muay Thai and Shotokan Karate.

Coming to the actor’s love life, he got married to Jeanette Qissi. Unfortunately, the couple separated later on. Besides this, no information regarding the Moroccan-Belgian actor’s personal life is available on the web. However, it is known that he is best friends with Jean-Claude Van Damme. They befriended each other in childhood and grew up together. Qissi, who is known to be a private person, is not available on any social networking website.

Michel Qissi was first cast as an extra in the movie ‘Breakin'. He then had a small role in the highly-successful flick ‘Bloodsport’ in 1987. Two years later, he played the role of a villain in the movie ‘Kickboxer’. Soon after this, the actor was cast as Moustafa in the action film ‘Lionheart’. He then reprised is role of Tong Po in ‘Kickboxer 2’ in 1991. That year, he also played Davey O'Brien in the martial-arts film ‘Bloodmatch’.

In 1993, Qissi made the movie ‘Terminator Woman’ and also appeared as Alex Gatelee in it. Then in 2001, he got featured as Kong Li in the flick ‘Extreme Force’. He directed the movie as well. In 2014, he made the flick ‘Bara’, in which he had a double role as Hamza and Bara. A year later, Qissi directed the film ‘Heart of a Lion’. He also played Tarek El-Yuzdi in the movie ‘Out for Vengeance’ the same year.