1. Olivier Gruner has appeared in over 40 films and 4 television series and is best known for martial arts and action films.
26 Facts About Olivier Gruner
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Olivier Gruner began martial arts at the age of 11 after watching a Bruce Lee movie, which inspired him to pursue both martial arts and a potential career in the film industry.
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Olivier Gruner began studying Shotokan karate, then boxing, kickboxing, and full contact kickboxing.
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Olivier Gruner was operational in Djibouti and Somalia, where he was particularly involved in anti-piracy operations.
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In 1981, Olivier Gruner left the military with the aim of training full-time to compete professionally as a kickboxer.
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Olivier Gruner retired from professional kickboxing in 1987 and pursued an acting career, following the lead of bodybuilders Reg Park and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Olivier Gruner joined Imperial Entertainment Corporation and began acting in action movies.
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Olivier Gruner has appeared in martial arts magazines, such as Budo Journal, Combat, Impact, Inside Karate, Inside Kung Fu Yearbook and many more.
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In 1992, Olivier Gruner starred as "Alex Raine" in Albert Pyun's Cyberpunk 1992 science fiction thriller Nemesis.
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In 2010, Olivier Gruner played Corsair Duguay in Tales of an Ancient Empire.
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Olivier Gruner played Jagger in Escape from Paradise, and Duguay in Cyborg Nemesis: The Dark Rift, and The Target.
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In 1999, Olivier Gruner appeared as Dieter Vanderval in the episode titled "Wildlife" of the series Martial Law.
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In 2005, NBC hired Olivier Gruner to produce a TV series named The Pros, a Way of Life, a project that Olivier Gruner had started in 2003.
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Olivier Gruner had completed episodes on professional boxers, surfers, and MMA fighters, when NBC decided to shelve the series, and it was never released.
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Olivier Gruner played Ivan in the television series Seven Days, which premiered in 2019.
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Early in his career, Olivier Gruner got involved in the production of some of the films in which he was appearing as an actor.
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Olivier Gruner has been involved, as a producer-only, in Front Line.
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Olivier Gruner was both an actor and a producer in Iron Cross: The Road to Normandy.
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Olivier Gruner co-wrote the stories of some of the movies in which he appeared as an actor.
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Olivier Gruner co-wrote the story and the screenplay of Lost Warrior: Left Behind, and co-wrote the story of Sector 4: Extraction.
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Olivier Gruner has always been involved in several other business activities.
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Olivier Gruner has been producing training videos for martial arts, combat skills, bodyguarding, and survival techniques since 2012.
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Olivier Gruner has always kept a side activity as a personal trainer in various martial arts such as kickboxing and mixed martial arts.
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Olivier Gruner usually dedicates this personal training time to competing martial artists, as well as retired champions.
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Olivier Gruner is a licensed helicopter pilot, which allows him to mix this activity with film-producing requirements at times.
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Olivier Gruner has been regularly maintaining his karate, boxing and kickboxing training, which he has been completing with Brazilian jiu-jitsu, wrestling and mixed martial arts.