Matthias Hues

Matthias Hues (born 14 February 1959 in Waltrop, Germany) is a German-born, naturalised American actor and martial artist. He played roles in films such as No Retreat, No Surrender 2: Raging Thunder (1988), Cage (1989), Dark Angel (1990), Kickboxer 2: The Road Back (1991) and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991).

I received Matthias's autograph as a reward for backing the Kickstarter campaign for the upcoming martial arts film The Last Kumite, which is scheduled for release in 2024.

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David Spear

David Spear (born 23 November 1953 in Newark, New Jersey, USA) is a composer and conductor. He began his career orchestrating many film scores for Elmer Bernstein including Animal House (1978), Airplane! (1980), Heavy Metal (1981), An American Werewolf in London (1981), and Ghostbusters (1984). He composed the score for films including Exterminator 2 (1984), No Retreat, No Surrender 2: Raging Thunder (1987), and Pentathlon (1994).

The soundtrack to No Retreat, No Surrender 2: Raging Thunder was released on CD as a limited edition of 500 units in December 2021. The first 50 copies ordered from Buysoundtrax.com were signed by David. I received my signed copy in February 2022.

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Loren Avedon

Loren Avedon (born 30 July 1962 in Los Angeles, California, USA) is an American actor and martial artist. I know him for his roles of Scott Wylde in No Retreat, No Surrender 2 (1987), Will Alexander in No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers (1990), and Jake Donahue in The King of the Kickboxers (1990).

I sent the Germany lobby cards of No Retreat, No Surrender 3 (confusingly called Kick-Boxer 2: Blood Brothers in Germany) to Loren through the mail in September 2015 and he kindly returned all three of them signed.

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Also signed by Keith Vitali

Cynthia Rothrock

Cynthia Ann Christine Rothrock (born 8 March 1957 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA) is an American martial artist and actress in martial arts films. She holds black belt rankings in seven styles of martial arts and was a high level competitor in martial arts before becoming an actress.

Cynthia's films include No Retreat, No Surrender 2 (1987), China O'Brien (1988) and its 1989 sequel, Martial Law (1990) and its 1991 sequel, Lady Dragon (1992) and its 1994 sequel, and Rage and Honor (1992) and both 1993 sequels.

I ordered Cynthia's signed photo from her official website and received it in January 2021. I later met her in person at London Film & Comic Con on 9 July 2023.

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Jean-Claude Van Damme

Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg (born 18 October 1960 in Sint-Agatha-Berchem, Brussels, Belgium), known professionally as Jean-Claude Van Damme, is a Belgian actor and retired martial artist best known for his martial arts action films.

Some his most well known roles include No Retreat, No Surrender (1986), Bloodsport (1988), Cyborg (1989), Kickboxer (1989), Lionheart (1990; known as A.W.O.L. in the UK), Death Warrant (1990), Double Impact (1991), Universal Soldier (1992), Nowhere to Run (1993), Hard Target (1993), Timecop (1994), Street Fighter (1994), Sudden Death (1995), The Quest (1996), Maximum Risk (1996), Double Team (1997), Knock Off (1998), Legionnaire (1998), Inferno (1999; known as Desert Heat in the UK), Universal Soldier: the Return (1999), JCVD (2008), The Expendables 2 (2012), the series Jean-Claude van Johnson (2016–2017 series) and The Bouncer (2018).

I purchased the signed Double Impact photo from a dealer at Film & Comic Con Glasgow in August 2018. I met Jean-Claude for a photo opportunity at Comic Con Scotland in Edinburgh in October 2019. The signed Bloodsport photo was obtained through a private signing organised by Monopoly Events in the summer of 2020.

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JCVD signing my photo

Kurt McKinney

Kurt Robin McKinney (born 15 February 1962 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA) is an American actor. I know him as Jason Stillwell in the 1986 martial arts film No Retreat, No Surrender, which also introduced audiences to Jean-Claude Van Damme. He also starred in Sworn to Justice (1996) with Cynthia Rothrock.

I obtained Kurt's autograph through the mail.

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