Scott Adkins

Scott Edward Adkins (born 17 June 1976 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England) is an English actor, film producer and martial artist. He played Yuri Boyka in Undisputed II: Last Man Standing (2006) and its two sequels, Undisputed III: Redemption (2010) and Boyka: Undisputed (2017); Casey Bowman in Ninja (2009) and its sequel Ninja: Shadow of a Tear (2013); French in the The Debt Collector (2018) and its sequel Debt Collector 2 (2020).

He worked in four films with Jean-Claude Van Damme: The Shepherd: Border Patrol (2008), Assassination Games (2011), Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (2012) and The Expendables 2 (2012). He also had starring roles in The Legend of Hercules (2014), Wolf Warrior (2015) and Ip Man 4: The Finale (2019) playing the main antagonist in all three films, and also appeared in The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) and Doctor Strange. In 2022, he starred in Day Shift with Jamie Foxx and Dave Franco, and in John Wick: Chapter 4 alongside Keanu Reeves in 2023.

I met Scott at London Film & Comic Con on 9 July 2023.

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Chuck Norris

Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris (born 10 March 1940 in Ryan, Oklahoma, USA; died 19 March 2026 in Kauai, Hawaii, USA) was an American martial artist, actor, film producer, and screenwriter. He was a black belt in Tang Soo Do, Brazilian jiu jitsu and judo. Friend and fellow martial artist Bruce Lee invited him to play one of the main villains in Way of the Dragon (1972). Norris then had starring roles in film such as Breaker! Breaker! (1977), Good Guys Wear Black (1978), A Force of One (1979), The Octagon (1980), An Eye for an Eye (1981), Silent Rage (1982), Forced Vengeance (1982), Lone Wolf McQuade (1983), Missing in Action (1984), Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985), Code of Silence (1985), Invasion U.S.A (1985), The Delta Force (1986), Firewalker (1986), Hero and the Terror (1988), Braddock: Missing in Action III (1988), Delta Force 2 (1990), The Hitman (1991), Sidekicks (1992), Forest Warrior (1996), and The President's Man (2000) and its sequel (2002). Norris made his last film appearance to date in Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables 2 (2012).

In the 1990s, he played the title role in the long running television series Walker, Texas Ranger (1993-2001). 

Mr Norris signed my Missing in Action Blu-ray sleeve in November 2020 at a private signing organised by CPA Authentics. The Expendables 2 photo was signed by Mr Norris during a Monopoly Events private signing in June 2021. I finally got to meet him at London Film & Comic Con on 9 July 2023.

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Chuck Norris in Expendables 2

Mr Norris signing for Monopoly Events (not my item) in June 2020

Mr Norris signing my Missing in Action Blu-ray sleeve
for CPA Authentics in November 2020

Mr Norris and I at LFFC 2023 where he signed the photo as well

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

Randy Couture

Randall Duane Couture (born 22 June 1963 in Everett, Washington, USA) is an American actor, former U.S. Army sergeant, retired mixed martial artist and former collegiate and Greco-Roman wrestler. During his tenures in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), he became a three-time UFC Heavyweight Champion, two-time UFC Light heavyweight Champion, an interim UFC Light heavyweight Champion and the UFC 13 Heavyweight Tournament winner. He is the first of six fighters to hold two UFC championship titles in two different divisions (along with B.J. Penn, Conor McGregor, Georges St-Pierre, Daniel Cormier, and Amanda Nunes).

I know him best as Toll Road in The Expendables film series (2012-16). I obtained Randy's autograph through the mail.

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Brian Tyler

Brian Tyler (born 8 May 1972 in Orange County, California, USA) is an American composer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, conductor, arranger, DJ and producer. Tyler's scores include Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007), Rambo (2008), The Expendables trilogy (2010-14), Iron Man 3 (2013), Thor: The Dark World (2013) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) with Danny Elfman. He also re-arranged the current fanfare of the Universal Pictures logo (composed by Jerry Goldsmith) and the updated Marvel Studios logo, which debuted with Thor: The Dark World. He composed the score of five installments of The Fast and the Furious franchise.

I purchased signed Rambo and The Expendables soundtrack CDs from Buysoundtrax.com around the time both albums were released.

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Eric Roberts

Eric Anthony Roberts (born 18 April 1956 in Biloxi, Mississippi, USA) is an American actor. According to IMDb he has more than 500 credits as an actor including The Coca-Cola Kid (1985) Runaway Train (1985), Best of the Best (1989) and its sequel Best of the Best II (1993), The Ambulance (1990), Final Analysis (1992), The Specialist (1994), The Nature of the Beast (known as Bad Company in Europe and Hatchet Man in the UK)(1995), The Dark Knight (2008) and The Expendables (2010).

I met Eric at Comic Con Liverpool in March 2019, where he signed the Specialist DVD sleeve for me. I used the Showmasters send-in service to get the Best of the Best press photo signed when he appeared at Collectormania Milton Keynes in May 2014.

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Dolph Lundgren

Hans "Dolph" Lundgren (born 3 November 1957 in Spånga, Sweden) is a Swedish actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and martial artist. Lundgren became famous as Ivan Drago, the villain in Rocky IV, one of my favourite films. He then portrayed He-Man in the 1987 film Masters of the Universe. Other notable films are Red Scorpion (1988), The Punisher (1989), Dark Angel (also known as I Come in Peace) (1990), Cover-Up (1991), Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991), Universal Soldier (1992), Pentathlon (1994), Men of War (1994), Johnny Mnemonic (1995) and the Expendables trilogy (2010-2014).

I met Dolph at London Film & Comic Con in 2016 where he signed the Rocky IV press photo and poster below. The signed colour photo with the red background was purchased from a dealer at Collectormania Glasgow a few years prior.

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