Casper Van Dien
Biography
Casper Van Dien is an American actor known for playing Johnny Rico in Starship Troopers (1997). Born in Milton, Florida, he moved to Los Angeles and began with small television and movie roles, earning recurring parts on One Life to Live and Beverly Hills, 90210. After playing King Tal in Beastmaster III: The Eye of Braxus (1996) and starring in the James Dean biopic James Dean: Race with Destiny, he got the breakthrough role of Rico in Paul Verhoeven's science fiction action film. That breakthrough led to the role of Tarzan in Tarzan and the Lost City (1998), and his next film was Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow (1999) as Brom von Brunt. Van Dien appeared in Cutaway (2000) and the NBC soap Titans, later reprising Rico in Starship Troopers 3: Marauder (2008). He also played Johnny Cage in the second season of Mortal Kombat: Legacy and Samual Hyst in Salvage Marines, where he was a producer.
57years old
Turns 58 on December 18in 37 days
- Born Milton
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
- Casper Robert Van Dien, Jr. (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 54
- Career span
- 27 years1996 to 2023
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Big break
Van Dien's breakthrough as Johnny Rico in Paul Verhoeven's Starship Troopers led directly to his being cast as Tarzan in Tarzan and the Lost City.
A role that slipped away
Van Dien filmed scenes as Patrick Bateman for the 2002 film The Rules of Attraction, but the scenes went unused in the final cut.
Behind the camera
Van Dien was credited as a producer on the 2022 series Salvage Marines, in which he played Samual Hyst, and he compared the role favorably to Johnny Rico.
Casper Van Dien movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Blake Freeman directed two of these films, Shaun Paul Piccinino two and Brandon Slagle two. Two actors appear in seven of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Blake Freeman
All films by Shaun Paul Piccinino
All films by Brandon Slagle
Also three films together4 more actors
- Patrick MuldoonAlpha Wolf (2018), Turbulent Skies (2010) and Starship Troopers (1997)
- Cynthia RothrockStar Raiders: The Adventures of Saber Raine (2017), Beyond the Game (2016) and Showdown in Manila (2016)
- Steven WaddingtonThe Curse of King Tut's Tomb (2006), Sleepy Hollow (1999) and Tarzan and the Lost City (1998)
- Randy CharachA Tale of Two Guns (2022), The Most Dangerous Game (2022) and The 2nd (2020)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Casper Van Dien's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$747 million
5 of the 54 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 54 films: 5 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 26 never in cinemas; 22 figure not found.
- 5Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 26Never in cinemas
- 22Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The five biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$405M54.2% of the total
- 2$206M27.6% of the total
- 3$121M16.2% of the total
- 4$13M1.7% of the total
- 5$2.2M0.3% of the total
