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Name: Casper Van Dien
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Date of Birth:
December 18, 1968
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Place of Birth:
Milton, Florida, USA
Mini-bio:
Casper Van Dien is an American actor, best known for his role as Johnnie Rico in Starship Troopers. After moving to L.A., he landed a number of small parts in various television series and movies. Two...( read more) early breaks were recurring roles on One Life To Live and Beverly Hills 90210. This was followed by parts in several straight-to-video releases, including Night Eyes 4, Beastmaster III: The Eye of Braxus, Night Scream and, ironically, Casper: A Spirited Beginning.
Casper Van Dien as Johnny Rico in Starship Troopers.He achieved more notice as the lead in the biopic James Dean: Race with Destiny. Soon after, he got the breakthrough role of Johnnie Rico in Paul Verhoeven's science fiction action film Starship Troopers. This directly led to his being cast as the "Lord of the Jungle" in Tarzan and the Lost City. Soon following was the role of Brom von Brunt in Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow, a reworking of the classic Washington Irving tale.Returning to his television roots, in 2000 he appeared in the Aaron Spelling's short-lived NBC series Titans with Yasmine Bleeth, John Barrowman, Perry King and Victoria Principal.In 2005, he produced and appeared in the reality series I Married a Princess, about his professional and personal life with Catherine Oxenberg, whose mother is Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia.