Luc Deveraux
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Luc Deveraux is the title character and protagonist of the Universal Soldier film series. He is most famously portrayed by Belgian actor and martial artist Jean-Claude Van Damme in Universal Soldier (1992) and its sequels Universal Soldier: The Return (1999), Universal Soldier: Regeneration (2009) and Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (2012). The character is also portrayed by Matt Battaglia in the 1998 direct-to-video sequels Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms and Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business.
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Luc Deveraux | |
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Universal Soldier character | |
![]() Jean-Claude Van Damme as Luc Deveraux in the original Universal Soldier (1992). | |
First appearance | Universal Soldier |
Last appearance | Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning |
Created by | Richard Rothstein Christopher Leitch Dean Devlin |
Portrayed by | Jean-Claude Van Damme Matt Battaglia |
He first appears in Universal Soldier as "GR44", a deceased Vietnam War soldier who is reanimated in a secret government project to become a Universal Soldier, or UniSol. He and other UniSols serve as remote- controlled superhuman soldiers - sent into the most dangerous situations.
A recurring theme in the series is that he is the only UniSol strong enough to actively resist his mental conditioning and become more human, though a return to normal functioning seems almost impossible.
In a twist to the usual format of the series, Deveraux serves as the main antagonist in the final entry, Day of Reckoning.[1]