Age, Biography and Wiki
Jeff Speakman (Jeffrey F. Speakman) was born on 8 November, 1958 in Chicago, Illinois, is an American actor. Discover Jeff Speakman's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 65 years old?
| Popular As |
Jeffrey F. Speakman |
| Occupation |
Actor
Martial artist |
| Age |
65 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Scorpio |
| Born |
8 November 1958 |
| Birthday |
8 November |
| Birthplace |
Chicago, Illinois |
| Nationality |
United States
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He is a member of famous Actor with the age 65 years old group.
Jeff Speakman Height, Weight & Measurements
At 65 years old, Jeff Speakman height is 183 cm .
| Physical Status |
| Height |
183 cm |
| Weight |
Not Available |
| Body Measurements |
Not Available |
| Eye Color |
Not Available |
| Hair Color |
Not Available |
Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
| Family |
| Parents |
Not Available |
| Wife |
Not Available |
| Sibling |
Not Available |
| Children |
Not Available |
Jeff Speakman Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Jeff Speakman worth at the age of 65 years old? Jeff Speakman’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from United States. We have estimated Jeff Speakman's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| House |
Not Available |
| Cars |
Not Available |
| Source of Income |
Actor |
Jeff Speakman Social Network
Timeline
Jeff Speakman (born November 8, 1958) is an American actor and a martial artist in the art of American Kenpo and Japanese Gōjū-ryū, earning black belts in each.
He had started Gōjū-ryū in 1978.
Speakman received his first-degree black belt in American Kenpo in 1984.
Speakman started acting in 1988 and had his first main role in 1991 with the release of The Perfect Weapon, He followed this up with the feature film Street Knight.
In the United Kingdom, this movie was released straight to video in 1993.
Other action films followed, including The Expert and Deadly Outbreak.
Speakman holds training camps every year at the Jeff Speakman International Kenpo Camp for American kenpo.
In 1993, Speakman was inducted into the Black Belt Hall of Fame for Instructor of the Year.
Between 2008 and 2018, he was President of the International Kempo Federation.
Speakman was born and raised in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, where he was a springboard diver at John Hersey High School and achieved All-American status.
He graduated from Missouri Southern State College.
He has said that the television show Kung Fu got him interested in martial arts, and he began by studying the Okinawan martial art of Gōjū-ryū until achieving black belt rank.
His instructor then recommended that if he was really intent in pursuing martial arts as a lifestyle, then he should go looking for Ed Parker, a friend of his master.
Speakman sold his car to pay for the moving expenses and met Parker at one of the latter's tournaments.
Speakman spent years training in American Kenpo under his principal instructor, Larry Tatum, as well as under the system's founder Parker.
He was also recognized for excellence in martial arts and was inducted into the Masters Hall of Fame in 2009 where he received the Silver Life Achievement Award.
Speakman is also founder and director of American Kenpo Karate Systems (AKKS), an international kenpo karate organization with more than 50 schools.
He was promoted to ninth degree in kenpo karate by Mills Crenshaw and Bob White and ninth in Gōjū-ryū by Lou Angel on July 2, 2013.
He was promoted to tenth degree on July 9, 2022.
In 2013, Speakman was ill with throat cancer, however he has since fully recovered from it.
He has continued his martial arts labor, transforming his previous association, AKKS into Kenpo 5.0.
Citing some of Ed Parker's last statements about American Kenpo, Speakman decided to make an attempt to integrate ground fighting techniques into Kenpo's self-defense curriculum.
Speakman is adamant that in doing this he is preserving the will of Parker, who always intended Kenpo to continue evolving, and that his additions to the system will increase the student's ability to repel any type of attack.
