Robert Van Damme, born Robert Kovařík on August 11, 1969, in Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic), is a Czech-French gay pornographic film actor, director, and producer. Before entering the adult industry, he was an ice hockey player for teams like LHK Jestřábi Prostějov and MBK Vyškov in the 1990s. He debuted in gay porn in 2003 with Blue Blake Productions, quickly rising as a dominant 'gay-for-pay' power top.
In 2005, he signed an exclusive contract with Hot House Entertainment, starring in films like The Hunted. Van Damme co-founded RVD Films in 2009 with his then-wife, directing Robert Van Damme's Private Party. He earned accolades including induction into the Grabby Awards Hall of Fame and Best New Director at the Hard Choice Awards.
However, his career was marred by legal troubles: convicted in absentia for 1999-2000 armed robberies in Prostějov, he fled to the US, was arrested in 2010, extradited in 2013, and resentenced to nine years imprisonment in 2014. He resided in California during his porn career.