 Steven Frederic Seagal was born in Lansing, Michigan, on April 10, 1952, the son of medical technician Patricia (1930–2003) and high school mathematics teacher Samuel Seagal (1928–1991).His mother was of Dutch, English, and German descent, while his father was the son of Russian Jews who had relocated to the U.S.When he was five years old, he moved with his parents to Fullerton, California.