Steven Seagal is an American actor, producer, screenwriter, martial artist, and guitarist. He was born on April 10, 1952, in Lansing, Michigan, to Patricia Anne Fisher, a medical technician, and Samuel Seagal, a mathematics teacher. His mother was of Irish descent, while his father was Jewish, and his paternal grandparents were Russian Jewish immigrants. During an interview for the Russian talk show Let Them Talk, Seagal stated that he has paternal ancestors from the Siberian city of Vladivostok, as well as Belarus and Saint Petersburg. Seagal holds citizenship in the United States, Serbia, and Russia.