Many people have wondered if the TV and movie producer Stu Segall is related to the actor and martial artist Steven Seagal. The two share a similar surname and both have worked in the entertainment industry for decades. However, there is no evidence that they are related by blood or marriage.
Who is Stu Segall?
Stu Segall is a Boston area-born TV and movie producer and director who is the founder of Stu Segall Productions, a San Diego-based TV production studio Segall began his career in 1970, directing sexploitation movies and hard-core pornography, including the famous Insatiable, starring Marilyn Chambers. Eventually, he got work in television. In 1984, Stephen J. Cannell tapped him to produce the TV series Hunter. He opened his San Diego TV studio to film the TV show Silk Stalkings in 1991. In addition to TV production, his studio also offers hyper-realistic training for military personnel. The company this training is conducted under is Strategic Operations
Who is Steven Seagal?
Steven Seagal is an American-born actor, screenwriter, and martial artist. A 7th-dan black belt in aikido, he began his adult life as a martial arts instructor in Japan and eventually ended up running his father-in-law’s dojo. He later moved to Los Angeles where he had the same profession. In 1988, Seagal made his acting debut in Above the Law. By 1991, he had starred in four films. Seagal also holds Serbian and Russian citizenship. In 1992, he played Navy SEAL counter-terrorist expert Casey Ryback in Under Siege. During the latter half of the 1990s, Seagal starred in three more feature films and the direct-to-video film The Patriot. Subsequently, his career shifted to mostly direct-to-video productions. He has since appeared in films and reality shows, including Steven Seagal: Lawman, which depicted Seagal performing duties as a reserve deputy sheriff
Seagal is a guitarist and has released two studio albums, Songs from the Crystal Cave and Mojo Priest, and performed on the scores of several of his films. He has worked with Stevie Wonder and Tony Rebel, who both performed on his debut album. He has been involved in a line of “therapeutic oil” products and energy drinks. Seagal is an environmentalist, animal rights activist, and supporter of 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso. He is a supporter of Vladimir Putin, to whom he once referred as “one of the great living world leaders”. He was granted both Russian and Serbian citizenship in 2016. In 2018, he was appointed Russia’s special envoy to the U.S. From 1996 to 2018, multiple women accused Seagal of sexual harassment or assault
Are They Related?
There is no indication that Stu Segall and Steven Seagal are related in any way. They have different backgrounds, careers, and interests. They have never collaborated on any project or appeared together in public. They have different spellings of their surnames: Segall has two Ls while Seagal has one.
The rumor that they are related may have originated from their similar names and their involvement in the entertainment industry. However, this is not enough to establish a familial connection between them.
Conclusion
Stu Segall and Steven Seagal are not related by blood or marriage. They are two different individuals with different lives and careers.
