Action movie legend Jean-Claude Van Damme has been confirmed as a guest on Friday night's Late Late Show.

The Belgian martial arts expert, 63, is best known for films such as Kickboxer, Double Impact, Timecop and Street Fighter.

Jean-Claude Van Damme pictured in 1988

The Late Late Show's Instagram account revealed the news with a video of host Kielty doing his own version of martial arts.

Kielty teased the martial arts star's appearance on the show via Instagram

Van Damme, who is often referred to as "The Muscles from Brussels", is in Ireland this week, launching his own Irish whiskey brand.

The Late Late Show, Fridays from 9.35pm on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player.