Dolph Lundgren
Biography
Hans "Dolph" Lundgren (/ˈlʌndɡrən/, Swedish: [ˈdɔlːf ˈlɵ̌nːdɡreːn]; born 3 November 1957) is a Swedish-American actor, filmmaker, and martial artist. Born in Spånga, a community in Stockholm County, Sweden, Lundgren became interested in martial arts at a young age. This would lead him to hold the rank of 4th dan black belt in Kyokushin karate and become European champion in 1980 and 1981. In 1982, while studying to get a master's degree, he became the boyfriend of singer Grace Jones. He moved to New York City with her and started taking acting classes. In 1985, Lundgren had a breakthrough role playing the lead villain as an imposing Soviet boxer named Ivan Drago in Sylvester Stallone's Rocky IV.
Lundgren went on to play lead roles in over 80 action-orientated films, including Masters of the Universe (1987), Red Scorpion (1988), The Punisher (1989), I Come in Peace (1990), Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991), Joshua Tree (1993), Men of War (1994), Silent Trigger (1996), and Blackjack (1998). He continued playing lead villains in Universal Soldier (1992) against Jean-Claude Van Damme and Johnny Mnemonic (1995) against Keanu Reeves. Moving into the 2000s, Lundgren mostly appeared in direct-to-video films. During this time, Lundgren started directing and starring in his own films; these are The Defender (2004), The Mechanik (2005), Missionary Man (2007), Command Performance (2009), Icarus (2010), Castle Falls ((2021),and Wanted Man (2024).
Lundgren returned to prominence in 2010 with the role of Gunner Jensen in Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables alongside an all-action star cast. He reprised his role in its sequels. He returned to the role of Ivan Drago in Creed II (2018). He also had notable roles in the fifth season of Arrow (2017), James Wan's Aquaman (2018), and Kyle Balda's Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022).
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Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1957-11-03
Place of birth
Stockholm, Sweden
Images
Cast
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
2023
6.60
Rocky IV
1985
7.08
Seal Team
2021
6.90
Direct Contact
2009
4.67
Pentathlon
1994
4.31
Fat Slags
2004
3.04
Hellfire
0.00
Command Performance
2009
5.20
Silent Trigger
1996
5.12
Masters of the Universe
1987
5.70
The Final Inquiry
2007
4.73
The Punisher
1989
5.76
The Best Man
2023
5.94
The Making of 'Rocky vs. Drago'
2021
5.70
Universal Soldier
1992
6.33
Red Scorpion
1988
5.93
The Russian Specialist
2005
5.10
Joshua Tree
1993
6.00
The Defender
2004
4.59
Storm Catcher
1999
3.71
The Expendables
2010
6.25
Johnny Mnemonic
1995
5.75
The Peacekeeper
1997
4.60
Section 8
2022
6.29
Showdown in Little Tokyo
1991
6.40
Direct Action
2004
5.10
Icarus
2010
4.87
Missionary Man
2007
5.18
Universal Soldier: Regeneration
2009
5.63
Bridge of Dragons
1999
5.35
The Last Patrol
2000
3.65
Retrograde
2004
3.07
Sweepers
1998
4.17
Diamond Dogs
2007
4.29
Men of War
1994
5.20
Blackjack
1998
5.27
Showdown at the Grand
2023
5.33
Dark Angel
1990
5.94
The Minion
1998
4.49
Agent Red
2000
4.11
Hidden Agenda
2001
4.52
The Shooter
1995
4.84
The Expendables 2
2012
6.35
Small Apartments
2012
5.88
Detention
2003
4.43
Malevolence
0.00
Cover-Up
1991
3.88
Stash House
2012
5.03
Jill Rips
2000
3.74
One in the Chamber
2012
5.56
The Package
2012
5.12
The Expendables 3
2014
6.21
Battle of the Damned
2013
4.56
Blood of Redemption
2013
4.63
Ambushed
2013
4.07
Legendary: Tomb of the Dragon
2013
4.11
All Out of Bullets
2012
3.50
Puncture Wounds
2014
4.57
One Night: Joshua vs. Ruiz
2019
8.50
Drago
0.00
Direct Your Own Damn Movie!
2009
5.00
Operation Seawolf
2022
5.69
Shark Lake
2015
3.46
The Making of Captain EO
1986
6.70
Sly
2023
7.23
Skin Trade
2014
6.05
Come Out Fighting
2023
4.63
The Real Miyagi
2015
6.50
7 Days in Hell
2015
6.51
War Pigs
2015
4.81
4Got10
2015
5.12
Riot
2015
5.60
The Making of The Expendables 3
2014
6.50
Kindergarten Cop 2
2016
4.95
Fight Or Flight
0.00
Hail, Caesar!
2016
5.92
Don't Kill It
2016
5.99
Welcome to Willits
2016
4.13
Female Fight Squad
2017
6.20
Larceny
2017
3.85
Altitude
2017
4.83
Aquaman
2018
6.88
Black Water
2018
5.55
A View to a Kill
1985
6.24
Tour de Pharmacy
2017
6.75
Sharknado 5: Global Swarming
2017
4.73
Creed II
2018
7.03
Dead Trigger
2017
3.67
The Tracker
2019
4.83
The Groom 2
0.00
Acceleration
2019
5.49
Hard Night Falling
2019
5.40
Wanted Man
2024
6.77
Minions: The Rise of Gru
2022
7.30
Castle Falls
2021
6.04
Oyama Karate Kyokushinkai
2005
0.00
The Opponents
2006
0.00
Pups Alone
2021
5.83
Sunny Side Up
1994
1.00
Expend4bles
2023
6.12
Taming The Beast
0.00
