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Dolph Lundgren
Actor, Director, Producer, Writer
Born November 3, 1957 (64 years)
Hans Lundgren (born 3 November 1957), better known as Dolph Lundgren, is a Swedish actor, filmmaker, and martial artist. Lundgren's breakthrough came in 1985, when he starred in Rocky IV as the imposing Soviet boxer Ivan Drago. Since then, he has starred in more than 69 films, almost all of them in the action genre.
Lundgren received a degree in chemical engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology in the early 1980s and a master's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Sydney in 1982. He holds the rank of 4th dan black belt in Kyokushin karate and was European champion in 1980–81. While in Sydney, he became a bodyguard for Jamaican singer Grace Jones and began a relationship with her. He received a Fulbright scholarship to MIT and moved to Boston. Jones convinced him to leave the university and move to New York City to be with her and begin acting, where, after a short stint as a model and bouncer at the Manhattan nightclub The Limelight, Lundgren got a small debut role as a KGB henchman in the James Bond film A View to a Kill.
After appearing in Rocky IV, Lundgren portrayed He-Man in the 1987 science fantasy film Masters of the Universe, Lt. Rachenko in Red Scorpion (1988) and Frank Castle in the 1989 film The Punisher. Throughout the 1990s he appeared in films such as I Come in Peace (1990), Cover Up (1991), Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991), Universal Soldier film series (1992, 2009, 2012), Joshua Tree (1993), Pentathlon (1994), Men of War (1994), Johnny Mnemonic (1995), The Shooter (1995), Silent Trigger (1996), The Peacekeeper (1997), and Blackjack (1998). In 2004 he directed his first film, The Defender, and subsequently directed The Mechanik (2005), Missionary Man (2007), Command Performance (2009), and Icarus (2010), also starring in all of them.
After a long spell performing in direct-to-video films since 1995, Lundgren returned to Hollywood in 2010 with the role of Gunnar Jensen in The Expendables, alongside Sylvester Stallone and an all-action star cast. He reprised his role in The Expendables 2 (2012) and The Expendables 3 (2014). Also in 2014, he co-starred in Skin Trade, an action thriller about human trafficking he co-wrote and produced. He reprised his role of Ivan Drago in Creed II (2018), and is due to reprise his role as Gunner Jensen in The Expendables 4. He appears in Sharknado 5: Global Swarming (2017), playing the protagonist's son Gil as an adult, and in Aquaman (2018), playing the father of Mera. He also had a recurring role in the fifth season of Arrow.
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Filmography
| 2022 | Minions: The Rise of Gru · as Svengeance (voice) |
| 2022 | Operation Seawolf · as Captain Hans Kessler |
| 2021 | Castle Falls · as Richard Ericson |
| 2021 | Pups Alone · as Victor von Manure |
| 2021 | Seal Team · as Dolph (voice) |
| 2021 | Carina Bergfeldt (TV Series) · as Guest |
| 2021 | The Making of 'Rocky vs. Drago' · as Captain Ivan Drago (Archive Footage) |
| 2019 | The Tracker · as Aiden Hakansson |
| 2019 | Hard Night Falling · as Michael Anderson |
| 2019 | Acceleration · as Vladik |
| 2018 | Aquaman · as King Nereus |
| 2018 | Black Water · as Marco |
| 2018 | Creed II · as Ivan Drago |
| 2017 | Sharknado 5: Global Swarming · as Mature Gil Shepard |
| 2017 | Altitude · as Sharpe |
| 2017 | Larceny · as Jack |
| 2017 | 80s Blockbusters: When Hollywood Played Tough · as lui-même |
| 2017 | Dead Trigger · as Kyle Walker |
| 2017 | Tour de Pharmacy · as Gustav Ditters Present Day |
| 2016 | Hail, Caesar! · as Submarine Commander (uncredited) |
| 2016 | Welcome to Willits · as Derek |
| 2016 | Don't Kill It · as Jebediah Woodley |
| 2016 | Female Fight Squad · as Holt |
| 2016 | Kindergarten Cop 2 · as Agent Reed |
| 2015 | Shark Lake · as Clint Gray |
| 2015 | War Pigs · as Captain Hans Picault |
| 2015 | Riot · as William |
| 2015 | 4Got10 · as Bob Rooker |
| 2014 | The Expendables 3 · as Gunner Jensen |
| 2014 | Skin Trade · as Nick Cassidy |
| 2014 | Puncture Wounds · as Hollis |
| 2013 | Battle of the Damned · as Max Gatling |
| 2013 | Blood of Redemption · as Axel |
| 2013 | Legendary · as Harker |
| 2013 | SAF3 (TV Series) · as John Eriksson |
| 2013 | Sanjay and Craig (TV Series) · as Dolph Lundgren |
| 2013 | Ambushed · as Maxwell |
| 2012 | The Expendables 2 · as Gunner Jensen |
| 2012 | Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning · as Andrew Scott |
| 2012 | One in the Chamber · as Aleksey Andreev |
| 2012 | Arrow (TV Series) · as Konstantin Kovar |
| 2012 | Small Apartments · as Dr. Sage Mennox |
| 2012 | Stash House · as Andy Spector |
| 2012 | The Package · as The German |
| 2011 | In the Name of the King: Two Worlds · as Granger |
| 2011 | The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance · as as himself |
| 2011 | Workaholics (TV Series) · as Dolph Lundgren |
| 2010 | The Expendables · as Gunner Jensen |
| 2010 | Icarus · as Edward Genn / Icarus |
| 2010 | Casino Jack and the United States of Money · as Lt. Nikolai Rachenko |
| 2010 | Hellenius' Hangout (TV Series) · as Guest |
| 2009 | Direct Contact · as Mike Riggins |
| 2009 | Universal Soldier: Regeneration · as Andrew Scott |
| 2009 | Command Performance · as Joe |
| 2009 | Skavlan (TV Series) · as Guest |
| 2008 | Top Gear (US) (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2007 | Missionary Man · as Ryder |
| 2007 | Diamond Dogs · as Xander Ronson |
| 2007 | Chuck (TV Series) · as Marco |
| 2007 | L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII (TV Series) · as Brixos |
| 2006 | Rocky Balboa · as Captain Ivan Drago |
| 2006 | The Final Inquiry · as Brixos |
| 2006 | I Love The 70s Volume 2 (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2005 | The Russian Specialist · as Nikolai Cherenko |
| 2005 | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (TV Series) · as John Thundergun |
| 2004 | The Defender · as Lance Rockford |
| 2004 | Direct Action · as Frank Gannon |
| 2004 | Fat Slags · as Randy |
| 2004 | Retrograde · as John Foster |
| 2003 | Detention · as Sam Decker |
| 2001 | Hidden Agenda · as Jason Price |
| 2000 | The Last Patrol · as Nick Preston |
| 2000 | Jill Rips · as Matt Sorenson |
| 2000 | Agent Red · as Matt Hendricks |
| 1999 | Storm Catcher · as Major Jack Holloway |
| 1999 | Bridge of Dragons · as Warchild |
| 1999 | Family Guy (TV Series) · as Captain Ivan Drago (archive footage) |
| 1998 | Sweepers · as Christian Erickson |
| 1998 | The Minion · as Lukas Sadorov |
| 1998 | Blackjack · as Jack Devlin |
| 1997 | The Postman · as Andrew Scott |
| 1997 | The Peacekeeper · as Frank Cross |
| 1996 | Silent Trigger · as Waxman |
| 1995 | Hidden Assassin · as Michael Dane |
| 1995 | Johnny Mnemonic · as Street Preacher |
| 1994 | Pentathlon · as Eric Brogar |
| 1994 | Men of War · as Nick Gunar |
| 1994 | Sunny Side Up · as Dolph Lundgren |
| 1993 | Joshua Tree · as Wellman Anthony Santee |
| 1992 | Universal Soldier · as Andrew Scott / GR13 |
| 1991 | Cover-Up · as Mike Anderson |
| 1991 | Showdown in Little Tokyo · as Sgt. Chris Kenner |
| 1990 | Rocky V · as Ivan Drago |
| 1990 | Dark Angel · as Det. Jack Caine |
| 1989 | The Punisher · as Frank Castle / The Punisher |
| 1988 | Red Scorpion · as Lt. Nikolai Rachenko |
| 1987 | Masters of the Universe · as He-Man |
| 1985 | A View to a Kill · as Venz |
| 1985 | Rocky IV · as Captain Ivan Drago |