Dolph Lundgren

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

142

Gender

Male

Birthday

1957-11-03 (66 years old)

Place of Birth

Stockholm, Sweden

Also Known As

  • Hans Dolph Lundgren
  • Ντολφ Λούντγκρεν
  • Hans Lundgren

Dolph Lundgren

Biography

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.

Known For

Aquaman
6.9%

Aquaman

Dec 7, 2018

The Expendables
6.2%

The Expendables

Aug 3, 2010

The Expendables 2
6.3%

The Expendables 2

Aug 8, 2012

Arrow
6.8%

Arrow

Oct 10, 2012

Creed II
7.0%

Creed II

Nov 21, 2018

The Expendables 3
6.2%

The Expendables 3

Aug 7, 2014

Rocky IV
7.1%

Rocky IV

Nov 21, 1985

Family Guy
7.3%

Family Guy

Jan 31, 1999

Hail, Caesar!
5.9%

Hail, Caesar!

Feb 5, 2016

Minions: The Rise of Gru
7.3%

Minions: The Rise of Gru

Jun 29, 2022

A View to a Kill
6.2%

A View to a Kill

May 24, 1985

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Acting

Hellfire as Wiley
Without You I'm Nothing as George Cochrane
Dolph as Self
Malevolence as Miles
The Groom 2
Drago as Ivan Drago
2024
Wanted Man as Travis Johansen
2024
Flip a Cöin as Self - Host
2023
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom as King Nereus
2023
Showdown at the Grand as Claude Luc Hallyday
2023
Sly as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
Expend4bles as Gunner Jensen
2023
Come Out Fighting as Major Chase Anderson
2023
The Family Stallone as Self
2023
The Family Stallone - Premiere as Self
2023
The Best Man as Anders
2022
Operation Seawolf as Hans Kessler
2022
Section 8 as Tom Mason
2022
Minions: The Rise of Gru as Svengeance (voice)
2021
Castle Falls as Richard Ericson
2021
Pups Alone as Victor von Manure
2021
The Making of 'Rocky vs. Drago' as Ivan Drago (archive footage)
2021
Seal Team as Dolph (voice)
2021
Carina Bergfeldt as Guest
2020
The Art of Action as Self
2019
Hard Night Falling as Michael Anderson
2019
One Night: Joshua vs. Ruiz as Self
2019
Acceleration as Vladik
2019
The Tracker as Aiden Hakansson
2018
Aquaman as King Nereus
2018
Creed II as Ivan Drago
2018
Black Water as Marco
2017
Stopping Traffic: The Movement to End Sex Trafficking as Self
2017
Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe as Self - Actor
2017
Sharknado 5: Global Swarming as Mature Gil Shepard
2017
Dead Trigger as Kyle Walker
2017
Tour de Pharmacy as Gustav Ditters Present Day
2017
Altitude as Sharpe
2017
Female Fight Squad as Holt
2017
Larceny as Jack
2016
Welcome to Willits as Derek
2016
Don't Kill It as Jebediah Woodley
2016
Kindergarten Cop 2 as Agent Reed
2016
Hail, Caesar! as Submarine Commander (uncredited)
2015
From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues as Self
2015
Shark Lake as Clint Gray
2015
Riot as William
2015
4Got10 as Bob Rooker
2015
War Pigs as Captain Hans Picault
2015
7 Days in Hell as Dolph Lundgren
2015
The Real Miyagi as Self
2014
The Making of The Expendables 3 as Self
2014
Skin Trade as Nick Cassidy
2014
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films as Self - Actor
2014
The Expendables 3 as Gunner Jensen
2014
Puncture Wounds as Hollis
2013
Blood of Redemption as Axel
2013
Ambushed as Maxwell
2013
SAF3 as John Eriksson
2013
Battle of the Damned as Max Gatling
2013
Legendary: Tomb of the Dragon as Harker
2012
Gods of War: Assembling Earth's Mightiest Anti-Heroes as Himself
2012
The Package as The German
2012
Arrow as Konstantin Kovar
2012
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning as Andrew Scott
2012
One in the Chamber as Aleksey Andreev
2012
The Expendables 2 as Gunner Jensen
2012
The Eric Andre Show as Self
2012
Stash House as Andy Spector
2012
Small Apartments as Dr. Sage Mennox
2012
All Out of Bullets
2011
The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance as Self
2011
In the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds as Granger
2011
Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell as Self
2010
Top Gear
2010
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables' as Self
2010
Hellenius Hörna as Guest
2010
The Expendables as Gunner Jensen
2010
Casino Jack and the United States of Money as Lt. Nikolai Rachenko (archive footage)
2010
Icarus as Edward Genn / Icarus
2009
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side as Ivan Dragon (voice)
2009
Universal Soldier: Regeneration as Andrew Scott
2009
Command Performance as Joe
2009
Direct Your Own Damn Movie! as Self
2009
Direct Contact as Mike Riggins
2009
Skavlan as Self - Guest
2007
Missionary Man as Ryder
2007
Chuck as Marco
2007
The Final Inquiry as Brixos
2007
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII as Brixos
2007
Diamond Dogs as Xander Ronson
2006
The Opponents as Self / Ivan Drago
2006
Robins as Guest
2006
I Love the '70s: Volume 2 as Self
2005
The Mechanik as Nikolai Cherenko
2005
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as John Thundergun
2005
Hell's Kitchen as Self - Restaurant Patron
2005
Oyama Karate Kyokushinkai
2004
The Defender as Lance Rockford
2004
Retrograde as John Foster
2004
Universal Soldier: A Tale of Two Titans as Himself
2004
Guns, Genes & Fighting Machines: The Making of 'Universal Soldier' as Himself
2004
Fat Slags as Randy
2004
Direct Action as Frank Gannon
2003
Detention as Sam Decker
2002
Through the Night with... as Self
2001
Hidden Agenda as Jason Price
2000
Agent Red as Matt Hendricks
2000
The Last Patrol as Nick Preston
2000
Jill Rips as Matt Sorenson
1999
Storm Catcher as Major Jack Holloway
1999
Family Guy as Captain Ivan Drago (archive footage)
1999
Bridge of Dragons as Warchild
1998
Sweepers as Christian Erickson
1998
The Minion as Lukas Sadorov
1998
So Graham Norton as Self
1998
Blackjack as Jack Devlin
1997
The Peacekeeper as Frank Cross
1996
Silent Trigger as Waxman
1995
The Shooter as Michael Dane
1995
Johnny Mnemonic as Street Preacher
1994
Men of War as Nick Gunar
1994
Pentathlon as Eric Brogar
1994
Sunny Side Up as Dolph Lundgren
1993
Joshua Tree as Wellman Anthony Santee
1993
GMTV as Self
1992
Universal Soldier as Andrew Scott / GR13
1991
Showdown in Little Tokyo as Sgt. Chris Kenner
1991
Cover-Up as Mike Anderson
1990
Dark Angel as Det. Jack Caine
1989
The Punisher as Frank Castle / The Punisher
1988
Red Scorpion as Lt. Nikolai Rachenko
1987
Dolph Lundgren: Maximum Potential as Himself
1987
The Dame Edna Experience as Self
1987
Masters of the Universe as He-Man
1986
The Making of Captain EO as Self
1985
Rocky IV as Ivan Drago
1985
A View to a Kill as Venz
1982
Na sowas! as Self
1981
Wetten, dass..? as Self
1963
Das aktuelle Sportstudio as self
1959
Melodifestivalen as Self

Directing

Malevolence as Director
2024
Wanted Man as Director
2021
Castle Falls as Director
2010
Icarus as Director
2009
Command Performance as Director
2007
Missionary Man as Director
2005
The Mechanik as Director
2004
The Defender as Director

Production

Without You I'm Nothing as Producer
Dolph as Executive Producer
Malevolence as Producer
2024
Wanted Man as Producer
2021
Castle Falls as Producer
2019
Hard Night Falling as Producer
2016
Don't Kill It as Executive Producer
2016
Kindergarten Cop 2 as Executive Producer
2015
Shark Lake as Producer
2014
Skin Trade as Producer
2014
Puncture Wounds as Producer
2013
Ambushed as Executive Producer
2013
Battle of the Damned as Executive Producer
2012
Stash House as Executive Producer
1994
Pentathlon as Executive Producer

Writing

Malevolence as Story
2024
Wanted Man as Writer
2014
Skin Trade as Screenplay
2014
Skin Trade as Story
2009
Command Performance as Writer
2007
Missionary Man as Writer
2005
The Mechanik as Writer
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