Dolph Lundgren
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Dolph Lundgren, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Wanted Man as Travis Johansen
- 2023 · Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom as King Nereus
- 2023 · Showdown at the Grand as Claude Luc Hallyday
- 2022 · Section 8 as Tom Mason
- 2021 · Pups Alone as Victor von Manure
- 2021 · Carina Bergfeldt as Self - Guest
- 2019 · Hard Night Falling as Michael Anderson
- 2019 · Acceleration as Vladik
- 2017 · Dead Trigger as Kyle Walker
- 2017 · Female Fight Squad as Holt
- 2017 · Larceny as Jack
- 2016 · Welcome to Willits as Derek
- 2015 · 4Got10 as Bob Rooker
- 2015 · 7 Days in Hell as Dolph Lundgren
- 2015 · The Real Miyagi as Self
- 2014 · Puncture Wounds as Hollis
- 2013 · Blood of Redemption as Axel
- 2013 · Ambushed as Maxwell
- 2013 · Legendary: Tomb of the Dragon as Harker
- 2012 · The Package as The German
- 2012 · One in the Chamber as Aleksey Andreev
- 2012 · Stash House as Andy Spector
- 2012 · Small Apartments as Dr. Sage Mennox
- 2010 · Icarus as Edward Genn / Icarus
- 2009 · Command Performance as Joe
- 2007 · Missionary Man as Ryder
- 2007 · Diamond Dogs as Xander Ronson
- 2006 · I Love the '70s: Volume 2 as Self
- 2004 · Retrograde as John Foster
- 2004 · Fat Slags as Randy
- 2004 · Direct Action as Frank Gannon
- 2001 · Hidden Agenda as Jason Price
- 1999 · Storm Catcher as Major Jack Holloway
- 1999 · Bridge of Dragons as Warchild
- 1998 · Sweepers as Christian Erickson
- 1998 · Blackjack as Jack Devlin
- Future · Taming The Beast as Self
- 2024 · Flip a Cöin as Self - Host
- 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 Best Man as Anders
- 2023 · Jean-Claude van Damme: Karate King as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · Operation Seawolf as Hans Kessler
- 2022 · Minions: The Rise of Gru as Svengeance (voice)
- 2021 · Castle Falls as Richard Ericson
- 2021 · The Making of 'Rocky vs. Drago' as Ivan Drago (archive footage)
- 2021 · Seal Team as Dolph (voice)
- 2020 · The Art of Action as Self
- 2019 · One Night: Joshua vs. Ruiz as Self
- 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 · Tour de Pharmacy as Gustav Ditters Present Day
- 2017 · Altitude as Sharpe
- 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 · War Pigs as Captain Hans Picault
- 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
- 2013 · @midnight with Chris Hardwick as Self - Guest Appearance
- 2013 · SAF3 as John Eriksson
- 2013 · Battle of the Damned as Max Gatling
- 2013 · Days of Reckoning: The Making of Universal Soldier 4 as Self
- 2012 · Gods of War: Assembling Earth's Mightiest Anti-Heroes as Self
- 2012 · Arrow as Konstantin Kovar
- 2012 · Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning as Andrew Scott
- 2012 · The Expendables 2 as Gunner Jensen
- 2012 · The Eric Andre Show as Self
- 2012 · All Out of Bullets as
- 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 as
- 2010 · Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables' as Self
- 2010 · Hellenius Hörna as Self - Guest
- 2010 · The Expendables as Gunner Jensen
- 2010 · 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift as (archive footage)
- 2010 · Casino Jack and the United States of Money as Lt. Nikolai Rachenko (archive footage)
- 2009 · Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side as Ivan Dragon (voice)
- 2009 · Universal Soldier: Regeneration as Andrew Scott
- 2009 · Direct Your Own Damn Movie! as Self
- 2009 · Direct Contact as Mike Riggins
- 2009 · Skavlan as Self - Guest
- 2007 · Chuck as Marco
- 2007 · The Final Inquiry as Brixos
- 2007 · L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII as Brixos
- 2006 · The Opponents as Self / Ivan Drago
- 2006 · Robins as Self - Guest
- 2005 · The Russian Specialist 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 as
- 2004 · The Defender as Lance Rockford
- 2004 · Guns, Genes & Fighting Machines: The Making of 'Universal Soldier' as Himself
- 2004 · Universal Soldier: A Tale of Two Titans as Himself
- 2003 · Detention as Sam Decker
- 2002 · Through the Night with... as Self
- 2000 · Agent Red as Matt Hendricks
- 2000 · The Last Patrol as Nick Preston
- 2000 · Jill Rips as Matt Sorenson
- 1999 · Family Guy as Captain Ivan Drago (archive footage)
- 1998 · The Minion as Lukas Sadorov
- 1998 · So Graham Norton as Self
- 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
- 1991 · Cover-Up as Mike Anderson
- Future · The Witcher Rats spinoff as Brehen
- 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
- 1990 · Dark Angel as Det. Jack Caine
- 1989 · The Punisher as Frank Castle / The Punisher
- 1988 · Red Scorpion as Lt. Nikolai Rachenko
- 1986 · The Making of Captain EO as Self
- Future · Malevolence as Miles
- Future · Dolph: Fights Worth Fighting as Self
- 1987 · Dolph Lundgren: Maximum Potential as Himself
- 1987 · The Dame Edna Experience as Self
- 1987 · Masters of the Universe as He-Man
- 1986 · Wedden, dat..? 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
- Future · Hellfire as Wiley
- Future · The Groom 2 as
- Future · Without You I'm Nothing as George Cochrane
- Future · Drago as Ivan Drago
- Future · Fight Or Flight as
- Future · Mutant: Year Zero as (voice)
- Future · Mutant: Year Zero as