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.
Filmography
all 152
Movies 122
self 48
TV Shows 30
Producer 3
Voice 2
Wanted Man (2024)
Flip a Cöin (2024)
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023)
Showdown at the Grand (2023)
Sly (2023)
Expend4bles (2023)
Come Out Fighting (2023)
The Family Stallone (2023)
The Family Stallone - Premiere (2023)
The Best Man (2023)
Jean-Claude van Damme: Karate King (2023)
Operation Seawolf (2022)
Section 8 (2022)
Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022)
Castle Falls (2021)
Pups Alone (2021)
The Making of 'Rocky vs. Drago' (2021)
Seal Team (2021)
Carina Bergfeldt (2021)
The Art of Action (2020)
Hard Night Falling (2019)
One Night: Joshua vs. Ruiz (2019)
Acceleration (2019)
Going Deep Into the World of 'Aquaman' (2019)
The Tracker (2019)
Aquaman (2018)
Creed II (2018)
Take the Tower (2018)
Black Water (2018)
80’s Blockbusters: When Hollywood Played Tough (2017)
Stopping Traffic: The Movement to End Sex Trafficking (2017)
Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2017)
Sharknado 5: Global Swarming (2017)
Dead Trigger (2017)
Tour de Pharmacy (2017)
Altitude (2017)
Female Fight Squad (2017)
Larceny (2017)
Welcome to Willits (2016)
Don't Kill It (2016)
Kindergarten Cop 2 (2016)
Hail, Caesar! (2016)
From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues (2015)
Shark Lake (2015)
Riot (2015)
Riot (2015)
4Got10 (2015)
War Pigs (2015)
7 Days in Hell (2015)
The Real Miyagi (2015)
The Making of The Expendables 3 (2014)
Skin Trade (2014)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)
The Expendables 3 (2014)
Puncture Wounds (2014)
Blood of Redemption (2013)
Ambushed (2013)
SAF3 (2013)
Battle of the Damned (2013)
Race to the Scene (2013)
Legendary: Tomb of the Dragon (2013)
Gods of War: Assembling Earth's Mightiest Anti-Heroes (2012)
The Package (2012)
Arrow (2012)
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (2012)
One in the Chamber (2012)
The Expendables 2 (2012)
The Eric Andre Show (2012)
Stash House (2012)
Small Apartments (2012)
All Out of Bullets (2012)
The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance (2011)
In the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds (2011)
Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell (2011)
Top Gear (2010)
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables' (2010)
Hellenius Hörna (2010)
The Expendables (2010)
Casino Jack and the United States of Money (2010)
Icarus (2010)
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side (2009)
Universal Soldier: Regeneration (2009)
Command Performance (2009)
Direct Your Own Damn Movie! (2009)
Direct Contact (2009)
Skavlan (2009)
Rocky Jumped a Park Bench (2008)
Missionary Man (2007)
Chuck (2007)
The Final Inquiry (2007)
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII (2007)
Diamond Dogs (2007)
The Opponents (2006)
Robins (2006)
I Love the '70s: Volume 2 (2006)
The Mechanik (2005)
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005)
Hell's Kitchen (2005)
Oyama Karate Kyokushinkai (2005)
The Defender (2004)
Retrograde (2004)
Universal Soldier: A Tale of Two Titans (2004)
Guns, Genes & Fighting Machines: The Making of 'Universal Soldier' (2004)
Fat Slags (2004)
Direct Action (2004)
Detention (2003)
Through the Night with... (2002)
Hidden Agenda (2001)
Agent Red (2000)
The Last Patrol (2000)
Jill Rips (2000)
Storm Catcher (1999)
Family Guy (1999)
Bridge of Dragons (1999)
Sweepers (1998)
The Minion (1998)
So Graham Norton (1998)
Blackjack (1998)
The Peacekeeper (1997)
Silent Trigger (1996)
The Shooter (1995)
Johnny Mnemonic (1995)
Men of War (1994)
Pentathlon (1994)
Sunny Side Up (1994)
Joshua Tree (1993)
GMTV (1993)
Universal Soldier (1992)
Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)
Cover-Up (1991)
Dark Angel (1990)
The Punisher (1989)
A.B.C.D. Nuls (1989)
Red Scorpion (1988)
Dolph Lundgren: Maximum Potential (1987)
The Wil Shriner Show (1987)
The Dame Edna Experience (1987)
Masters of the Universe (1987)
Disney’s Captain EO Grand Opening (1986)
The Making of Captain EO (1986)
Rocky IV (1985)
A View to a Kill (1985)
Na sowas! (1982)
Wetten, dass..? (1981)
Das aktuelle Sportstudio (1963)
Melodifestivalen (1959)
Malevolence
Hellfire
Drago
Without You I'm Nothing
Dolph
The Groom 2
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1957-11-03 (66 years old)
Birth NameHans Lundgren
Birth PlaceStockholm, Sweden
ReligionLutheranism
RelationshipsAnette Qviberg (1994-01-01 - 2011-01-01)
ChildrenGreta Lundgren, Ida Lundgren
CitizenshipsSweden
ResidencesLos Angeles, United States of America
Also Known AsHans Dolph Lundgren, Ντολφ Λούντγκρεν, Hans Lundgren
AwardsFulbright Program, Fulbright Scholarship
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