Dolph Lundgren
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1957-11-03 (67 years old)
Place of Birth
Stockholm, Sweden
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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Acting
Dolph: Fights Worth Fighting
as Self
Taming The Beast
as Self
Hellfire
as Wiley
Malevolence
as Miles
Mutant: Year Zero
as (voice)
Without You I'm Nothing
as George Cochrane
Drago
as Ivan Drago
(2024)
Wanted Man
as Travis Johansen
(2023)
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
as King Nereus
(2023)
Expend4bles
as Gunner Jensen
(2023)
Come Out Fighting
as Major Chase Anderson
(2023)
Sly
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2023)
The Best Man
as Anders
(2023)
Showdown at the Grand
as Claude Luc Hallyday
(2023)
Jean-Claude van Damme: Karate King
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
Minions: The Rise of Gru
as Svengeance (voice)
(2022)
Operation Seawolf
as Hans Kessler
(2022)
Section 8
as Tom Mason
(2021)
Castle Falls
as Richard Ericson
(2021)
Seal Team
as Dolph (voice)
(2021)
Pups Alone
as Victor von Manure
(2021)
The Making of 'Rocky vs. Drago'
as Ivan Drago (archive footage)
(2019)
Acceleration
as Vladik
(2019)
Hard Night Falling
as Michael Anderson
(2019)
The Tracker
as Aiden Hakansson
(2019)
One Night: Joshua vs. Ruiz
as Self
(2018)
Creed II
as Ivan Drago
(2018)
Aquaman
as King Nereus
(2018)
Black Water
as Marco
(2017)
Altitude
as Sharpe
(2017)
Sharknado 5: Global Swarming
as Mature Gil Shepard
(2017)
Tour de Pharmacy
as Gustav Ditters Present Day
(2017)
Female Fight Squad
as Holt
(2017)
Larceny
as Jack
(2017)
Dead Trigger
as Kyle Walker
(2017)
(2017)
(2016)
Hail, Caesar!
as Submarine Commander (uncredited)
(2016)
Don't Kill It
as Jebediah Woodley
(2016)
Kindergarten Cop 2
as Agent Reed
(2016)
Welcome to Willits
as Derek
(2015)
Riot
as William
(2015)
7 Days in Hell
as Dolph Lundgren
(2015)
Shark Lake
as Clint Gray
(2015)
War Pigs
as Captain Hans Picault
(2015)
The Real Miyagi
as Self
(2015)
4Got10
as Bob Rooker
(2015)
(2014)
The Expendables 3
as Gunner Jensen
(2014)
Skin Trade
as Nick Cassidy
(2014)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Self - Actor
(2014)
Puncture Wounds
as Hollis
(2014)
(2013)
Legendary: Tomb of the Dragon
as Harker
(2013)
Blood of Redemption
as Axel
(2013)
Battle of the Damned
as Max Gatling
(2013)
Ambushed
as Maxwell
(2013)
(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)
Small Apartments
as Dr. Sage Mennox
(2012)
The Package
as The German
(2012)
Stash House
as Andy Spector
(2012)
(2012)
(2011)
In the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds
as Granger
(2011)
(2010)
The Expendables
as Gunner Jensen
(2010)
Icarus
as Edward Genn / Icarus
(2010)
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
as (archive footage)
(2010)
(2010)
Casino Jack and the United States of Money
as Lt. Nikolai Rachenko (archive footage)
(2009)
Universal Soldier: Regeneration
as Andrew Scott
(2009)
Direct Contact
as Mike Riggins
(2009)
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
as Ivan Dragon (voice)
(2009)
Command Performance
as Joe
(2009)
Direct Your Own Damn Movie!
as Self
(2007)
Missionary Man
as Ryder
(2007)
The Final Inquiry
as Brixos
(2007)
Diamond Dogs
as Xander Ronson
(2006)
The Opponents
as Self / Ivan Drago
(2005)
The Russian Specialist
as Nikolai Cherenko
(2005)
(2004)
Fat Slags
as Randy
(2004)
The Defender
as Lance Rockford
(2004)
Direct Action
as Frank Gannon
(2004)
Retrograde
as John Foster
(2004)
(2004)
Universal Soldier: A Tale of Two Titans
as Himself
(2003)
Detention
as Sam Decker
(2001)
Hidden Agenda
as Jason Price
(2000)
Agent Red
as Matt Hendricks
(2000)
Jill Rips
as Matt Sorenson
(2000)
The Last Patrol
as Nick Preston
(1999)
Bridge of Dragons
as Warchild
(1999)
Storm Catcher
as Major Jack Holloway
(1998)
Sweepers
as Christian Erickson
(1998)
Blackjack
as Jack Devlin
(1998)
The Minion
as Lukas Sadorov
(1997)
The Peacekeeper
as Frank Cross
(1996)
Silent Trigger
as Waxman
(1995)
Johnny Mnemonic
as Street Preacher
(1995)
The Shooter
as Michael Dane
(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
(1992)
Universal Soldier
as Andrew Scott / GR13
(1991)
Showdown in Little Tokyo
as Detective Kenner
(1991)
Cover-Up
as Mike Anderson
(1990)
Dark Angel
as Det. Jack Caine
(1989)
The Punisher
as Frank Castle
(1988)
Red Scorpion
as Lt. Nikolai Rachenko
(1987)
Masters of the Universe
as He-Man
(1987)
Dolph Lundgren: Maximum Potential
as Himself
(1986)
The Making of Captain EO
as Self
(1985)
Rocky IV
as Ivan Drago
(1985)
A View to a Kill
as Venz
Crew
Dolph: Fights Worth Fighting
Executive Producer
Malevolence
Director, Story, Producer
Without You I'm Nothing
Producer
(2024)
Wanted Man
Director, Writer, Producer
(2021)
Castle Falls
Producer, Director
(2019)
Hard Night Falling
Producer
(2016)
Kindergarten Cop 2
Executive Producer
(2016)
Don't Kill It
Executive Producer
(2015)
Shark Lake
Producer
(2014)
Puncture Wounds
Producer
(2014)
Skin Trade
Producer, Screenplay, Story
(2013)
Ambushed
Executive Producer
(2013)
Battle of the Damned
Executive Producer
(2012)
Stash House
Executive Producer
(2010)
Icarus
Director
(2009)
Command Performance
Director, Writer
(2007)
Missionary Man
Director, Writer
(2005)
The Russian Specialist
Director, Story
(2004)
The Defender
Director
(1994)
Pentathlon
Executive Producer