1957-11-03 Stockholm, Sweden
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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Wanted Man | Travis Johansen | 2024-04-01 |
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Come Out Fighting | Major Chase Anderson | 2023-05-19 |
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Jean-Claude Van Damme, coup sur coup | Self (archive footage) | 2023-03-17 |
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Showdown at the Grand | Claude Luc Hallyday | 2023-11-03 |
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Sly | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2023-09-16 |
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Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom | King Nereus | 2023-12-20 |
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The Best Man | Anders | 2023-04-21 |
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Expend4bles | Gunner Jensen | 2023-09-15 |
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Operation Seawolf | Hans Kessler | 2022-10-07 |
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Section 8 | Tom Mason | 2022-09-23 |
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Minions: The Rise of Gru | Svengeance (voice) | 2022-06-29 |
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Castle Falls | Richard Ericson | 2021-12-03 |
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Seal Team | Dolph (voice) | 2021-10-28 |
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The Making of 'Rocky vs. Drago' | Ivan Drago (archive footage) | 2021-10-30 |
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Pups Alone | Victor von Manure | 2021-11-19 |
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The Tracker | Aiden Hakansson | 2019-02-01 |
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Acceleration | Vladik | 2019-11-08 |
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Hard Night Falling | Michael Anderson | 2019-12-10 |
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One Night: Joshua vs. Ruiz | Self | 2019-11-22 |
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Black Water | Marco | 2018-05-18 |
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Aquaman | King Nereus | 2018-12-07 |
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Creed II | Ivan Drago | 2018-11-21 |
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Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe | Self - Actor | 2017-09-09 |
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Female Fight Squad | Holt | 2017-03-16 |
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Tour de Pharmacy | Gustav Ditters Present Day | 2017-07-08 |
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Sharknado 5: Global Swarming | Mature Gil Shepard | 2017-08-06 |
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Stopping Traffic: The Movement to End Sex Trafficking | Self | 2017-09-29 |
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Dead Trigger | Kyle Walker | 2017-07-19 |
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Altitude | Sharpe | 2017-04-14 |
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Larceny | Jack | 2017-03-09 |
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Don't Kill It | Jebediah Woodley | 2016-08-27 |
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Hail, Caesar! | Submarine Commander (uncredited) | 2016-02-05 |
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Kindergarten Cop 2 | Agent Reed | 2016-06-01 |
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Welcome to Willits | Derek | 2016-11-11 |
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From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues | Self | 2015-11-18 |
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Shark Lake | Clint Gray | 2015-10-02 |
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Riot | William | 2015-09-27 |
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The Real Miyagi | Self | 2015-02-20 |
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4Got10 | Bob Rooker | 2015-09-11 |
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War Pigs | Captain Hans Picault | 2015-08-03 |
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7 Days in Hell | Dolph Lundgren | 2015-07-08 |
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The Expendables 3 | Gunner Jensen | 2014-08-07 |
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Puncture Wounds | Hollis | 2014-08-04 |
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Skin Trade | Nick Cassidy | 2014-11-07 |
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Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films | Self - Actor | 2014-10-06 |
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The Making of The Expendables 3 | Self | 2014-11-25 |
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Battle of the Damned | Max Gatling | 2013-07-25 |
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Days of Reckoning: The Making of Universal Soldier 4 | Self | 2013-01-22 |
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Legendary: Tomb of the Dragon | Harker | 2013-05-16 |
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Ambushed | Maxwell | 2013-09-21 |
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Blood of Redemption | Axel | 2013-09-23 |
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All Out of Bullets | 2012-02-13 | |
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Stash House | Andy Spector | 2012-05-11 |
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The Expendables 2 | Gunner Jensen | 2012-08-08 |
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The Package | The German | 2012-11-01 |
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Gods of War: Assembling Earth's Mightiest Anti-Heroes | Self | 2012-11-12 |
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Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning | Andrew Scott | 2012-10-04 |
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One in the Chamber | Aleksey Andreev | 2012-08-21 |
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Small Apartments | Dr. Sage Mennox | 2012-03-10 |
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The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance | Self | 2011-12-27 |
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In the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds | Granger | 2011-11-03 |
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2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift | (archive footage) | 2010-08-03 |
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Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables' | Self | 2010-11-14 |
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Icarus | Edward Genn / Icarus | 2010-02-09 |
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The Expendables | Gunner Jensen | 2010-08-03 |
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Casino Jack and the United States of Money | Lt. Nikolai Rachenko (archive footage) | 2010-05-09 |
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Command Performance | Joe | 2009-07-18 |
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Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side | Ivan Dragon (voice) | 2009-12-22 |
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Direct Contact | Mike Riggins | 2009-04-16 |
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Universal Soldier: Regeneration | Andrew Scott | 2009-10-01 |
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Direct Your Own Damn Movie! | Self | 2009-05-19 |
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Diamond Dogs | Xander Ronson | 2007-01-01 |
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L'inchiesta | Brixos | 2007-04-04 |
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Missionary Man | Ryder | 2007-11-29 |
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The Opponents | Self / Ivan Drago | 2006-12-05 |
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The Mechanik | Nikolai Cherenko | 2005-11-02 |
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Oyama Karate Kyokushinkai | 2005-04-27 | |
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Fat Slags | Randy | 2004-10-15 |
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Universal Soldier: A Tale of Two Titans | Himself | 2004-10-19 |
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The Defender | Lance Rockford | 2004-12-20 |
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Retrograde | John Foster | 2004-11-02 |
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Direct Action | Frank Gannon | 2004-05-25 |
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Guns, Genes & Fighting Machines: The Making of 'Universal Soldier' | Himself | 2004-10-19 |
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Detention | Sam Decker | 2003-07-05 |
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Hidden Agenda | Jason Price | 2001-05-12 |
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The Last Patrol | Nick Preston | 2000-04-01 |
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Agent Red | Matt Hendricks | 2000-09-13 |
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Jill Rips | Matt Sorenson | 2000-01-28 |
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Storm Catcher | Major Jack Holloway | 1999-09-10 |
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Bridge of Dragons | Warchild | 1999-01-01 |
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Sweepers | Christian Erickson | 1998-12-02 |
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Blackjack | Jack Devlin | 1998-06-11 |
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The Minion | Lukas Sadorov | 1998-09-26 |
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The Peacekeeper | Frank Cross | 1997-08-22 |
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Silent Trigger | Waxman | 1996-06-26 |
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The Shooter | Michael Dane | 1995-12-15 |
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Johnny Mnemonic | Street Preacher | 1995-05-26 |
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Sunny Side Up | Dolph Lundgren | 1994-01-26 |
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Men of War | Nick Gunar | 1994-09-03 |
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Pentathlon | Eric Brogar | 1994-06-04 |
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Joshua Tree | Wellman Anthony Santee | 1993-04-08 |
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Universal Soldier | Andrew Scott / GR13 | 1992-07-10 |
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Showdown in Little Tokyo | Sgt. Chris Kenner | 1991-08-23 |
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Cover-Up | Mike Anderson | 1991-02-22 |
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Dark Angel | Det. Jack Caine | 1990-01-26 |
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The Punisher | Frank Castle / The Punisher | 1989-10-05 |
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Red Scorpion | Lt. Nikolai Rachenko | 1988-12-24 |
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Masters of the Universe | He-Man | 1987-08-07 |
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Dolph Lundgren: Maximum Potential | Himself | 1987-10-08 |
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The Making of Captain EO | Self | 1986-09-12 |
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Rocky IV | Ivan Drago | 1985-11-21 |
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A View to a Kill | Venz | 1985-05-24 |
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Dolph | Self | |
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Fight Or Flight | ||
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Drago | Ivan Drago | |
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Malevolence | Miles | |
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Mutant: Year Zero | (voice) | |
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Mutant: Year Zero | ||
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Hellfire | Wiley | |
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Жених 2: На Берлин! | ||
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Without You I'm Nothing | George Cochrane |
