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Dolph Lundgren

1957-11-03

The 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Dolph Lundgren, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Minions: The Rise of Gru

7.323 average rating
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Expend4bles

6.187 average rating
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Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

6.7 average rating
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Wanted Man

6.9 average rating
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Creed II

7 average rating
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Aquaman

6.887 average rating
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The Expendables

6.2 average rating
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Rocky IV

7.1 average rating
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The Expendables 3

6.2 average rating
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The Expendables 2

6.347 average rating
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Hail, Caesar!

5.918 average rating
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A View to a Kill

6.2 average rating
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Skin Trade

6.08 average rating
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Joshua Tree

6 average rating
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The Punisher

5.739 average rating
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Sly

7.257 average rating
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Johnny Mnemonic

5.8 average rating
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Masters of the Universe

5.733 average rating
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Universal Soldier: Regeneration

5.615 average rating
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Come Out Fighting

4.8 average rating