He reprised his role in The Expendables 2 (2012) and The Expendables 3 (2014). In 2004 he directed his first film, The Defender, and subsequently directed The Mechanik (2005), Missionary Man (2007), Command Performance (2009), Icarus (2010), Castle Falls (2021) and upcoming film Wanted Man (2023), also starring in all of them.Īfter a long spell performing in direct-to-video films since 1995, Lundgren returned to Hollywood in 2010 with the role of Gunner Jensen in The Expendables, alongside Sylvester Stallone and an all-action star cast.
Throughout the 1990s he appeared in films such as I Come in Peace (1990), Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991), Universal Soldier film series (1992, 2009, 2012), Joshua Tree (1993), Men of War (1994), Johnny Mnemonic (1995), Silent Trigger (1996), and Blackjack (1998). Nikolai Petrovitch Rachenko in Red Scorpion (1988) and Frank Castle in the 1989 film The Punisher. 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.Īfter appearing in Rocky IV, Lundgren portrayed He-Man in the 1987 science fantasy film Masters of the Universe, Lt. He received a Fulbright scholarship to MIT and moved to Boston.
While in Sydney, he became a bodyguard for Jamaican singer Grace Jones and began a relationship with her. He holds the rank of 4th dan black belt in Kyokushin karate and was European champion in 1980–81. Lundgren received a degree in chemical engineering from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in the early 1980s and a master's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Sydney in 1982. Since then, Lundgren has starred in more than 80 films, almost all of them in the action genre. His breakthrough came in 1985, when he starred in Rocky IV as the imposing Soviet boxer Ivan Drago. To access this site you must agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.Hans Lundgren ( / ˈ l ʌ n d ɡ r ən/, Swedish: ( listen) born 3 November 1957), better known as Dolph Lundgren, is a Swedish actor, filmmaker and martial artist. We consider the data we process through cookies anonymous, since this information does not relate to an identified or identifiable natural person. You must also be informed that this website uses cookies to analyse web traffic and enhance site features. Knowing what your children are doing online. Turning on safe search settings while using Search Engines like Google, Bing or Yahoo Ĭonnecting addition filters on internet service provider side Using parental control filters of your device, operating systems and/or browsers More information about the RTA Label and compatible services can be found here: Īnyone with a minor in their household or under their supervision should implement basic parental control protections, including:
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