Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Hans Dolph Lundgren , Hans Lundgren , 杜夫·朗格
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Stockholm, Sweden
Homepage: http://www.dolphlundgren.com
Movie Involvements: 128
TV Involvements: 12
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Hell's Kitchen
(2005) Self - Restaurant PatronArrow
(2012) Konstantin KovarAquaman and the Lost Kingdom
(2023) King NereusExpend4bles
(2023) Gunner JensenKlein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell
(2011) SelfMelodifestivalen
(1959) SelfCreed II
(2018) Ivan DragoDas aktuelle Sportstudio
(1963) selfActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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2024 | Travis Johansen | |
Self - Host | ||
2023 | King Nereus | |
Claude Luc Hallyday | ||
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
Gunner Jensen | ||
Major Chase Anderson | ||
Self | ||
Anders | ||
Self (archive footage) | ||
2022 | Hans Kessler | |
Tom Mason | ||
Svengeance (voice) | ||
2021 | Richard Ericson | |
Victor von Manure | ||
Ivan Drago (archive footage) | ||
Dolph (voice) | ||
Guest | ||
2020 | Self | |
2019 | Michael Anderson | |
Self | ||
Vladik | ||
Aiden Hakansson | ||
2018 | King Nereus | |
Ivan Drago | ||
Marco | ||
2017 | Self | |
Self - Actor | ||
Mature Gil Shepard | ||
Kyle Walker | ||
Gustav Ditters Present Day | ||
Sharpe | ||
Holt | ||
Jack | ||
2016 | Derek | |
Jebediah Woodley | ||
Agent Reed | ||
Submarine Commander (uncredited) | ||
2015 | Self | |
Clint Gray | ||
William | ||
Bob Rooker | ||
Captain Hans Picault | ||
Dolph Lundgren | ||
Self | ||
2014 | Self | |
Nick Cassidy | ||
Self - Actor | ||
Gunner Jensen | ||
Hollis | ||
2013 | Axel | |
John Eriksson | ||
Maxwell | ||
Max Gatling | ||
Harker | ||
Self | ||
2012 | Himself | |
The German | ||
Konstantin Kovar | ||
Andrew Scott | ||
Aleksey Andreev | ||
Gunner Jensen | ||
Self | ||
Andy Spector | ||
Dr. Sage Mennox | ||
N/A | ||
2011 | Self | |
Granger | ||
Self | ||
2010 | N/A | |
Self | ||
Guest | ||
Gunner Jensen | ||
archival footage | ||
Lt. Nikolai Rachenko (archive footage) | ||
Edward Genn / Icarus | ||
2009 | Ivan Dragon (voice) | |
Andrew Scott | ||
Joe | ||
Self | ||
Mike Riggins | ||
Self - Guest | ||
2007 | Ryder | |
Marco | ||
Brixos | ||
Brixos | ||
Xander Ronson | ||
2006 | Self / Ivan Drago | |
Guest | ||
Self | ||
2005 | Nikolai Cherenko | |
John Thundergun | ||
Self - Restaurant Patron | ||
N/A | ||
2004 | Lance Rockford | |
John Foster | ||
Himself | ||
Himself | ||
Randy | ||
Frank Gannon | ||
2003 | Sam Decker | |
2002 | Self | |
2001 | Jason Price | |
2000 | Matt Hendricks | |
Nick Preston | ||
Matt Sorenson | ||
1999 | Major Jack Holloway | |
Captain Ivan Drago (archive footage) | ||
Warchild | ||
1998 | Christian Erickson | |
Lukas Sadorov | ||
Self | ||
Jack Devlin | ||
1997 | Frank Cross | |
1996 | Waxman | |
1995 | Michael Dane | |
Street Preacher | ||
1994 | Nick Gunar | |
Eric Brogar | ||
Dolph Lundgren | ||
1993 | Wellman Anthony Santee | |
Self | ||
1992 | Andrew Scott / GR13 | |
1991 | Sgt. Chris Kenner | |
Mike Anderson | ||
1990 | Det. Jack Caine | |
1989 | Frank Castle / The Punisher | |
1988 | Lt. Nikolai Rachenko | |
1987 | Himself | |
Self | ||
He-Man | ||
1986 | Self | |
1985 | Ivan Drago | |
Venz | ||
1982 | Self | |
1981 | Self | |
1963 | self | |
1959 | Self | |
Wiley | ||
Self | ||
Ivan Drago | ||
Miles | ||
Brehen | ||
N/A | ||
N/A | ||
George Cochrane | ||
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Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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2024 | Director | |
2021 | Director | |
2010 | Director | |
2009 | Director | |
2007 | Director | |
2005 | Director | |
2004 | Director | |
Director | ||
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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2024 | Writer | |
2014 | Screenplay | |
Story | ||
2009 | Writer | |
2007 | Writer | |
2005 | Writer | |
Story | ||
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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2024 | Producer | |
2021 | Producer | |
2019 | Producer | |
2016 | Executive Producer | |
Executive Producer | ||
2015 | Producer | |
2014 | Producer | |
Producer | ||
2013 | Executive Producer | |
Executive Producer | ||
2012 | Executive Producer | |
1994 | Executive Producer | |
Producer | ||
Executive Producer | ||
Producer | ||
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |