Highly intelligent and extremely well educated -- earning an M.A. at Stockholm's Royal Institute of Technology and a Fulbright Fellowship at M.I.T. -- Dolph Lundgren is better known for his athletic achievements than his intellectual pursuits. An internationally recognized kick-boxing champion, the 6' 6", 250-pound Lundgren was working as a doorman at a trendy New York disco when his personally produced exercise video Maximum Potential caught the eye of movie producers. His 1984 cinematic debut was a bit part in the James Bond opus A View to a Kill, which co-starred Lundgren's then-lover Grace Jones. (Earlier reports that Lundgren appeared in 1970's The Out-of-Towners were really out of town.) His breakthrough film role was as Drago, the automaton-like Russian ring opponent of Sylvester Stallone in Rocky IV (1985). The content of Lundgren's subsequent films is implicit in their titles: Masters of the Universe (in which Lundgren played bulging-biceped cartoon character He-Man), Universal Soldier (sharing the screen with fellow bodybuilder Jean-Claude Van Damme), Red Scorpion, Showdown in Little Tokyo, Army of One, etc. When Lundgren showed up as a street preacher in the futuristic Johnny Mnemonic (1995), one got the feeling that he was not going to be advocating peace on earth for long.
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The Expendables 2
Actor |
2012 | NOT YET RELEASED | ||
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2011 | |||
The Expendables
Actor |
2010 | |||
Command Performance
Actor, Director, Screen Story, Screenwriter |
2009 | |||
The Killing Machine
Actor, Director |
2009 | |||
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2009 | |||
Direct Contact
Actor |
2008 | |||
Diamond Dogs
Actor, Executive Producer |
2007 | |||
Missionary Man
Actor, Director, Screenwriter |
2007 | |||
The Final Inquiry
Actor |
2007 | |||
The Russian Specialist
Actor, Director, Screen Story |
2005 | |||
Direct Action
Actor |
2004 | |||
Retrograde
Actor |
2004 | |||
The Defender
Actor, Director |
2004 | |||
Detention
Actor |
2002 | |||
Hidden Agenda
Actor |
2001 | |||
Agent Red
Actor |
2000 | |||
The Last Warrior
Actor |
2000 | |||
Bridge of Dragons
Actor |
1999 | |||
Jill the Ripper
Actor |
1999 | |||
Storm Catcher
Actor |
1999 | |||
Sweepers
Actor |
1999 | |||
Blackjack
Actor |
1998 | |||
The Minion
Actor |
1998 | |||
The Peacekeeper
Actor |
1997 | |||
Silent Trigger
Actor |
1996 | |||
Hidden Assassin
Actor |
1995 | |||
Johnny Mnemonic
Actor |
1995 | |||
Men of War
Actor |
1994 | |||
Pentathlon
Actor |
1994 | |||
Army of One
Actor |
1992 | |||
Universal Soldier
Actor |
1992 | |||
Showdown in Little Tokyo
Actor |
1991 | |||
Cover Up
Actor |
1990 | |||
I Come in Peace
Actor |
1990 | |||
Red Scorpion
Actor |
1989 | |||
The Punisher
Actor |
1989 | |||
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1987 | |||
Masters of the Universe
Actor |
1987 | |||
A View to a Kill
Actor |
1985 | |||
Rocky IV
Actor |
1985 |
