Dolph Lundgren

**Hans "Dolph" Lundgren** (born on November 3, 1957) is a Swedish-American actor, martial artists, and director who is known for his roles in _Universal Soldier_, _Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning_, _Rocky IV_, _The Expendables_, _The Expendables 2_ and in _The Expendables 3_. He is notable for playing the Soviet boxer Ivan Drago in _Rocky IV_.

Lundgren played King Nereus in the DC Comics-Warner Bros. movie _Aquaman_ (2018).

Lundgren was born on November 3, 1957 in Spånga, Stockholm, Sweden. He studied at Washington State University and at Clemson University. Lundgren was married to Annette Qviberg from 1994 until they separated in 2011. They have 2 daughters. Lundgren lives in Los Angeles, California.

In May 2023, Lundgren revealed that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer in 2015.

## Film

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Title|scope="col"|Role|scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes|scope="col" class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|_A View to a Kill_|Agent Venz|Cameo||||||||
|_Rocky IV_|Captain Ivan Drago|||||||||
|_Masters of the Universe_|He-Man|||||||||
|_Maximum Potential_|Himself|Direct-to-video; also writer||||||||
|_Red Scorpion_|Lieutenant Nikolai Petrovitch Rachenko|||||||||
|_R.P.G. II_|Lifeguard|Short film; cameo||||||||
|_The Punisher_|Francis "Frank" Castle / The Punisher|Direct-to-video|style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|_I Come in Peace_|Detective Jack Caine|||||||||
|_Cover Up_|Mike Anderson|Direct-to-video||||||||
|_Showdown in Little Tokyo_|Sergeant Chris Kenner|||||||||
|_Universal Soldier_|Sergeant Andrew Scott / GR13||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|_Joshua Tree_|Wellman Anthony Santee|Direct-to-video||||||||
|_Sunny Side Up_|Himself|Cameo||||||||
|_Pentathlon_|Eric Brogar|Direct-to-video; also executive producer||||||||
|_Men of War_|Nick Gunar|Direct-to-video||||||||
|_Johnny Mnemonic_|Karl "The Street Preacher" Honig|||||||||
|_The Shooter_|U.S. Marshal Michael Dane|Direct-to-video|style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|_Silent Trigger_|Waxman "Shooter"|Direct-to-video||||||||
|_The Peacekeeper_|Major Frank Cross|Direct-to-video||||||||
|_The Minion_|Lukas Sadorov|Direct-to-video||||||||
|_Sweepers_|Christian Erickson|Direct-to-video||||||||
|_Bridge of Dragons_|Warchild|Direct-to-video||||||||
|_Storm Catcher_|Major Jack Holloway|Direct-to-video||||||||
|_Jill Rips_|Matt Sorenson|Direct-to-video||||||||
|_The Last Warrior_|Captain Nick Preston|Direct-to-video||||||||
|_Agent Red_|Captain Matt Hendricks|Direct-to-video||||||||
|_Hidden Agenda_|Agent Jason Price|Direct-to-video||||||||
|_Detention_|Sam Decker|Direct-to-video||||||||
|_Direct Action_|Sergeant Frank Gannon|Direct-to-video||||||||
|_Fat Slags_|Randy|Cameo||||||||
|_Retrograde_|Captain John Foster|Direct-to-video||||||||
|_The Defender_|Lance Rockford|Direct-to-video; also director||||||||
|_The Mechanik_|Nikolai "Nick" Cherenko|Direct-to-video; also story and director||||||||
|_The Inquiry_|Brixos|||||||||
|_Diamond Dogs_|Xander Ronson|Direct-to-video; also uncredited director and executive producer||||||||
|_Missionary Man_|Ryder|Limited release; also writer and director||||||||
|_Direct Contact_|Mike Riggins|Direct-to-video||||||||
|_Command Performance_|Joe Reynolds|Direct-to-video; also writer and director||||||||
|_Universal Soldier: Regeneration_|Sergeant Andrew Scott|Limited release||||||||
|_Icarus_|Edward "Eddie" Genn / Icarus|Limited release; also director||||||||
|_The Expendables_|Gunner Jensen|||||||||
|_In the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds_|Granger|Direct-to-video||||||||
|_Small Apartments_|Dr. Sage Mennox|Limited release||||||||
|_Stash House_|Andy Spector|Limited release; also executive producer||||||||
|_One in the Chamber_|Aleksey "The Wolf" Andreev|Direct-to-video||||||||
|_The Expendables 2_|Gunner Jensen|||||||||
|_Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning_|Sergeant Andrew Scott|Limited release||||||||
|_The Package_|"The German"|Limited release||||||||
|_Legendary_|Jim Harker|Direct-to-video||||||||
|_Battle of the Damned_|Major Max Gatling|Limited release; also executive producer||||||||
|_Ambushed_|Agent Evan Maxwell|Direct-to-video; also producer||||||||
|_Blood of Redemption_|Axel "The Swede"|Direct-to-video||||||||
|_Puncture Wounds_|Hollis|Direct-to-video; also producer||||||||
|_The Expendables 3_|Gunner Jensen|||||||||
|_Skin Trade_|Detective Nick Cassidy|Limited release; also writer/story and producer||||||||
|_War Pigs_|Captain Hans Picault|Limited release||||||||
|_The Good, the Bad, and the Dead_|Agent Bob Rooker|Direct-to-video||||||||
|_Shark Lake_|Clint Gray|Limited release; also producer||||||||
|_Riot_|Agent William|Direct-to-video||||||||
|_Malchishnik_|Natasha's Husband|Cameo||||||||
|_Hail, Caesar!_|Submarine Commander|Uncredited еxtra|style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|_Kindergarten Cop 2_|Agent Zack Reed|Direct-to-video; also executive producer||||||||
|_Don't Kill It_|Jebediah Woodley|Limited release; also executive producer||||||||
|_Female Fight Club_|Sam Holt|Limited release||||||||
|_Welcome to Willits_|Officer Derek Hutchinson|Limited release||||||||
|_Larceny_|Jack|Direct-to-video||||||||
|_Altitude_|Matthew Sharpe|Limited release||||||||
|_Dead Trigger_|Captain Kyle Walker|Limited release||||||||
|_Black Water_|Marco|Limited release||||||||
|_Creed II_|Captain Ivan Drago|||||||||
|_Aquaman_|King Nereus|||||||||
|_The Tracker_|Aiden Hakansson|Limited release||||||||
|_Acceleration_|Vladik Zorich|Limited release||||||||
|_Hard Night Falling_|Michael Anderson|Direct-to-video; also producer||||||||
|_Pups Alone_|Victor|Limited release||||||||
|_Seal Team_|Dolph|Voice role||||||||
|_Castle Falls_|Richard Ericson|Limited release; also director and producer||||||||
|_Minions: The Rise of Gru_|Svengeance|Voice role||||||||
|_Section Eight_|Captain Tom Mason|Limited release; also executive producer||||||||
|_Operation Seawolf_|Captain Hans Kessler|Limited release||||||||
|_Come Out Fighting_|Major Chase Anderson|Direct-to-video||||||||
|_The Best Man_|Anders|Limited release||||||||
|_Expend4bles_|Gunner Jensen|||||||||
|_Showdown at the Grand_|Claude Luc Hallyday|Limited release||||||||
|_Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom_|King Nereus|||||||||
|_Wanted Man_|Detective Travis Johansen|Limited release; аlso writer, director and producer||||||||
|_Dolph: Unbreakable_|Himself|Documentary film; also executive producer||||||||
|_Exit Protocol_|Charles Managold|Limited release||||||||
|_Hellfire_|Sheriff Wiley|Streaming release||||||||
|_Holiguards Saga — The Portal of Force_|TBA|_Post-production_||||||||
|_One Last Shot_|Admiral Mulholland|_Post-production_||||||||
|_Straight Shot_|Armand Stoker|_Post-production_||||||||
|_Mutant Year Zero_|TBA|Voice role; _filming_||||||||
|_A Man Will Rise_||Uncompleted||||||||

## Television

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Title|scope="col"|Role|scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes|scope="col" class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|_Blackjack_|U.S. Marshal Jack Devlin|Television pilot for an unproduced TV series||||||||
|_Chuck_|Marco|Episode: "Chuck Versus the Anniversary"||||||||
|_SAF3_|Captain John Eriksson|12 episodes||||||||
|_Workaholics_|Himself|Episode: "Blood Drive"||||||||
|_Sanjay and Craig_|Himself|Episode: "Huggle Day"; voice role||||||||
|_Arrow_|Konstantin Kovar|6 episodes||||||||
|_Tour de Pharmacy_|Gustav Ditters|Television film; cameo||||||||
|_Sharknado 5: Global Swarming_|Mature Gil Shepard|Television film; cameo||||||||
|_Broken Sidewalk_|Herb|Episode: "Pilot"||||||||
|_It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia_|John Thundergun|Episode: "Thunder Gun 4: Maximum Cool"; cameo||||||||
|_The White House Pod - Dare to Dream_|Guest|Episode: "The White House Pod - Dare to Dream - With Action Film Superstar, Dolph Lundgren"||||||||
|_The Rats: A Witcher Tale_|Brehen|Television film||||||||

## Theatre

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Title|scope="col"|Role|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes|scope="col" class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|_Another Octopus_||||style="text-align:center;"||||||||
|_Watching Fire_||||style="text-align:center;"||||||||
|_Force Majeure_|Death-Row Prisoner|||style="text-align:center;"||||||||

## Music videos

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Title|scope="col"|Role|scope="col"|Performer|scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes|scope="col" class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|"Body Count's in the House"|Himself|Body Count|Uncredited cameo|style="text-align:center;"||||||||
|"Kosmosa"|Submarine Captain|Irson Kudikova||||||||||
|"Believer"|Boxer|Imagine Dragons||||||||||

## Soundtrack appearances

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Title|scope="col"|Song|scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes|scope="col" class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|_Red Scorpion_|"State Anthem of the Soviet Union"|||||||||
|_Command Performance_|"Breakdown", "Girl"|||||||||
|_Melodifestivalen 2010_|"A Little Less Conversation", "Eye of the Tiger"|2 episodes||||||||
|_Gylne tider_|"Let It Be"|Episode: "Episode #4.3"||||||||

## Video games

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Title|scope="col"|Voice role|scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes|scope="col" class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|_The Expendables 2 Videogame_|Gunner Jensen|||||||||
|_Marvel's Deadpool VR_|Ultimo|||||||||

## Awards and honors

|Nominated work|Year|Award|Results|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1985|Marshall Trophy for Best Actor|||

### Special awards

|Ceremony|Year|Award|Results|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2007|Fantastic Lantern|||

## Other websites

- Twitter
- Facebook
- Dolph Lundgren official page
- MySpace

## Infobox (actor)

- **name**: Dolph Lundgren
- **image**: Dolph Lundgren by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg
- **caption**: Lundgren at the San Diego Comic Con in July 2012
- **birth place**: Spånga, Stockholm, Sweden
- **nationality**: Swedish
American
- **education**: KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Royal Institute of Technology (BSc)
University of Sydney (MSc)
Washington State University
- **years active**: 1979-present
- **children**: 2