Dolph Lundgren
- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 3, 1957 in Stockholm, Sweden
- Active Years
- 1959–2026 (68 Years)
- Total Credits
- 192 credits in database
Acting Born Nov 3, 1957 Stockholm, Sweden 192 credits
Biography
Hans Dolph Lundgren is a Swedish-American actor, director, filmmaker, and martial artist. Born on November 3, 1957, in Stockholm, Sweden, he is the son of Sigrid Birgitta, a language teacher, and Karl Johan Hugo Lundgren, an engineer and economist. He resided in Stockholm until the age of 13 before moving to live with his grandparents. Lundgren is widely recognized for his contributions to the film industry, particularly within the action genre. Throughout his career, he has established himself as a prominent figure in cinema, known for his physical presence and work in both acting and directing capacities. He maintains a professional reputation as a versatile performer with extensive credits in various motion picture and television productions.
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Career overview
Dolph Lundgren gained significant recognition for his breakthrough role as the Soviet boxer Ivan Drago in the 1985 film Rocky IV. He later reprised this iconic character in the 2018 film Creed II. His career is defined by his work in action films, with a notable period of prominence during the 1980s and 1990s. Beyond his role in the Rocky franchise, he is well known for portraying He-Man in the 1987 film Masters of the Universe. His filmography includes lead roles in over 80 action-oriented motion pictures. Among his other notable credits from this era are Red Scorpion, released in 1988, and The Punisher, released in 1989. He also starred in the 1990 film I Come in Peace and the production Showdown in Little Tokyo. Throughout his career, Lundgren has accumulated 162 known credits across various acting projects. His work spans a wide range of movies and television shows, solidifying his status as a long-standing figure in the action film genre. He continues to be associated with his early iconic performances while maintaining an active presence in the entertainment industry.
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Sylvester Stallone
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James Chalke
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Jean-Claude Van Damme
5 shared titles
Slavi Slavov
5 shared titles
Danny Trejo
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Jason Statham
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Randy Couture
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Scott Adkins
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Raicho Vasilev
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Jet Li
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Career timeline
Masters of the UniverseMike & Nick & Nick & AliceHellfireHistory's Greatest Machines with Dolph LundgrenTaming The Beast
Exit ProtocolThe Rats: A Witcher TaleDolph: UnbreakableDolph: Unbreakable · Executive Producer
Wanted ManWanted Man · WriterWanted Man · ProducerWanted Man · DirectorFlip a Cöin
Aquaman and the Lost KingdomExpend4blesThe Family StalloneThe Best ManCome Out Fighting
Minions: The Rise of GruOperation SeawolfSection 8
Carina BergfeldtSeal TeamCastle FallsCastle Falls · ProducerCastle Falls · Director
The Art of Action
Hard Night FallingHard Night Falling · ProducerThe TrackerAccelerationOne Night: Joshua vs. Ruiz
AquamanCreed IIBlack Water
Tour de PharmacyLarcenySharknado 5: Global SwarmingAltitudeFemale Fight Squad
Hail, Caesar!Don't Kill ItDon't Kill It · Executive ProducerKindergarten Cop 2Kindergarten Cop 2 · Executive Producer
The Late Show with Stephen ColbertRenées bryggaShark LakeShark Lake · ProducerRiot
The Expendables 3Skin TradeSkin Trade · ProducerSkin Trade · ScreenplaySkin Trade · Story
@midnight with Chris HardwickSAF3Blood of RedemptionThe PackageBattle of the Damned
ArrowThe Eric Andre ShowThe Expendables 2Universal Soldier: Day of ReckoningSmall Apartments
WorkaholicsKlein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche DuellIn the Name of the King 2: Two WorldsThe Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
The ExpendablesHellenius HörnaTop GearUniversal Soldier: RegenerationIcarus
SkavlanDirect ContactCommand PerformanceCommand Performance · WriterCommand Performance · Director
ChuckL'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIIIMissionary ManMissionary Man · WriterMissionary Man · Director
El hormigueroRobinsI Love the '70s: Volume 2The Opponents
It's Always Sunny in PhiladelphiaHell's KitchenThe Russian SpecialistThe Russian Specialist · DirectorThe Russian Specialist · Story
RetrogradeFat SlagsDirect ActionThe DefenderThe Defender · Director
Detention
Through the Night with...
Hidden Agenda
Jill RipsThe Last PatrolAgent Red
Family GuyBridge of DragonsStorm Catcher
So Graham NortonThe MinionSweepersBlackjack
The Peacekeeper
Silent Trigger
Full Filmography
192 titles- Masters of the Universe (2026) as Macho Man
- Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice (2026) as The Barron
- Hellfire (2026) as Wiley
- History's Greatest Machines with Dolph Lundgren (2026) as Self - Host
- Taming The Beast (2026) as Self
- Straight Shot (2026) as Armand Stoker
- Dolph and the Lundgrens (2026) as Self
- Exit Protocol (2025) as Charles Managold
- The Rats: A Witcher Tale (2025) as Brehen
- Dolph: Unbreakable (2025) as Self
- Dolph: Unbreakable (2025) Executive Producer
- Wanted Man (2024) as Travis Johansen
- Wanted Man (2024) Writer
- Wanted Man (2024) Producer
- Wanted Man (2024) Director
- Flip a Cöin (2024) as Self - Host
- Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023) as King Nereus
- Expend4bles (2023) as Gunner Jensen
- The Family Stallone (2023) as Self
- The Best Man (2023) as Anders
- Come Out Fighting (2023) as Major Chase Anderson
- Jean-Claude Van Damme: Karate King (2023) as Self (archive footage)
- Showdown at the Grand (2023) as Claude Luc Hallyday
- Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022) as Svengeance (voice)
- Operation Seawolf (2022) as Hans Kessler
- Section 8 (2022) as Tom Mason
- Carina Bergfeldt (2021) as Self - Guest
- Seal Team (2021) as Dolph (voice)
- Castle Falls (2021) as Richard Ericson
- Castle Falls (2021) Producer
- Castle Falls (2021) Director
- Pups Alone (2021) as Victor von Manure
- The Art of Action (2020) as Self
- Hard Night Falling (2019) as Michael Anderson
- Hard Night Falling (2019) Producer
- The Tracker (2019) as Aiden Hakansson
- Acceleration (2019) as Vladik
- One Night: Joshua vs. Ruiz (2019) as Self
- Aquaman (2018) as King Nereus
- Creed II (2018) as Ivan Drago
- Black Water (2018) as Marco
- Tour de Pharmacy (2017) as Gustav Ditters Present Day
- Larceny (2017) as Jack
- Sharknado 5: Global Swarming (2017) as Mature Gil Shepard
- Altitude (2017) as Sharpe
- Female Fight Squad (2017) as Holt
- Dead Trigger (2017) as Kyle Walker
- Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2017) as Self - Actor
- Stopping Traffic: The Movement to End Sex Trafficking (2017) as Self
- Hail, Caesar! (2016) as Submarine Commander (uncredited)
- Don't Kill It (2016) as Jebediah Woodley
- Don't Kill It (2016) Executive Producer
- Kindergarten Cop 2 (2016) as Agent Reed
- Kindergarten Cop 2 (2016) Executive Producer
- Welcome to Willits (2016) as Derek
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) as Self - Guest
- Renées brygga (2015) as Self
- Shark Lake (2015) as Clint Gray
- Shark Lake (2015) Producer
- Riot (2015) as William
- 7 Days in Hell (2015) as Dolph Lundgren
- War Pigs (2015) as Captain Hans Picault
- 4Got10 (2015) as Bob Rooker
- The Real Miyagi (2015) as Self
- From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues (2015) as Self
- The Expendables 3 (2014) as Gunner Jensen
- Skin Trade (2014) as Nick Cassidy
- Skin Trade (2014) Producer
- Skin Trade (2014) Screenplay
- Skin Trade (2014) Story
- Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014) as Self - Actor
- Puncture Wounds (2014) as Hollis
- Puncture Wounds (2014) Producer
- The Making of The Expendables 3 (2014) as Self
- @midnight with Chris Hardwick (2013) as Self - Guest Appearance
- SAF3 (2013) as John Eriksson
- Blood of Redemption (2013) as Axel
- The Package (2013) as The German
- Battle of the Damned (2013) as Max Gatling
- Battle of the Damned (2013) Executive Producer
- Legendary: Tomb of the Dragon (2013) as Harker
- Ambushed (2013) as Maxwell
- Ambushed (2013) Executive Producer
- Days of Reckoning: The Making of Universal Soldier 4 (2013) as Self
- Arrow (2012) as Konstantin Kovar
- The Eric Andre Show (2012) as Self
- The Expendables 2 (2012) as Gunner Jensen
- Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (2012) as Andrew Scott
- Small Apartments (2012) as Dr. Sage Mennox
- One in the Chamber (2012) as Aleksey Andreev
- Stash House (2012) as Andy Spector
- Stash House (2012) Executive Producer
- Gods of War: Assembling Earth's Mightiest Anti-Heroes (2012) as Self
- All Out of Bullets (2012)
- Workaholics (2011) as Dolph Lundgren
- Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell (2011) as Self
- In the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds (2011) as Granger
- The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance (2011) as Self
- The Expendables (2010) as Gunner Jensen
- Hellenius Hörna (2010) as Self - Guest
- Top Gear (2010)
- Universal Soldier: Regeneration (2010) as Andrew Scott
- Icarus (2010) as Edward Genn / Icarus
- Icarus (2010) Director
- 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift (2010) as (archive footage)
- Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables' (2010) as Self
- Skavlan (2009) as Self - Guest
- Direct Contact (2009) as Mike Riggins
- Command Performance (2009) as Joe
- Command Performance (2009) Writer
- Command Performance (2009) Director
- Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side (2009) as Ivan Dragon (voice)
- Direct Your Own Damn Movie! (2009) as Self
- Chuck (2007) as Marco
- L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII (2007) as Brixos
- Missionary Man (2007) as Ryder
- Missionary Man (2007) Writer
- Missionary Man (2007) Director
- The Final Inquiry (2007) as Brixos
- Diamond Dogs (2007) as Xander Ronson
- El hormiguero (2006) as Self - Guest
- Robins (2006) as Self - Guest
- I Love the '70s: Volume 2 (2006) as Self
- The Opponents (2006) as Self / Ivan Drago
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005) as John Thundergun
- Hell's Kitchen (2005) as Self - Restaurant Patron
- The Russian Specialist (2005) as Nikolai Cherenko
- The Russian Specialist (2005) Director
- The Russian Specialist (2005) Story
- Oyama Karate Kyokushinkai (2005)
- Retrograde (2004) as John Foster
- Fat Slags (2004) as Randy
- Direct Action (2004) as Frank Gannon
- The Defender (2004) as Lance Rockford
- The Defender (2004) Director
- Universal Soldier: A Tale of Two Titans (2004) as Himself
- Guns, Genes & Fighting Machines: The Making of 'Universal Soldier' (2004) as Himself
- Detention (2003) as Sam Decker
- Through the Night with... (2002) as Self
- Hidden Agenda (2001) as Jason Price
- Jill Rips (2000) as Matt Sorenson
- The Last Patrol (2000) as Nick Preston
- Agent Red (2000) as Matt Hendricks
- Family Guy (1999) as Captain Ivan Drago (archive footage)
- Bridge of Dragons (1999) as Warchild
- Storm Catcher (1999) as Major Jack Holloway
- So Graham Norton (1998) as Self
- The Minion (1998) as Lukas Sadorov
- Sweepers (1998) as Christian Erickson
- Blackjack (1998) as Jack Devlin
- The Peacekeeper (1997) as Frank Cross
- Silent Trigger (1996) as Waxman
- Johnny Mnemonic (1995) as Street Preacher
- The Shooter (1995) as Michael Dane
- Men of War (1994) as Nick Gunar
- Sunny Side Up (1994) as Dolph Lundgren
- Pentathlon (1994) as Eric Brogar
- Pentathlon (1994) Executive Producer
- GMTV (1993) as Self
- Joshua Tree (1993) as Wellman Anthony Santee
- Universal Soldier (1992) as Andrew Scott / GR13
- Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991) as Detective Kenner
- Cover-Up (1991) as Mike Anderson
- The Word (1990)
- Dark Angel (1990) as Det. Jack Caine
- Rocky Special: Burning Youth (1990) as Ivan Drago (archive footage)
- The Punisher (1989) as Frank Castle
- Red Scorpion (1988) as Lt. Nikolai Rachenko
- Masters of the Universe (1987) as He-Man
- The Dame Edna Experience (1987) as Self
- Behind the Legend of Masters of the Universe: The Motion Picture (1987) as Himself
- Dolph Lundgren: Maximum Potential (1987) as Himself
- Wedden, dat..? (1986) as Self
- The Making of Captain EO (1986) as Self
- Rocky IV (1985) as Ivan Drago
- A View to a Kill (1985) as Venz
- Na sowas! (1982) as Self
- Wetten, dass..? (1981) as Self
- Das aktuelle Sportstudio (1963) as self
- Melodifestivalen (1959) as Self
- The Groom 2
- Holiguards Saga: The Portal of Force
- One Last Shot as Admiral Mulholland
- Guns, Genes & Fighting Machines: The Making of "Universal Soldier" as Self
- Without You I'm Nothing as George Cochrane
- Without You I'm Nothing Producer
- Drago as Ivan Drago
- Mutant: Year Zero as (voice)
- Malevolence as Miles
- Malevolence Director
- Malevolence Producer
- Malevolence Story
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Dolph Lundgren best known for?
Dolph Lundgren is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Masters of the Universe (2026), Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice (2026), Hellfire (2026), History's Greatest Machines with Dolph Lundgren (2026).
When and where was Dolph Lundgren born?
Dolph Lundgren was born on November 3, 1957 in Stockholm, Sweden.
How many credits does Dolph Lundgren have?
Dolph Lundgren has accumulated over 192 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1959 to 2026.
What is Dolph Lundgren's background in cinema and television?
Hans Dolph Lundgren is a Swedish-American actor, director, filmmaker, and martial artist. Born on November 3, 1957, in Stockholm, Sweden, he is the son of Sigrid Birgitta, a language teacher, and Karl Johan Hugo Lundgren, an engineer and economist. He resided in Stockholm until the age of 13 before moving to live with ...
Dolph Lundgren by the numbers
192credits
157films
35TV series
1959–2026active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005) as John Thundergun — aged about 47
- Through the Night with... (2002) as Self — aged about 44
- The Eric Andre Show (2012) as Self — aged about 54
- Robins (2006) as Self - Guest — aged about 48
- Chuck (2007) as Marco — aged about 49
- Workaholics (2011) as Dolph Lundgren — aged about 53
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