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Dolph Lundgren

Dolph Lundgren
Dolph Lundgren
Born: Nov 03, 1959 in Stockholm, Sweden
Occupation: Actor, Director, Writer,
Active: '80s-2000s
Major Genres: Action
Career Highlights: Universal Soldier, The Punisher, Rocky IV
First Major Screen Credit: Rocky IV (1985)
29 Videos for Dolph Lundgren
Command Performance (2009) Agent Red (2000) Universal Soldier (1992)
Universal Soldier: Regeneration (2009) The Last Warrior (2000) Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)
Direct Contact (2008) Bridge of Dragons (1999) Cover Up (1990)
Diamond Dogs (2007) Jill the Ripper (1999) I Come in Peace (1990)
Missionary Man (2007) Storm Catcher (1999) Red Scorpion (1989)
The Final Inquiry (2007) Sweepers (1999) The Punisher (1989)
The Russian Specialist (2005) The Peacekeeper (1997) Masters of the Universe (1987)
Direct Action (2004) Johnny Mnemonic (1995) A View to a Kill (1985)
Detention (2002) Pentathlon (1994) Rocky IV (1985)
Hidden Agenda (2001) Army of One (1992)
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Biography:

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. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.