--- name: "Dolph Lundgren" canonical: "https://film.one/person/dolph-lundgren" fi1m_id: "dolph-lundgren" imdb_id: "nm0000185" tmdb_id: 16644 wikidata_id: "Q181678" roles: ["Actor"] born: "3 November 1957" reviewed_on_fi1m: 7 average_fi1m_score: 58 average_as: "actor" average_over: 7 updated: "2026-10-05T16:10:25.973519+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Dolph Lundgren ## Identity Dolph Lundgren - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dolph-lundgren - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** dolph-lundgren - **IMDb ID:** nm0000185 - **TMDB ID:** 16644 - **Wikidata ID:** Q181678 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolph_Lundgren, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181678, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000185/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16644 Actor. Born 3 November 1957 in Stockholm, Sweden. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 3 November 1957, Stockholm, Sweden - **Active:** 1985–present - **Also known as:** Hans Dolph Lundgren, Hans Lundgren - **Frequently works with:** [Amber Heard](https://film.one/person/amber-heard.md), [David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick](https://film.one/person/david-leslie-johnson-mcgoldrick.md), [James Wan](https://film.one/person/james-wan.md), [Jason Momoa](https://film.one/person/jason-momoa.md), [Patrick Wilson](https://film.one/person/patrick-wilson.md), [Peter Safran](https://film.one/person/peter-safran.md), [Rob Cowan](https://film.one/person/rob-cowan.md), [Sylvester Stallone](https://film.one/person/sylvester-stallone.md) - **Average Fi1m score:** 58, as actor, over 7 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 49 (2), 2010s 68 (2), 2020s 56 (3) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 58 to 53 across 7 titles - **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 4 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 1 of 5 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Action 6, Adventure 3, Fantasy 3, Drama 2, Science Fiction 2, Sport 2 - **Screen time:** 14 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $3,313m across 7 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolph_Lundgren, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181678, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000185/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16644 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*Aquaman*](https://film.one/film/aquaman.md) (72), [*Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom*](https://film.one/film/aquaman-and-the-lost-kingdom.md) (45) - **Netflix:** [*Minions: The Rise of Gru*](https://film.one/film/minions-the-rise-of-gru.md) (66) - **Apple TV:** [*Creed II*](https://film.one/film/creed-ii.md) (64) - **AMC+:** [*Rocky IV*](https://film.one/film/rocky-iv.md) (52) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Dolph Lundgren > Lundgren is the biggest thing in any frame he stands in and is usually asked to do nothing else. When a director knows how to use a wall, as Stallone did in 1985, it works; most have given him a throne and a frown. In *Rocky IV* (1985), Bill Butler shoots Ivan Drago from below, so that he fills the frame and the ceiling lights sit behind his head like a halo. He is given almost nothing to say and he says it slowly, and Brigitte Nielsen, as his wife Ludmilla, does the talking for him. That is Dolph Lundgren's career in one set-up. He is a wall, and each film has to decide what to put in front of it. The wall was built before the acting. Lundgren was a Kyokushin karate champion before he came to films, and after a small part in *A View to a Kill* (1985) and a long audition for Drago, the parts he was given through the late 1980s and 1990s were built around the fighting: He-Man in *Masters of the Universe* (1987), *Red Scorpion* (1989), Sergeant Andrew Scott opposite Jean-Claude Van Damme in *Universal Soldier* (1992). The characters had little to say and the films did not always mind. By the 2000s he was making direct-to-video action films and directing some of them, *The Defender* (2004) among them, and few critics were watching. *The Expendables* (2010), with Lundgren as Gunner Jensen, brought him back into company, and back to Sylvester Stallone, who has worked with him five times and who understood in 1985 that the thing to do with him was point the camera up. Since then he has been a supporting face in other people's franchises: Drago again in *Creed II* (2018), King Nereus in *Aquaman* (2018) and in *Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom* (2023), where he gets a throne and a frown and not much else. What works is stillness, when a film gives him something to be still about. Watching *Rocky IV* again, Drago frightened us less than we remembered and interested us more: strapped to the monitors in Bill Kenney's steel training hall, surrounded by men in white coats, he looks like the one person there nobody has consulted, and Lundgren holds his face so that it could be obedience or could be resentment. The film never asks which. Almost none of his films have. Lundgren has said that "It takes nine months for a baby to develop, it takes nine months to develop a character." Most of the scripts he has been handed allowed for about nine lines. If you want to see what the preparation was for, start with *Rocky IV*, and watch what he does while Nielsen is talking. ## Biography Dolph Lundgren is a Swedish actor and martial artist. He was born Hans Lundgren on 3 November 1957 in Stockholm, Sweden. He gained recognition for his role as Ivan Drago in *Rocky IV* (1985), which he reprised in *Creed II* (2018). Lundgren has appeared in the *The Expendables* film series (2010–2014) as Gunner Jensen and portrayed King Nereus in *Aquaman* (2018) and *Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom* (2023). Other credits include *Arrow* (2012) as Konstantin Kovar and a voice role in *Minions: The Rise of Gru* (2022). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, dc.fandom.com.* ## On Fi1m (7) - *Masters of the Universe* (2026), Fi1m 58, as Macho Man — [page](https://film.one/film/masters-of-the-universe.md) - *Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom* (2023), Fi1m 45, as King Nereus — [page](https://film.one/film/aquaman-and-the-lost-kingdom.md) - *Minions: The Rise of Gru* (2022), Fi1m 66, as Svengeance (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/minions-the-rise-of-gru.md) - *Aquaman* (2018), Fi1m 72, as King Nereus — [page](https://film.one/film/aquaman.md) - *Creed II* (2018), Fi1m 64, as Ivan Drago — [page](https://film.one/film/creed-ii.md) - *A View to a Kill* (1985), Fi1m 46, as Venz — [page](https://film.one/film/a-view-to-a-kill.md) - *Rocky IV* (1985), Fi1m 52, as Ivan Drago — [page](https://film.one/film/rocky-iv.md) ## Complete filmography (113) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *One Last Shot* (2026), as Admiral Mulholland - *Masters of the Universe* (2026), as Macho Man — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/masters-of-the-universe.md) - *Hellfire* (2026), as Wiley - *Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice* (2026), as The Barron - *Straight Shot* (2026), as Armand Stoker - *Exit Protocol* (2025), as Charles Managold - *The Rats: A Witcher Tale* (2025), as Brehen - *Dolph: Unbreakable* (2025), Executive Producer - *Wanted Man* (2024), as Travis Johansen · Director, Writer, Producer - *Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom* (2023), as King Nereus — Fi1m 45, [page](https://film.one/film/aquaman-and-the-lost-kingdom.md) - *Showdown at the Grand* (2023), as Claude Luc Hallyday - *Expend4bles* (2023), as Gunner Jensen - *Come Out Fighting* (2023), as Major Chase Anderson - *The Best Man* (2023), as Anders - *Operation Seawolf* (2022), as Hans Kessler - *Section 8* (2022), as Tom Mason - *Minions: The Rise of Gru* (2022), as Svengeance (voice) — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/minions-the-rise-of-gru.md) - *Castle Falls* (2021), as Richard Ericson · Producer, Director - *Pups Alone* (2021), as Victor von Manure - *Seal Team* (2021), as Dolph (voice) - *Hard Night Falling* (2019), as Michael Anderson · Producer - *Acceleration* (2019), as Vladik - *The Tracker* (2019), as Aiden Hakansson - *Aquaman* (2018), as King Nereus — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/aquaman.md) - *Creed II* (2018), as Ivan Drago — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/creed-ii.md) - *Black Water* (2018), as Marco - *Sharknado 5: Global Swarming* (2017), as Mature Gil Shepard - *Dead Trigger* (2017), as Kyle Walker - *Tour de Pharmacy* (2017), as Gustav Ditters Present Day - *Altitude* (2017), as Sharpe - *Female Fight Squad* (2017), as Holt - *Larceny* (2017), as Jack - *Welcome to Willits* (2016), as Derek - *Don't Kill It* (2016), as Jebediah Woodley · Executive Producer - *Kindergarten Cop 2* (2016), as Agent Reed · Executive Producer - *Hail, Caesar!* (2016), as Submarine Commander (uncredited) — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/hail-caesar.md) - *Shark Lake* (2015), as Clint Gray · Producer - *Riot* (2015), as William - *4Got10* (2015), as Bob Rooker - *War Pigs* (2015), as Captain Hans Picault - *7 Days in Hell* (2015), as Dolph Lundgren - *Skin Trade* (2014), as Nick Cassidy · Producer, Screenplay, Story - *The Expendables 3* (2014), as Gunner Jensen - *Puncture Wounds* (2014), as Hollis · Producer - *Blood of Redemption* (2013), as Axel - *Ambushed* (2013), as Maxwell · Executive Producer - *SAF3* (2013), series, as John Eriksson - *Battle of the Damned* (2013), as Max Gatling · Executive Producer - *Legendary: Tomb of the Dragon* (2013), as Harker - *The Package* (2012), as The German - *Arrow* (2012), series, as Konstantin Kovar - *Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning* (2012), as Andrew Scott - *One in the Chamber* (2012), as Aleksey Andreev - *The Expendables 2* (2012), as Gunner Jensen - *Stash House* (2012), as Andy Spector · Executive Producer - *Small Apartments* (2012), as Dr. Sage Mennox - *All Out of Bullets* (2012), Actor - *In the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds* (2011), as Granger - *Workaholics* (2011), series, as Dolph Lundgren - *Top Gear* (2010), series, Actor - *The Expendables* (2010), as Gunner Jensen - *2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift* (2010), as (archive footage) - *Universal Soldier: Regeneration* (2010), as Andrew Scott - *Icarus* (2010), as Edward Genn / Icarus · Director - *Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side* (2009), as Ivan Dragon (voice) - *Command Performance* (2009), as Joe · Director, Writer - *Direct Contact* (2009), as Mike Riggins - *Missionary Man* (2007), as Ryder · Director, Writer - *Chuck* (2007), series, as Marco — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/chuck.md) - *Diamond Dogs* (2007), as Xander Ronson - *The Final Inquiry* (2007), as Brixos - *L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII* (2007), series, as Brixos - *The Russian Specialist* (2005), as Nikolai Cherenko · Director, Story - *It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia* (2005), series, as John Thundergun - *Oyama Karate Kyokushinkai* (2005), Actor - *The Defender* (2004), as Lance Rockford · Director - *Retrograde* (2004), as John Foster - *Fat Slags* (2004), as Randy - *Direct Action* (2004), as Frank Gannon - *Detention* (2003), as Sam Decker - *Hidden Agenda* (2001), as Jason Price - *Agent Red* (2000), as Matt Hendricks - *The Last Patrol* (2000), as Nick Preston - *Jill Rips* (2000), as Matt Sorenson - *Storm Catcher* (1999), as Major Jack Holloway - *Bridge of Dragons* (1999), as Warchild - *Family Guy* (1999), series, as Captain Ivan Drago (archive footage) — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/family-guy.md) - *Sweepers* (1998), as Christian Erickson - *The Minion* (1998), as Lukas Sadorov - *Blackjack* (1998), as Jack Devlin - *The Peacekeeper* (1997), as Frank Cross - *Silent Trigger* (1996), as Waxman - *The Shooter* (1995), as Michael Dane - *Johnny Mnemonic* (1995), as Street Preacher - *Men of War* (1994), as Nick Gunar - *Pentathlon* (1994), as Eric Brogar · Executive Producer - *Sunny Side Up* (1994), as Dolph Lundgren - *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 - *Dark Angel* (1990), as Det. Jack Caine - *The Punisher* (1989), as Frank Castle - *Red Scorpion* (1988), as Lt. Nikolai Rachenko - *Masters of the Universe* (1987), as He-Man - *Rocky IV* (1985), as Ivan Drago — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/rocky-iv.md) - *A View to a Kill* (1985), as Venz — Fi1m 46, [page](https://film.one/film/a-view-to-a-kill.md) - *Holiguards Saga: The Portal of Force*, Actor - *Mutant: Year Zero*, as (voice) - *Malevolence*, as Miles · Director, Story, Producer - *Without You I'm Nothing*, as George Cochrane · Producer - *The Groom 2*, Actor - *Drago*, as Ivan Drago ## Gallery - ![Dolph Lundgren](https://film.one/media/person/14998/gallery-29414bd2aaba.jpg) Dolph Lundgren — Toglenn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Dolph_Lundgren_2018.jpg/1280px-Dolph_Lundgren_2018.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![2015 Gumball 3000 starts from Stockholm, May 24 2015. Dolph Lundgren and Matthew Pritchard.](https://film.one/media/person/14998/gallery-b26205116853.jpg) 2015 Gumball 3000 starts from Stockholm, May 24 2015. Dolph Lundgren and Matthew Pritchard. — Frankie Fouganthin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/2015_Gumball_3000_09.jpg/1280px-2015_Gumball_3000_09.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Fotomontaggio con alcuni attori d'azione della vecchia scuola: Sylvester Stallone - Arnold Schwarzenegger - Bruce Willis - Chuck Norris - Jean-Claude Van Damme (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/14998/gallery-54eeedd3446f.jpg) Fotomontaggio con alcuni attori d'azione della vecchia scuola: Sylvester Stallone - Arnold Schwarzenegger - Bruce Willis - Chuck Norris - Jean-Claude Van Damme (2012) — Fotomontaggio nato dalle unioni, dei file degli autori sopra indicati., CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Action_film_actors.jpeg/1280px-Action_film_actors.jpeg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Collage of famous action heroes (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/14998/gallery-44d47176b372.png) Collage of famous action heroes (2010) — Self made based upon work by the authors shown above, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Action_hero_montage.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Dolph Lundgren](https://film.one/media/person/14998/gallery-a8f41669a9e6.jpg) Dolph Lundgren — Image via TMDB - ![Dolph Lundgren](https://film.one/media/person/14998/gallery-a07e0342e5ca.jpg) Dolph Lundgren — Image via TMDB - ![Dolph Lundgren](https://film.one/media/person/14998/gallery-afbdb31290bc.jpg) Dolph Lundgren — Image via TMDB - ![Dolph Lundgren (2007)](https://film.one/media/person/14998/gallery-d7c22af0497b.jpg) Dolph Lundgren (2007) — Carl Lindström, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Dolph1.jpg/1280px-Dolph1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Dolph Lundgren. Cropped version of Image:Dolph2.jpg (2007)](https://film.one/media/person/14998/gallery-0cedf8623572.jpg) Dolph Lundgren. Cropped version of Image:Dolph2.jpg (2007) — Carl Lindström, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Dolph1cropped.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Dolph Lundgren](https://film.one/media/person/14998/gallery-e34b242ed925.jpg) Dolph Lundgren — Image via TMDB - ![Dolph Lundgren](https://film.one/media/person/14998/gallery-da94f61903c9.jpg) Dolph Lundgren — Image via TMDB - ![Dolph Lundgren](https://film.one/media/person/14998/gallery-91e6b03c793d.jpg) Dolph Lundgren — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 1 won - Time Machine Award 2016: Time Machine Award (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. 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