Dolph Lundgren

Biography

Hans "Dolph" Lundgren (born 3 November 1957) is a Swedish-American actor, director, and martial artist. He is best known for his roles in action films, particularly in the 1980s and 1990s, including iconic characters such as Ivan Drago in Rocky IV (1985) and He-Man in Masters of the Universe (1987).

Career Overview

Dolph Lundgren has 167 screen credits in a career dating back to 1981. Their work spans 17 cinematic universes — most prominently The Expendables with 4 titles. Signature works include Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, Masters of the Universe, Minions: The Rise of Gru. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Acting
Gender: male
Known Credits: 167
Birth Date: 1957-11-03 00:00:00
Birth Place: Stockholm, Sweden

Known For

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 17 universes

The Expendables (4 titles)
Universal Soldier (3 titles)
Masters of the Universe (2 titles)
DCEU (2 titles)
Aquaman Collection (2 titles)
Rocky (2 titles)
One Shot Collection (1 titles)
Despicable Me (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

Jason Momoa (2 collaborations)
Patrick Wilson (2 collaborations)
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (2 collaborations)
Randall Park (2 collaborations)
Amber Heard (2 collaborations)
Nicole Kidman (2 collaborations)
Temuera Morrison (2 collaborations)
John Rhys-Davies (2 collaborations)
Natalia Safran (2 collaborations)
Michael Beach (2 collaborations)

Credits

actors (138 credits)
- One Last Shot
  Admiral Mulholland
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Mutant: Year Zero
  (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- The Groom 2
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Drago
  Ivan Drago
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Holiguards Saga: The Portal of Force
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Guns, Genes & Fighting Machines: The Making of "Universal Soldier"
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Without You I'm Nothing
  George Cochrane
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Malevolence
  Miles
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Taming the Beast
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Masters of the Universe
  Macho Man
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Hellfire
  Wiley
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
  The Barron
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Straight Shot
  Armand Stoker
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Exit Protocol
  Charles Managold
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2025
- The Rats: A Witcher Tale
  Brehen
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2025
- Dolph: Unbreakable
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2025
- Wanted Man
  Travis Johansen
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2024
- Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
  King Nereus
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2023
- Showdown at the Grand
  Claude Luc Hallyday
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2023
- Expend4bles
  Gunner Jensen
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2023
- Come Out Fighting
  Major Chase Anderson
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2023
- The Best Man
  Anders
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2023
- Jean-Claude Van Damme: Karate King
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2023
- The Family Stallone
  
  - Meet the Stallones (2023) ... Self actor actors
  
  2023
- Operation Seawolf
  Hans Kessler
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2022
- Section 8
  Tom Mason
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2022
- Minions: The Rise of Gru
  Svengeance (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2022
- Castle Falls
  Richard Ericson
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- Pups Alone
  Victor von Manure
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- Seal Team
  Dolph (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- Hard Night Falling
  Michael Anderson
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- One Night: Joshua vs. Ruiz
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- Acceleration
  Vladik
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- The Tracker
  Aiden Hakansson
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- Aquaman
  King Nereus
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- Creed II
  Ivan Drago
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- Black Water
  Marco
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- Stopping Traffic: The Movement to End Sex Trafficking
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
  Self - Actor
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- Sharknado 5: Global Swarming
  Mature Gil Shepard
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- Dead Trigger
  Kyle Walker
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- Tour de Pharmacy
  Gustav Ditters Present Day
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- Altitude
  Sharpe
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- Female Fight Squad
  Holt
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- Larceny
  Jack
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- Welcome to Willits
  Derek
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- Don't Kill It
  Jebediah Woodley
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- Kindergarten Cop 2
  Agent Reed
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- Hail, Caesar!
  Submarine Commander (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- Shark Lake
  Clint Gray
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- Riot
  William
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- 4Got10
  Bob Rooker
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- War Pigs
  Captain Hans Picault
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- 7 Days in Hell
  Dolph Lundgren
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- The Real Miyagi
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
  
  - Rachel Weisz, Jason Mantzoukas, Demetri Martin, Dolph Lundgren (2018) ... Self - Guest actor actors
  
  2015
- The Making of The Expendables 3
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2014
- Skin Trade
  Nick Cassidy
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2014
- Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
  Self - Actor
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2014
- The Expendables 3
  Gunner Jensen
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2014
- Puncture Wounds
  Hollis
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2014
- Blood of Redemption
  Axel
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2013
- Ambushed
  Maxwell
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2013
- Battle of the Damned
  Max Gatling
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2013
- Legendary: Tomb of the Dragon
  Harker
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2013
- Days of Reckoning: The Making of Universal Soldier 4
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2013
- Gods of War: Assembling Earth's Mightiest Anti-Heroes
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- The Package
  The German
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
  Andrew Scott
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- One in the Chamber
  Aleksey Andreev
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- The Expendables 2
  Gunner Jensen
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- Stash House
  Andy Spector
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- Small Apartments
  Dr. Sage Mennox
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- All Out of Bullets
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- Arrow
  
  - Lian Yu (2017) ... Konstantin Kovar actor actors
  
  - Missing (2017) ... Konstantin Kovar actor actors
  
  - Honor Thy Fathers (2017) ... Konstantin Kovar actor actors
  
  - Kapiushon (2017) ... Konstantin Kovar actor actors
  
  - Vigilante (2016) ... Konstantin Kovar actor actors
  
  2012
- The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2011
- In the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds
  Granger
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2011
- Workaholics
  
  - Blood Drive (2015) ... Dolph Lundgren actor actors
  
  2011
- Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2010
- The Expendables
  Gunner Jensen
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2010
- 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
  (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2010
- Universal Soldier: Regeneration
  Andrew Scott
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2010
- Icarus
  Edward Genn / Icarus
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2010
- Top Gear
  
  - Coast to Coast (2013) ... actor actors
  
  2010
- Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
  Ivan Dragon (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- Command Performance
  Joe
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- Direct Your Own Damn Movie!
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- Direct Contact
  Mike Riggins
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- Missionary Man
  Ryder
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- Diamond Dogs
  Xander Ronson
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- The Final Inquiry
  Brixos
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- Chuck
  
  - Chuck Versus the Anniversary (2010) ... Marco actor actors
  
  2007
- The Opponents
  Self / Ivan Drago
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2006
- El hormiguero
  
  - Episode 71 (2019) ... Self - Guest actor actors
  
  2006
- The Russian Specialist
  Nikolai Cherenko
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2005
- Oyama Karate Kyokushinkai
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2005
- Hell's Kitchen
  
  - Just Bring the DARN Fish! (2023) ... Self - Restaurant Patron actor actors
  
  2005
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
  
  - Thunder Gun 4: Maximum Cool (2019) ... John Thundergun actor actors
  
  2005
- The Defender
  Lance Rockford
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2004
- Retrograde
  John Foster
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2004
- Universal Soldier: A Tale of Two Titans
  Himself
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2004
- Guns, Genes & Fighting Machines: The Making of 'Universal Soldier'
  Himself
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2004
- Fat Slags
  Randy
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2004
- Direct Action
  Frank Gannon
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2004
- Detention
  Sam Decker
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2003
- Hidden Agenda
  Jason Price
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2001
- Agent Red
  Matt Hendricks
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2000
- The Last Patrol
  Nick Preston
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2000
- Jill Rips
  Matt Sorenson
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2000
- Storm Catcher
  Major Jack Holloway
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1999
- Bridge of Dragons
  Warchild
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1999
- Family Guy
  
  - Something, Something, Something, Dark Side (2010) ... Captain Ivan Drago (archive footage) actor actors
  
  1999
- Sweepers
  Christian Erickson
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1998
- The Minion
  Lukas Sadorov
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1998
- Blackjack
  Jack Devlin
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1998
- The Peacekeeper
  Frank Cross
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1997
- Silent Trigger
  Waxman
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1996
- The Shooter
  Michael Dane
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1995
- Johnny Mnemonic
  Street Preacher
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1995
- Men of War
  Nick Gunar
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1994
- Pentathlon
  Eric Brogar
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1994
- Sunny Side Up
  Dolph Lundgren
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1994
- Joshua Tree
  Wellman Anthony Santee
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1993
- Universal Soldier
  Andrew Scott / GR13
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1992
- Showdown in Little Tokyo
  Detective Kenner
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1991
- Cover-Up
  Mike Anderson
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1991
- Dark Angel
  Det. Jack Caine
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1990
- Rocky Special: Burning Youth
  Ivan Drago (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1990
- The Punisher
  Frank Castle
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1989
- Red Scorpion
  Lt. Nikolai Rachenko
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1988
- Dolph Lundgren: Maximum Potential
  Himself
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1987
- Masters of the Universe
  He-Man
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1987
- Behind the Legend of Masters of the Universe
  Himself
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1987
- The Making of Captain EO
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1986
- Rocky IV
  Ivan Drago
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1985
- A View to a Kill
  Venz
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1985
- Wetten, dass..?
  
  - Episode 5 (1992) ... Self actor actors
  
  - Episode 6 (1987) ... Self actor actors
  
  1981
production (15 credits)
- Without You I'm Nothing
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- Malevolence
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- Dolph: Unbreakable
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2025
- Wanted Man
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2024
- Castle Falls
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2021
- Hard Night Falling
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2019
- Don't Kill It
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2016
- Kindergarten Cop 2
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2016
- Shark Lake
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2015
- Skin Trade
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2014
- Puncture Wounds
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2014
- Ambushed
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2013
- Battle of the Damned
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2013
- Stash House
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2012
- Pentathlon
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  1994
directing (8 credits)
- Malevolence
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2026
- Wanted Man
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2024
- Castle Falls
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2021
- Icarus
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2010
- Command Performance
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2009
- Missionary Man
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2007
- The Russian Specialist
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2005
- The Defender
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2004
writing (6 credits)
- Malevolence
  
  story
  
  writing
  
  2026
- Wanted Man
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2024
- Skin Trade
  
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  2014
- Command Performance
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2009
- Missionary Man
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2007
- The Russian Specialist
  
  story
  
  writing
  
  2005