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Dolph Lundgren

Dolph Lundgren
Swedish actor Dolph Lundgren's movie career began when then girlfriend 'Grace Jones' recommended him as an extra for the 007 movie 'A View To A Kill'. He then landed his breakthrough role in 'Rocky 4' as the now iconic 'Ivan Drago'. Lundgren then became every little boys hero by playing cartoon hero 'He-Man' in 'Masters Of The Universe'. His next movie 'Red Scorpion' saw Lundgren playing a Russian for the 2nd time in his career as an ex Spetznaz soldier. 'The Punisher' released in 1988 saw Lundgren take on the role of the comic book hero and his alter ego 'Frank Castle' alongside Louis Gossett Jnr. Other 80's movies include' Dark Angel' (AKA 'I Come In Peace)'. The 90's saw some of Lundgren's best work including 'Cover Up', 'Blackjack', 'Joshua Tree' (AKA Army of One), Pentathlon, 'Men Of War', 'Johnny Mnemonic' with 'Keanu Reeves', 'The Peacekeeper', and 'Universal Soldier' where he stole the show from then action superstar 'Jean Claude Van Damme'. He also co-starred with the late 'Brandon Lee' in 'Showdown In Little Tokyo'. During the noughties. Lundgren's movies have tended to be released straight to dvd, with films such as, 'The Minion', 'Jill the Ripper', 'Sweepers', 'Stormcatcher', 'The Final Enquiry', 'Agent Red', 'Direct Contact', Detention', 'Retrograde' and many more. Lundgren has more recently tried his hand at directing in movies such as, The Defender, Missionary Man, The Mechanik, and Diamond Dogs. He has recently finished wrapping up filming to Command Performance, Icarus, Direct Contact and also Universal Soldier: the new beginning. He also set to return to the big screen alongside Sylvester Stallone, Steven Seagal, Jason Statham, Arnold Schwarzenneger, Jet Li, and Mickey Rourke in The Expendables



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  • Lundgren's directing plans - 18 August 2010
    -Dolph Lundgren is planning to step behind the camera for his next movie project - the action man is hoping to direct a new film on the serious subject of human trafficking.- -The Swedish tough guy is enjoying a career revival with his role in Sylvester Stallone's summe


  • Lundgren: 'Stallone was more mellow on Expendables set' - 16 August 2010
    -Dolph Lundgren enjoyed working for Sylvester Stallone on the set of new action blockbuster The Expendables - insisting the Rambo hardman has become "more thoughtful" as a director.- -Stallone handed Lundgren his breakthrough role in 1985's Rocky IV - which he wrote, st


Dolph Lundgren - what members say


  • Showdown In Little Tokyo
  • Showdown In Little Tokyo review by from UK
    Rated - 4.0 stars Classic eighties style action. 8/10. 10 April 2009
    ...we see a cheeky fresh faced Lee teaming up with equally fresh faced, tough man, Dolph Lundgren in a mission of revenge against the ruthless crime gang. This film is classic e...   Read customer review
  • Masters Of The Universe
  • Masters Of The Universe review by A customer from Leeds, England
    Rated - 4.0 stars Cheddar Anyone? 14 February 2004
    ...ly but a hoot none the less. Especially if you were a fan in your younger days. Dolph Lundgren is wooden as ever and Frank Langella as skeletor is a great villian but with a ...   Read customer review
  • Johnny Mnemonic
  • Johnny Mnemonic review by from East Sussex
    Rated - 4.0 stars Actually, its not bad 18 June 2004
    ...d that Neuromancer has yet to be made. But it also has a kooky appearance by Dolph Lundgren, Henry Rollins and Ice T. The future's bright....   Read customer review

Dolph Lundgren - filmography


  • Legendary - Tomb Of The Dragon (2013)
    Starring: Scott Adkins,  James Lance,  Dolph Lundgren
    Director: Eric Styles
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    When construction workers start dying in mysterious circumstances, rumours quickly spread that a strange beast is behind it. In an attempt to prove it crytozoologist Travis (Scott Adkins) investigates the attacks, but he is not alone; his rival Harker (Dolph Lundgren) is set on outdoing Travis and ..read more »
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  • The Expendables 2 on DVD (2012)
    Starring: Sylvester Stallone,  Randy Couture,  Jason Statham
    Director: Simon West
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone), Lee Christmas (Jason Statham), Yin Yang (Jet Li), Gunnar Jensen (Dolph Lundgren),Toll Road (Randy Couture) and Hale Caesar (Terry Crews) - with newest members Billy the Kid (Liam Hemsworth) and Maggie (Yu Nan) aboard - are reunited when Mr. Church (Bruce Willis) ..read more »
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  • One In The Chamber on DVD (2012)
    Starring: Dolph Lundgren,  Billy Murray,  Claudia Bassols
    Director: William Kaufman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Fast-paced action starring Cuba Gooding Jr and Dolph Lundgren. Set in the Prague criminal underworld, Carver (Gooding Jr) is an assassin hired by a gang he was once paid to destroy. As if this turn of events wasn't liable enough to lead to chaos, Carver is trailed by another assassin, Aleksey ..read more »
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  • Stash House on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Jon Huertas,  Dolph Lundgren,  Sean Faris
    Director: Eduardo Rodriguez
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Having bought their dream home, a young couple discover it could prove to be the death of them, in this action thriller from director Eduardo Rodriguez. After buying his wife Emma (Briana Evigan) what appears to be a bargain of a foreclosed house for her birthday, David (Sean Faris) shows her round ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 230 members
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  • Stash House - Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Jon Huertas,  Dolph Lundgren,  Sean Faris
    Director: Eduardo Rodriguez
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Having bought their dream home, a young couple discover it could prove to be the death of them, in this action thriller from director Eduardo Rodriguez. After buying his wife Emma (Briana Evigan) what appears to be a bargain of a foreclosed house for her birthday, David (Sean Faris) shows her round ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 227 members
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  • The Expendables - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Giselle Itie,  Bruce Willis,  Jet Li
    Director: Sylvester Stallone
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Action thriller directed by Sylvester Stallone, boasting an ensemble cast of action stalwarts including Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture, Steve Austin, Terry Crews and Mickey Rourke. The film, which follows a group of professional killers as they join forces to bring ..read more »
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  • The Killing Machine on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Dolph Lundgren,  Samantha Ferris
    Director: Dolph Lundgren
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Action thriller directed by and starring Dolph Lundgren. Determined to escape his shadowy past as a professional killer, trained KGB assassin Edward Genn (Lundgren) starts a new life as a civilian and family man in America. But when his cover is blown following an unfortunate incident, Edward finds ..read more »
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  • The Expendables on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Sylvester Stallone,  Mickey Rourke,  Jason Statham
    Director: Sylvester Stallone
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Sylvester Stallone stars as Barney Ross, leader of The Expendables, a tight knit team of skilled combat vets turned mercenaries. Hired by a powerful covert operator, the team jets off to a small South American country to overthrow a ruthless dictator. Once there, they find themselves caught in a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 38,498 members
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  • The Killing Machine - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Dolph Lundgren,  Samantha Ferris
    Director: Dolph Lundgren
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Action thriller directed by and starring Dolph Lundgren. Determined to escape his shadowy past as a professional killer, trained KGB assassin Edward Genn (Lundgren) starts a new life as a civilian and family man in America. But when his cover is blown following an unfortunate incident, Edward finds ..read more »
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  • Direct Contact on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Michael Pare,  Dolph Lundgren,  Bashar Rahal
    Director: Danny Lerner
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Action thriller starring Dolph Lundgren. Mike Riggins (Lundgren), an ex-US Special Forces operative incarcerated in a Russian jail, is given the chance of freedom if he can rescue American woman Ana Gale (Gina May), who has been kidnapped by a notorious Eastern European gang. But as Mike sets out ..read more »
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  • Universal Soldier - Regeneration on DVD (2009)
    Starring: M,  Jean-Claude Van Damme,  Dolph Lundgren
    Director: John Hyams
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Sci-fi action sequel starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren. A terrorist group has employed two state-of-the-art UniSol fighters (Lundgren and Andrei Arlovski) to seize power of the crippled Chernobyl nuclear reactor, and is threatening to unleash a deadly radioactive cloud if its terms ..read more »
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  • Command Performance on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Dolph Lundgren,  Dave Legeno,  Hristo Naumov Shopov
    Director: Dolph Lundgren
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Action icon Dolph Lundgre directs and stars in this film that finds the actor cast as a drummer who must become a hero. As the openers for a chart-topping singer at a Moscow show, Joe and his band think fame is just within reach. However, a group of terrorist has something else in mind for the ..read more »
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  • Missionary Man on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Dolph Lundgren,  John Enos III,  August Schellenberg
    Director: Dolph Lundgren
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A mysterious stranger rolls into town on a unique motorcycle. All he carries is the bible and a desire for justice. Past vengeance collides as Ryder rights an injustice from his past and liberates the small town from a malicious oppressor.
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  • Diamond Dogs on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Nan Yu,  Dolph Lundgren,  William Shriver
    Director: Shimon Dotan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Action thriller starring Dolph Lundgren as Xander Ronson, an ex-Special Forces officer who is hired to lead an obsessed group of treasure hunters on a dangerous mission to obtain a legendary Buddhist artefact. Rumour has it that the diamonds covering the artefact are worth 50 million dollars. ..read more »
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  • The Mechanik on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Ivaylo Geraskov,  Raicho Vasilev,  Valeri Yordanov
    Director: Dolph Lundgren
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Action thriller directed by and starring Dolph Lundgren. Nick Cherenko (Lundgren) is a retired Russian Special Forces hitman, living a normal family life, far from the violence he used to know. When his wife (Hilda van der Meulen) and child (Naum Shopov) are killed in the cross-fire of a gang war, ..read more »
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  • The Defender on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Dolph Lundgren,  Jerry Springer
    Director: Dolph Lundgren
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Bodyguard Lance Rockford (Lundgren), is in charge of a team of minders accompanying Roberta Jones (Caroline Lee-Johnson), chief of the National Security Agency, to a covert meeting with global terrorist Mohamed Jamar (Geoffrey Burton) in the hope of brokering a deal. But when the entourage are ..read more »
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  • Direct Action on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Polly Shannon,  Larry Day,  Alex Karzis
    Director: Sidney J. Furie
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Action thriller starring Dolph Lundgren as Segeant Frank Gannon, a veteran officer in the highly-skilled Direct Action task force who must come to terms not only with having to fight the toughest underworld crime and corruption out on the streets, but also within his own department. Called on to ..read more »
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  • Detention on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Kata Dobo,  Corey Sevier,  Alex Karzis
    Director: Sidney J. Furie
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Action thriller starring Dolph Lundgren as former Marine Sam Decker, a man who - since retiring from the Special Forces - has been teaching at Hamilton High, one of the toughest inner-city schools. He is overseeing the detention class at the end of the school day when a well-organised group of ..read more »
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  • Hidden Agenda on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Maxim Roy,  Dolph Lundgren,  Ted Whittall
    Director: Marc S. Grenier
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Jason Price (Dolph Lundgren) is an ex-government agent who now specialises in providing protection and deep-cover for witnesses. He has built a hidden network in which someone who needs to disappear can disappear for good. However, the whole operation is compromised when an assassin gains access to ..read more »
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  • Storm Catcher on DVD (1999)
    Starring: John Pennell,  Mystro Clark,  Dolph Lundgren
    Director: Anthony Hickox
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Major Jack Holloway (Dolph Lundgren) is arrested for treason after a stealth bomber is stolen. However Holloway is innocent and has been framed by a sinister alliance of conspritors whose power and influence go all the way to the top in the US military. Holloway dramatically escapes determined to,..read more »
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  • Sweepers on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Ian Roberts,  Clare Stansfield,  Dolph Lundgren
    Director: Darby Black
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Land mine expert Christian Erickson (Dolph Lundgren) makes a living as a barefist fighter, and is not interested when the Pentagon attempts to enlist his help tracking a land mine used in a terrorist attack on a senator. However, when the bomb squad's Michelle Flynn (Claire Stansfield) informs him ..read more »
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  • Blackjack (1998)
    Starring: Dolph Lundgren,  Kate Vernon
    Director: John Woo
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    After saving a girl from hired assassins, a federal agent (Lundgren) is struck with a phobia of the color white. Unfortunately, he also has to protect an endangered witness from an assassin determined to silence her testimony, and the bad guys know all about the hero's weakness. Made by John Woo in ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 85 members
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  • Johnny Mnemonic on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Keanu Reeves,  Dina Meyer,  Udo Kier
    Director: Robert Longo
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In the 21st century the information superhighway has developed so far that cyberspace is the norm for all business and personal dealings. Information has become so important that to shield the most delicate files from cyberspace hackers, the data is transported in the heads of Mnemonic couriers. ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 4,581 members
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  • Men Of War on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Charlotte Lewis,  Tiny Lister,  Tom Wright
    Director: Perry Lang
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Dolph Lundgren stars in this eco-action thriller as tough mercenary Nick Riley, who is persuaded to fight off the inhabitants of a beautiful tropical island so that a couple of businessman can exploit its mineral deposits. Riley handpicks a small group of trained killers to conquer the island, but ..read more »
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  • Pentathlon on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Renee Coleman,  Roger E. Mosley,  David Soul
    Director: Bruce Malmuth
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Fast-paced action movie starring Dolph Lundgren as a muscular East German athlete who defects during the 1988 Seoul Olympics. When Eric Brogar (Lundgren) wins a gold medal in the pentathlon he becomes a national hero in his nation. However, his subsequent defection to the US quickly turns him into ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 20 members
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  • Pentathlon - Blu-ray (1994)
    Starring: Renee Coleman,  Roger E. Mosley,  David Soul
    Director: Bruce Malmuth
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Fast-paced action movie starring Dolph Lundgren as a muscular East German athlete who defects during the 1988 Seoul Olympics. When Eric Brogar (Lundgren) wins a gold medal in the pentathlon he becomes a national hero in his nation. However, his subsequent defection to the US quickly turns him into ..read more »
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  • Universal Soldier on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Tico Wells,  Jean-Claude Van Damme,  Ally Walker
    Director: Roland Emmerich
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Luc Devereux (Jean-Claude Van Damme) and Andrew Scott (Dolph Lundgren) are soldiers who were killed in action in Vietnam, then frozen and resurrected as robotic killing machines. They form part of an elite corps of anti-terrorist Androids, but when they are sent to murder investigative reporter ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 9,040 members
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  • Dark Angel on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Dolph Lundgren
    Director: Craig R. Baxley
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Sci-fi action thriller starring Dolph Lundgren as Houston vice squad cop Jack Caine, who teams up with an FBI agent to uncover the drugs operation that was responsible for the death of Caine's partner. What neither of them realises is that the drug ring is run by aliens. Brian Benben and Betsy ..read more »
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  • Cover Up on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Lisa Berkley,  John Finn,  Louis Gossett Jr.
    Director: Manny Coto
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Dolph Lundgren and Louis Gossett Jr star in this early 1990s action thriller. Reporter and former marine Mike Anderson (Lundgren) investigates following a deadly assault on a US military base which the CIA attributes to a terrorist organisation. However, with a powerful weapon missing, Mike ..read more »
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  • The Punisher on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Dolph Lundgren
    Director: Mark Goldblatt
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Mark Goldblatt directs this action thriller starring Dolph Lundgren. Frank Castle (Lundgren) is a cop who goes undercover to avenge the killing of his wife and children. When he accomplishes his mission, he is all set to hang up his gun, until another kidnapping forces him back on the vigilante trail.
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  • The Punisher - Blu-ray (1989)
    Starring: Dolph Lundgren
    Director: Mark Goldblatt
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Mark Goldblatt directs this action thriller starring Dolph Lundgren. Frank Castle (Lundgren) is a cop who goes undercover to avenge the killing of his wife and children. When he accomplishes his mission, he is all set to hang up his gun, until another kidnapping forces him back on the vigilante trail.
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  • Red Scorpion on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Alex Colon,  Carmen Argenziano,  T.P. McKenna
    Director: Joseph Zito
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Nikolai (Dolph Lundgren) is a Russian Spetznaz agent assigned to murder the leader of an African rebel movement. When he encounters the guerrilla faction, Nikolai discovers that he is sympathetic to their cause and, plagued by doubt, he botches the assassination. After being captured by the rebels, ..read more »
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  • Red Scorpion - Blu-ray (1988)
    Starring: Alex Colon,  Carmen Argenziano,  T.P. McKenna
    Director: Joseph Zito
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
    Nikolai (Dolph Lundgren) is a Russian Spetznaz agent assigned to murder the leader of an African rebel movement. When he encounters the guerrilla faction, Nikolai discovers that he is sympathetic to their cause and, plagued by doubt, he botches the assassination. After being captured by the rebels, ..read more »
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  • Masters Of The Universe (1987)
    Starring: Chelsea Field,  Courteney Cox,  Christina Pickles
    Director: Gary Goddard
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Dolph Lundgren stars in this live-action film version of the popular television cartoon series (based on a collection of Mattel action figures). Lundgren is He-Man, a well-muscled super-hero, battling the evil Skeletor (Frank Langella) for control of the universe. Skeletor has designs on conquering ..read more »
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