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Dolph Lundgren is an actor from Sweden, born in 1957. [[Genius Bruiser|He has studied engineering and has a master's degree of it.]] He also practices karate and was the European and Australian karate champion. He also represented the United States in the 1996 Summer Olympics in pentathlon. He is usually seen as [[Genius Bruiser]] and is rumoured to have a genius-level IQ, but he denies it.

Lundgren's first foray in film industry was a minor role in ''[[A View to ~~A Kill (Film)|A View to A~~ Kill]]'' as a KGB mook, Venz, who has two seconds of screentime. He got this role thanks to his then-girlfriend Grace Jones (that's right, this guy dated Grace Jones, which is enough to prove that this guy has the balls of steel). After that, he got his breakthrough role in ''[[Rocky IV]]'' as the Russian boxer Ivan Drago, which launched his career in action movies.

Lundgren's first foray in film industry was a minor role in ''[[A View to a Kill]]'' as a KGB mook, Venz, who has two seconds of screentime. He got this role thanks to his then-girlfriend Grace Jones (that's right, this guy dated Grace Jones, which is enough to prove that this guy has the balls of steel). After that, he got his breakthrough role in ''[[Rocky IV]]'' as the Russian boxer Ivan Drago, which launched his career in action movies.

Lundgren's first starring role was in the [[Live Action Adaptation]] of ''[[Masters of the Universe (~~Film~~)|Masters of the Universe]]'' as He-Man in 1987, whose fight against Skeletor is taken to Earth. This was followed by ''[[Rambo]]''-esque ''[[Red Scorpion]]'' in 1988, where he plays a Soviet special ops soldier who is sent to assignment in Africa but ultimately turns against his own after witnessing the atrocities they have committed. After that he was cast in the comic book film ''[[The Punisher (~~Film~~)|The Punisher]]'' in 1989, where he played the titular vigilante and got bad press for not wearing the [[Clothes Make the Legend|iconic skull shirt]].

Lundgren's first starring role was in the [[Live Action Adaptation]] of ''[[Masters of the Universe (film)|Masters of the Universe]]'' as He-Man in 1987, whose fight against Skeletor is taken to Earth. This was followed by ''[[Rambo]]''-esque ''[[Red Scorpion]]'' in 1988, where he plays a Soviet special ops soldier who is sent to assignment in Africa but ultimately turns against his own after witnessing the atrocities they have committed. After that he was cast in the comic book film ''[[The Punisher (film)|The Punisher]]'' in 1989, where he played the titular vigilante and got bad press for not wearing the [[Clothes Make the Legend|iconic skull shirt]].

After [[The Eighties]], Lundgren gradually disappered from the conscious of the movie-going audiences but is still making action movies.

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=== Other notable films: ===

* ''[[I Come in Peace (Film)|I Come in Peace]]'' (1990) in which he plays a [[Cowboy Cop]] Jack Caine who is put against drug-addicted alien. Also known as ''Dark Angel''.

* ''[[Showdown in Little Tokyo]]'' (1991). In this movie he fights [[Mortal Kombat (~~Film~~)|Shang Tsung]], makes love to [[~~Relic Hunter (TV)|~~Relic Hunter]] and his [[Gag Penis|penis size]] is praised by [[The Crow|Eric Draven]]. Truly, a chain of feats that can only be pulled by one and only Dolph Lundgren.

* ''[[Showdown in Little Tokyo]]'' (1991). In this movie he fights [[Mortal Kombat (film)|Shang Tsung]], makes love to [[Relic Hunter]] and his [[Gag Penis|penis size]] is praised by [[The Crow|Eric Draven]]. Truly, a chain of feats that can only be pulled by one and only Dolph Lundgren.

* ''[[~~Universal Soldier (Film)|~~Universal Soldier]]'' (1992), where he and [[Jean Claude Van Damme]] play feuding Vietnam vets who after death are re-used in military's experimental UniSol project, which then goes haywire when the two start remembering who they were in the past.

* ''[[Universal Soldier]]'' (1992), where he and [[Jean Claude Van Damme]] play feuding Vietnam vets who after death are re-used in military's experimental UniSol project, which then goes haywire when the two start remembering who they were in the past.

* ''[[Army of One (~~Film~~)|Army of One]]'' (1993) in which he plays Wellman Santee, who is escaping the law and must [[Clear My Name|clear his name]]. He drives a [[Cool Car]], kills a warehouseful of Asians and makes love to [[Days of Our Lives|Hope Brady]] along the way. Also known as ''Joshua Tree''.

* ''[[Army of One (film)|Army of One]]'' (1993) in which he plays Wellman Santee, who is escaping the law and must [[Clear My Name|clear his name]]. He drives a [[Cool Car]], kills a warehouseful of Asians and makes love to [[Days of Our Lives|Hope Brady]] along the way. Also known as ''Joshua Tree''.

* ''[[Johnny Mnemonic]]'' (1995) in which he plays a [[Church Militant]] street preacher who is after the titular hero.

* ''[[Bridge Of Dragons]]'' (1999) in which he plays a guy called Warchild and fights [[Mortal Kombat (~~Film~~)|Shang Tsung]] ''again''. Titular bridge doesn't appear in the movie at all.

* ''[[Bridge Of Dragons]]'' (1999) in which he plays a guy called Warchild and fights [[Mortal Kombat (film)|Shang Tsung]] ''again''. Titular bridge doesn't appear in the movie at all.

* ''Detention'' (2003) in which he plays a [[Badass Teacher]] who [[Save Our Students|inspires bunch of detention students]] while battling violent criminals in [[Die Hard On an X|Die Hard On A High School]].

* ''Detention'' (2003) in which he plays a [[Badass Teacher]] who [[Save Our Students|inspires bunch of detention students]] while battling violent criminals in [[Die Hard on an X|Die Hard On A High School]].

* ''[[Fat Slags]]'' (2004) in a quick appearance as Randy.

* ''[[Missionary Man]]'' (2007), a modern-day western in which he wrote, directed and played a tequila-drinking, shotgun-toting, motor-biking, bible-reading vigilante out to save a town from a gang of Hell's Angels that {{spoiler|may or may not have shot him dead}} some time in the past.

* ''[[~~The Expendables (Film)|~~The Expendables]]'' (2010), where he plays Gunnar Jensen, who is the [[Sixth Ranger]] [[Psycho Party Member]] of a mercenary team consisting of [[Rocky Balboa]], [[Danny the Dog]], [[The Transporter|Frank Martin]], [[Command and Conquer|Cmdr. Fuller]] and [[Everybody Hates Chris|Chris Rock's dad]].

* ''[[The Expendables]]'' (2010), where he plays Gunnar Jensen, who is the [[Sixth Ranger]] [[Psycho Party Member]] of a mercenary team consisting of [[Rocky Balboa]], [[Danny the Dog]], [[The Transporter|Frank Martin]], [[Command and Conquer|Cmdr. Fuller]] and [[Everybody Hates Chris|Chris Rock's dad]].