Dolph Lundgren

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Nationality: Swedish
Birthdate: 11/03/1959
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden

biography

The entertainment career of former karate champion turned action film star Dolph Lundgren has served as a vivid reminder that in Hollywood, fame, success and respect do not necessarily arrive together. His imposing physical presence--six feet, five inches of lean muscle, a cruelly handsome visage and hair of gold--made Lundgren a natural for playing cold, implacable villains, most famously the superbly trained, steroid-enhanced Russian boxer Drago in "Rocky IV" (1985), his feature "debut" (after a walk-on earlier that year as a KGB agent in the limp 007 vehicle "A View to a Kill"). Not only Continued

Credits

Drago
1985
Street Preacher
Mike Riggins
Actor
Andrew Scott
Executive Producer
Santee
Matt Hendricks
Detective Chris Kenner
Actor
Jack Caine
Eric Brogar
Michael Dane
Red Scorpion
Mike Anderson
Frank Castle--The Punisher

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Grew up in Scandanavia and Germany
1973 
Began training in the martial arts at age 14 (date approximate)
 
Received a second-degree black belt in karate
 
Represented Sweden in heavyweight martial arts championships as captain of national karate team
1980 
Won the European Heavyweight Full-Contact Karate Championship two years in a row
Continued

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