BIOGRAPHY

Highly intelligent and extremely well educated -- earning an MA at Stockholm's Royal Institute of Technology and a Fulbright Fellowship at MIT -- Dolph Lundgren is better known for his athletic achievements than his intellectual pursuits. An internationally recognized kick-boxing champion, the 6'6," 250-pound Lundgren was working as a doorman at a trendy New York disco when his personally produced exercise video Maximum Potential caught the eye of movie producers. His cinematic debut was a bit part in the James Bond opus A View to a Kill (1985) which co-starred Lundgren's then-lover Grace Jones. His breakthrough film role was Drago, the automation-like Russian ring opponent of Sylvester Stallone in Rocky IV (1985).      The content of Lundgren's subsequent films is implicit in their titles: 1987's Masters of the Universe (in which he played bulging-biceped cartoon character He-Man), 1991's Showdown in Little Tokyo (which paired him up with the late Brandon Lee) and Universal Soldier (wherin Lundgren shared the screen with fellow bodybuilder Jean-Claude Van Damme). However unlike other 80s action stars like Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lundgren's films mostly skipped theatrical releases and debuted on either cable or video. Nevertheless, he still managed to achieve similar success on the small screen. His last theatrical role was the 1995 Keanu Reeves thriller Johnny Mnemonic (1995), in which Lundgren had a supporting role as a villian named the Street Preacher. A majority of this biography is taken from Yahoo! Movies. Click here to view it.)

FILMOGRAPHY

TRIVIA

THE CONTROLLER (2005) THE DEFENDER (2005) RETROGRADE (2004) DIRECT ACTION (2004) DETENTION (2003) HIDDEN AGENDA (2001) AGENT RED (2000) THE LAST WARRIOR (2000) JILL THE RIPPER (2000) STORM CATCHER (1999) SWEEPERS (1999) BRIDGE OF DRAGONS (1999) THE MINION (1998) BLACKJACK (1998) THE PEACEKEEPER (1997) SILENT TRIGGER (1996) HIDDEN ASSASSIN (1995) JOHNNY MNEMONIC (1995) MEN OF WAR (1994) PENTATHLON (1994) ARMY OF ONE (1993) UNIVERSAL SOLDIER (1992) SHOWDOWN IN LITTLE TOKYO (1991) COVER-UP (1990) I COME IN PEACE (1990) THE PUNISHER (1989) RED SCORPION (1989) MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE (1987) ROCKY IV (1985) A VIEW TO A KILL (1985)

HEIGHT: 6'6" SPOUSE: Peri Momm (1990 - 1991, divorced), Anette Qviberg (February 1994 -- Present); 2 children (Ida and Greta).  - Was team leader for the United States modern pentathlon team at the 1996 summer olympics. - Was once the bodyguard of and once was engaged to Grace Jones. - Holds a master's degree in chemical engineering. Was offered a Fulbright scholarship to study at MIT. - He married Anette in Stockholm. - He was European Heavyweight Karate Champion in 1980 - 1981; Australian Heavyweight Karate Champion in 1982. - He dated model Paula Barbieri, also O.J. Simpson's ex-girlfriend. - Speaks five languages: Swedish, English, German, French and Japanese. - Born in 1957, but claims birthdate of 1959. - On April 19th, 2002, it was announced that Lundgren would be retiring from acting to spend more time with his family. Later on in the year he denied those rumors. - I.Q. is 160. - Was one of the last celebrities modelling for photographer Victor Skrebneski, notably a Chicago International Film Festival poster. - In 1987, he put together his variet and comprehensive personal workout on home video entitled Maximum Potential (1987), comprised of body sculpturing, boxing, shadow boxing, running, jumping rope, yoga, the martial arts and more. Even includes stress management -- exercise for the mind. SALARIES: Lundgren recieved $2 million for the John Woo-directed Blackjack and earned $2.5 million paychecks for both Hidden Agenda (1995) and The Peacekeeper (1997).