History Creator / DolphLundgren

* ''Film/ShowdownInLittleTokyo'' (1991). In this movie he fights [[Film/MortalKombat Shang Tsung]], makes love to Series/RelicHunter and his [[GagPenis penis size]] is praised by [[Film/TheCrow Eric Draven]]. Truly, a chain of feats that can only be pulled by the one and only Dolph Lundgren.

* ''Film/MenOfWar'' (1994), where he plays Nick Gunnar, a Swedish mercenary who is hired along with a RagtagBunchOfMisfits to coerce the inhabitants of a remote island to give a greedy MegaCorp the rights to exploit their natural resources... only to pull a HeelFaceTurn after finding out that they're after more than natural resources. Cue our Swedish badass almost single-handedly decimating an army of [[{{Mooks}} hired goons]] with a friggin' [[Videogame/MetalSlug RAWKET LAWNCHAIR]].

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

* LightningBruiser: He's very big and surprisingly quick and agile.

True fact: a bunch of [[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/5224797/Thieves-flee-after-breaking-into-Dolph-Lundgrens-Spanish-home.html burglars broke into his house and tied up his wife in 2009]]. Luckily, before they got to anything serious they saw a family photo and realized ''[[OhCrap they had just tied up Dolph Lundgren's wife.]]'' This was in itself enough reason for them to let her go and run away very quickly, thus also saving some wear and tear on the He-Man sword.

-->''[[Film/RockyIV If their lives are ruined,]] [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife their lives are ruined.]]''

* GeniusBruiser: Not only is he known for being very strong and husky and a trained martial artist, but he has a Master's degree in Chemical Engineering.

* CareerResurrection: After spending the latter half of the 90's and the 2000's in DTV action films, his career received a notable boost with his role in ''Film/TheExpendables'' and he later got prominent supporting roles in ''Film/Aquaman2018'' and ''Film/HailCaesar'' and even played Ivan Drago again to notable acclaim as well as having a major villain role in ''Series/Arrow''.
* CoolOldGuy: Can be considered "old" by now but that hasn't mitigates his coolness.

->''"I must break you."''
-->-- ''Film/RockyIV''

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* CoolOldGuy: Can be concidered "old" by now but that hasn't mitigates his coolness.
* GeniusBruiser: Not only is he known for being very strong and husky, but he has a Master's degree in Chemical Engineering.

* ''Film/{{Blackjack}}'', directed by Creator/JohnWoo. With Woo's usual trademarks, so audiences get to see Luundgren kick ass using GunsAkimbo and blow up motorcycle-riding mooks by shooting at their fuel tanks.

Hans "Dolph" Lundgren (born 3 November 1957) is an actor from Sweden, often viewed as "the [[PoorMansSubstitute poor man's]] Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger" (but is no less of a MrFanservice). He has won European and Australian karate championships, as well as represented the United States in the 1996 Summer Olympics in pentathlon. He may be one of the best RealLife examples of HiddenDepths, as despite being famous for playing DumbMuscle characters, [[GeniusBruiser he has a master's degree in chemical engineering.]] He is rumoured to have a genius-level IQ, but he denies it.[[note]]In the commercials for ''Brain Games'' on the National Geographic channel he mentions that he has an IQ of 160 (which ''is'' genius level), as well as his master's degree in chemical engineering.[[/note]]

At about the mid 90's, Lundgren gradually disappeared from the consciousness of the movie-going audiences but remained active doing smaller DTV movies. After his time in ''Film/TheExpendables'' along with an AllStarCast, he had something of a CareerResurrection, including prominent roles in ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' and ''Film/{{Aquaman}}''. He also featured prominently in the music video for [[Music/ImagineDragons Imagine Dragons']] single ''Believer''.

Hans "Dolph" Lundgren (born 3 November 1957) is an actor from Sweden, often viewed as "the poor man's Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger" (but is no less of a MrFanservice). He has won European and Australian karate championships, as well as represented the United States in the 1996 Summer Olympics in pentathlon. He may be one of the best RealLife examples of HiddenDepths, as despite being famous for playing DumbMuscle characters, [[GeniusBruiser he has a master's degree in chemical engineering.]] He is rumoured to have a genius-level IQ, but he denies it.[[note]]In the commercials for ''Brain Games'' on the National Geographic channel he mentions that he has an IQ of 160 (which ''is'' genius level), as well as his master's degree in chemical engineering.[[/note]]

Some people consider him proof that the axiom "All other factors in a fight being equal, the biggest guy wins", especially after watching him knock Jet Li on his butt in ''Film/TheExpendables''.

* ''Film/{{Aquaman}}'' (2018), where he plays King Nereus.

* ''Film/Sharknado5GlobalSwarming'' (2017), where he plays the FutureBadass version of the hero Fin Shepard's son Little Gil. He briefly reprises this role in ''Film/TheLastSharknadoItsAboutTime'' (2018).

* ''Film/{{Aquaman}}'' (2018), where he plays King Nereus, Orin/Aquaman's rival claiming Mera as his own wife.

True fact: a bunch of [[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/5224797/Thieves-flee-after-breaking-into-Dolph-Lundgrens-Spanish-home.html burglars broke into his house and tied up his wife in 2009]]. Luckily, before they got to anything serious they saw a family photo and realized ''[[OhCrap they had just tied up Dolph Lundgren's wife.]]'' This was in itself enough reason for them to let her go and run away very quickly, thus also saving some wear and tear on the he-man sword.

* ''Film/Sharknado5GlobalSwarming'' (2017), where he plays the FutureBadass version of the hero Fin Shepard's son Little Gil.

At about the mid 90's, Lundgren gradually disappeared from the consciousness of the movie-going audiences but remained active doing smaller DTV movies. After his time in ''Film/TheExpendables'' along with an AllStarCast, he had something of a CareerResurrection, including prominent roles in ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' and ''Film/{{Aquaman}}''. He also featured prominently in the music video for {{Music/ImagineDragons Imagine Dragons'}} single ''Believer''.

At about the mid 90's, Lundgren gradually disappeared from the consciousness of the movie-going audiences but remained active doing smaller DTV movies. After his time in ''Film/TheExpendables'' along with an AllStarCast, he had something of a CareerResurrection, including prominent roles in ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' and ''Film/{{Aquaman}}''.

Lundgren's first foray in the film industry was a minor role in ''Film/AViewToAKill'' as a KGB mook, Venz, who has two seconds of screentime. He got this role thanks to his then-girlfriend Creator/GraceJones. After that, he got his breakthrough role in ''Film/RockyIV'' as the Russian boxer Ivan Drago, which launched his career in action movies.

Lundgren's first foray in the film industry was a minor role in ''Film/AViewToAKill'' as a KGB mook, Venz, who has two seconds of screentime. He got this role thanks to his then-girlfriend Grace Jones. After that, he got his breakthrough role in ''Film/RockyIV'' as the Russian boxer Ivan Drago, which launched his career in action movies.

Dolph Lundgren is an actor from Sweden, born in 1957, often viewed as "the poor man's Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger" (but is no less of a MrFanservice). He has won European and Australian karate championships, as well as represented the United States in the 1996 Summer Olympics in pentathlon. He may be one of the best RealLife examples of HiddenDepths, as despite being famous for playing DumbMuscle characters, [[GeniusBruiser he has a master's degree in chemical engineering.]] He is rumoured to have a genius-level IQ, but he denies it.[[note]]In the commercials for ''Brain Games'' on the National Geographic channel he mentions that he has an IQ of 160 (which ''is'' genius level), as well as his master's degree in chemical engineering.[[/note]]