Lundgren portrayed the classic action-heroic lead in such films as Gary Goddard's Masters of the Universe (1987), Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)Ĭo-starring Brandon Lee and Blackjack (1998), by Hong-Kong action legend, John Woo. Following the success of Rocky IV (1985), Lundgren moved to Los Angeles and has since starred in more than 30 feature films. After a 9-month audition process among 5,000 hopefuls, he was cast opposite writer-director Sylvester Stallone, as his Russian opponent, "Ivan Drago". However, it was his performance in Rocky IV (1985) later that year that definitely got him noticed. His film debut came in A View to a Kill (1985). He started studying drama at the Warren Robertson Theatre Workshop in Manhattan, not knowing how quickly his life was about to change. However, that same year, he decided to move to New York City and take up acting. Technology in Boston, one of the world's top engineering schools. In 1983, he was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to the Massachusetts Institute of In 1982, he received a scholarship to complete his Masters Degree in ChemicalĮngineering at the University of Sydney, Australia. University and Clemson University in South Carolina. After graduating High School, Dolph spent considerable time studying in the United States and abroad on various academic scholarships. Five years later, he had become a world-class competitor in Japanese Karate and was deeply involved with a discipline that was to become an important part of his life. It was in the military when Dolph first came in contact with the martial arts. After having completed his military service, he enrolled at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. Despite an early interest in music and the fine arts, Dolph decided to follow in his father's footsteps and pursue an Engineering degree. He lived in Stockholm until the age of 13, when he moved in with his grandparents in Nyland, Ångermanland, Sweden. Dolph Lundgren was born as Hans Lundgren in Stockholm, Sweden, to Sigrid Birgitta (Tjerneld), a language teacher, and Karl Johan Hugo Lundgren, an engineer and economist for the Swedish government.
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