Biography
Dolph Lundgren - actor, film director, screenwriter and producer from Sweden. Received fame thanks to participation in Hollywood militants. The actor was lucky to wake up famous after the premiere of the talented work "Rocky-4", where he appeared in the image of the Russian Boxer Ivan Drago. Later in his film train were up and downs, which only harden the character of the artist.Childhood and youth
Dolf was born in the suburb of the Swedish capital, in the town of Spanne. Karl Lundgren, the father of the future actor, was an engineer and an economist, he worked under the Government of Sweden. Brigitt Lundgren, Dolph's mother, taught foreign languages at school. The boy was the firstborn Charles and Brigitta. Later, three more children were born: the daughters of Anniki and Katharina and the son of Johan.
In childhood, Dolph was a sick, painful, susceptible to the child allergies. Did not add confidence and endless bullying, ridicule and beatings of the Father. To prove to yourself that he is able to become different, the boy was carried away by martial arts. Initially, the choice of adolescent fell on a classic judo, but then Lundgren switched to karate and engaged in two styles - Huzuu-ryu and Kekusinkai. I sucked the young fighter in the last style of martial arts.
In 1977, the 20-year-old athlete wins the Swedish Championship. Then 2 years in a row, he confirms the title. In 1979 he participated in the World Cup where he lost to the enemy only in the final. In 1980 and 1981, twice became the winner of the UK Open Championship.
Since 1979, he served in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Sweden in the regiment of the marines. After demobilization studied at the Stockholm Royal Institute and University of Sydney. In Australia, he received a master's degree in chemical engineering.
After the Australian University of the young man was invited to the Massachusetts Institute, since Dolph won a grant. However, learning in Sydney, Lundgren meets the singer and actress Grace Jones. In his youth, Dolph moves to New York, where he tries himself as a model, a dancer, he worries the bouncer in clubs and studying on acting courses.
Films
Lundgren's debut in the movie became a small episode in the next film about James Bond "A view of the murder," where the young actor played the bodyguard of General KGB. Then the guy sent a portfolio for a long time in different studios, but received refuses due to high growth.
Nevertheless, correctly weighing the pros and cons, Dolph makes a photo session in the shape of a boxer and receives the role of a negative hero - the Soviet athlete of Ivan Drago in the film "Rocky-4" with Sylvester Stallone. This work of critics will be called the first breakthrough in the creative biography of Lundgrena to the movies.
The actor received a major role in 2 years in the film "The Lord of the Universe", delivered by comics. The tape fell at the box office, like the work of "Red Scorpio", in which the performer played Russian again. The following films "Puncher" and "Angel Darkness" were also adopted very cool. Critics called Lundgrena actor of one role, stated that the acting talent is significantly inferior to the effect of muscles. Roles in the militants become the main in the career of the Hollywood artist.
Dolph continues to play strong guys, however, chooses scripts with deeper dialogs. The most famous paintings of that period were the films "Disassembly in Little Tokyo" in 1991, in which Lundgren plays a police officer fighting against the Japanese mafia, and the "universal soldier" of the 1992, where Jean-Claude Van Damm became his partner. Dolph plays American Sadist Soldier Andrew Scott. Experts continued to mercilessly criticize the skill of the actor, but these films had a large commercial success.
Then Career Lundgrena went to the decline, almost ceased to write in a specialized press. Over the period of the 90s and zero critics, only a few paintings are distinguished, which, despite the commercial failure, is still worth viewing. First of all, it is Cyberpunk "Johnny-Mnemonic" of 1995, in which the actor fulfills the role of a street preacher. At this time, the filmography of the artist replenishes work in the militant "Soldiers of Fortune", in which Dolph appeared in a typical image for himself - soulless at first glance.
A criminal fighter "Tree Joshua" is also highlighted, the fighter "Peacemaker" and the Military Drama "Diamond Dogs". And to prepare for the film "Death Pentatlon: Pentathlon with death", which went into the hire called "Champion", Dolph Lundgren became the captain of the American Olympic team on Pentathlon and spoke with the team at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.
In 2004, I remember the audience and the US-Canadian fighter "Stroke". In this film, the actor played Policeman Frank Gennon, for which the last days in the service became a real test.
Lundgren returned popularity by reaching the screens of the film "Universal Soldier - 3: Revival", where he plays the aged Andrew Scott. In the same year, the film actor participates in the filming of the picture of Sylvester Stallone "Expendables". Stallone made a director of film director and gathered a whole constellation of famous actors.
Among the latest significant films Lundgrena criticism is distinguished by a dismantive criminal fighter "slave trade." In the tape, the star of the screen appeared in the image of a detective Nick from New York, which is kidnapped with the purpose of sale. Subsequently, the investigator learns about the death of the family. He goes to Asia, where, uniting with the local police, begins to fight the international gangster syndicate.
Also Dolph performed as a director, producer and screenwriter in the paintings "Defender", "Mechanic", "Missionary", "Dangerous tour" and "Murder Machine". It is known that the performer is the owner of his own film company Thor Productions.
In 2017, the actor took part in the filming of the clip of the popular American group of Imagine Dragons. The team introduced a video to the song Believer. After watching the video, Instagram users and other social networks remembered Dolph as the Soviet boxer from Rocky-4 film. A year later, the star of the screen appeared in the film "Black Waters". Famous actors were also starred in this film: Jean-Claude Van Damm, Al Saapirez, Patrick Kilpatrick, Jasmine Valz and others.
I got an actor and role in the film "Akvamen", the premiere of which was held in 2018. In this tape, Dolph played a secondary character, the role of the main antagonist, King Sleeve. As the film director noted, Lundgrena character in the picture is significantly different from what it is represented in comics.
The main cast selected by the director James Wan is very impressive. Jason Momoa, Amber Herd, Nicole Kidman, Teamere Morrison, Willem Defo, Patrick Wilson and Michael Beach became partners of Dolph Lundgren on the set.
Personal life
With the name of Dolf Lundgrena, several star love intrigues are connected. First of all, relations with the actress of Jamaican origin Grace Jones, who pushed a guy to the world of show business.The novel between the star of his time and the non-famous young man began after Lundgren settled to work in the personal guard of the singer. Relationships developed violently, but ended at the moment when the actor received the first fame. As Dolph recalls, along with the girlfriend, under the sight of the paparazzi, who saw only the next guy Grace in his face, he made his way to the premiere of Rocky-4, but after watching the film he came out of the star.
Later in the personal life of the actor there were many women. Dolph met with fashion models of Barbieri Hollow, Janis Dickinson and Stephanie Adams, as well as with actresses Samantha Phillips and Leslie Ann Woodward.
Embed from getty imagesIn 1990, the actor began to meet with the compatriot Annette Kwiberg, designer of jewelry. In 1994, the girl became the legitimate wife of the artist. In marriage, the spouses were born daughters of Ida Sigrid and Greta Evelin. Dolph and Annette lived in Spain, because they wanted to protect children from the temptations of Hollywood, but in 2011 the marriage collapsed.
The actor knows several foreign languages, among which is Japanese, Italian, Russian. Free Dolf owns only Swedish, English and Spanish.
Lundgren reached the 2nd Dana and received a black belt on Karate, became European heavyweight champion in full-contact karate in the UK and Australia. Fans and today are impressive external data (Rough Dolph - 193 cm, weight - 109 kg) of the Swede.
In 2016, the media appeared in the media that Dolph Lundgren thought about a possible move to the territory of Russia. The actor in an interview noted that the results of the presidential elections in the United States was dissatisfied. Donald Trump, who won in the election race, according to the star Hollywood, is not able to perfectly lead the American state.
Commenting on the outcome of the presidential elections, Dolph noted that Russian President Vladimir Putin deserves respect, rather than a representative of the Republicans, because he proved the ability to manage the state.
"Of course, I am not an expert in politics, but President Vladimir Putin is assembled and calm. He is a mature politician. He always has a plan, "said Swedish film actor in an interview. Thembed from Getty ImagesIn 2018, it became known that the artist acquired a 3-storey mansion with an area of 480 square meters. m in the Western Hollywood area, for which he had to pay $ 3.9 million. The house has a lot of bedrooms, there is a home theater, swimming pool, large dressing room and training room. On the roof of the mansion there is a large terrace. Here the actor settled together with his elect Jenny Saderson, which is already found for several years. The girl is a native of Sweden, where he in his time became a karate champion.
According to Dolf, he considers himself a weak and sentimental man. The actor is not shy to the fact that sometimes can cry from some memories who are most often associated with his family and relatives. It is no secret that the artist remains a loving father for his daughters, which can be judged by the joint family photo on Lundgren's personal profile in "Instagram".
Dolph Lundgren now
The main premiere of 2018 for Dolph Lundgrena was his appearance in the Krem-2 sports drama. This is the 8th part of the popular franchise "Rocky", in which the Swedish actor and Sylvester Stallone again entered the confrontation on the boxing ring. Only now - as champions mentors. In the image of the Rocky Balboa, Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan) appeared, whereas his native son Victor (Florian Muntean) came from Ivan Drago.
Dolph is not alien experiments, so I gladly accepted the offer from Russian filmmakers to play in the comedy "Bridegroom - 2: on Berlin!", Moreover, it was previously thought about moving to Russia. In 2019, the filming of the American-Italian militant "Four Towers" ended with Lundgrena.
Now the performer is working on a number of projects, among which - the drama "without you I am nothing" and the action movie "A particularly dangerous person." The director of the second painting will be Lundgren himself.
Filmography
- 1985 - "Rocky-4"
- 1989 - "Puncher"
- 1991 - "Disassembly in Little Tokyo"
- 1992 - "Universal Soldier"
- 1995 - "Johnny Mnemonic"
- 2004 - "Strong"
- 2007 - "Diamond Dogs"
- 2010 - "Universal Soldier 3: Revival"
- 2010 - "Expendables"
- 2012 - "Universal Soldier 4"
- 2016 - "Strela"
- 2018 - "Aquamen"
- 2018 - Creed 2