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Dolph Lundgren (born Hans Lundgren, November 3, 1957, but claims 1959) is a
Swedish actor. He attended the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm,
later received a master's degree in chemical engineering from the University
of Sydney, and was eventually awarded a prestigious Fulbright scholarship to
MIT, but then changed the course of his career towards drama.
In 1985, Lundgren made his feature-film debut in the James Bond film A View
to a Kill. Then he beat out 5000 other hopefuls to land the breakthrough
role of Ivan Drago, Sylvester Stallone's opponent in Rocky IV (1985). He
received his first lead role as He-Man in Masters of the Universe (1987),
based on the popular children's toy, but the film was not a success and was
ridiculed by most audiences.
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Lundgren subsequently however found his calling in action films. He also
starred as Frank Castle, The Punisher, in the original 1989 film The
Punisher, that although bears the name of the Marvel comic, had very little
to do with it.
He is 1.97m (6'6") tall and weighs 238lbs (108 kg). He speaks five languages:
Swedish, English, German, French and Japanese and his IQ is given on his
website as 160 [1] [2]. At the age of 15, he was self-described as "one of
the weaklings people kick sand at on the beach", but later became a karate
black belt. He won the European full-contact karate championships in 1980
and 1981 and a heavyweight tournament in Australia in 1982[3]. Lundgren
experimented with anabolic steriods to improve his physique for Rocky IV.
He has been married to Annette Qviberg Lundgren, a jewelry designer and
fashion stylist, since 1994. The couple divide their time between New York
City and Stockholm, Sweden. They have two daughters: Ida Sigrid Lundgren (born
April 29, 1996 in Stockholm) and Greta Eveline Lundgren (born January 2002).
Earlier in his life, Lundgren was engaged to Grace Jones and was in a long-term
relationship with Paula Barbieri.
Lundgren made his directorial debut in 2004 with the film Defender. He also
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