[27][28] It is referred to as a "flop" by Variety magazine,[29] and has a 13% "rotten" rating at Rotten Tomatoes. Although Lundgren has never competed as a professional bodybuilder, he has been closely associated with bodybuilding and fitness since his role as Drago in the mid-1980s. In 2018, Black Water, an action thriller, directed by Pasha Patriki was released. Dolph Lundgren, 62, claims personal trainer fiancée, 24, who’s the same age as his daughter has ‘changed his life’ and they’re a ‘perfect match’ Swedish actor Dolph Lundgren has made more than 70 movies over the years; Best known for role … [34], He next starred in Joseph Zito's Red Scorpion in 1988, opposite M. Emmet Walsh, Al White, T. P. McKenna and Carmen Argenziano. [162][163] Lundgren became engaged to a Norwegian personal trainer Emma Krokdal in June 2020. He lived in Spånga until the age of 13, when he moved to his grandparents' home in Nyland, Ångermanland. [68], Later in 1998, Dolph appeared alongside Bruce Payne and Claire Stansfield in Sweepers as Christian Erickson, a leading demolition expert and head of an elite team of specialists, trained to disarm mine fields in a humanitarian minesweeping operation in Angola. [148] He played an older, impoverished Drago in the film, which also introduces the character's son, Viktor. Critical response was negative overall; Roger Ebert said, "Johnny Mnemonic is one of the great gestures of recent cinema, a movie which doesn't deserve one nanosecond of serious analysis. [6] Lundgren claims his father was physically abusive and vented his frustration on his wife and eldest son. Showdown in Little Tokyo, as Sgt. [75] Lundgren plays a former Special Forces agent who joins a secretive government agency (called "The Agency") as an assassin. [96], In 2001, Lundgren starred in Hidden Agenda, directed by Marc S. Grenier. [9][10][11] He has two sisters, Katarina and Annika and a younger brother Johan. [citation needed], In 2005, Lundgren starred and directed his second picture The Mechanik (The Russian Specialist), playing a retired Russian Special Forces hit man Nikolai "Nick" Cherenko caught in the crossfire with Russian mobsters. Throughout the 1990s he appeared in films such as I Come in Peace (1990), Cover Up (1991), Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991), Universal Soldier film series (1992, 2009, 2012), Joshua Tree (1993), Pentathlon (1994), Men of War (1994), Johnny Mnemonic (1995), The Shooter (1995), Silent Trigger (1996), The Peacekeeper (1997), and Blackjack (1998). [121][122][123][124][125], Lundgren played the lead role in Uwe Boll's In the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds, and had supporting roles in Jonas Åkerlund's Small Apartments and a thriller called Stash House. A versatile Hollywood figure, Dolph wears multiple hats in the entertainment industry as an actor, film director, and martial artist. At the age of 7, he started taking Gōjū-ryū and judo training. Apart from weightlifting, he has a habit of practicing karate and sparring in the gym. [22] His character's lines "If he dies, he dies" and "I must break you" are amongst the best known of the Rocky series, and have often been cited in popular culture. Known for his legendary Rocky IV movie, Lungren released an engagement photo last week with Krokdal, who works as a personal trainer, on Instagram. Age then Age now Died? The film co-starred Canadian pop singer Melissa Smith, playing a world-famous pop singer in the film and his own daughter Ida on her screen debut, who played one of the daughters of the Russian president. The story was inspired by a concert Madonna put on for Russian President Vladimir Putin, although Dolph has also likened the pop singer to Britney Spears. [82] The DVD and Video Guide of 2005 described the film as being "possibly one of the worst films ever". His wife was the "most traumatized",[161] and as of 2011[update], they are divorced. I hung out with Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Iman and Steve Rubell, danced at Studio 54, and studied acting with Andie MacDowell and Tom Hulce. Awakening in New York City, the Minion tracks down Karen Goodleaf as Lukas arrives to America to protect her and the key. The film is about a group of elite mercenaries, tasked with a mission to overthrow a Latin American dictator. Despite an early interest in music and the fine arts, Dolph decided to follow in his father's footsteps and pursue an Engineerin… [128][129] Principal photography started on 2 February 2014 in Thailand, and wrapped in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; April the same year. "[150] In an interview with them, he claimed to often train up to six days a week, usually one-hour sessions completed in the morning, saying that "it's just one hour a day, and then you can enjoy the other 23 hours". Dolph Lundgren is represented by Los Angeles based Zero Gravity Management. 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