{"id":4346,"date":"2024-06-27T13:48:41","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T11:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/?post_type=guest&#038;p=4346"},"modified":"2024-08-03T19:29:48","modified_gmt":"2024-08-03T17:29:48","slug":"dolph-lundgren","status":"publish","type":"guest","link":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/speaker\/dolph-lundgren\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolph Lundgren"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>KNOWN FOR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of the defining 1980\u2019s action stars.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ivan Drago in\u00a0<strong>Rocky IV<\/strong>\u00a0(1985) and in\u00a0<strong>Creed II<\/strong>\u00a0(2018)<\/li>\n<li>Andrew Scott \/ GR13 in<strong>\u00a0Universal Soldier<\/strong>\u00a0(1992)<\/li>\n<li>King Nereus in<strong>\u00a0Aquaman<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Gunner Jensen in<strong>\u00a0The Expendables<\/strong>\u00a0(1-2-3)<\/li>\n<li>He-Man in<strong>\u00a0Masters of the Universe\u00a0<\/strong>(1987)<\/li>\n<li>Frank Castle in\u00a0<strong>The Punisher<\/strong>\u00a0(1989)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And MUCH much more!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>BIOGRAPHY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d make a list with defining 1980\u2019s action stars, then you simply cannot leave out Dolph Lundgren. This legendary Swedish actor and director gained fame as\u00a0<strong>Rocky IV\u2019<\/strong>s main antagonist Ivan Drago in 1985 and quickly rose to ranks in a long list of Hollywood blockbusters. From the classics of\u00a0<strong>Masters of the Universe<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>The Punisher<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Universal Soldier<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Red Scorpion<\/strong>\u00a0to the recent blockbusters\u00a0<strong>The Expendables<\/strong>\u00a0(1-2-3),\u00a0<strong>Creed II\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Aquaman<\/strong>, this man has been a consistent bad-ass and respectable movie hero. And now you can meet him at FACTS, in Flanders Expo Ghent, on April 6-7!<\/p>\n<p>Dolph Lundgren\u2019s career took off\u00a0when the audience got to see him shine in 1985\u2019s\u00a0<em>Rocky IV<\/em>, as the Soviet boxer Ivan Drago. And even though the fight between the Soviet Drago and the American Rocky was inherently meant to represent the Cold War conflict, you couldn\u2019t help but have immense respect for the blonde menace.<\/p>\n<p>Lundgren had made an impact, because the roles just kept coming. Main roles even, such as He-Man in\u00a0<em>Masters of the Universe<\/em>\u00a0(1987), Lt. Nikolai Rachenko in\u00a0<em>Red Scorpion<\/em>\u00a0(1988) and Frank Castle in\u00a0<em>The Punisher<\/em>\u00a0(1989). But in equally impressive fashion, Dolph Lundgren was able to keep on delivering amazing villain roles, too, as became clear in the unforgettable role of Andrew Scott\/GR13 in\u00a0<em>Universal Soldier<\/em>\u00a0(1992).<\/p>\n<p>Even today, Dolph Lundgren is leaving his mark on Hollywood, both as actor and director. As an actor, you got to see him shine as Gunner Jensen in all three\u00a0<em>The Expendables<\/em>\u00a0movies, as King Nereus in the movie\u00a0<em>Aquaman<\/em>\u00a0and once again as Ivan Drago in\u00a0<em>Creed II<\/em>, where he managed to turn the\u00a0<em>Rocky IV<\/em>\u00a0monster in to a man. Those last two movies are in theatres today.<\/p>\n<p>Dolph Lundgren has had his fair share of time on the TV screen as well. One role that stood out was his portrayal of Konstantin Kovar in DC Comics\u2019 popular series\u00a0<em>Arrow<\/em>. And even that wears the Dolph Lundgren seal of quality.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dolph Lundgren will be a guest for FACTS Spring 2019, on April 6-7 in Flanders Expo Ghent. He will be available for photoshoots, autograph sessions and panels on both days.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Rocky IV (1985) - Trailer (HD)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S5GGQK4n-YA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary action hero who defined the 80\u2019s with<strong> Rocky IV<\/strong>, <strong>Universal Soldier<\/strong> and more, but is still going strong with <strong>The Expendables, Creed II <\/strong>&amp;<strong> Aquaman.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3241,"template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_company_name":"","_job_title":"","_visit_me":"","_email":"","_linkedin":"","_twitter":"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dolph_lundgren","_facebook":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DolphLundgrenOfficial\/","_instagram":"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dolphlundgren\/","_youtube":"","_imdb":"","footnotes":""},"edition":[],"guest_type":[78],"work":[41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48],"class_list":["post-4346","guest","type-guest","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","guest_type-actors","work-aquaman","work-creed-ii","work-masters-of-the-universe","work-rocky","work-rocky-iv","work-the-expendables","work-the-punisher","work-universal-soldier"],"_cover_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guest\/4346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guest"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/guest"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guest\/4346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17071,"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guest\/4346\/revisions\/17071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"edition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/edition?post=4346"},{"taxonomy":"guest_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guest_type?post=4346"},{"taxonomy":"work","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work?post=4346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}