Dolph Lundgren Net Worth

Dolph Lundgren's Quotes

• [Arnold Schwarzenegger] is my role model since he is successful but, as an actor, he is not [my role model]. I prefer Sean Connery, Mel Gibson and Harrison Ford. They, too, started as "beefcakes" but have since established themselves as acknowledged actors.
• [in Empire (UK), January, 1996] When I started studying acting in New York, I didn't plan to be an action hero. I just wanted to learn acting because I felt it was something I needed to try to do for myself, to express something, my inner pain, or something I couldn't get out. Then I got caught up taking my shirt off and strapping a machine gun on to shoot people. There wasn't really much acting - you couldn't have done too much with those roles no matter how good you were.
• [in Vanity Fair, 1995] I was a movie star before having the chance to become an actor, so now I'm trying to backtrack.
• I was incredibly shy when I first got into the business, I still am to some extent. I've overcome that shyness through contact sports, but I wanted to find that same confidence interacting with people through acting instead of in the ring.
• Action films are an extension of Greek myths which have been around since Homer's "The Iliad". Everybody's life has some mythical quality. You struggle against obstacles, you fight to get to a higher level and there are great loves. With an action film it's just more apparent. That's why people will always love action movies.

Interesting Facts about Dolph Lundgren

1. Was team leader for the United States modern pentathlon team at the 1996 summer olympics.
2. Holds a master's degree in chemical engineering. Was offered a Fulbright scholarship to study at MIT.
3. He married Anette Qviberg in Stockholm, Sweden.
4. Was once a bodyguard for Grace Jones.
5. European Heavyweight Karate Champion in 1980-1981.
6. Australian Heavyweight Karate Champion in 1982.
7. Born in 1957, but claims birthdate of 1959.
8. Rumor had it that he announced his retirement from acting to spend more time with his family, but Lundgren denied it a few months later while filming the movie Detention (2003). [April 2002]
9. Has two daughters with his ex-wife Anette: Ida Sigrid Lundgren (born April 29, 1996) and Greta Eveline Lundgren (born November 30, 2001).
10. Was one of the last celebrities modeling for photographer Victor Skrebneski, notably for a Chicago International Film Festival poster.
11. Obtained his third degree black belt (third Dan) in Kyokushinkai Karate in Stockholm, Sweden, after a four to five months training with his former teacher Brian Fitkin. [July 1998]
12. Sports natural blonde hair in all his films, save for The Punisher (1989), Dark Angel (1990) and Small Apartments (2012) where it is dyed jet black.
13. He was the first actor cast for the science fiction fantasy film Masters of the Universe (1987).
14. Was reportedly interested in the role of Ben Richards in The Running Man (1987), which eventually went to Arnold Schwarzenegger.
15. Plays the drums.
16. Contrary to popular belief was never engaged to Grace Jones, but he did live with her for four years.
17. Speaks three languages: English, Swedish and some German. Said to speak Japanese as well, but actually knows only a few phrases. Also speaks some Spanish as he lives in Spain.
18. Maintains his own personal website for his fans.
19. Despite mixed reviews to Masters of the Universe (1987), later animated and comic book depictions of the He-Man character, most notably the 2002 remake series by Mike Young Productions, had the He-Man character drawn to resemble Lundgren.
20. Served in the Swedish Marine Corps.