Dolph Lundgren

Dolph Lundgren is a Swedish actor, director, screenwriter, film producer, and martial artist. Lundgren’s breakthrough came in 1985 when he starred in Rocky IV as the imposing Soviet Union boxer Ivan Drago. Since then, he has starred in more than 40 films, almost all of them in the action genre.
Lundgren received a degree in chemical engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology and a master’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Sydney. He holds the rank of 3rd dan black belt in Kyokushin karate and was European champion in 1980–81. He received a Fulbright scholarship to MIT before being convinced to leave the university and move to New York City to begin acting, where, after a short stint as a model and bouncer at the Manhattan nightclub The Limelight, Lundgren got a small debut role as a KGB henchman in the James Bond film A View to a Kill.
After appearing in Rocky IV, Lundgren portrayed He-Man in the science fantasy film Masters of the Universe, Lt. Rachenko in Red Scorpion, and Frank Castle in the 1989 film The Punisher. He also appeared in films I Come in Peace, Cover-Up, Showdown in Little Tokyo, Universal Soldier film series, Joshua Tree, Pentathlon, Men of War, Johnny Mnemonic, The Shooter, Silent Trigger, The Peacekeeper, and Blackjack. 
More recently he played Gunnar Jensen in The Expendables, alongside Sylvester Stallone and an all-action star cast. He reprised his role in The Expendables 2 and The Expendables 3. He co-starred in Skin Trade, an action thriller about human trafficking he co-wrote and produced. The film marks his third collaboration with Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, the previous two being Showdown in Little Tokyo and Bridge of Dragons.
He reprised his role of Ivan Drago in Creed II, and is due to reprise his role as Gunner Jensen in The Expendables 4. He appears in Sharknado 5: Global Swarming, playing the protagonist’s son Gil as an adult, and in Aquaman, playing the father of Mera. He also had a recurring role in the fifth season of Arrow, playing antagonist Konstantin Kovar.