Stallone is a Golden Globe & Critics’ Choice Awards winner & one of 2 actors to have starred in a No. 1 box-office film between 6 decades. In 1976 the rise of his success took off when he wrote & starred in his iconic role as Rocky Balboa in the Rocky franchise. By 1984 he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame & from then on became one of the highest-paid Hollywood action film actors. Stallone then went on to launch The Expendables franchise in 2010, again starring in his own scripts as Barney Ross. He received the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for the 2016 film Creed & is still highly regarded as an icon for the action film world, credited for redefining the Hollywood action hero role. Lundgren an actor, martial artists & film maker, started his acting career with a guest appearance in A View to a Kill the 1985 James Bond film & the same year had his breakthrough role as the lead villain boxer Ivan Drago with Sylvester Stallone in Rocky IV. From that point he had over 80 lead roles in various action films with some TV appearances & voice acting. Along with his acting career, he is a 4th dan black belt in Kyokushin Karate & has a master’s in chemical engineering.
