In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vasilyevich and the family name is Drago.
Fictional character
Ivan Drago Иван Драго The Siberian Express
Rocky character
Dolph Lundgren as Ivan Drago in Rocky IV (1985)
First appearance
Rocky IV (1985)
Last appearance
Creed II (2018)
Created by
Sylvester Stallone
Portrayed by
Dolph Lundgren
In-universe information
Nicknames
The Siberian Express The Siberian Bull Death from Above
Title
Infantry Captain (Soviet Ground Forces)
Occupation
Professional Boxer, Boxing Manager and Coach Soldier
Affiliation
Soviet Army
Spouse
Ludmilla Vobet (divorced)
Children
Viktor Drago
Nationality
Soviet (formerly) Russian
Ivan Drago
Born
(1956-02-23)February 23, 1956
Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR (present-day Russia)
Nationality
Russian
Statistics
Weight(s)
Heavyweight
Height
(197 cm) ≈ 6 ft 5 in
Stance
Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights
2
Wins
1 (1 win in exhibition with Creed)
Wins by KO
1
Losses
1
Draws
0
Ivan Vasilyevich Drago (Russian: Иван Васильевич Драго, pronounced[ɪˈvanvɐˈsʲilʲjɪvʲɪdʑˈdraɡə]; Ukrainian: Іван Васильович Драго) is a fictional Russian character from the Rocky film series. He first appears in the 1985 film Rocky IV, in which he is the main antagonist and rival of Rocky Balboa and is also responsible for the death of Apollo Creed after brutally defeating him in their match. He also appears in the 2018 film Creed II,in which he is the main antagonist and serves as the trainer to his son Viktor played by a real Romanian kickboxer. He is portrayed by Swedish-American actor and real-life martial artist Dolph Lundgren in both films. A poll of former heavyweight champions and prominent boxing writers ranked Drago as the third-best fighter in the Rocky film series.[1]
^"The Definitive Ranking of Rocky Fighters". Ruthless Reviews. September 19, 2013. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
Ivan Vasilyevich Drago (Russian: Иван Васильевич Драго, pronounced [ɪˈvan vɐˈsʲilʲjɪvʲɪdʑ ˈdraɡə]; Ukrainian: Іван Васильович Драго) is a fictional Russian...
Nielsen, and Dolph Lundgren. In the film, Rocky Balboa (Stallone) confronts IvanDrago (Lundgren), a Soviet boxer responsible for another personal tragedy in...
Rocky and Tony Duke to Siberia to help Rocky train for his match against IvanDrago. As before in Los Angeles, Paulie gripes about the weather and the austere...
breakthrough role playing the lead villain as an imposing Soviet boxer named IvanDrago in Sylvester Stallone's Rocky IV. Lundgren went on to play lead roles...
(Stallone), Adonis Creed (Jordan) faces off against Viktor Drago (Munteanu), the son of IvanDrago (Lundgren), who became responsible for the death of Adonis'...
named Kiev, in which lays painted eggs. Ivan Veen, in Vladimir Nabokov's Ada or Ardor IvanDrago, in Rocky IV Ivan Nikolayevich Ponyryov (Bezdomny), in Mikhail...
relationship. Later on, Rocky drops by Adrian's and finds IvanDrago waiting for him there. Drago tells him how his loss to Rocky 33 years earlier shattered...
came in 1985, when he starred in Rocky IV as the imposing Soviet boxer IvanDrago. Since then, he has starred in more than 69 films, almost all of them...
remembering how her husband was killed in the ring during a match against IvanDrago thirty years ago and how Rocky Balboa was forced into retirement after...
"Creed vs. Drago II" and will be held at MGM Grand, the same place where Ivan killed Apollo, with many speculating it could end the same way. Ivan meets Rocky...
Joseph Fiennes, Megan Charpentier, Tom Cavanagh and Ed Asner. Young IvanDrago places first in a mail-in contest for board game inventors, only to be...
was looking for a European heavyweight boxer to play Viktor Drago, the son of IvanDrago, in the sports drama sequel Creed II. Stallone found Munteanu...
Balboa, was released in 2006. During the aftermath of his victory over IvanDrago in Moscow, Rocky finds himself experiencing mental disabilities from the...
player can take control of Rocky Balboa, Apollo Creed, Clubber Lang or IvanDrago and witness their early careers before their famous encounters. Rocky...
socialite IvanDrago, a boxer in the film Rocky IV Blackie Drago, a supervillain from Marvel Comics Drago, a character from Jackie Chan Adventures Dragos, dinosaur-like...
plans to have an exhibition match against a Russian Soviet Union boxer, IvanDrago. After hearing his reasons, Adrian tries to discourage Creed, and tells...
conflict is reflected by the fight in the boxing ring between Rocky and IvanDrago "Button Pusher" The Dubliners a song about USAF "Missilemen" in underground...
Coming & Going Timmy 2013 Sanitarium Steve Mansworth 2014 The Games Maker IvanDrago 2016 The Darkness Michael Taylor Incarnate Cameron Sparrow 2021 The Birthday...
pellucidi brought on by head trauma, especially after his last fight with IvanDrago. His wife Adrian urges him to retire, and he reluctantly does so. Cavum...
appeared in Rocky IV (1985), as Nicoli Koloff, the sports administrator for IvanDrago and had a memorable moment in Ron Howard's Night Shift as a man who moons...
was named in the Ultimate Team Legends in FIFA 14. Vieri featured as IvanDrago in the 2000 Italian film, Picasso's face. In December 2003, Vieri participated...
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