Dolph Lundgren and wife Emma Krokdal enjoy date night at Arnold Schwarzenegger’s charity event
Dolph Lundgren was spotted stepping out for a date night in Beverly Hills, California with his wife Emma Krokdal.
The 68-year-old "Rocky" star was all smiles as he and Krokdal, 30, attended Arnold Schwarzenegger's All-Stars for Change charity event at Novikov Beverly Hills on Friday night.
Lundgren sported a black suit, a white dress shirt and gray sneakers while Krokdal wore a black one-shoulder chiffon top which she paired with a black asymmetrical satin wrap miniskirt, beige sequinned peep toe heels and a burnt orange satin clutch.
The couple, who tied the knot at their villa in Mykonos, Greece, in July 2023, beamed while posing for photos at the upscale Italian-Mediterranean restaurant.
The fundraiser benefited After-School All-Stars, a national nonprofit providing free after-school and summer programs for youth that Schwarzenegger founded in 1992.
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Lundgren also stepped behind the bar to mix cocktails for guests during the event, which was sponsored by his vodka brand, Hard Cut Vodka. Lundgren and Krokdal co-founded Hard Cut in 2019 and officially launched the brand in March 2025.
On Saturday, Lundgren shared a photo of himself that was taken at the fundraiser on Instagram.
"A big thank you to Novikov Beverly Hills and Hard Cut Vodka for a fantastic event supporting my good friend Arnold Schwarzenegger’s charity, After-School All-Stars.," he wrote in the caption.
Lundgren and Schwarzenegger have been close friends and workout buddies for over 40 years. Shortly after they met, Stallone cast Lundgren as the iconic Soviet boxer Ivan Drago in 1985's "Rocky IV." Stallone served as Lundgren's mentor and trainer while he was training for his role in the hit sports drama.
While speaking with Fox News Digital in December 2025, Lundgren said he "was obviously looking up to" Stallone when they were making the movie.
"He was my boss. I did what he told me to, hit him when he told me to," he said. "And I think in the beginning, it was more professional and slowly developed to friendship where you know, we kind of appreciate each other's struggles."
The duo also co-starred in "The Expendables" franchise, appearing together in 2010's "The Expendables," 2012's "The Expendables 2," and 2014's "The Expendables 3."
During his interview with Fox News Digital, Lundgren also defended his 39-year age gap with Krokdal.
"You always get haters and people say negative things about you if you're in the public eye," Lundgren said."To me, age is just a number. It doesn't really matter. I mean we're all gonna be dead a hundred years from now — most of us anyway — and nothing will matter."
He continued: "All that matters is that you enjoy your life, you enjoy your partner. And I think the choice of partner is one of the most important choices you can make in life. I've realized that. And I think Emma is the best choice for me, and I don't care what people say."
In a separate interview with Fox News Digital, Krokdal also spoke about their relationship, saying it's "so special because we come from a similar place with a very similar upbringing." Lundgren, who hails from Sweden and Krokdal, who is Norway native, first met at the West Hollywood gym Equinox in 2019.
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Krokdal told Fox News Digital that the two connected on their backgrounds "very early," She elaborated by saying they are both "creative people" and can help each other with their different strengths and weaknesses.
When speaking about his relationship with Krokdal, Lundgren credited her with helping "save my life with the cancer journey and turn my life around."
Lundgren was first diagnosed with cancer in 2015, when doctors discovered a tumor in his kidney. While the tumor was successfully removed via surgery, doctors found new tumors on his liver and kidneys in 2020.
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Despite receiving a grim prognosis, the actor sought out a second opinion and in November 2024 he announced he was cancer free.
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"Going through cancer is a life-changing experience," he explained. "So I'm NED — it's called No Evidence of Disease — for like three years now, actually. And you know, it's a gradual process. You at first don't believe it. You're still kind of in that fight-or-flight mode."
To "get used to a new baseline," Lundgren shared, he did "survivorship therapy," and now has a "new way of looking at" his life and the world.
