Ivan Drago

"I must break you."

- Ivan Drago

"If he dies, he dies."

- Ivan Drago after winning and killing Apollo Creed

Ivan Drago is the main antagonist in the 1985 film Rocky IV. He is portrayed by Dolph Lundgren. He is a communist boxer from Russia and also a Russian captain in the military who is known to have superhuman strength and is shown having steroids injected into him during one of Rocky's montages. In the beginning he easily kills Apollo Creed without remorse in the ring. Rocky challenges Drago in Moscow Russia on Christmas Day where Rocky ends up winning because of his intense training in the Snow.

In Popular Culture

 * The character and his catchphrases have gone on to inspire multiple mentions in popular culture, film Disaster Movie, as well as the name of Michigan heavy metal band, If He Dies He Dies.
 * In an episode of family guy, Brian Griffin has a montage which is a parody of Rocky's montage to the song "Heart's on Fire" and when Brian gets to the top of the mountain he yells "DRAGO" the same way Rocky does in the movie.