 After a long spell performing in direct @-@ to @-@ video films since 1995 , Lundgren returned to Hollywood in 2010 with the role of Gunner Jensen in The Expendables , alongside Stallone and an all @-@ action star cast . He reprised his role in The Expendables 2 ( 2012 ) and The Expendables 3 ( 2014 ) . Also in 2014 , he co @-@ starred in Skin Trade , an action thriller about human trafficking . The film marks his third collaboration with Cary @-@ Hiroyuki Tagawa , the previous two being Showdown in Little Tokyo ( 1991 ) and Bridge of Dragons ( 1999 ) . He is due to reprise his role as Gunner Jensen in The Expendables 4 ( 2017 ) . 
