 Lundgren received a degree in chemistry from Washington State University , a degree in chemical engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology in the early 1980s , and a master 's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Sydney in 1982 . He holds the rank of 3rd dan black belt in Kyokushin karate and was European champion in 1980 and 1981 . While in Sydney , he became a bodyguard for Jamaican singer Grace Jones and began a relationship with her . They moved together to New York City , where , after a short stint as a model and bouncer at the Manhattan nightclub the Limelight , Jones got him a small debut role as a KGB henchman in the James Bond film A View to a Kill . 
