Sylvester Stallone
Acting
Biography
Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone (born July 6, 1946) is an American actor and filmmaker. In a film career spanning more than fifty years, Stallone has received numerous accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Critics' Choice Award, as well as nominations for three Academy Awards and two BAFTA Awards. Stallone is one of only two actors in history (alongside Harrison Ford) to have starred in a box-office No. 1 film across six consecutive decades. Struggling as an actor for a number of years upon moving to New York City in 1969, Stallone found gradual work in films such as The Lords of Flatbush (1974). He achieved his greatest critical and commercial success starting in 1976 with his iconic role as boxer Rocky Balboa in the first film of the successful Rocky franchise, which he also wrote. In 1977, he became the third actor in history to be nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Actor. He portrayed the PTSD-plagued soldier John Rambo in First Blood (1982), a role he would play across five Rambo films (1982–2019). He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1984. From the mid-1980s to the late 1990s, Stallone would go on to become one of Hollywood's highest-paid actors, acting in action films such as Cobra (1986), Tango and Cash (1989), Cliffhanger (1993), Demolition Man (1993), and The Specialist (1994). At the height of his career, Stallone was known for his rivalry with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Stallone continued his established roles in Rocky Balboa (2006) and Rambo (2008) before launching The Expendables film franchise (2010–present), in which he starred as the mercenary Barney Ross. In 2013, he starred in the successful film Escape Plan and appeared in its sequels. In 2015, he returned to Rocky again with Creed, in which a retired Rocky mentors former rival Apollo Creed's son Donnie Creed. The film brought Stallone widespread praise and his first Golden Globe Award, as well as a third Academy Award nomination, having been first nominated for the same role 40 years prior. He also starred in the sequel Creed II (2018) and portrayed Stakar Ogord in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023). Regarded as an icon of action cinema, Stallone is credited with helping redefine the Hollywood action hero. He has occasionally ventured from the action genre, with mixed results. He starred in the comedies Oscar (1991) and Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992), both of which had modest success. He also starred in the 1997 drama Cop Land, for which he temporarily shed his sculpted physique and gained weight for his role as a powerless sheriff. In television, he has starred in the Paramount+ crime series Tulsa King (2022-present). In addition to his film work, Stallone is a noted art collector and painter and has written books on fitness.
Born: July 6, 1946
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Self
as Chester
as Self
as Rook
as Rocky Balboa (archive footage)
as Self
as Barney Ross
as Self - 'Stakar Ogord'
as Self
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self
as Stakar Ogord
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Dwight 'The General' Manfredi
as Self - Guest
as Joe Smith
as King Shark (voice)
as Self
as Stakar Ogord (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Narrator/Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Jasper Reese
as John Rambo
as Self
as Ray Breslin
as Self
as Sykes
as Rocky Balboa
as Ray Breslin
as Bullet-Man (voice)
as Stakar Ogord
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
as Sylvester Stallone
as Victor Von Ion (voice)
as Rocky Balboa
as Barney Ross
as Self
as Gerald
as Henry 'Razor' Sharp
as Ray Breslin
as Self
as James Bonomo
as Barney Ross
as (archive footage)
as Self
as Joe the Lion (voice)
as Barney Ross
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Sylvester Stallone
as Self (archive footage)
as John Rambo
as Self
as Self
as Robert 'Rocky' Balboa
as Self
as Self
as Self - Boxing Mentor
as Frank the Repairman
as Toymaker
as Self
as Dean 'The Dean' Stevens
as L'espion (caméo non crédité)
as Self
as Self (uncredited)
as Self - Actor & Director
as Paul Revere (voice)
as Frankie Delano
as Self - Judge
as Self
as Self - After Party Guest
as Jake Malloy
as Joe Tanto
as Weaver (voice)
as Jack Carter
as Self
as Self - Special Guest Star
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Self
as Weaver (voice)
as Self - Jackie's Pal
as Sylvester Stallone
as Sheriff Freddy Heflin
as Self
as Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited)
as self
as Kit Latura
as Self
as Robert Rath
as Judge Joseph Dredd
as Sylvester Stallone
as Ray Quick
as Self
as John Spartan
as Self - Guest
as Gabe Walker
as Self
as Sgt. Joseph Andrew 'Joe' Bomowski
as Self - Guest
as Angelo "Snaps" Provolone
as Robert 'Rocky' Balboa
as Self
as Jim Ramroc / Jim Rainbo (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self
as Raymond 'Ray' Tango
as Frank Leone
as Self - Guest
as John Rambo
as Self
as Lincoln Hawk
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Marion 'Cobra' Cobretti
as Robert "Rocky" Balboa
as John J. Rambo
as Nick
as Man on Street (uncredited)
as John Rambo
as Robert 'Rocky' Balboa
as Self
as Self
as Captain Robert Hatch
as Deke DaSilva
as Self
as Robert 'Rocky' Balboa
as Self
as Cosmo Carboni
as John D. 'Johnny' Kovak
as Self
as Robert 'Rocky' Balboa
as Sylvester Stallone - Special Guest Star
as Mafioso
as Self - Host
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
as Jonnie
as Lynching Witness (uncredited)
as Machine Gun Joe Viterbo
as Frank Nitti
as Youth in Park
as Self
as Jerry Savage
as Stanley Rosiello
as Det. Rick Daly
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
as Club Patron (uncredited)
as Subway Thug #1 (uncredited)
as Party Guest
as Groomsman (uncredited)
as Soldier (uncredited)
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Boss