Cast

Sylvester Stallone

Acting

Cast

Sylvester Stallone

Known for

Acting

Born

1946-07-06

From

New York City, New York, USA

Also known as Sly Stallone, Italian Stallion, Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone

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.

Sylvester Stallone

Sylvester Stallone

Biography

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

The Suicide Squad

Rocky

Men in Black

First Blood

The Expendables

Creed II

The Expendables 3

Rambo

The Expendables 2

Expend4bles

Creed

Escape Plan

Escape Plan 2: Hades

Rocky IV

Rambo: First Blood Part II

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

Rocky II

Rambo: Last Blood

Demolition Man

Rambo III

Rocky Balboa

Farewell, My Lovely

Antz

The Specialist

Rocky III

Judge Dredd

Rocky V

Cliffhanger

Cobra

Over the Top

Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot

Tango & Cash

Escape to Victory

Alarum

Samaritan

Assassins

Taxi 3

Oscar

Zookeeper

Staying Alive

M*A*S*H

Daylight

Lock Up

Cop Land

Bullet to the Head

The Party at Kitty and Stud's

Grudge Match

Armor

Shade

Get Carter

Mandingo

Death Race 2000

Ratchet & Clank

Driven

Klute

Escape Plan: The Extractors

Nighthawks

Breakdown: 1975

D-Tox

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Celebrity Naked Ambition

Paradise Alley

What's Up, Doc?

The Lords of Flatbush

Junket Whore

Animal Crackers

Backtrace

Avenging Angelo

Heart of the Festival

Cannonball

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn

Jackie Chan: My Story

Reach Me

Bigger Stronger Faster*

Capone

MAS*H