Sylvester Stallone
Acting
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.
Breakdown: 1975
as Self/Rocky/Machine Gun Joe Viterbo (archive footage)
Age 79
Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons
as Self
Age 77 (now 79)
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
as Self - 'Stakar Ogord'
Age 77 (now 79)
The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age 76 (now 79)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
as Stakar Ogord
Age 76 (now 79)
Jean-Claude Van Damme: Karate King
as Self (archive footage)
Age 76 (now 79)
Jackie Chan: Building an Icon
as Self (archive footage)
Age 75 (now 79)
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
as Narrator/Self (archive footage)
Age 73 (now 79)
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
as Self
Age 71 (now 79)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
as Stakar Ogord
Age 70 (now 79)
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Age 70 (now 79)
From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues
as Self
Age 69 (now 79)
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
as Self
Age 67 (now 79)
Gods of War: Assembling Earth's Mightiest Anti-Heroes
as Self
Age 66 (now 79)
Plaga zombie: zona mutante: revolución tóxica
Thanks
Age 65 (now 79)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
Age 65 (now 79)
The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
as Self
Age 65 (now 79)
From the Ashes: Post-Production and Release of 'The Expendables'
as Self
Age 64 (now 79)
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
Producer
Age 64 (now 79) Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
as Self
Age 64 (now 79)
Rambo: To Hell and Back - Director's Production Diary
as Self
Age 64 (now 79)
Skill vs. Will: The Making of 'Rocky Balboa'
as Self
Age 60 (now 79)
Taboo: The Beginning of Erotic Cinema
Celebrity Naked Ambition
as Self (archive footage)
Age 57 (now 79)
Drawing First Blood: 20 Years Later
as Self
Age 55 (now 79)
Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'
as Self
Age 55 (now 79)
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2
as Self - Special Guest Star
Age 52 (now 79)Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity
as Self
Age 52 (now 79)
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
as Sylvester Stallone
Age 51 (now 79)
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
as Sgt. Joseph Andrew 'Joe' Bomowski
Age 45 (now 79)
Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide
Two Rooms: A Tribute to Elton John & Bernie Taupin
as Self - Guest
Age 45 (now 79)
A Man Called... Rainbo
as Jim Ramroc / Jim Rainbo (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age 43 (now 79)
Rocky Special: Burning Youth
as Rocky Balboa (archive footage)
Age 43 (now 79)
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
as Self (archive footage)
Age 39 (now 79)
Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story
Executive Producer
Age 38 (now 79)
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
as Youth in Park
Age 28 (now 79)
The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker
as Party Guest
Age 24 (now 79)
Lovers and Other Strangers
as Groomsman (uncredited)
Age 24 (now 79)
Stallone on the Edge: The Making of Cliffhanger
as Self
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
as Self (archive footage)
Age 76 (now 79)
Marvel Studios Legends
as Stakar Ogord (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age 74 (now 79)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
Age 69 (now 79)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
Age 67 (now 79)
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
as Self - Guest
Age 52 (now 79)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
Age 47 (now 79)
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self - Guest
Age 47 (now 79)
The Muppet Show
as Sylvester Stallone - Special Guest Star
Age 30 (now 79)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self (archive footage)
Age 16 (now 79) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Age 16 (now 79)
Gathering insights...
Also Known As
Sly Stallone, Italian Stallion, Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone, Sylvester Enzio Stallone
IMDB
nm0000230