Sylvester 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.
6.9
Rocky Balboa
2006-12-20
7.5
First Blood
1982-10-22
6.7
Rambo: First Blood Part II
1985-05-21
6.9
Rocky III
1982-05-28
7.3
Rocky II
1979-06-15
6.2
Rambo III
1988-05-24
7.8
Rocky
1976-11-20
7.1
Rocky IV
1985-11-21
5.8
Rocky V
1990-11-16
6.8
Cop Land
1997-08-15
6.4
Over the Top
1987-02-13
6.6
Farewell, My Lovely
1975-08-08
5.9
The Specialist
1994-10-07
5.6
D-Tox
2002-01-04
5.2
Get Carter
2000-10-06
5.1
Driven
2001-04-27
3.8
The Party at Kitty and Stud's
1970-02-10
4.2
Kambakkht Ishq
2009-07-03
5.5
Cannonball
1976-07-06
6.1
Daylight
1996-12-06
0.0
Dolph: Unbreakable
2025-10-21
6.4
Nighthawks
1981-03-17
5.8
Paradise Alley
1978-09-22
6.7
Rambo
2008-01-24
6.3
Oscar
1991-04-26
6.2
Antz
1998-10-02
5.1
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
2003-07-25
5.8
Judge Dredd
1995-06-30
6.8
Demolition Man
1993-10-08
6.5
Cliffhanger
1993-05-28
6.5
Tango & Cash
1989-12-22
6.8
Lock Up
1989-08-04
6.1
Death Race 2000
1975-04-30
6.2
The Expendables
2010-08-07
6.2
Cobra
1986-01-01
6.5
Assassins
1995-10-06
5.3
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
1992-02-21
5.4
Avenging Angelo
2002-08-30
7.9
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2023-05-03
6.5
F.I.S.T.
1978-04-26
7.0
Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'
2002-01-01
6.2
Shade
2003-05-18
5.4
Zookeeper
2011-07-06
4.8
Rhinestone
1984-06-22
6.3
Jackie Chan: My Story
1998-07-17
5.7
The Lords of Flatbush
1974-05-01
6.1
Grudge Match
2013-12-25
0.0
Never Too Old to Die
7.5
The Suicide Squad
2021-07-28
6.9
Escape to Victory
1981-06-17
5.8
Capone
1975-04-16
6.2
The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
2011-12-27
5.6
Bullet to the Head
2012-11-14
0.0
The Square Root
1969-01-01
4.9
Lovers and Other Strangers
1970-08-12
6.6
Mandingo
1975-06-06
6.3
The Expendables 2
2012-08-08
7.2
Sly
2023-09-16
0.0
Scavenger Hunt
6.7
Escape Plan
2013-10-09
8.0
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
2010-11-14
7.4
What's Up, Doc?
1972-03-09
6.2
The Expendables 3
2014-08-07
0.0
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
1986-11-22
6.3
Rambo: To Hell and Back - Director's Production Diary
2010-07-27
3.9
No Place to Hide
1974-09-12
5.3
Reach Me
2014-03-14
5.8
Downhill Racer
1969-11-06
5.6
Armor
2024-10-30
7.1
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
2013-09-07
0.0
Samaritan 2
6.1
The Real Rocky
2011-10-25
0.0
Hunter
6.7
Klute
1971-06-23
0.0
Taming The Beast
6.8
Your Studio and You
1995-02-01
6.6
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
1975-03-14
4.0
Night of 100 Stars III
1990-05-21
7.2
Men in Black
1997-07-02
6.3
Animal Crackers
2017-06-23
6.7
Bananas
1971-04-28
6.0
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2
1999-05-17
0.0
The Original Action Hero
7.0
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
1986-01-21
0.0
Scarpa
6.4
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2023-09-12
0.0
The Epiphany
5.7
Alarum
2025-01-16
7.4
Creed
2015-11-25
4.3
The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker
1970-10-28
5.0
Rallying Cry
2019-09-26
5.3
Iron and Beyond
2002-11-15
5.6
The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump
2023-05-22
7.0
Milius
2013-03-09
6.6
The Making of The Expendables 3
2014-11-25
7.6
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012-02-04
7.3
Jean-Claude van Damme: Karate King
2023-03-17
6.8
Bigger Stronger Faster*
2008-05-30
0.0
"STARdate" with Ralf Moeller!
2002-08-09
6.7
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
2017-08-01
0.0
Afganistan: Land in Crisis
2002-05-28
9.3
Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons
2024-04-23
7.3
Gods of War: Assembling Earth's Mightiest Anti-Heroes
2012-11-12
6.0
Tribute To Burgess Meredith
2006-01-01
7.0
From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues
2015-11-18
7.6
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
2017-04-19
3.5
Junket Whore
1998-10-12
0.0
Jackie Chan: Down to Earth
7.6
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
2020-06-09
5.2
Escape Plan 2: Hades
2018-06-05
6.0
From the Ashes: Post-Production and Release of 'The Expendables'
2010-11-23
3.8
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
1998-02-27
7.0
Creed II
2018-11-21
5.4
Escape Plan: The Extractors
2019-06-20
7.0
M*A*S*H
1970-02-18
4.9
Backtrace
2018-12-14
6.5
Rambo: Last Blood
2019-09-18
6.3
Two Rooms: A Tribute to Elton John & Bernie Taupin
1991-10-01
6.9
A Century of Science Fiction
1996-01-01
6.8
I Am Durán
2019-06-03
6.7
Samaritan
2022-08-25
8.5
One Night: Joshua vs. Ruiz
2019-11-22
6.1
Expend4bles
2023-09-15
5.8
Taxi 3
2003-01-29
6.3
CyberWorld
2000-10-06
7.0
Ali's Dozen
2006-12-09
5.8
Ratchet & Clank
2016-04-13
0.0
Ecki's World
2007-11-17
5.9
Stallone: Frank, That Is
2021-01-19
7.3
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
2017-03-19
5.8
Staying Alive
1983-07-11
2.0
Chuck Zito: An American Story
2024-05-01
8.0
Undisputed
2024-12-10
2.0
Skill vs. Will: The Making of 'Rocky Balboa'
2007-04-27
3.2
A Man Called... Rainbo
1990-04-09
0.0
Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide
1991-11-15
5.5
TMZ Presents: The Real Hulk Hogan
2025-08-12
0.0
Die Sylvester Stallone Story
2020-09-24
5.7
The Making of 'Rocky vs. Drago'
2021-10-30
7.7
Jackie Chan: Building an Icon
2021-08-04
6.0
Drawing First Blood: 20 Years Later
2002-05-28
5.9
Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity
1999-01-01
6.2
Breakdown: 1975
2025-12-18
0.0
Untitled Amazon MGM action project
0.0
Celebrity Naked Ambition
2003-07-19
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