Sylvester Stallone
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
201
Gender
Male
Birthday
1946-07-06 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
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.
Known For
Tulsa King
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
The Graham Norton Show
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Mike Douglas Show
This Is Us
Sherri
The View
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Las Vegas
CBS News Sunday Morning
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Suicide Squad
The Merv Griffin Show
Champs-Elysées
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Sacrée Soirée
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Beckmann
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Men in Black
Kojak
Expend4bles
Wetten, dass..?
Taff
The Tony Danza Show
Alarum
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Creed
Rocky
M*A*S*H
First Blood
The Expendables 2
The Specialist
Marvel Studios Legends
GMTV
The Expendables
Rocky Balboa
The Oscars
Armor
Rambo: Last Blood
The Expendables 3
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Rambo
Made in Hollywood
30 for 30
30 for 30
The Muppet Show
Stern TV
HBO First Look
Demolition Man
Rocky III
Escape Plan
Taxi 3
Driven
Rambo III
From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues
Rocky IV
Creed II
Over the Top
Tango & Cash
Cliffhanger
Rocky II
Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'
Entertainment Tonight
Police Story
Samaritan 2
Assassins
Antz
Samaritan
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Live from E!
Zookeeper
Judge Dredd
Lock Up
Ratchet & Clank
Reach Me
Pet Star
Cobra
Nighthawks
Paradise Alley
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Escape Plan 2: Hades
Mandingo
Downhill Racer
The Epiphany
Scavenger Hunt
Get Carter
Rocky V
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
Oscar
Backtrace
Staying Alive
Shade
Death Race 2000
Escape to Victory
Arnold
Daylight
Liberty's Kids
Bananas
Escape Plan: The Extractors
The Family Stallone
Auf los geht's los
Cop Land
Mr. McMahon
Avenging Angelo
Cannonball
Dolph: Unbreakable
Capone
The Making of The Expendables 3
Bullet to the Head
Two Rooms: A Tribute to Elton John & Bernie Taupin
The Party at Kitty and Stud's
Grudge Match
Jackie Chan: My Story
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Chuck Zito: An American Story
Animal Crackers
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
Sly
No Place to Hide
Kambakkht Ishq
Undisputed
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
A Century of Science Fiction
Jean-Claude van Damme: Karate King
Hogan Knows Best
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
Klute
I Am Durán
Stasera c’è Cattelan su Raidue
What's Up, Doc?
The Lords of Flatbush
Stallone: Frank, That Is
Jackie Chan: Building an Icon
The Early Show
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
The Good Life
The Contender
Night of 100 Stars III
The Real Rocky
F.I.S.T.
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump
Lovers and Other Strangers
Scarpa
Afganistan: Land in Crisis
Your Studio and You
D-Tox
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
Taming The Beast
CyberWorld
The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
The Director's Chair
Jackie Chan: Down to Earth
One Night: Joshua vs. Ruiz
Skill vs. Will: The Making of 'Rocky Balboa'
Farewell, My Lovely
WWE Hall of Fame
Gods of War: Assembling Earth's Mightiest Anti-Heroes
Rhinestone
E! True Hollywood Story
Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
Tribute To Burgess Meredith
The Making of 'Rocky vs. Drago'
Live from Studio Five
A Man Called... Rainbo
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
Milius
Iron and Beyond
Junket Whore
Inside the Actors Studio
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
Rambo: To Hell and Back - Director's Production Diary
Bigger Stronger Faster*
The Original Action Hero
Ecki's World
Rallying Cry
The Square Root
TMZ Presents: The Real Hulk Hogan
Celebrities Uncensored
"STARdate" with Ralf Moeller!
Ali's Dozen
Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide
Hunter
Never Too Old to Die
Drawing First Blood: 20 Years Later
Die Sylvester Stallone Story
From the Ashes: Post-Production and Release of 'The Expendables'
