Sylvester Stallone
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
198
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 Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Mike Douglas Show
The Graham Norton Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The View
CBS News Sunday Morning
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Sherri
This Is Us
Wetten, dass..?
Taff
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Las Vegas
Champs-Elysées
Sacrée Soirée
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Suicide Squad
Beckmann
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
GMTV
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
The Tony Danza Show
Alarum
Marvel Studios Legends
Kojak
Expend4bles
Stern TV
The Oscars
HBO First Look
Made in Hollywood
30 for 30
30 for 30
Rocky
Men in Black
The Expendables
Entertainment Tonight
The Expendables 3
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Creed
Police Story
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Escape Plan
The Expendables 2
First Blood
The Muppet Show
Creed II
Rocky Balboa
Rocky IV
Antz
Rambo
Rambo III
Demolition Man
Rambo: Last Blood
Armor
Escape to Victory
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
Liberty's Kids
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Pet Star
Driven
Over the Top
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Samaritan
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Escape Plan: The Extractors
Rocky III
Rocky II
E! Live from the Red Carpet
Auf los geht's los
Death Race 2000
Get Carter
Taxi 3
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2
Ratchet & Clank
Tango & Cash
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
Oscar
Lock Up
Escape Plan 2: Hades
The Specialist
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Cobra
Rocky V
Hogan Knows Best
Cliffhanger
The Family Stallone
Jackie Chan: My Story
Kambakkht Ishq
No Place to Hide
Judge Dredd
Afganistan: Land in Crisis
Assassins
Animal Crackers
Dolph: Unbreakable
Shade
Jean-Claude van Damme: Karate King
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Mr. McMahon
Arnold
Sly
The Party at Kitty and Stud's
Zookeeper
Paradise Alley
Farewell, My Lovely
Backtrace
Daylight
Reach Me
Skill vs. Will: The Making of 'Rocky Balboa'
Stasera c’è Cattelan su Raidue
Bullet to the Head
The Early Show
M*A*S*H
Mandingo
The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump
Staying Alive
Bananas
I Am Durán
The Epiphany
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
Cannonball
Cop Land
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
Lovers and Other Strangers
Capone
Avenging Angelo
Grudge Match
D-Tox
Two Rooms: A Tribute to Elton John & Bernie Taupin
The Contender
Night of 100 Stars III
The Making of The Expendables 3
Rhinestone
Ali's Dozen
Nighthawks
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
Scavenger Hunt
Samaritan 2
F.I.S.T.
The Director's Chair
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
Klute
The Lords of Flatbush
Tribute To Burgess Meredith
Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'
What's Up, Doc?
Chuck Zito: An American Story
From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues
E! True Hollywood Story
The Real Rocky
A Century of Science Fiction
Undisputed
The Good Life
Taming The Beast
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
Downhill Racer
Jackie Chan: Down to Earth
Inside the Actors Studio
The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker
Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide
Stallone: Frank, That Is
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
Junket Whore
Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons
One Night: Joshua vs. Ruiz
CyberWorld
Iron and Beyond
Your Studio and You
Live from Studio Five
Rambo: To Hell and Back - Director's Production Diary
The Original Action Hero
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
"STARdate" with Ralf Moeller!
Scarpa
Bigger Stronger Faster*
Rallying Cry
The Making of 'Rocky vs. Drago'
Never Too Old to Die
Gods of War: Assembling Earth's Mightiest Anti-Heroes
Milius
Celebrities Uncensored
TMZ Presents: The Real Hulk Hogan
The Square Root
Die Sylvester Stallone Story
Untitled "Rocky" prequel
Ecki's World
Hunter
A Man Called... Rainbo
From the Ashes: Post-Production and Release of 'The Expendables'
