Sylvester Stallone
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
208
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
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Tulsa King
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
The Graham Norton Show
The View
This Is Us
The Mike Douglas Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Las Vegas
Sherri
The Suicide Squad
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Wetten, dass..?
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Champs-Elysées
The Tony Danza Show
The Merv Griffin Show
CBS News Sunday Morning
Sacrée Soirée
The Oscars
Rocky
Get Carter
Men in Black
Avenging Angelo
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Marvel Studios Legends
HBO First Look
GMTV
Ratchet & Clank
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
Creed
Tango & Cash
Kojak
The Muppet Show
Armor
First Blood
The Expendables
Expend4bles
Escape Plan
Shade
Taff
Rambo
The Expendables 2
Beckmann
Rambo: Last Blood
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Cannonball
The Expendables 3
Police Story
Made in Hollywood
Rocky IV
Capone
Creed II
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Live from E!
Bananas
Taxi 3
Alarum
Rocky III
Demolition Man
Mandingo
Stern TV
Rambo III
Samaritan 2
Breakdown: 1975
Rocky II
Rocky Balboa
Antz
Cliffhanger
Cobra
Judge Dredd
Nighthawks
Taming The Beast
Entertainment Tonight
Mr. McMahon
Liberty's Kids
Pet Star
Rocky V
30 for 30
30 for 30
Escape Plan 2: Hades
Arnold
Assassins
Over the Top
Your Studio and You
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
The Specialist
Samaritan
Stasera c’è Cattelan su Raidue
Auf los geht's los
Undisputed
Cop Land
M*A*S*H
Lock Up
Daylight
Drawing First Blood: 20 Years Later
Escape Plan: The Extractors
Bullet to the Head
Ali's Dozen
The Family Stallone
Escape to Victory
Zookeeper
F.I.S.T.
Driven
The Early Show
The Real Rocky
Grudge Match
Jackie Chan: My Story
The Party at Kitty and Stud's
Oscar
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
Hogan Knows Best
Sly
D-Tox
CyberWorld
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Staying Alive
The Contender
Backtrace
Klute
Downhill Racer
Reach Me
Farewell, My Lovely
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Animal Crackers
Death Race 2000
WWE Hall of Fame
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Jackie Chan: Building an Icon
What's Up, Doc?
Paradise Alley
The Director's Chair
Rhinestone
Rallying Cry
E! True Hollywood Story
Live from Studio Five
Scarpa
Jean-Claude van Damme: Karate King
Kambakkht Ishq
Dolph: Unbreakable
Bigger Stronger Faster*
Hunter
Inside the Actors Studio
Junket Whore
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
Night of 100 Stars III
Jackie Chan: Down to Earth
The Lords of Flatbush
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Milius
A Century of Science Fiction
Celebrity Naked Ambition
One Night: Joshua vs. Ruiz
Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
The Making of The Expendables 3
The Original Action Hero
Stallone: Frank, That Is
From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
I Am Durán
The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump
Lovers and Other Strangers
Rocky Special: Burning Youth
Ecki's World
The Square Root
Iron and Beyond
Iconic America
Gods of War: Assembling Earth's Mightiest Anti-Heroes
Chuck Zito: An American Story
From the Ashes: Post-Production and Release of 'The Expendables'
Scavenger Hunt
No Place to Hide
Celebrities Uncensored
Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons
Untitled Amazon MGM action project
The Epiphany
Never Too Old to Die
Skill vs. Will: The Making of 'Rocky Balboa'
The Making of 'Rocky vs. Drago'
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
Heart of the Festival
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2
Two Rooms: A Tribute to Elton John & Bernie Taupin
Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'
TMZ Presents: The Real Hulk Hogan
Die Sylvester Stallone Story
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
Afganistan: Land in Crisis
"STARdate" with Ralf Moeller!
A Man Called... Rainbo
Tribute To Burgess Meredith
Rambo: To Hell and Back - Director's Production Diary
The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
Taboo: The Beginning of Erotic Cinema
The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker
Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity
