Sylvester Stallone

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Movies

154

Born: July 6, 1946
From: New York City, New York, USA
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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.

Works

154 films

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

20237.9

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

20177.6

The Suicide Squad

20217.5

Men in Black

19977.2

First Blood

19827.5

Rocky

19767.8

The Expendables

20106.3

Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot

19925.3

Creed II

20187.0

Expend4bles

20236.0

Rambo: First Blood Part II

19856.7

Judge Dredd

19955.9

Demolition Man

19936.8

Rambo III

19886.2

Creed

20157.4

Rambo

20086.7

Rocky IV

19857.1

Rambo: Last Blood

20196.5

The Expendables 2

20126.4

Escape Plan

20136.7

Rocky III

19826.9

Rocky II

19797.3

Rocky Balboa

20066.9

Antz

19986.2

The Expendables 3

20146.2

Over the Top

19876.5

Staying Alive

19835.8

Tango & Cash

19896.5

Rocky V

19905.8

Cobra

19866.2

Cliffhanger

19936.5

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

20035.1

The Specialist

19945.9

Lock Up

19896.8

Escape Plan 2: Hades

20185.2

Cop Land

19976.8

M*A*S*H

19706.9

Daylight

19966.1

Samaritan

20226.6

Get Carter

20005.2

Armor

20245.5

Assassins

19956.5

Escape to Victory

19816.9

Grudge Match

20136.1

Zookeeper

20115.4

Taxi 3

20035.8

Alarum

20255.6

Driven

20015.1

Death Race 2000

19756.2

Escape Plan: The Extractors

20195.5

Celebrity Naked Ambition

20035.0

Mandingo

19756.6

Bullet to the Head

20125.6

Oscar

19916.4

Farewell, My Lovely

19756.6

The Party at Kitty and Stud's

19703.9

D-Tox

20025.6

Shade

20036.2

Ratchet & Clank

20165.8

Backtrace

20185.0

Nighthawks

19816.4

F.I.S.T.

19786.5

Klute

19716.8

What's Up, Doc?

19727.4

Animal Crackers

20186.4

Sly

20237.2

Cannonball

19765.6

Breakdown: 1975

20256.8

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

20127.5

Reach Me

20145.2

Junket Whore

19985.0

Bananas

19716.7

Rhinestone

19844.9

Paradise Alley

19785.9

The Lords of Flatbush

19745.8

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

20236.4

Jackie Chan: My Story

19986.3

Jackie Chan: Building an Icon

20217.7

Avenging Angelo

20025.4

Andy Warhol, Fluorescent

2016

Capone

19755.9

Downhill Racer

19695.9

Undisputed

20248.0

Heart of the Festival

20026.5

Jean-Claude Van Damme: Karate King

20237.5

The Making of The Expendables 3

20146.6

Taming The Beast

2026

John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood

20177.3

Jackie Chan: Down to Earth

2026

Lovers and Other Strangers

19705.1

A Century of Science Fiction

19966.9

The Prisoner of Second Avenue

19756.6

Kambakkht Ishq

20094.3

Chuck Zito: An American Story

20242.0

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn

19983.9

Iron and Beyond

20026.5

The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance

20116.2

Stallone: Frank, That Is

20215.9

Norwood, Where Legends Were Born

2026

CyberWorld

20006.6

Night of 100 Stars III

19904.0

Bigger Stronger Faster*

20086.8

40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic

20207.5

Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'

20027.1

Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'

20108.0

"STARdate" with Ralf Moeller!

2002

The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump

20235.5

The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2

19996.0

Rocky Special: Burning Youth

1990

Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons

20249.3

Make-Up Man: The Michael Westmore Documentary

2026

Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick

1986

One Night: Joshua vs. Ruiz

20198.5

Untitled Amazon MGM action project

2026

Milius

20137.1

The Original Action Hero

2026

Your Studio and You

19956.9

TMZ Presents: The Real Hulk Hogan

20255.5

Dolph: Unbreakable

2025

The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years

19866.2

John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs

20176.7

Afganistan: Land in Crisis

20029.0

Ali's Dozen

20067.0

Samaritan 2

2026

I Am Durán

20196.9

Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon

20137.1

Hunter

2026

The Making of 'Rocky vs. Drago'

20215.7

Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity

19995.9

The Square Root

1969

Tribute To Burgess Meredith

20066.0

From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues

20157.0

No Place to Hide

19744.1

Scarpa

2026

We Get to Win This Time

2002

Guts and Glory

2002

Never Too Old to Die

2026

Stallone on the Edge: The Making of Cliffhanger

1993

The Real Rocky

20116.1

Skill vs. Will: The Making of 'Rocky Balboa'

20072.0

The Making of 'First Blood'

19826.0

Gods of War: Assembling Earth's Mightiest Anti-Heroes

20127.3

Two Rooms: A Tribute to Elton John & Bernie Taupin

19916.5

Ecki's World

2007

A Man Called... Rainbo

19904.4

The Epiphany

2026

The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker

19705.5

Rambo: To Hell and Back - Director's Production Diary

20106.2

Taboo: The Beginning of Erotic Cinema

20045.0

Drawing First Blood: 20 Years Later

20026.4

From the Ashes: Post-Production and Release of 'The Expendables'

20106.0

Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide

1991

Die Sylvester Stallone Story

2020

Scavenger Hunt

2026