Biography
Sylvester Stallone (born Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone, July 6, 1946) is an American actor and filmmaker. After his beginnings as a struggling actor for a number of years upon arriving to New York City in 1969 and later Hollywood in 1974, he won his first critical acclaim as an actor for his co-starring role as Stanley Rosiello in The Lords of Flatbush.
He subsequently found gradual work as an extra or side character in films with a sizable budget until he achieved his greatest critical and commercial success as an actor and screenwriter, starting in 1976 with his role as boxer Rocky Balboa, in the first film of the successful Rocky series (1976–present), for which he also wrote the screenplays. In the films, Rocky is portrayed as an underdog boxer who fights numerous brutal opponents, and wins the world heavyweight championship twice.
In 1977, he was the third actor in cinema to be nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Actor. His film Rocky was inducted into the National Film Registry, and had its props placed in the Smithsonian Museum. His use of the front entrance to the Philadelphia Museum of Art in the Rocky series led the area to be nicknamed the Rocky Steps. Philadelphia has a statue of his Rocky placed permanently near the museum, and he was voted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
Up until 1982, his films were not big box office successes unless they were Rocky sequels, and none received the critical acclaim achieved with the first Rocky. This changed with the successful action film First Blood in which he portrayed the PTSD-plagued soldier John Rambo. Originally an adaptation of the eponymous novel by David Morell, First Blood’s script was significantly altered by Stallone during the film’s production. He would play the role in a total of five Rambo films (1982–2019). From the mid-1980s through to the late 1990s, he would go on to become one of Hollywood's highest-paid actors of that era by appearing in a slew of commercially successful action films which were however generally panned by critics. These include Cobra, Tango and Cash, Cliffhanger, the better received Demolition Man, and The Specialist.
He declined in popularity in the early 2000s but rebounded back to prominence in 2006 with a sixth installment in the Rocky series and 2008 with a fourth in the Rambo series. In the 2010s, he launched The Expendables films series (2010–2014), in which he played the lead as the mercenary Barney Ross. In 2013, he starred in the successful Escape Plan, and acted in its sequels. In 2015, he returned to the Rocky series with Creed, that serve as spin-off films focusing on Adonis "Donnie" Creed played by Michael B. Jordan, the son of the ill-fated boxer Apollo Creed, to whom the long-retired Rocky is a mentor. Reprising the role brought him praise, and his first Golden Globe award for the first Creed, as well as a third Oscar nomination, having been first nominated for the same role 40 years prior.
Filmography
all 218
Movies 162
self 96
TV Shows 56
Producer 16
Writer 5
Screenplay 4
Voice 3
Director 3
Narrator 1
The Epiphany (2025)
Levon's Trade (2025)
Alarum (2024)
Sly (2023)
Expend4bles (2023)
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
Arnold (2023)
The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump (2023)
The Family Stallone (2023)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
Iconic America (2023)
Jean-Claude van Damme: Karate King (2023)
Creed III (2023)
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées (2022)
Tulsa King (2022)
Stasera c’è Cattelan su Raidue (2022)
MVP (2022)
Sherri (2022)
Samaritan (2022)
The Making of 'Rocky vs. Drago' (2021)
Jackie Chan: Building an Icon (2021)
The Suicide Squad (2021)
Stallone: Frank, That Is (2021)
Marvel Studios Legends (2021)
Die Story (2020)
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic (2020)
One Night: Joshua vs. Ruiz (2019)
Rallying Cry (2019)
Rambo: Last Blood (2019)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
Escape Plan: The Extractors (2019)
I Am Durán (2019)
The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil (2019)
Stallone, profession héros (2019)
Backtrace (2018)
Creed II (2018)
Escape Plan 2: Hades (2018)
Death Wish (2018)
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs (2017)
Animal Crackers (2017)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood (2017)
Ultimate Beastmaster (2017)
This Is Us (2016)
Ratchet & Clank (2016)
SS VS AS (2016)
Creed (2015)
From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues (2015)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
The Making of The Expendables 3 (2014)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)
The Expendables 3 (2014)
The Director's Chair (2014)
Reach Me (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Grudge Match (2013)
Homefront (2013)
Escape Plan (2013)
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon (2013)
Milius (2013)
Big Guns, Bigger Heroes: The 1980's and the Rise of the Action Film (2012)
Bullet to the Head (2012)
Gods of War: Assembling Earth's Mightiest Anti-Heroes (2012)
The Expendables 2 (2012)
Plaga zombie: zona mutante: revolución tóxica (2012)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
CBS Mornings (2012)
The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance (2011)
The Real Rocky (2011)
Zookeeper (2011)
From the Ashes: Post-Production and Release of 'The Expendables' (2010)
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables' (2010)
The Expendables (2010)
Rambo: To Hell and Back - Director's Production Diary (2010)
30 for 30 (2009)
Live from Studio Five (2009)
Kambakkht Ishq (2009)
Amerika Idol (2009)
Bigger Stronger Faster* (2008)
Rocky Jumped a Park Bench (2008)
Rambo (2008)
Ecki's World (2007)
Спектакль АСТЕРОИД (2007)
Skill vs. Will: The Making of 'Rocky Balboa' (2007)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
Rocky Balboa (2006)
Ali's Dozen (2006)
The Opponents (2006)
In the Ring (2006)
Tribute To Burgess Meredith (2006)
Made in Hollywood (2005)
Hogan Knows Best (2005)
The Contender (2005)
Bio. (2005)
Retrosexual: The '80s (2004)
Taboo: The Beginning of Erotic Cinema (2004)
The Tony Danza Show (2004)
Las Vegas (2003)
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
Celebrities Uncensored (2003)
Shade (2003)
Taxi 3 (2003)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
Iron and Beyond (2002)
Liberty's Kids (2002)
Avenging Angelo (2002)
Pet Star (2002)
Drawing Blood (2002)
An American Hero's Journey: The Rambo Trilogy (2002)
E! Live from the Red Carpet (2002)
D-Tox (2002)
Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron' (2002)
Driven (2001)
Get Carter (2000)
CyberWorld (2000)
The Early Show (1999)
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2 (1999)
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (1999)
Beckmann (1999)
Antz (1998)
Jackie Chan: My Story (1998)
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn (1998)
Die Johannes B. Kerner Show (1998)
Cop Land (1997)
The View (1997)
Men in Black (1997)
Taff (1997)
Daylight (1996)
E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
A Century of Science Fiction (1996)
Assassins (1995)
Judge Dredd (1995)
Stallone's Law: The Making of 'Judge Dredd' (1995)
Your Studio and You (1995)
The Specialist (1994)
Inside the Actors Studio (1994)
Demolition Man (1993)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
Cliffhanger (1993)
GMTV (1993)
HBO First Look (1992)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992)
Two Rooms: A Tribute to Elton John & Bernie Taupin (1991)
Oscar (1991)
Rocky V (1990)
Night of 100 Stars III (1990)
A Man Called... Rainbo (1990)
Stern TV (1990)
Tango & Cash (1989)
Lock Up (1989)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
Rambo III (1988)
Over the Top (1987)
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick (1986)
Cobra (1986)
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986)
Rocky IV (1985)
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story (1985)
Terror in the Aisles (1984)
Rhinestone (1984)
Staying Alive (1983)
First Blood (1982)
Rocky III (1982)
Champs-Elysées (1982)
Entertainment Tonight (1981)
Escape to Victory (1981)
Nighthawks (1981)
Wetten, dass..? (1981)
Rocky II (1979)
Paradise Alley (1978)
F.I.S.T. (1978)
Auf los geht's los (1977)
Rocky (1976)
The Muppet Show (1976)
Cannonball (1976)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
Mandingo (1975)
Death Race 2000 (1975)
Capone (1975)
The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975)
No Place to Hide (1974)
The Lords of Flatbush (1974)
Kojak (1973)
Police Story (1973)
What's Up, Doc? (1972)
Klute (1971)
Bananas (1971)
The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker (1970)
Lovers and Other Strangers (1970)
M*A*S*H (1970)
The Party at Kitty and Stud's (1970)
Downhill Racer (1969)
The Square Root (1969)
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
The Oscars (1953)
Dolph
Untitled Jack Johnson Project
The Original Action Hero
Cliffhanger 2
Samaritan 2
Scavenger Hunt
Cobra
Never Too Old to Die
Armored
Taming The Beast – The Emptiness Within
Creed IV
The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil
Giant
Untitled "Rambo" prequel
Untitled "Rocky" prequel
Scarpa
Punk
Street Justice
Hunter
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1946-07-06 (77 years old)
Birth NameSylvester Gardenzio Stallone
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
ReligionCatholic Church
Height1.77-meter
RelationshipsSasha Czack (1974-01-01 - 1985-01-01), Brigitte Nielsen (1985-12-15 - 1987-07-13)
SpouseJennifer Flavin
ChildrenSistine Stallone, Sophia Rose Stallone, Scarlet Rose Stallone, Seargeoh Stallone, Sage Stallone
FatherFrank Stallone
MotherJackie Stallone
SiblingsFrank Stallone
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesBeverly Hills, United States of America
Also Known AsSly Stallone, 西尔维斯特·史泰龙, 席維斯·史特龍, シルヴェスター・スタローン, 실베스터 스탤론, ซิลเวสเตอร์ สตอลโลน, Сильвестр Сталлоне, Σιλβέστερ Σταλόνε, Сільвестер Сталлоне, سيلفستر ستالون, Силвестър Сталоун, Italian Stallion, Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone, Sylvester Enzio Stallone, Μάικλ Σιλβέστερ Γκαρντέτσιο Σταλόνε, סילבסטר סטאלון
AwardsGolden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor, César Award, Saturn Award, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Officer of Arts and Letters, Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay, Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director, Golden Globe Award
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