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.
Movies (136)
Taming The Beast
2026
Breakdown: 1975
2025
Dolph: Unbreakable
2025
TMZ Presents: The Real Hulk Hogan
2025
Alarum
2025
Undisputed
2024
Armor
2024
Chuck Zito: An American Story
2024
Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons
2024
Sly
2023
Expend4bles
2023
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2023
The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump
2023
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2023
Jean-Claude Van Damme: Karate King
2023
Samaritan
2022
The Making of 'Rocky vs. Drago'
2021
Jackie Chan: Building an Icon
2021
The Suicide Squad
2021
Stallone: Frank, That Is
2021
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
2020
One Night: Joshua vs. Ruiz
2019
Rambo: Last Blood
2019
Escape Plan: The Extractors
2019
I Am Durán
2019
Backtrace
2018
Creed II
2018
Animal Crackers
2018
Escape Plan 2: Hades
2018
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
2017
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
2017
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
2017
Ratchet & Clank
2016
Creed
2015
From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues
2015
The Making of The Expendables 3
2014
The Expendables 3
2014
Reach Me
2014
Grudge Match
2013
Escape Plan
2013
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
2013
Milius
2013
Bullet to the Head
2012
Gods of War: Assembling Earth's Mightiest Anti-Heroes
2012
The Expendables 2
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
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
Kambakkht Ishq
2009
Bigger Stronger Faster*
2008
Rambo
2008
Ecki's World
2007
Rocky Balboa
2006
Ali's Dozen
2006
Taboo: The Beginning of Erotic Cinema
2004
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
2003
Celebrity Naked Ambition
2003
Shade
2003
Taxi 3
2003
Iron and Beyond
2002
Avenging Angelo
2002
"STARdate" with Ralf Moeller!
2002
Afganistan: Land in Crisis
2002
Drawing First Blood: 20 Years Later
2002
Heart of the Festival
2002
D-Tox
2002
Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'
2002
Driven
2001
Get Carter
2000
CyberWorld
2000
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2
1999
Junket Whore
1998
Antz
1998
Jackie Chan: My Story
1998
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
1998
Cop Land
1997
Men in Black
1997
Daylight
1996
A Century of Science Fiction
1996
Assassins
1995
Judge Dredd
1995
Your Studio and You
1995
The Specialist
1994
Demolition Man
1993
Cliffhanger
1993
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
1992
Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide
1991
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
Rocky Special: Burning Youth
1990
Tango & Cash
1989
Lock Up
1989
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
Rhinestone
1984
Staying Alive
1983
First Blood
1982
Rocky III
1982
Escape to Victory
1981
Nighthawks
1981
Rocky II
1979
Paradise Alley
1978
F.I.S.T.
1978
Rocky
1976
Cannonball
1976
Farewell, My Lovely
1975
Mandingo
1975
Death Race 2000
1975
Capone
1975
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
1975
No Place to Hide
1974
The Lords of Flatbush
1974
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 Epiphany
Stallone on the Edge: The Making of Cliffhanger
TV Shows (60)
Hulk Hogan: Real American
2026
Mr. McMahon
2024
Arnold
2023
The Family Stallone
2023
Iconic America
2023
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022
Tulsa King
2022
Stasera c’è Cattelan su Raidue
2022
Sherri
2022
Marvel Studios Legends
2021
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
This Is Us
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Director's Chair
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
30 for 30
2009
30 for 30
2009
Live from Studio Five
2009
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Made in Hollywood
2005
Hogan Knows Best
2005
WWE Hall of Fame
2005
The Contender
2005
Las Vegas
2003
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Liberty's Kids
2002
Pet Star
2002
Live from E!
2002
The Early Show
1999
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
Beckmann
1999
The View
1997
Taff
1997
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
GMTV
1993
HBO First Look
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Stern TV
1990
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Sacrée Soirée
1987
Champs-Elysées
1982
Entertainment Tonight
1981
Wetten, dass..?
1981
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979
Auf los geht's los
1977
The Muppet Show
1976
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
Kojak
1973
Police Story
1973
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Oscars
1953