Sylvester Stallone
Acting
🎂 1946-07-06
Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone 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.
Cast credits(202)
Dwight 'The General' Manfredi
2022
Self
2014
Self
2007
Self
1962
Self
2019
Self - Host
1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Self
1961
Self
2015
Self - Guest
2022
Frank the Repairman
2003
Stakar Ogord
2017
Sylvester Stallone
2016
Stakar Ogord
2023
King Shark (voice)
2021
Self
1997
Self
1979
Self
1982
Self
1981
Self - Guest
1988
Self
1975
Chester
2025
Rocky Balboa
2018
Det. Rick Daly
1973
1992
Self
2003
Self (uncredited)
2003
Self
1998
Barney Ross
2023
Self - Guest
2004
Self
1999
Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited)
1997
Rocky Balboa
2015
Barney Ross
2014
Barney Ross
2010
Self - Guest
1993
self
1997
Self
2009
Self (archive footage)
2009
Robert 'Rocky' Balboa
1976
John Rambo
2008
Self
1953
John Rambo
2019
Barney Ross
2012
John Rambo
1982
John J. Rambo
1985
Self
1987
Ray Breslin
2013
Stakar Ogord (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
Sylvester Stallone - Special Guest Star
1976
Ray Breslin
2018
Robert "Rocky" Balboa
1985
Robert 'Rocky' Balboa
1982
Self
2005
John Spartan
1993
1992
John Rambo
1988
Robert 'Rocky' Balboa
2006
Weaver (voice)
1998
Lieutenant Marion 'Cobra' Cobretti
1986
Lincoln Hawk
1987
1973
Self (archive footage)
2008
Self
2025
Rook
2024
Self - After Party Guest
2002
Robert 'Rocky' Balboa
1990
Toymaker
2003
Robert 'Rocky' Balboa
1979
Self - Guest
1999
Paul Revere (voice)
2002
Rocky Balboa (archive footage)
2024
L'espion (caméo non crédité)
2003
2005
Gabe Walker
1993
Self
1993
Joe Smith
2022
Sheriff Freddy Heflin
1997
Joe Tanto
2001
Self - Judge
2002
Raymond 'Ray' Tango
1989
Robert Rath
1995
Joe the Lion (voice)
2011
Self (archive footage)
2022
Judge Joseph Dredd
1995
Kit Latura
1996
Self
1977
Ray Breslin
2019
Frank Leone
1989
Ray Quick
1994
Self
1981
Jake Malloy
2002
Stud
1970
Self
1990
Captain Robert Hatch
1981
Jack Carter
2000
Soldier (uncredited)
1970
Angelo "Snaps" Provolone
1991
Man on Street (uncredited)
1983
Self (archive footage)
2014
Machine Gun Joe Viterbo
1975
Lynching Witness (uncredited)
1975
Self
2006
Bullet-Man (voice)
2017
Sgt. Joseph Andrew 'Joe' Bomowski
1992
Club Patron (uncredited)
1971
Self - Jackie's Pal
1998
James Bonomo
2012
Victor Von Ion (voice)
2016
Self
2023
Henry 'Razor' Sharp
2013
Self
2023
Gerald
2014
Sykes
2018
Dean 'The Dean' Stevens
2003
Self
2023
Self
2022
Self (archive footage)
2023
Youth in Park
1975
Jonnie
1975
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
1972
Self
2024
Frankie Delano
2002
Frank Nitti
1975
Cosmo Carboni
1978
Boss
Sylvester Stallone
2009
Self
2010
(archive footage)
2012
Self
1990
Self - 'Stakar Ogord'
2023
Sylvester Stallone
1998
Deke DaSilva
1981
Self
2011
Self
2013
John D. 'Johnny' Kovak
1978
Stanley Rosiello
1974
Self
2024
Subway Thug #1 (uncredited)
1971
Self
1996
Self - Boxing Mentor
2005
Self
Nick
1984
Groomsman
1970
Self
2014
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
Self
2014
Self
2015
Lincoln Hawk (archive footage) (uncredited)
2014
1984
Self / Rocky Balboa (archive footage)
2021
Self
2019
Self
2006
Self
Self
2013
Mafioso
1976
Self
2019
Jasper Reese
2019
Self
2002
Self
2024
1991
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2017
Self
2021
Party Guest
1970
Joe Smith
Weaver (voice)
2000
Nathaniel Hunter
Jerry Savage
1974
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
1969
1969
Self
1994
Self
1996
Self
1999
Self
Self
1998
Sylvester Stallone
1995
Narrator
Self
2002
Narrator/Self (archive footage)
2020
Self - Guest
1991
Self - Special Guest Star
1999
Self
2007
Self (archive footage)
2019
Self
1986
Gregory Scarpa
Self (archive footage)
1986
Self
2002
Self
2009
Self - Actor & Director
2002
Jim Ramroc / Jim Rainbo (archive footage) (uncredited)
1990
Self (archive footage) / Rocky Balboa
2006
Self
2007
Self
2017
Self
2011
Self
2003
Self
2010
Self
2012
Self
2010
Production (31)
Producer
2025
Executive Producer
2022
Producer
2019
Producer
2018
Producer
2013
Producer
2015
Producer
2023
Producer
2022
Executive Producer
1985
Producer
2001
Producer
1983
Producer
2024
Executive Producer
2025
Executive Producer
2023
Producer
2010
Producer
2017
Producer
2005
Executive Producer
2025
Producer
2021
Executive Producer
2019
Producer
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Producer
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
2022
Producer
Producer
Producer
Producer
Producer
Writing (38)
Screenplay
2025
Writer
2022
Characters
2018
Screenplay
2018
Screenplay
2013
Characters
2015
Characters
2023
Story
2014
Screenplay
2014
Screenplay
2010
Screenplay
1976
Screenplay
2008
Screenplay
2019
Screenstory
2019
Screenplay
2012
Screenplay
1982
Screenplay
1985
Writer
1985
Writer
1982
Screenplay
1988
Writer
2006
Characters
2006
Screenplay
1986
Screenplay
1987
Writer
1990
Characters
1990
Screenplay
1979
Screenplay
1993
Screenplay
2001
Screenplay
1983
Characters
Writer
1978
Writer
1973
Screenplay
1978
Screenplay
1984
Writer
Characters
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