Sylvester Stallone
Acting
Born: July 6, 1946 (age 80) · New York City, New York, USA
Highest Rated
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
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
2017
Men in Black
1997
The Suicide Squad
2021
Rocky
1976
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2023
The Expendables
2010
Creed
2015
The Expendables 2
2012
First Blood
1982
Creed II
2018
Escape Plan
2013
The Expendables 3
2014
Photos (24)
Movies (87)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Stakar Ogord
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Stakar Ogord
The Suicide Squad
King Shark (voice)
First Blood
John Rambo
Men in Black
Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited)
Rocky
Robert 'Rocky' Balboa
The Expendables
Barney Ross
Rambo: First Blood Part II
John J. Rambo
Expend4bles
Barney Ross
Rambo
John Rambo
The Expendables 2
Barney Ross
The Expendables 3
Barney Ross
Creed
Rocky Balboa
Rocky II
Robert 'Rocky' Balboa
Escape Plan
Ray Breslin
Creed II
Rocky Balboa
Rambo III
John Rambo
Rocky IV
Robert "Rocky" Balboa
Demolition Man
John Spartan
Rambo: Last Blood
John Rambo
Antz
Weaver (voice)
Rocky Balboa
Robert 'Rocky' Balboa
Rocky III
Robert 'Rocky' Balboa
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Toymaker
Rocky V
Robert 'Rocky' Balboa
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
Joe Bomowski
Cliffhanger
Gabe Walker
Cobra
Marion 'Cobra' Cobretti
Cop Land
Sheriff Freddy Heflin
The Specialist
Ray Quick
Tango & Cash
Raymond 'Ray' Tango
Over the Top
Lincoln Hawk
Escape Plan 2: Hades
Ray Breslin
Rhinestone
Nick
Judge Dredd
Judge Joseph Dredd
Samaritan
Joe Smith
Assassins
Robert Rath
M*A*S*H
Soldier (uncredited)
Daylight
Kit Latura
Armor
Rook
Lock Up
Frank Leone
Ratchet & Clank
Victor Von Ion (voice)
The Party at Kitty and Stud's
Stud
Alarum
Chester
Grudge Match
Henry 'Razor' Sharp
Oscar
Angelo "Snaps" Provolone
Escape Plan: The Extractors
Ray Breslin
Zookeeper
Joe the Lion (voice)
Bullet to the Head
James Bonomo
Escape to Victory
Captain Robert Hatch
Taxi 3
L'espion (caméo non crédité)
Shade
Dean 'The Dean' Stevens
Nighthawks
Deke DaSilva
Klute
Club Patron (uncredited)
Mandingo
Lynching Witness (uncredited)
Driven
Joe Tanto
Backtrace
Sykes
Farewell, My Lovely
Jonnie
Get Carter
Jack Carter
Staying Alive
Man on Street (uncredited)
Death Race 2000
Machine Gun Joe Viterbo
D-Tox
Jake Malloy
Animal Crackers
Bullet-Man (voice)
What's Up, Doc?
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
F.I.S.T.
John D. 'Johnny' Kovak
Paradise Alley
Cosmo Carboni
Capone
Frank Nitti
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
Avenging Angelo
Frankie Delano
Bananas
Subway Thug #1 (uncredited)
Downhill Racer
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
Sylvester Stallone
Kambakkht Ishq
Sylvester Stallone
The Lords of Flatbush
Stanley Rosiello
Reach Me
Gerald
CyberWorld
Weaver (voice)
Lovers and Other Strangers
Groomsman (uncredited)
Cannonball
Mafioso
Your Studio and You
Sylvester Stallone
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Youth in Park
Andy Warhol, Fluorescent
2016
No Place to Hide
Jerry Savage
The Square Root
1969
Rocky Special: Burning Youth
Rocky Balboa (archive footage)
Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide
1991
The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker
Party Guest
A Man Called... Rainbo
Jim Ramroc / Jim Rainbo (archive footage) (uncredited)
TV Shows (14)
Tulsa King
Dwight 'The General' Manfredi · 39 eps
Las Vegas
Frank the Repairman · 2 eps
This Is Us
Sylvester Stallone · 1 eps
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
4 eps
Marvel Studios Legends
Stakar Ogord (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Muppet Show
Sylvester Stallone - Special Guest Star · 1 eps
Kojak
Det. Rick Daly · 1 eps
Police Story
1 eps
The Word
1 eps
HBO First Look
1 eps
Liberty's Kids
Paul Revere (voice) · 40 eps
Mr. McMahon
Rocky Balboa (archive footage) · 1 eps
Hogan Knows Best
1 eps
E! True Hollywood Story
1 eps
Self / Appearances (101)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest · 4 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · 1 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · 3 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 2 eps
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 1 eps
Ciné regards
Self · 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest · 3 eps
The View
Self · 3 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · 1 eps
CBS News Sunday Morning
Self · 1 eps
Sherri
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · 3 eps
Sacrée soirée
Self · 1 eps
GMTV
Self · 1 eps
Taff
self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 3 eps
Wetten, dass..?
Self · 2 eps
Beckmann
Self · 1 eps
Champs-Elysées
Self · 1 eps
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · 1 eps
Stern TV
Self · 1 eps
30 for 30
Self · 1 eps
30 for 30
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Made in Hollywood
Self · 1 eps
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Entertainment Tonight
Self · 2 eps
Live from E!
Self - After Party Guest · 1 eps
Stasera c’è Cattelan su Raidue
Self · 1 eps
Iconic America
Self · 1 eps
Pet Star
Self - Judge · 1 eps
The Family Stallone
Self · 18 eps
Auf los geht's los
Self · 1 eps
Arnold
Self · 3 eps
WWE Hall of Fame
Self · 1 eps
Sly
Self
The Early Show
Self · 1 eps
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Self - 'Stakar Ogord'
Celebrity Naked Ambition
Self (archive footage)
Heart of the Festival
Self (archive footage)
The Director's Chair
Self · 1 eps
Breakdown: 1975
Self/Rocky/Machine Gun Joe Viterbo (archive footage)
Breakdown: 1975
Self (archive footage)
Jackie Chan: My Story
Self - Jackie's Pal
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Junket Whore
Self
The Contender
Self - Boxing Mentor · 67 eps
Jean-Claude Van Damme: Karate King
Self (archive footage)
The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
I Am Durán
Self
Bigger Stronger Faster*
Self (archive footage)
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
Self (archive footage)
Undisputed
Self
Jackie Chan: Building an Icon
Self (archive footage)
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Taming the Beast
Self
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
Narrator/Self (archive footage)
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
Self
Iron and Beyond
Self - Actor & Director
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 eps
Stallone: Frank, That Is
Self
Rambo: To Hell and Back - Director's Production Diary
Self
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
Self
Milius
Self
Norwood, Where Legends Were Born
Archive / Himself
Untold: The Liver King
Self (archive footage)
The Making of The Expendables 3
Self
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'
Self
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2
Self - Special Guest Star
We Get to Win This Time
Self
Two Rooms: A Tribute to Elton John & Bernie Taupin
Self - Guest
Dolph: Unbreakable
Self
A Century of Science Fiction
Self
From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues
Self
"STARdate" with Ralf Moeller!
Self
The Making of 'Rocky vs. Drago'
Self
Chuck Zito: An American Story
Self
Ali's Dozen
Self
The Real Rocky
Self
One Night: Joshua vs. Ruiz
Self
TMZ Presents: The Real Hulk Hogan
Self
Stallone on the Edge: The Making of Cliffhanger
Self
Guts and Glory
Self
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
Self
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
Self
Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons
Self
Ecki's World
Self
The Making of 'First Blood'
Self
Live from Studio Five
Self · 1 eps
The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
Self
Afganistan: Land in Crisis
Self
Drawing First Blood: 20 Years Later
Self
Gods of War: Assembling Earth's Mightiest Anti-Heroes
Self
From the Ashes: Post-Production and Release of 'The Expendables'
Self
Celebrities Uncensored
Self · 1 eps
Upcoming (5)
Directing (10)
The Expendables
Director
Rambo
Director
Rocky II
Director
Rocky IV
Director
Rocky Balboa
Director
Rocky III
Director
Cobra
Co-Director
Staying Alive
Director
Paradise Alley
Director
Rocky Special: Burning Youth
Director
Writing (35)
Tulsa King
Writer
A Working Man
Screenplay
First Blood
Screenplay
Rocky
Writer
The Expendables
Screenplay
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Screenplay
Rambo
Screenplay
The Expendables 2
Screenplay
The Expendables 3
Story
The Expendables 3
Screenplay
Creed
Characters
Rocky II
Screenplay
Creed II
Characters
Creed II
Screenplay
Rambo III
Screenplay
Homefront
Screenplay
Rocky IV
Writer
Rambo: Last Blood
Screenplay
Rambo: Last Blood
Screenstory
Rocky Balboa
Writer
Rocky Balboa
Characters
Creed III
Characters
Rocky III
Writer
Rocky V
Writer
Rocky V
Characters
Cliffhanger
Screenplay
Cobra
Screenplay
Over the Top
Screenplay
Rhinestone
Screenplay
Driven
Screenplay
Staying Alive
Screenplay
The Evil Touch
Writer
F.I.S.T.
Screenplay
Paradise Alley
Writer
Rocky Special: Burning Youth
Writer
Producing (21)
Tulsa King
Executive Producer
A Working Man
Producer
The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil
Producer
Creed
Producer
Creed II
Producer
Homefront
Producer
Creed III
Producer
Samaritan
Producer
Driven
Producer
Staying Alive
Producer
Sly
Executive Producer
Extracted
Executive Producer
Ultimate Beastmaster
Producer
Lost on a Mountain in Maine
Producer
Giant
Executive Producer
The Contender
Producer
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
Producer
MVP
Executive Producer
Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story
Executive Producer
The Making of 'Rocky vs. Drago'
Producer
One Night: Joshua vs. Ruiz
Executive Producer
