Sylvester Stallone
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
Tulsa King
Dwight 'The General' Manfredi
This Is Us
Sylvester Stallone
Las Vegas
Frank the Repairman
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Stakar Ogord
The Suicide Squad
King Shark (voice)
Police Story
Creed
Rocky Balboa
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Stakar Ogord
Rocky Balboa
Robert 'Rocky' Balboa
Rocky
Robert 'Rocky' Balboa
The Expendables 3
Barney Ross
Men in Black
Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited)
Expend4bles
Barney Ross
Alarum
Chester
Marvel Studios Legends
Stakar Ogord (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kojak
Det. Rick Daly
Antz
Weaver (voice)
The Expendables 2
Barney Ross
Taxi 3
L'espion (caméo non crédité)
First Blood
John Rambo
Armor
Rook
Staying Alive
Man on Street (uncredited)
Tango & Cash
Raymond 'Ray' Tango
The Expendables
Barney Ross
Rambo
John Rambo
Rocky III
Robert 'Rocky' Balboa
30 for 30
Self
30 for 30
Self (archive footage)
Rambo: First Blood Part II
John J. Rambo
The Oscars
Self
Rambo: Last Blood
John Rambo
Escape Plan
Ray Breslin
Over the Top
Lincoln Hawk
Oscar
Angelo "Snaps" Provolone
Rambo III
John Rambo
Avenging Angelo
Frankie Delano
Mandingo
Lynching Witness (uncredited)
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
Sgt. Joseph Andrew 'Joe' Bomowski
Nighthawks
Deke DaSilva
Rocky IV
Robert "Rocky" Balboa
The Muppet Show
Sylvester Stallone - Special Guest Star
Samaritan
Joe Smith
Demolition Man
John Spartan
HBO First Look
The Party at Kitty and Stud's
Stud
Zookeeper
Joe the Lion (voice)
Animal Crackers
Bullet-Man (voice)
Bullet to the Head
James Bonomo
The Specialist
Ray Quick
Dolph: Unbreakable
Self
Rocky II
Robert 'Rocky' Balboa
Creed II
Rocky Balboa
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
Sylvester Stallone
Ratchet & Clank
Victor Von Ion (voice)
Escape to Victory
Captain Robert Hatch
Get Carter
Jack Carter
Escape Plan: The Extractors
Ray Breslin
Lovers and Other Strangers
Groomsman (uncredited)
Driven
Joe Tanto
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Toymaker
Cannonball
Mafioso
From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues
Self
The Real Rocky
Self
Shade
Dean 'The Dean' Stevens
Judge Dredd
Judge Joseph Dredd
Lock Up
Frank Leone
Cobra
Marion 'Cobra' Cobretti
The Lords of Flatbush
Stanley Rosiello
I Am Durán
Self
Assassins
Robert Rath
The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
Self
M*A*S*H
Soldier (uncredited)
Capone
Frank Nitti
Escape Plan 2: Hades
Ray Breslin
The Epiphany
Downhill Racer
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Sly
Self
Liberty's Kids
Paul Revere (voice)
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Youth in Park
Auf los geht's los
Self
Cliffhanger
Gabe Walker
Bananas
Subway Thug #1 (uncredited)
The Family Stallone
Self
The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Your Studio and You
Sylvester Stallone
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
Scavenger Hunt
Jackie Chan: My Story
Self - Jackie's Pal
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
Rocky V
Robert 'Rocky' Balboa
Pet Star
Self - Judge
Two Rooms: A Tribute to Elton John & Bernie Taupin
Self - Guest
Reach Me
Gerald
Cop Land
Sheriff Freddy Heflin
Mr. McMahon
Rocky Balboa (archive footage)
A Century of Science Fiction
Self
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Self (archive footage)
Backtrace
Sykes
Death Race 2000
Machine Gun Joe Viterbo
Drawing First Blood: 20 Years Later
Self
F.I.S.T.
John D. 'Johnny' Kovak
Grudge Match
Henry 'Razor' Sharp
Daylight
Kit Latura
Taming The Beast
Self
The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker
Party Guest
Stallone: Frank, That Is
Self
Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'
Self
Samaritan 2
Joe Smith
Jackie Chan: Building an Icon
Self (archive footage)
CyberWorld
Weaver (voice)
One Night: Joshua vs. Ruiz
Self
Paradise Alley
Cosmo Carboni
Arnold
Self
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
No Place to Hide
Jerry Savage
Chuck Zito: An American Story
Self
Kambakkht Ishq
Sylvester Stallone
D-Tox
Jake Malloy
Jean-Claude van Damme: Karate King
Self (archive footage)
What's Up, Doc?
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Scarpa
Gregory Scarpa
Klute
Club Patron (uncredited)
Afganistan: Land in Crisis
Self
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
Self
Hogan Knows Best
Undisputed
Self
The Contender
Self - Boxing Mentor
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Self - 'Stakar Ogord'
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
Self
Skill vs. Will: The Making of 'Rocky Balboa'
Self
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2
Self - Special Guest Star
Jackie Chan: Down to Earth
Self
E! True Hollywood Story
The Making of The Expendables 3
Self
The Good Life
Boss
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
Narrator/Self (archive footage)
Ali's Dozen
Self
Tribute To Burgess Meredith
Self
Farewell, My Lovely
Jonnie
Rhinestone
Nick
Junket Whore
Self
The Making of 'Rocky vs. Drago'
Self
Milius
Self
Iron and Beyond
Self - Actor & Director
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
Self
Bigger Stronger Faster*
Self (archive footage)
Rallying Cry
Jasper Reese
Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons
Self
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
Self
TMZ Presents: The Real Hulk Hogan
Self
Hunter
Nathaniel Hunter
Ecki's World
Self
Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
Self (archive footage)
A Man Called... Rainbo
Jim Ramroc / Jim Rainbo (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Original Action Hero
Self
The Square Root
Gods of War: Assembling Earth's Mightiest Anti-Heroes
Self
"STARdate" with Ralf Moeller!
Self
From the Ashes: Post-Production and Release of 'The Expendables'
Self
Rambo: To Hell and Back - Director's Production Diary
Self
Die Sylvester Stallone Story
Self
Never Too Old to Die
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
The Graham Norton Show
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
Sherri
Self - Guest
The View
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self (uncredited)
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
CBS News Sunday Morning
Self
Champs-Elysées
Self
Sacrée Soirée
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Taff
self
Beckmann
Self
Wetten, dass..?
Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
The Tony Danza Show
Self - Guest
GMTV
Self
Stern TV
Self
Made in Hollywood
Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Self - Guest
Entertainment Tonight
Self
Live from E!
Self - After Party Guest
The Early Show
Self
Stasera c’è Cattelan su Raidue
Self
The Director's Chair
Self
Live from Studio Five
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
Celebrities Uncensored
Self