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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.
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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
Saturday Night Live
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Oscars
The Graham Norton Show
The Early Show
Police Story
GMTV
Kojak
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Kennedy Center Honors
Entertainment Tonight
E! True Hollywood Story
This Is Us
CBS News Sunday Morning
Celebrities Uncensored
E! Live from the Red Carpet
Las Vegas
HBO First Look
Marvel Studios Legends
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
The Muppet Show
30 for 30
Mr. McMahon
Men in Black
Staying Alive
Cannonball
Mandingo
Downhill Racer
Zookeeper
A Minecraft Movie
Jackie Chan: My Story
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Ratchet & Clank
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Expend4bles
Dream On
The Suicide Squad
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Backtrace
Samaritan
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Grudge Match
Arnold
Alarum
Creed II
Creed
Armor
Daylight
Rocky
Rambo
Never Too Old to Die
Cobra
Rocky II
Lock Up
The Expendables 2
The Family Stallone
The Specialist
Scavenger Hunt
Demolition Man
Over the Top
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
Rambo III
Bullet to the Head
Assassins
The Expendables 3
The Making of The Expendables 3
Tango & Cash
Rhinestone
Cliffhanger
First Blood
Escape Plan 2: Hades
Rambo: Last Blood
Rocky V
Rocky IV
Escape Plan: The Extractors
Samaritan 2
Judge Dredd
Escape to Victory
The Contender
Untitled "Rocky" prequel
Escape Plan
Rocky III
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
Rocky Balboa
The Expendables
Tulsa King
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Production Credits
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Over the Top
Rambo III
NOLA King
Rocky Balboa
Cobra
Untitled "Rocky" prequel
Rocky V
The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil
A Working Man
Rocky II
Scavenger Hunt
Creed II
John Rambo
Rocky
Ultimate Beastmaster
Cliffhanger
Never Too Old to Die
The Expendables 3
Samaritan 2
Homefront
Creed IV
Creed III
The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil
Samaritan
The Expendables 2
The Expendables
Rocky III
Rocky IV
Death Wish
Rhinestone
Tulsa King
Rambo: Last Blood
Rambo
Staying Alive
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
Creed
First Blood
Jackie Chan: My Story
The Contender
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