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.
Cast
Rocky Balboa
Robert 'Rocky' Balboa
Rocky
Robert 'Rocky' Balboa
Rocky II
Robert 'Rocky' Balboa
Rambo: First Blood Part II
John J. Rambo
Rocky III
Robert 'Rocky' Balboa
Rocky IV
Robert "Rocky" Balboa
Rocky V
Robert 'Rocky' Balboa
Cop Land
Sheriff Freddy Heflin
Farewell, My Lovely
Jonnie
The Party at Kitty and Stud's
Stud
Kambakkht Ishq
Sylvester Stallone
Paradise Alley
Cosmo Carboni
Oscar
Angelo "Snaps" Provolone
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Toymaker
Judge Dredd
Judge Joseph Dredd
Demolition Man
John Spartan
Tango & Cash
Raymond 'Ray' Tango
Death Race 2000
Machine Gun Joe Viterbo
The Expendables
Barney Ross
Cobra
Marion 'Cobra' Cobretti
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
Sgt. Joseph Andrew 'Joe' Bomowski
Avenging Angelo
Frankie Delano
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Stakar Ogord
F.I.S.T.
John D. 'Johnny' Kovak
Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'
Self
Shade
Dean 'The Dean' Stevens
Zookeeper
Joe the Lion (voice)
Jackie Chan: My Story
Self - Jackie's Pal
Grudge Match
Henry 'Razor' Sharp
The Lords of Flatbush
Stanley Rosiello
Never Too Old to Die
Unknown
The Suicide Squad
King Shark (voice)
Escape to Victory
Captain Robert Hatch
The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
Self
Bullet to the Head
James Bonomo
Lovers and Other Strangers
Groomsman (uncredited)
Mandingo
Lynching Witness (uncredited)
The Expendables 2
Barney Ross
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
Self
What's Up, Doc?
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
The Expendables 3
Barney Ross
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
Self
Rambo: To Hell and Back - Director's Production Diary
Self
No Place to Hide
Jerry Savage
Downhill Racer
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
Self
Klute
Club Patron (uncredited)
Your Studio and You
Sylvester Stallone
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Youth in Park
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
Men in Black
Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited)
Animal Crackers
Bullet-Man (voice)
Bananas
Subway Thug #1 (uncredited)
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2
Self - Special Guest Star
The Original Action Hero
Self
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
Self (archive footage)
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Self - 'Stakar Ogord'
The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker
Party Guest
Iron and Beyond
Self - Actor & Director
The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Making of The Expendables 3
Self
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
Jean-Claude van Damme: Karate King
Self (archive footage)
Bigger Stronger Faster*
Self (archive footage)
"STARdate" with Ralf Moeller!
Self
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
Self
Afganistan: Land in Crisis
Self
Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons
Self
Gods of War: Assembling Earth's Mightiest Anti-Heroes
Self
Tribute To Burgess Meredith
Self
From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues
Self
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Stakar Ogord
Jackie Chan: Down to Earth
Self
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
Narrator/Self (archive footage)
Escape Plan 2: Hades
Ray Breslin
From the Ashes: Post-Production and Release of 'The Expendables'
Self
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
Sylvester Stallone
Escape Plan: The Extractors
Ray Breslin
M*A*S*H
Soldier (uncredited)
Rambo: Last Blood
John Rambo
Two Rooms: A Tribute to Elton John & Bernie Taupin
Self - Guest
A Century of Science Fiction
Self
One Night: Joshua vs. Ruiz
Self
Taxi 3
L'espion (caméo non crédité)
Ratchet & Clank
Victor Von Ion (voice)
Stallone: Frank, That Is
Self
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Staying Alive
Man on Street (uncredited)
Chuck Zito: An American Story
Self
Skill vs. Will: The Making of 'Rocky Balboa'
Self
A Man Called... Rainbo
Jim Ramroc / Jim Rainbo (archive footage) (uncredited)
Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide
Unknown
TMZ Presents: The Real Hulk Hogan
Self
Die Sylvester Stallone Story
Self
The Making of 'Rocky vs. Drago'
Self
Jackie Chan: Building an Icon
Self (archive footage)
Drawing First Blood: 20 Years Later
Self
Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity
Self
Crew
Rocky
Screenplay, Choreographer
Rocky II
Director, Screenplay
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Screenplay
Rocky III
Director, Writer
Staying Alive
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Driven
Producer, Screenplay
Paradise Alley
Director, Writer
Rambo
Director, Screenplay
Cobra
Screenplay, Co-Director
The Expendables
Director, Screenplay
The Expendables 2
Screenplay
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
Producer
Homefront
Screenplay, Producer
One Night: Joshua vs. Ruiz
Executive Producer
The Expendables 3
Story, Screenplay
A Working Man
Screenplay, Producer
The Making of 'Rocky vs. Drago'
Producer
Creed
Characters, Producer
Creed III
Producer, Characters
The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil
Producer
Rocky V
Writer, Characters
Rocky Balboa
Writer, Director, Characters
Plaga zombie: zona mutante: revolución tóxica
Thanks
Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story
Executive Producer
Creed II
Characters, Screenplay, Producer
Never Too Old to Die
Producer
Lost on a Mountain in Maine
Producer
Rambo: Last Blood
Screenplay, Screenstory
The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil
Producer
Jackie Chan: My Story
Thanks
Untitled NAVY Seal Film
Producer
