Sylvester Stallone
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.
Filmography (205 Appearances)
Taming The Beast
Hunter
Jackie Chan: Down to Earth
Never Too Old to Die
Samaritan 2
Scarpa
Scavenger Hunt
The Epiphany
The Original Action Hero
Untitled Amazon MGM action project
Breakdown: 1975
Dolph: Unbreakable
TMZ Presents: The Real Hulk Hogan
Alarum
Undisputed
Armor
Mr. McMahon
Chuck Zito: An American Story
Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons
Sly
Expend4bles
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Arnold
The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump
The Family Stallone
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Iconic America
Jean-Claude Van Damme: Karate King
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Tulsa King
Stasera c’è Cattelan su Raidue
Sherri
Samaritan
The Making of 'Rocky vs. Drago'
Jackie Chan: Building an Icon
The Suicide Squad
Stallone: Frank, That Is
Marvel Studios Legends
Die Sylvester Stallone Story
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
One Night: Joshua vs. Ruiz
Rambo: Last Blood
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Escape Plan: The Extractors
I Am Durán
Backtrace
Creed II
Animal Crackers
Escape Plan 2: Hades
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
This Is Us
Ratchet & Clank
Creed
From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Making of The Expendables 3
The Expendables 3
The Director's Chair
Reach Me
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Grudge Match
Escape Plan
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
Milius
Bullet to the Head
Gods of War: Assembling Earth's Mightiest Anti-Heroes
The Expendables 2
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
The Real Rocky
Zookeeper
From the Ashes: Post-Production and Release of 'The Expendables'
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
The Expendables
Rambo: To Hell and Back - Director's Production Diary
30 for 30
Live from Studio Five
Kambakkht Ishq
Bigger Stronger Faster*
Rambo
Ecki's World
Skill vs. Will: The Making of 'Rocky Balboa'
The Graham Norton Show
Rocky Balboa
Ali's Dozen
Tribute To Burgess Meredith
Made in Hollywood
Hogan Knows Best
WWE Hall of Fame
The Contender
Taboo: The Beginning of Erotic Cinema
The Tony Danza Show
Las Vegas
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Celebrity Naked Ambition
Celebrities Uncensored
Shade
Taxi 3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Iron and Beyond
Liberty's Kids
Avenging Angelo
"STARdate" with Ralf Moeller!
Pet Star
Afganistan: Land in Crisis
Drawing First Blood: 20 Years Later
Heart of the Festival
Live from E!
D-Tox
Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'
Driven
Get Carter
CyberWorld
The Early Show
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Beckmann
Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity
Junket Whore
Antz
Jackie Chan: My Story
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
Cop Land
The View
Men in Black
Taff
Daylight
E! True Hollywood Story
A Century of Science Fiction
Assassins
Judge Dredd
Your Studio and You
The Specialist
Inside the Actors Studio
Demolition Man
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Show with David Letterman
Cliffhanger
GMTV
HBO First Look
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide
Two Rooms: A Tribute to Elton John & Bernie Taupin
Oscar
Rocky V
Night of 100 Stars III
A Man Called... Rainbo
Stern TV
Rocky Special: Burning Youth
Tango & Cash
Lock Up
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Rambo III
Sacrée Soirée
Over the Top
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
Cobra
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
Rocky IV
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Rhinestone
Staying Alive
First Blood
Rocky III
Champs-Elysées
Entertainment Tonight
Escape to Victory
Nighthawks
Wetten, dass..?
Rocky II
CBS News Sunday Morning
Paradise Alley
F.I.S.T.
Auf los geht's los
Rocky
The Muppet Show
Cannonball
Saturday Night Live
Farewell, My Lovely
Mandingo
Death Race 2000
Capone
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
No Place to Hide
The Lords of Flatbush
Kojak
Police Story
What's Up, Doc?
Klute
Bananas
The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker
Lovers and Other Strangers
M*A*S*H
The Party at Kitty and Stud's
Downhill Racer
The Square Root
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Merv Griffin Show
The Mike Douglas Show
The Oscars