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.
208 acting credits · 9 directing credits
Acting · 208
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Graham Norton Show
2007
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Saturday Night Live
1975
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
Tulsa King
2022
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
This Is Us
2016
The View
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Las Vegas
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Sherri
2022
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Champs-Elysées
1982
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Sacrée soirée
1987
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
1998
Kojak
1973
Wetten, dass..?
1981
Beckmann
1999
The Oscars
1953
The Tony Danza Show
2004
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
Marvel Studios Legends
2021
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2023
The Suicide Squad
2021
GMTV
1993
Taff
1997
First Blood
1982
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
2017
30 for 30
2009
The Expendables
2010
Men in Black
1997
Police Story
1973
Rocky
1976
Film '72
1971
Expend4bles
2023
Made in Hollywood
2005
The Muppet Show
1976
Creed
2015
HBO First Look
1992
Rambo: First Blood Part II
1985
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
The Expendables 2
2012
Creed II
2018
Rambo: Last Blood
2019
Rambo III
1988
The Expendables 3
2014
Demolition Man
1993
Escape Plan
2013
Entertainment Tonight
1981
Live from E!
2002
Rambo
2008
Samaritan
2022
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
2003
Stern TV
1990
Rocky IV
1985
Rocky II
1979
Cliffhanger
1993
Antz
1998
Escape Plan 2: Hades
2018
Cobra
1986
Pet Star
2002
Rocky V
1990
Alarum
2025
Rocky Balboa
2006
Rocky III
1982
Judge Dredd
1995
Liberty's Kids
2002
Over the Top
1987
Cop Land
1997
Daylight
1996
Tango & Cash
1989
The Family Stallone
2023
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022
The Specialist
1994
Assassins
1995
Lock Up
1989
Mr. McMahon
2024
Zookeeper
2011
M*A*S*H
1970
The Party at Kitty and Stud's
1970
Arnold
2023
Driven
2001
Auf los geht's los
1977
Stasera c’è Cattelan su Raidue
2022
Oscar
1991
Hulk Hogan: Real American
2026
Armor
2024
Mandingo
1975
Hogan Knows Best
2005
Taxi 3
2003
Sly
2023
Escape to Victory
1981
Bullet to the Head
2012
Escape Plan: The Extractors
2019
The Director's Chair
2014
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
D-Tox
2002
Grudge Match
2013
The Early Show
1999
Backtrace
2018
Get Carter
2000
Jackie Chan: My Story
1998
Staying Alive
1983
Shade
2003
Nighthawks
1981
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
1992
Death Race 2000
1975
Ratchet & Clank
2016
WWE Hall of Fame
2005
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2023
Paradise Alley
1978
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
1998
What's Up, Doc?
1972
The Contender
2005
F.I.S.T.
1978
Klute
1971
Breakdown: 1975
2025
Farewell, My Lovely
1975
Animal Crackers
2018
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
1975
Rhinestone
1984
The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump
2023
Avenging Angelo
2002
Bananas
1971
Capone
1975
Kambakkht Ishq
2009
Jean-Claude Van Damme: Karate King
2023
Downhill Racer
1969
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
2017
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
The Lords of Flatbush
1974
Cannonball
1976
Reach Me
2014
Jackie Chan: Building an Icon
2021
Jackie Chan: Down to Earth
—
Milius
2013
CyberWorld
2000
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
Stallone: Frank, That Is
2021
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
1986
Celebrity Naked Ambition
2003
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
2020
Junket Whore
1998
Lovers and Other Strangers
1970
Live from Studio Five
2009
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
2017
The Real Rocky
2011
Your Studio and You
1995
From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues
2015
A Century of Science Fiction
1996
The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
2011
Dolph: Unbreakable
2025
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
2010
Chuck Zito: An American Story
2024
Iron and Beyond
2002
Iconic America
2023
The Making of The Expendables 3
2014
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
2013
Two Rooms: A Tribute to Elton John & Bernie Taupin
1991
Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons
2024
Bigger Stronger Faster*
2008
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2
1999
Heart of the Festival
2002
The Making of 'Rocky vs. Drago'
2021
Taming The Beast
2026
I Am Durán
2019
Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'
2002
Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity
1999
The Epiphany
—
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
Rambo: To Hell and Back - Director's Production Diary
2010
No Place to Hide
1974
Afganistan: Land in Crisis
2002
The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker
1970
Rocky Special: Burning Youth
1990
Gods of War: Assembling Earth's Mightiest Anti-Heroes
2012
One Night: Joshua vs. Ruiz
2019
Undisputed
2024
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
1986
TMZ Presents: The Real Hulk Hogan
2025
Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide
1991
The Original Action Hero
—
Ecki's World
2007
The Square Root
1969
"STARdate" with Ralf Moeller!
2002
Skill vs. Will: The Making of 'Rocky Balboa'
2007
Never Too Old to Die
—
Scarpa
—
Ali's Dozen
2006
Samaritan 2
—
Untitled Amazon MGM action project
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Tribute To Burgess Meredith
2006
Hunter
—
Scavenger Hunt
—
A Man Called... Rainbo
1990
Taboo: The Beginning of Erotic Cinema
2004
From the Ashes: Post-Production and Release of 'The Expendables'
2010
Drawing First Blood: 20 Years Later
2002
Stallone on the Edge: The Making of Cliffhanger
—
Die Sylvester Stallone Story
2020