
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
—
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