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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
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
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Oscars
Saturday Night Live
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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
Staying Alive
Men in Black
Cannonball
Mandingo
Downhill Racer
Zookeeper
A Minecraft Movie
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Jackie Chan: My Story
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Ratchet & Clank
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Expend4bles
Dream On
Arnold
The Suicide Squad
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Backtrace
Alarum
Creed
Creed II
Grudge Match
Samaritan
Armor
The Expendables 3
Rambo: Last Blood
Rambo
Demolition Man
First Blood
Rhinestone
The Contender
Rocky V
Assassins
Escape Plan 2: Hades
The Family Stallone
The Specialist
Rocky
Escape Plan
Escape to Victory
Tulsa King
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Never Too Old to Die
Lock Up
The Expendables
Daylight
Bullet to the Head
Rocky III
The Expendables 2
The Making of The Expendables 3
Judge Dredd
Over the Top
Rambo III
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
Samaritan 2
Rocky IV
Rocky II
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
Scavenger Hunt
Cobra
Escape Plan: The Extractors
Rocky Balboa
Tango & Cash
Cliffhanger
Production Credits
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
Death Wish
Staying Alive
Never Too Old to Die
Samaritan 2
Rocky
The Expendables 2
The Expendables 3
Rocky IV
First Blood
Rhinestone
Scavenger Hunt
Rocky III
Over the Top
Cliffhanger
Rambo: Last Blood
Jackie Chan: My Story
Rocky II
Cobra
Ultimate Beastmaster
Creed
Creed IV
NOLA King
A Working Man
Homefront
The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil
Rambo
The Contender
Rocky V
Rambo III
John Rambo
Tulsa King
Rocky Balboa
The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil
Creed III
The Expendables
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Creed II
Samaritan
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