Sylvester Stallone
Acting
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.
Project Hail Mary
Rocky Balboa (archive footage) (uncredited)
Breakdown: 1975
Self/Rocky/Machine Gun Joe Viterbo (archive footage)
Dolph: Unbreakable
Self
TMZ Presents: The Real Hulk Hogan
Self
Alarum
Chester
Undisputed
Self
Armor
Rook
Chuck Zito: An American Story
Self
Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons
Self
Sly
Self
Expend4bles
Barney Ross
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Self - 'Stakar Ogord'
The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Stakar Ogord
Jean-Claude Van Damme: Karate King
Self (archive footage)
Samaritan
Joe Smith
The Making of 'Rocky vs. Drago'
Self
Jackie Chan: Building an Icon
Self (archive footage)
The Suicide Squad
King Shark (voice)
Stallone: Frank, That Is
Self
Die Sylvester Stallone Story
Self
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
Narrator/Self (archive footage)
One Night: Joshua vs. Ruiz
Self
Rambo: Last Blood
John Rambo
Escape Plan: The Extractors
Ray Breslin
I Am Durán
Self
Backtrace
Sykes
Creed II
Rocky Balboa
Animal Crackers
Bullet-Man (voice)
Escape Plan 2: Hades
Ray Breslin
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
Self
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Stakar Ogord
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Ratchet & Clank
Victor Von Ion (voice)
Creed
Rocky Balboa
From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues
Self
The Making of The Expendables 3
Self
The Expendables 3
Barney Ross
Reach Me
Gerald
Grudge Match
Henry 'Razor' Sharp
Escape Plan
Ray Breslin
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
Self
Milius
Self
Bullet to the Head
James Bonomo
Gods of War: Assembling Earth's Mightiest Anti-Heroes
Self
The Expendables 2
Barney Ross
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
Self
The Real Rocky
Self
Zookeeper
Joe the Lion (voice)
From the Ashes: Post-Production and Release of 'The Expendables'
Self
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
Self
The Expendables
Barney Ross
Rambo: To Hell and Back - Director's Production Diary
Self
Kambakkht Ishq
Sylvester Stallone
Bigger Stronger Faster*
Self (archive footage)
Rambo
John Rambo
Ecki's World
Self
Skill vs. Will: The Making of 'Rocky Balboa'
Self
Rocky Balboa
Robert 'Rocky' Balboa
Ali's Dozen
Self
Tribute To Burgess Meredith
Self
Taboo: The Beginning of Erotic Cinema
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Toymaker
Celebrity Naked Ambition
Self (archive footage)
Shade
Dean 'The Dean' Stevens
Taxi 3
L'espion (caméo non crédité)
Iron and Beyond
Self - Actor & Director
Avenging Angelo
Frankie Delano
"STARdate" with Ralf Moeller!
Self
Drawing First Blood: 20 Years Later
Self
Afganistan: Land in Crisis
Self
Heart of the Festival
Self (archive footage)
D-Tox
Jake Malloy
Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'
Self
Driven
Joe Tanto
CyberWorld
Weaver (voice)
Get Carter
Jack Carter
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2
Self - Special Guest Star
Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity
Self
Junket Whore
Self
Antz
Weaver (voice)
Jackie Chan: My Story
Self - Jackie's Pal
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
Sylvester Stallone
Cop Land
Sheriff Freddy Heflin
Men in Black
Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited)
Daylight
Kit Latura
A Century of Science Fiction
Self
Assassins
Robert Rath
Judge Dredd
Judge Joseph Dredd
Your Studio and You
Sylvester Stallone
The Specialist
Ray Quick
Demolition Man
John Spartan
Cliffhanger
Gabe Walker
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
Sgt. Joseph Andrew 'Joe' Bomowski
Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide
Two Rooms: A Tribute to Elton John & Bernie Taupin
Self - Guest
Oscar
Angelo "Snaps" Provolone
Rocky V
Robert 'Rocky' Balboa
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
A Man Called... Rainbo
Jim Ramroc / Jim Rainbo (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rocky Special: Burning Youth
Rocky Balboa (archive footage)
Tango & Cash
Raymond 'Ray' Tango
Lock Up
Frank Leone
Rambo III
John Rambo
Over the Top
Lincoln Hawk
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
Self
Cobra
Marion 'Cobra' Cobretti
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
Self (archive footage)
Rocky IV
Robert "Rocky" Balboa
Rambo: First Blood Part II
John J. Rambo
Rhinestone
Nick
Staying Alive
Man on Street (uncredited)
First Blood
John Rambo
Rocky III
Robert 'Rocky' Balboa
Escape to Victory
Captain Robert Hatch
Nighthawks
Deke DaSilva
Rocky II
Robert 'Rocky' Balboa
Paradise Alley
Cosmo Carboni
F.I.S.T.
John D. 'Johnny' Kovak
Rocky
Robert 'Rocky' Balboa
Cannonball
Mafioso
Farewell, My Lovely
Jonnie
Mandingo
Lynching Witness (uncredited)
Death Race 2000
Machine Gun Joe Viterbo
Capone
Frank Nitti
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Youth in Park
No Place to Hide
Jerry Savage
The Lords of Flatbush
Stanley Rosiello
What's Up, Doc?
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Klute
Club Patron (uncredited)
Bananas
Subway Thug #1 (uncredited)
The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker
Party Guest
Lovers and Other Strangers
Groomsman (uncredited)
M*A*S*H
Soldier (uncredited)
The Party at Kitty and Stud's
Stud
Downhill Racer
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
The Square Root