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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Breakdown: 1975
Character:Self/Rocky/Machine Gun Joe Viterbo (archive footage)
Release Date:18/12/2025
Dolph: Unbreakable
Character:Self
Release Date:21/10/2025
TMZ Presents: The Real Hulk Hogan
Character:Self
Release Date:12/08/2025
Alarum
Character:Chester
Release Date:16/01/2025
Undisputed
Character:Self
Release Date:10/12/2024
Armor
Character:Rook
Release Date:30/10/2024
Chuck Zito: An American Story
Character:Self
Release Date:01/05/2024
Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons
Character:Self
Release Date:23/04/2024
Sly
Character:Self
Release Date:16/09/2023
Expend4bles
Character:Barney Ross
Release Date:15/09/2023
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Character:Self - 'Stakar Ogord'
Release Date:12/09/2023
The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:22/05/2023
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Character:Stakar Ogord
Release Date:03/05/2023
Jean-Claude van Damme: Karate King
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:17/03/2023
Samaritan
Character:Joe Smith
Release Date:25/08/2022
The Making of 'Rocky vs. Drago'
Character:Self
Release Date:30/10/2021
Jackie Chan: Building an Icon
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:04/08/2021
The Suicide Squad
Character:King Shark (voice)
Release Date:28/07/2021
Stallone: Frank, That Is
Character:Self
Release Date:19/01/2021
Die Sylvester Stallone Story
Character:Self
Release Date:24/09/2020
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
Character:Narrator/Self (archive footage)
Release Date:09/06/2020
One Night: Joshua vs. Ruiz
Character:Self
Release Date:22/11/2019
Rallying Cry
Character:Jasper Reese
Release Date:26/09/2019
Rambo: Last Blood
Character:John Rambo
Release Date:18/09/2019
Escape Plan: The Extractors
Character:Ray Breslin
Release Date:20/06/2019
I Am Durán
Character:Self
Release Date:03/06/2019
Backtrace
Character:Sykes
Release Date:14/12/2018
Creed II
Character:Rocky Balboa
Release Date:21/11/2018
Escape Plan 2: Hades
Character:Ray Breslin
Release Date:05/06/2018
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
Character:Self
Release Date:01/08/2017
Animal Crackers
Character:Bullet-Man (voice)
Release Date:23/06/2017
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Character:Stakar Ogord
Release Date:19/04/2017
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
Character:Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Release Date:19/03/2017
Ratchet & Clank
Character:Victor Von Ion (voice)
Release Date:13/04/2016
Creed
Character:Rocky Balboa
Release Date:25/11/2015
From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues
Character:Self
Release Date:18/11/2015
The Making of The Expendables 3
Character:Self
Release Date:25/11/2014
The Expendables 3
Character:Barney Ross
Release Date:07/08/2014
Reach Me
Character:Gerald
Release Date:14/03/2014
Grudge Match
Character:Henry 'Razor' Sharp
Release Date:25/12/2013
Escape Plan
Character:Ray Breslin
Release Date:09/10/2013
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
Character:Self
Release Date:07/09/2013
Milius
Character:Self
Release Date:09/03/2013
Bullet to the Head
Character:James Bonomo
Release Date:14/11/2012
Gods of War: Assembling Earth's Mightiest Anti-Heroes
Character:Self
Release Date:12/11/2012
The Expendables 2
Character:Barney Ross
Release Date:08/08/2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:04/02/2012
The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
Character:Self
Release Date:27/12/2011
The Real Rocky
Character:Self
Release Date:25/10/2011
Zookeeper
Character:Joe the Lion (voice)
Release Date:06/07/2011
From the Ashes: Post-Production and Release of 'The Expendables'
Character:Self
Release Date:23/11/2010
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
Character:Self
Release Date:14/11/2010
The Expendables
Character:Barney Ross
Release Date:07/08/2010
Rambo: To Hell and Back - Director's Production Diary
Character:Self
Release Date:27/07/2010
Kambakkht Ishq
Character:Sylvester Stallone
Release Date:03/07/2009
Bigger Stronger Faster*
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:30/05/2008
Rambo
Character:John Rambo
Release Date:24/01/2008
Ecki's World
Character:Self
Release Date:17/11/2007
Skill vs. Will: The Making of 'Rocky Balboa'
Character:Self
Release Date:27/04/2007
Rocky Balboa
Character:Robert 'Rocky' Balboa
Release Date:20/12/2006
Ali's Dozen
Character:Self
Release Date:09/12/2006
Tribute To Burgess Meredith
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2006
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Character:Toymaker
Release Date:25/07/2003
Shade
Character:Dean 'The Dean' Stevens
Release Date:18/05/2003
Taxi 3
Character:L'espion (caméo non crédité)
Release Date:29/01/2003
Iron and Beyond
Character:Self - Actor & Director
Release Date:15/11/2002
Avenging Angelo
Character:Frankie Delano
Release Date:30/08/2002
"STARdate" with Ralf Moeller!
Character:Self
Release Date:09/08/2002
Afganistan: Land in Crisis
Character:Self
Release Date:28/05/2002
Drawing First Blood: 20 Years Later
Character:Self
Release Date:28/05/2002
D-Tox
Character:Jake Malloy
Release Date:04/01/2002
Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2002
Driven
Character:Joe Tanto
Release Date:27/04/2001
Get Carter
Character:Jack Carter
Release Date:06/10/2000
CyberWorld
Character:Weaver (voice)
Release Date:06/10/2000
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2
Character:Self - Special Guest Star
Release Date:17/05/1999
Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1999
Junket Whore
Character:Self
Release Date:12/10/1998
Antz
Character:Weaver (voice)
Release Date:02/10/1998
Jackie Chan: My Story
Character:Self - Jackie's Pal
Release Date:17/07/1998
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
Character:Sylvester Stallone
Release Date:27/02/1998
Cop Land
Character:Sheriff Freddy Heflin
Release Date:15/08/1997
Men in Black
Character:Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited)
Release Date:02/07/1997
Daylight
Character:Kit Latura
Release Date:06/12/1996
A Century of Science Fiction
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1996
Assassins
Character:Robert Rath
Release Date:06/10/1995
Judge Dredd
Character:Judge Joseph Dredd
Release Date:30/06/1995
Your Studio and You
Character:Sylvester Stallone
Release Date:01/02/1995
The Specialist
Character:Ray Quick
Release Date:07/10/1994
Demolition Man
Character:John Spartan
Release Date:08/10/1993
Cliffhanger
Character:Gabe Walker
Release Date:28/05/1993
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
Character:Sgt. Joseph Andrew 'Joe' Bomowski
Release Date:21/02/1992
Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide
Character:
Release Date:15/11/1991
Two Rooms: A Tribute to Elton John & Bernie Taupin
Character:Self - Guest
Release Date:01/10/1991
Oscar
Character:Angelo "Snaps" Provolone
Release Date:26/04/1991
Rocky V
Character:Robert 'Rocky' Balboa
Release Date:16/11/1990
Night of 100 Stars III
Character:Self
Release Date:21/05/1990
A Man Called... Rainbo
Character:Jim Ramroc / Jim Rainbo (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:09/04/1990
Tango & Cash
Character:Raymond 'Ray' Tango
Release Date:22/12/1989
Lock Up
Character:Frank Leone
Release Date:04/08/1989
Rambo III
Character:John Rambo
Release Date:24/05/1988
Over the Top
Character:Lincoln Hawk
Release Date:13/02/1987
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
Character:Self
Release Date:22/11/1986
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:21/01/1986
Cobra
Character:Marion 'Cobra' Cobretti
Release Date:01/01/1986
Rocky IV
Character:Robert "Rocky" Balboa
Release Date:21/11/1985
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Character:John J. Rambo
Release Date:21/05/1985
Rhinestone
Character:Nick
Release Date:22/06/1984
Staying Alive
Character:Man on Street (uncredited)
Release Date:11/07/1983
First Blood
Character:John Rambo
Release Date:22/10/1982
Rocky III
Character:Robert 'Rocky' Balboa
Release Date:28/05/1982
Escape to Victory
Character:Captain Robert Hatch
Release Date:17/06/1981
Nighthawks
Character:Deke DaSilva
Release Date:17/03/1981
Rocky II
Character:Robert 'Rocky' Balboa
Release Date:15/06/1979
Paradise Alley
Character:Cosmo Carboni
Release Date:22/09/1978
F.I.S.T.
Character:John D. 'Johnny' Kovak
Release Date:26/04/1978
Rocky
Character:Robert 'Rocky' Balboa
Release Date:20/11/1976
Cannonball
Character:Mafioso
Release Date:06/07/1976
Farewell, My Lovely
Character:Jonnie
Release Date:08/08/1975
Mandingo
Character:Lynching Witness (uncredited)
Release Date:06/06/1975
Death Race 2000
Character:Machine Gun Joe Viterbo
Release Date:30/04/1975
Capone
Character:Frank Nitti
Release Date:16/04/1975
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Character:Youth in Park
Release Date:14/03/1975
No Place to Hide
Character:Jerry Savage
Release Date:12/09/1974
The Lords of Flatbush
Character:Stanley Rosiello
Release Date:01/05/1974
What's Up, Doc?
Character:Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Release Date:09/03/1972
Klute
Character:Club Patron (uncredited)
Release Date:23/06/1971
Bananas
Character:Subway Thug #1 (uncredited)
Release Date:28/04/1971
The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker
Character:Party Guest
Release Date:28/10/1970
Lovers and Other Strangers
Character:Groomsman (uncredited)
Release Date:12/08/1970
M*A*S*H
Character:Soldier (uncredited)
Release Date:18/02/1970
The Party at Kitty and Stud's
Character:Stud
Release Date:10/02/1970
Downhill Racer
Character:Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Release Date:06/11/1969
The Square Root
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1969
Television Appearances
Mr. McMahon
Character:Rocky Balboa (archive footage)
Arnold
Character:Self
The Family Stallone
Character:Self
Iconic America
Character:Self
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Character:Self (archive footage)
Tulsa King
Character:Dwight 'The General' Manfredi
Stasera c’è Cattelan su Raidue
Character:Self
Sherri
Character:Self - Guest
Marvel Studios Legends
Character:Stakar Ogord (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Character:Self
This Is Us
Character:Sylvester Stallone
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Character:Self
The Director's Chair
Character:Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Character:Self
30 for 30
Character:Self
30 for 30
Character:Self (archive footage)
Live from Studio Five
Character:Self
The Graham Norton Show
Character:Self
Made in Hollywood
Character:Self
Hogan Knows Best
Character:
WWE Hall of Fame
Character:Self (Presenter)
The Contender
Character:Self - Boxing Mentor
The Tony Danza Show
Character:Self - Guest
Las Vegas
Character:Frank the Repairman
Celebrities Uncensored
Character:Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Character:Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Character:Self (uncredited)
Liberty's Kids
Character:Paul Revere (voice)
Pet Star
Character:Self - Judge
Live from E!
Character:Self - After Party Guest
The Early Show
Character:Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Character:Self - Guest
Beckmann
Character:Self
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
Character:Self
The View
Character:Self
Taff
Character:self
E! True Hollywood Story
Character:
Inside the Actors Studio
Character:Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Character:Self - Guest
GMTV
Character:Self
HBO First Look
Character:
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Character:
Stern TV
Character:Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Character:Self - Guest
Sacrée Soirée
Character:Self
Champs-Elysées
Character:Self
Entertainment Tonight
Character:Self
Wetten, dass..?
Character:Self
CBS News Sunday Morning
Character:Self
Auf los geht's los
Character:Self
The Muppet Show
Character:Sylvester Stallone - Special Guest Star
Saturday Night Live
Character:Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
Character:Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character:Self
Kojak
Character:Det. Rick Daly
Police Story
Character:
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
The Merv Griffin Show
Character:Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Character:Self
The Oscars
Character:Self
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