Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone 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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Primarily2025 Giant Executive Producer
2025 The Epiphany Producer
2025 TMZ Presents: The Real Hulk Hogan as Self
2025 Jackie Chan: Down to Earth as Self
2025 Montez: Rise of the Jaguar Producer
2025 Creed IV Characters
2025 Punk Executive Producer
2025 Untitled "Rambo" prequel Writer, Producer
2025 Scarpa as Gregory Scarpa
2025 Scavenger Hunt Producer
2025 Never Too Old to Die Producer
2025 Dolph: Fights Worth Fighting as Self
2025 The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil Producer
2025 Untitled "Rocky" prequel as Narrator Characters, Writer, Producer
2025 Taming The Beast as Self
2025 The Good Life as Boss
2025 Street Justice Executive Producer
2025 The Original Action Hero as Self
2025 Hunter as Nathaniel Hunter
2025 Samaritan 2 as Joe Smith Producer
2025 A Working Man Producer, Screenplay
2025 Alarum as Chester
2024 Undisputed as Self
2024 Lost on a Mountain in Maine Producer
2024 Armor as Rook
2024 Like Tears in Rain as Self (archive footage)
2024 Chuck Zito: An American Story as Self
2024 Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons as Self
2023 Sly as Self Executive Producer
2023 Expend4bles as Barney Ross
2023 Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 as Self - 'Stakar Ogord'
2023 The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 as Stakar Ogord
2023 Jean-Claude van Damme: Karate King as Self (archive footage)
2023 Creed III Producer, Characters
2022 Tulsa King as Dwight 'The General' Manfredi Executive Producer
2022 MVP Executive Producer
2022 Samaritan as Joe Smith Producer
2021 Rocky IV: Rocky vs. Drago - The Ultimate Director's Cut as Rocky Director
2021 The Making of 'Rocky vs. Drago' as Self / Rocky Balboa (archive footage) Producer
2021 The Suicide Squad as King Shark (voice)
2021 Stallone: Frank, That Is as Self
2020 Die Sylvester Stallone Story as Self
2020 40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic as Narrator/Self (archive footage)
2019 One Night: Joshua vs. Ruiz as Self Executive Producer
2019 Rallying Cry as Jasper Reese
2019 Rambo: Last Blood as John Rambo Screenplay, Screenstory
2019 Escape Plan: The Extractors as Ray Breslin
2019 I Am Durán as Self
2019 The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil Producer
2019 Stallone, profession héros as Self (archive footage)
2018 Backtrace as Sykes
2018 Creed II as Rocky Balboa Screenplay, Producer, Characters
2018 Escape Plan 2: Hades as Ray Breslin
2017 John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs as Self
2017 Animal Crackers as Bullet-Man (voice)
2017 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 as Stakar Ogord
2017 John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2016 Ratchet & Clank as Victor Von Ion (voice)
2015 Creed as Rocky Balboa Characters, Producer
2015 From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues as Self
2014 The Making of The Expendables 3 as Self
2014 Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films as Lincoln Hawk (archive footage) (uncredited)
2014 The Expendables 3 as Barney Ross Story, Screenplay
2014 Reach Me as Gerald
2014 And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
2013 Grudge Match as Henry 'Razor' Sharp
2013 Homefront Screenplay, Producer
2013 Escape Plan as Ray Breslin
2013 Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon as Self
2013 Milius as Self
2012 Bullet to the Head as James Bonomo
2012 Gods of War: Assembling Earth's Mightiest Anti-Heroes as Self
2012 The Expendables 2 as Barney Ross Screenplay
2012 Plaga zombie: zona mutante: revolución tóxica Thanks
2012 Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
2011 The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance as Self
2011 The Real Rocky as Self
2011 Zookeeper as Joe the Lion (voice)
2010 From the Ashes: Post-Production and Release of 'The Expendables' as Self
2010 Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables' as Self Producer
2010 The Expendables as Barney Ross Director, Screenplay
2010 Rambo: To Hell and Back - Director's Production Diary as Self
2009 Kambakkht Ishq as Sylvester Stallone
2008 Bigger Stronger Faster* as Self (archive footage)
2008 Rambo as John Rambo Screenplay, Director
2007 Ecki's World as Self
2007 Skill vs. Will: The Making of 'Rocky Balboa' as Self
2006 Rocky Balboa as Robert 'Rocky' Balboa Director, Characters, Writer
2006 Ali's Dozen as Self
2006 The Opponents as Self (archive footage) / Rocky Balboa
2006 Tribute To Burgess Meredith as Self
2003 Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over as Toymaker
2003 Shade as Dean 'The Dean' Stevens
2003 Taxi 3 as L'espion (caméo non crédité)
2002 Iron and Beyond as Self - Actor & Director
2002 Avenging Angelo as Frankie Delano
2002 "STARdate" with Ralf Moeller! as Self
2002 Afganistan: Land in Crisis as Self
2002 D-Tox as Jake Malloy
2002 Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron' as Self
2001 Driven as Joe Tanto Producer, Screenplay
2000 CyberWorld as Weaver (voice)
2000 Get Carter as Jack Carter
1999 The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2 as Self - Special Guest Star
1998 Junket Whore as Self
1998 Antz as Weaver (voice)
1998 Jackie Chan: My Story as Self - Jackie's Pal Thanks
1998 An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn as Sylvester Stallone
1997 Cop Land as Sheriff Freddy Heflin
1997 Men in Black as Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited)
1996 Daylight as Kit Latura
1996 A Century of Science Fiction as Self
1995 Assassins as Robert Rath
1995 Judge Dredd as Judge Joseph Dredd
1995 Your Studio and You as Sylvester Stallone
1994 The Specialist as Ray Quick
1993 Demolition Man as John Spartan
1993 Cliffhanger as Gabe Walker Screenplay
1992 Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot as Sgt. Joseph Andrew 'Joe' Bomowski
1991 Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide
1991 Two Rooms: A Tribute to Elton John & Bernie Taupin as Self - Guest
1991 Oscar as Angelo "Snaps" Provolone
1990 Rocky V as Robert 'Rocky' Balboa Writer, Characters
1990 Night of 100 Stars III as Self
1990 A Man Called... Rainbo as Jim Ramroc / Jim Rainbo (archive footage) (uncredited)
1989 Tango & Cash as Raymond 'Ray' Tango
1989 Lock Up as Frank Leone
1988 Rambo III as John Rambo Screenplay
1987 Over the Top as Lincoln Hawk Screenplay
1986 Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick as Self
1986 The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years as Self (archive footage)
1986 Cobra as Marion 'Cobra' Cobretti Screenplay, Co-Director
1985 Rocky IV as Robert "Rocky" Balboa Director, Writer
1985 Rambo: First Blood Part II as John J. Rambo Screenplay
1985 Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story Executive Producer
1984 Rhinestone as Nick Screenplay
1984 Electric Blue Special: Nude Celebrity Special
1983 Staying Alive as Man on Street (uncredited) Director, Screenplay, Producer
1982 First Blood as John Rambo Screenplay
1982 Rocky III as Robert 'Rocky' Balboa Director, Writer
1981 Escape to Victory as Captain Robert Hatch
1981 Nighthawks as Deke DaSilva
1979 Rocky II as Robert 'Rocky' Balboa Screenplay, Director
1978 Paradise Alley as Cosmo Carboni Director, Writer
1978 F.I.S.T. as John D. 'Johnny' Kovak Screenplay
1976 Rocky as Robert 'Rocky' Balboa Screenplay, Choreographer
1976 Cannonball as Mafioso
1975 Farewell, My Lovely as Jonnie
1975 Mandingo as Lynching Witness (uncredited)
1975 Death Race 2000 as Machine Gun Joe Viterbo
1975 Capone as Frank Nitti
1975 The Prisoner of Second Avenue as Youth in Park
1974 No Place to Hide as Jerry Savage
1974 The Lords of Flatbush as Stanley Rosiello
1972 What's Up, Doc? as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
1971 Klute as Club Patron (uncredited)
1971 Bananas as Subway Thug #1 (uncredited)
1970 The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker as Party Guest
1970 Lovers and Other Strangers as Groomsman
1970 M*A*S*H as Soldier (uncredited)
1970 The Party at Kitty and Stud's as Stud
1969 Downhill Racer as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
1969 The Square Root