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.
142 movies · 62 shows
Taming The Beast
2026·0.0
Breakdown: 1975
2025·6.8
Dolph: Unbreakable
2025·0.0
TMZ Presents: The Real Hulk Hogan
2025·5.5
Alarum
2025·5.6
Undisputed
2024·8.0
Armor
2024·5.5
Chuck Zito: An American Story
2024·2.0
Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons
2024·9.3
Sly
2023·7.2
Expend4bles
2023·6.1
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2023·6.4
The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump
2023·5.5
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2023·7.9
Jean-Claude Van Damme: Karate King
2023·7.5
Samaritan
2022·6.7
The Making of 'Rocky vs. Drago'
2021·5.7
Jackie Chan: Building an Icon
2021·7.7
The Suicide Squad
2021·7.5
Stallone: Frank, That Is
2021·5.9
Die Sylvester Stallone Story
2020·0.0
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
2020·7.5
One Night: Joshua vs. Ruiz
2019·8.5
Rambo: Last Blood
2019·6.5
Escape Plan: The Extractors
2019·5.4
I Am Durán
2019·6.9
Backtrace
2018·5.0
Creed II
2018·7.0
Animal Crackers
2018·6.4
Escape Plan 2: Hades
2018·5.2
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
2017·6.7
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
2017·7.6
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
2017·7.3
Ratchet & Clank
2016·5.8
Creed
2015·7.4
From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues
2015·7.0
The Making of The Expendables 3
2014·6.6
The Expendables 3
2014·6.2
Reach Me
2014·5.2
Grudge Match
2013·6.1
Escape Plan
2013·6.7
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
2013·7.1
Milius
2013·7.1
Bullet to the Head
2012·5.6
Gods of War: Assembling Earth's Mightiest Anti-Heroes
2012·7.3
The Expendables 2
2012·6.4
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012·7.6
The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
2011·6.2
The Real Rocky
2011·6.1
Zookeeper
2011·5.4
From the Ashes: Post-Production and Release of 'The Expendables'
2010·6.0
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
2010·8.0
The Expendables
2010·6.3
Rambo: To Hell and Back - Director's Production Diary
2010·6.2
Kambakkht Ishq
2009·4.3
Bigger Stronger Faster*
2008·6.8
Rambo
2008·6.7
Ecki's World
2007·0.0
Skill vs. Will: The Making of 'Rocky Balboa'
2007·2.0
Rocky Balboa
2006·6.9
Ali's Dozen
2006·7.0
Tribute To Burgess Meredith
2006·6.0
Taboo: The Beginning of Erotic Cinema
2004·5.0
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
2003·5.1
Celebrity Naked Ambition
2003·5.0
Shade
2003·6.2
Taxi 3
2003·5.8
Iron and Beyond
2002·6.5
Avenging Angelo
2002·5.3
"STARdate" with Ralf Moeller!
2002·0.0
Afganistan: Land in Crisis
2002·9.0
Drawing First Blood: 20 Years Later
2002·6.4
We Get to Win This Time
2002·0.0
Guts and Glory
2002·0.0
Heart of the Festival
2002·6.5
D-Tox
2002·5.6
Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'
2002·7.1
Driven
2001·5.1
Get Carter
2000·5.2
CyberWorld
2000·6.6
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2
1999·6.0
Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity
1999·5.9
Junket Whore
1998·5.0
Antz
1998·6.2
Jackie Chan: My Story
1998·6.3
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
1998·3.9
Cop Land
1997·6.8
Men in Black
1997·7.2
Daylight
1996·6.1
A Century of Science Fiction
1996·6.9
Assassins
1995·6.5
Judge Dredd
1995·5.9
Your Studio and You
1995·6.9
The Specialist
1994·5.9
Demolition Man
1993·6.8
Cliffhanger
1993·6.5
Stallone on the Edge: The Making of Cliffhanger
1993·0.0
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
1992·5.3
Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide
1991·0.0
Two Rooms: A Tribute to Elton John & Bernie Taupin
1991·6.5
Oscar
1991·6.4
Rocky V
1990·5.8
Night of 100 Stars III
1990·4.0
A Man Called... Rainbo
1990·4.4
Rocky Special: Burning Youth
1990·0.0
Tango & Cash
1989·6.5
Lock Up
1989·6.8
Rambo III
1988·6.2
Over the Top
1987·6.5
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
1986·0.0
Cobra
1986·6.2
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
1986·6.2
Rocky IV
1985·7.1
Rambo: First Blood Part II
1985·6.7
Rhinestone
1984·4.9
Staying Alive
1983·5.8
First Blood
1982·7.5
Rocky III
1982·6.9
The Making of 'First Blood'
1982·6.0
Escape to Victory
1981·6.9
Nighthawks
1981·6.4
Rocky II
1979·7.3
Paradise Alley
1978·5.9
F.I.S.T.
1978·6.5
Rocky
1976·7.8
Cannonball
1976·5.6
Farewell, My Lovely
1975·6.6
Mandingo
1975·6.6
Death Race 2000
1975·6.2
Capone
1975·5.9
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
1975·6.6
No Place to Hide
1974·4.1
The Lords of Flatbush
1974·5.8
What's Up, Doc?
1972·7.4
Klute
1971·6.8
Bananas
1971·6.7
The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker
1970·5.5
Lovers and Other Strangers
1970·5.1
M*A*S*H
1970·6.9
The Party at Kitty and Stud's
1970·3.9
Downhill Racer
1969·5.9
The Square Root
1969·0.0