Sylvester Stallone
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 boxoffice 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 PTSDplagued soldier John Rambo in First Blood 1982 a role he would play across five Rambo films 19822019 He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1984 From the mid1980s to the late 1990s Stallone would go on to become one of Hollywoods highestpaid 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 2010present 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 Creeds 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 2022present In addition to his film work Stallone is a noted art collector and painter and has written books on fitness
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