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Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone (/stəˈloʊn/; 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sylvester Stallone, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone (/stəˈloʊn/; 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sylvester Stallone, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Saturday Night Live
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Graham Norton Show
The Early Show
Police Story
Kojak
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Entertainment Tonight
E! True Hollywood Story
This Is Us
CBS News Sunday Morning
Celebrities Uncensored
E! Live from the Red Carpet
Las Vegas
HBO First Look
Marvel Studios Legends
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
30 for 30
The Muppet Show
Arnold
Mr. McMahon
Tulsa King
Men in Black
Staying Alive
Cannonball
Mandingo
The Oscars
Downhill Racer
Zookeeper
A Minecraft Movie
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Ratchet & Clank
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Expend4bles
Dream On
The Suicide Squad
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Grudge Match
Creed II
Samaritan
Alarum
Creed
Armor
Escape to Victory
Rambo: Last Blood
Samaritan 2
The Making of The Expendables 3
Escape Plan 2: Hades
The Family Stallone
Escape Plan: The Extractors
The Expendables
Rambo
Escape Plan
Rocky IV
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
The Expendables 3
The Contender
The Expendables 2
Bullet to the Head
Rocky Balboa
Daylight
Over the Top
Untitled "Rocky" prequel
Lock Up
Scavenger Hunt
Rocky
Rocky III
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
First Blood
Rhinestone
Cliffhanger
Assassins
Judge Dredd
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Tango & Cash
The Specialist
Rocky II
Never Too Old to Die
Rocky V
Demolition Man
Rambo III
Cobra
Production Credits
Creed
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
Untitled "Rocky" prequel
Untitled "Rambo" prequel
Rocky IV
Creed III
Cliffhanger
The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil
The Expendables
Rocky
The Expendables 2
Cobra
Homefront
Over the Top
First Blood
Creed IV
The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil
Death Wish
Ultimate Beastmaster
Never Too Old to Die
Tulsa King
Rambo
A Working Man
Rocky III
The Expendables 3
Scavenger Hunt
Samaritan
Rocky Balboa
Samaritan 2
Rocky II
Rambo: Last Blood
Staying Alive
Rocky V
Rhinestone
The Contender
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Rambo III
Creed II
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