Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone is an American actor and filmmaker. He is well known for his Hollywood action roles, including boxer Rocky Balboa in the Rocky series' seven films from 1976 to 2015; soldier John Rambo from the four Rambo films, released between 1982 and 2008; and Barney Ross in the three The Expendables films from 2010 to 2014. He wrote or co-wrote most of the 14 films in all three franchises, and directed many of the films. Stallone's film Rocky was inducted into the National Film Registry as well as having its film props placed in the Smithsonian Museum. Stallone's use of the front entrance to the Philadelphia Museum of Art in the Rocky series led the area to be nicknamed the Rocky Steps. Philadelphia has a statue of his Rocky character placed permanently near the museum. It was announced on December 7, 2010 that Stallone was voted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in the non-participant category. In 1977, Stallone was nominated for two Academy Awards for Rocky, Best Original Screenplay and Best Actor. He became the third man in history to receive these two nominations for the same film, after Charlie Chaplin and Orson Welles. He received positive reviews, as well as his first Golden Globe Award win and a third Academy Award nomination, for reprising the role of Rocky Balboa in Ryan Coogler's 2015 film Creed.
Movie | Taming The Beast – The Emptiness Within | Self | 2025 |
Movie | The Original Action Hero | Self | 2025 |
Movie | Armored | 2025 | |
Movie | Sly | Self | 2023-09-16 |
Movie | Jean-Claude van Damme: Karate King | Self (archive footage) | 2023-03-17 |
Movie | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | Stakar Ogord | 2023-05-03 |
Series | The Family Stallone | Self | 2023-05-17 |
Movie | Expend4bles | Barney Ross | 2023-09-15 |
Movie | Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | Self - 'Stakar Ogord' (archive footage) | 2023-09-13 |
Movie | Hidden Strike | 2023-07-06 | |
Series | Arnold | Self | 2023-06-07 |
Movie | Samaritan | Joe Smith | 2022-08-25 |
Series | Tulsa King | Dwight 'The General' Manfredi | 2022-11-13 |
Movie | Stallone: Frank, That Is | Self | 2021-01-19 |
Movie | The Suicide Squad | Nanaue / King Shark (voice) | 2021-07-28 |
Movie | 40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic | Narrator/Self (archive footage) | 2020-06-09 |
Movie | I Am Durán | Himself | 2019-06-03 |
Movie | Rambo: Last Blood | John Rambo | 2019-09-19 |
Movie | Escape Plan: The Extractors | Ray Breslin | 2019-06-20 |
Movie | Backtrace | Sykes | 2018-12-14 |
Movie | Creed II | Rocky Balboa | 2018-11-21 |
Movie | Escape Plan 2: Hades | Ray Breslin | 2018-06-05 |
Movie | John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs | Self | 2017-08-01 |
Movie | 80’s Blockbusters: When Hollywood Played Tough | 2017-10-04 | |
Movie | John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) | 2017-03-19 |
Movie | Animal Crackers | Bullet-Man (voice) | 2017-06-23 |
Movie | Princess Diana: Her Life, Her Death, the Truth | Self (archive footage) | 2017-05-22 |
Movie | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | Stakar Ogord | 2017-04-19 |
Movie | Ratchet & Clank | Victor Von Ion (voice) | 2016-04-13 |
Movie | Creed | Rocky Balboa | 2015-11-25 |
Movie | From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues | Self | 2015-11-18 |
Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
Movie | Reach Me | Gerald | 2014-03-14 |
Movie | The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films | Himself | 2014-10-22 |
Movie | Lennon or McCartney | Himself (archive footage) | 2014-12-12 |
Movie | The Expendables 3 | Barney Ross | 2014-08-07 |
Movie | Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films | Lincoln Hawk (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2014-10-06 |
Movie | The Making of The Expendables 3 | Self | 2014-11-25 |
Movie | Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon | Self | 2013-09-07 |
Movie | Grudge Match | Henry 'Razor' Sharp | 2013-12-25 |
Movie | Escape Plan | Ray Breslin | 2013-10-09 |
Movie | Milius | Self | 2013-03-09 |
Movie | The Expendables 2 | Barney Ross | 2012-08-08 |
Movie | Gods of War: Assembling Earth's Mightiest Anti-Heroes | Himself | 2012-11-12 |
Movie | Bullet to the Head | James Bonomo | 2012-11-14 |
Movie | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
Movie | Zookeeper | Joe the Lion (voice) | 2011-07-06 |
Movie | The Real Rocky | Self | 2011-10-25 |
Movie | The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance | Self | 2011-12-27 |
Movie | The Expendables | Barney Ross | 2010-08-03 |
Movie | Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables' | Self | 2010-11-14 |
Movie | Rambo: To Hell and Back - Director's Production Diary | Self | 2010-07-27 |
Movie | Kambakkht Ishq | Sylvester Stallone | 2009-07-03 |
Movie | Rambo | John Rambo | 2008-01-24 |
Movie | Ecki's World | Self | 2007-11-17 |
Movie | Rocky Balboa | Robert 'Rocky' Balboa | 2006-12-20 |
Series | The Contender | Himself - Boxing Mentor | 2005-03-07 |
Movie | Shade | Dean 'The Dean' Stevens | 2003-05-18 |
Movie | Taxi 3 | Passenger to Airport | 2003-01-29 |
Movie | Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over | Toymaker | 2003-07-25 |
Movie | Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron' | Himself | 2002-01-01 |
Movie | D-Tox | Jake Malloy | 2002-01-04 |
Movie | Iron and Beyond | Self - Actor & Director | 2002-11-15 |
Movie | Ultimate Fights from the Movies | John J. Rambo (archive footage) | 2002-04-16 |
Movie | Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S. | Self | 2002-11-26 |
Movie | Avenging Angelo | Frankie Delano | 2002-08-30 |
Series | Liberty's Kids | Paul Revere | 2002-09-02 |
Movie | Driven | Joe Tanto | 2001-04-27 |
Movie | America: A Tribute to Heroes | Self | 2001-09-21 |
Movie | CyberWorld | Weaver (voice) | 2000-10-06 |
Movie | Get Carter | Jack Carter | 2000-10-06 |
Movie | Antz | Weaver (voice) | 1998-10-02 |
Movie | Jackie Chan: My Story | Himself | 1998-07-17 |
Movie | An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn | Sylvester Stallone | 1998-02-20 |
Movie | Cop Land | Sheriff Freddy Heflin | 1997-08-15 |
Movie | Men in Black | Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited) | 1997-07-02 |
Movie | Daylight | Kit Latura | 1996-12-06 |
Movie | A Family Thing | Rocky Balboa (uncredited) | 1996-03-29 |
Movie | Your Studio and You | Sylvester Stallone | 1995-02-01 |
Movie | Judge Dredd | Judge Joseph Dredd | 1995-06-30 |
Movie | Assassins | Robert Rath | 1995-10-06 |
Movie | The Specialist | Ray Quick | 1994-10-07 |
Movie | Demolition Man | John Spartan | 1993-10-08 |
Movie | Cliffhanger | Gabe Walker | 1993-05-28 |
Movie | Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot | Sgt. Joseph "Joe" Andrew Bomowski | 1992-02-21 |
Movie | Peter's Friends | Himself (uncredited) | 1992-09-18 |
Movie | Oscar | Angelo "Snaps" Provolone | 1991-04-26 |
Movie | Gremlins 2: The New Batch | John J. Rambo (uncredited) | 1990-06-15 |
Movie | Rocky V | Robert 'Rocky' Balboa | 1990-11-16 |
Movie | Night of 100 Stars III | Self | 1990-05-21 |
Movie | Lock Up | Frank Leone | 1989-08-04 |
Movie | Tango & Cash | Raymond 'Ray' Tango | 1989-12-22 |
Movie | Rambo III | John Rambo | 1988-05-24 |
Movie | Over the Top | Lincoln Hawk | 1987-02-13 |
Movie | Cobra | Lieutenant Marion 'Cobra' Cobretti | 1986-05-22 |
Movie | Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick | Self | 1986-11-22 |
Movie | Rocky IV | Robert "Rocky" Balboa | 1985-11-21 |
Movie | Rambo: First Blood Part II | John J. Rambo | 1985-05-21 |
Movie | Terror in the Aisles | Deke DaSilva (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1984-10-26 |
Movie | Rhinestone | Nick | 1984-06-22 |
Movie | Staying Alive | Man on Street (uncredited) | 1983-07-11 |
Movie | Rocky III | Robert 'Rocky' Balboa | 1982-05-28 |
Movie | First Blood | John Rambo, Vietnam veteran | 1982-10-22 |
Movie | Nighthawks | Deke DaSilva | 1981-03-17 |
Movie | Escape to Victory | Captain Robert Hatch | 1981-06-17 |
Movie | Rocky II | Robert 'Rocky' Balboa | 1979-06-15 |
Movie | Paradise Alley | Cosmo Carboni | 1978-09-22 |
Movie | F.I.S.T. | John D. 'Johnny' Kovak | 1978-04-26 |
Movie | Rocky | Robert 'Rocky' Balboa | 1976-11-21 |
Movie | Cannonball | Mafioso | 1976-07-06 |
Movie | The Prisoner of Second Avenue | Youth in Park | 1975-03-14 |
Movie | Capone | Frank Nitti | 1975-04-16 |
Movie | Farewell, My Lovely | Jonnie | 1975-08-08 |
Movie | Mandingo | Lynching Witness (uncredited) | 1975-06-06 |
Movie | Death Race 2000 | Machine Gun Joe Viterbo | 1975-04-30 |
Movie | No Place to Hide | Jerry Savage | 1974-09-12 |
Movie | The Lords of Flatbush | Stanley Rosiello | 1974-05-01 |
Movie | What's Up, Doc? | Hotel Guest (uncredited) | 1972-03-09 |
Movie | Klute | Club Patron (uncredited) | 1971-06-23 |
Movie | Bananas | Subway Thug #1 (uncredited) | 1971-04-28 |
Movie | Lovers and Other Strangers | Groomsman | 1970-08-12 |
Movie | The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker | Party Guest | 1970-10-28 |
Movie | M*A*S*H | Soldier (uncredited) | 1970-02-18 |
Movie | The Party at Kitty and Stud's | Stud | 1970-02-10 |
Movie | Downhill Racer | Restaurant Patron (uncredited) | 1969-11-06 |