History Creator / SylvesterStallone

One of the biggest box office draws in the world from the 1970s to the 1990s, Stallone is an icon of machismo and Hollywood [[ActionGenre action]] heroism. He is by far one of the most iconic action heroes ever, alongside box-office rival Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger. While not a very large man (standing at about 5'9 and weighing 180-ish in his prime), his MrFanservice musculature is the result of hard work with weight training and nutritional supplements (such as [[http://www.examiner.com/celebrity-fitness-and-health-in-national/expendables-star-sylvester-stallone-ripped-to-shreds-at-64-stunning-video HGH and testosterone]]). His identifiable "marble-mouth" voice is the result of complications during birth and having little feeling on one side of his body. Despite being known better for his action movies, Stallone was different from his contemporaries in one important way: [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct he was a legitimately good actor]], being compared to Creator/MarlonBrando by no less than Creator/RogerEbert, and has received [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscar]] nominations twice for playing [[Film/{{Rocky}} the same character]] [[Film/{{Creed}} 40 years apart]].

In the late '90s, Stallone started to struggle with a series of {{Box Office Bomb}}s as he found that the public was slowly losing interest in [[StrictlyFormula the "Stallone style" of films]]. As a result, he decided to go into more character-piece films, where he was praised for expanding his range and acknowledging his advancing age. This led into him reviving his ''Rocky'' and ''Rambo'' franchises, with the two restoring confidence that he can still be an action hero and do character pieces at the same time. He reprised his role as Rocky in the SpinOff film ''Film/{{Creed}}'' along with its [[Film/CreedII first sequel]]; he reprised his role as Rambo for what seems to be the character's last time on the silver screen in ''Film/RamboLastBlood'', and also voiced a video game version of Rambo as a GuestFighter in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11''.

** ''Film/{{Creed}}''

* ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'' series as John Rambo

He has played two characters who have become a part of the American [[PersonAsVerb cultural lexicon]]: [[Franchise/{{Rocky}} Rocky Balboa]], the underdog boxer who overcame odds to fight for love and glory, and [[Franchise/{{Rambo}} John Rambo]], a courageous soldier who specialized in violent rescue and revenge missions (often [[OneManArmy all on his own]]). He has also been a driving force behind the camera for the majority of his movies, having written the original story for the first ''Rocky'' and directing most of its sequels.

One of the biggest box office draws in the world from the 1970s to the 1990s, Stallone is an icon of machismo and Hollywood [[ActionGenre action]] heroism. He is by far one of the most iconic action heroes ever, alongside box-office rival Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger. While not a very large man (standing at about 5'9 and weighing 180-ish in his prime), his MrFanservice musculature is the result of hard work with weight training and nutritional supplements (such as [[http://www.examiner.com/celebrity-fitness-and-health-in-national/expendables-star-sylvester-stallone-ripped-to-shreds-at-64-stunning-video HGH and testosterone]]). His identifiable "marble-mouth" voice is the result of complications during birth and having little feeling on one side of his body. Despite being known better for his action movies, Stallone was different from his contemporaries in one important way: [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct He was a legitimately good actor]], being compared to Creator/MarlonBrando by no less than Creator/RogerEbert, and has received Oscar nominations twice for playing [[Film/{{Rocky}} the same character]] [[Film/{{Creed}} 40 years apart]].

He has played two characters who have become a part of the American [[PersonAsVerb cultural lexicon]]: Rocky Balboa, the underdog boxer who overcame odds to fight for love and glory, and John Rambo, a courageous soldier who specialized in violent rescue and revenge missions (often [[OneManArmy all on his own]]). And he has also been a driving force behind the camera for the majority of his movies, having written the original story for Rocky and directing most of the sequels.

During the 1980s and best part of 1990s, he was one of the biggest movie stars in the world with the ''Franchise/{{Rocky}}'' and ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'' franchises. In the late 90's he started to struggle with a series of {{Box Office Bomb}}s as he found that the public was slowly losing interest in [[StrictlyFormula the Stallone style of films]]. He decided to go into more character-piece films where he was praised for expanding his range and acknowledging his advancing age.

This led into him reviving his ''Rocky'' and ''Rambo'' franchises, with the two restoring confidence that he can still be an action hero and do character pieces at the same time. ''Film/TheExpendables'' and its sequels gathered an impressive group of past and present action stars, including Creator/JasonStatham, Creator/DolphLundgren, Creator/BruceWillis, Creator/JetLi, Creator/MickeyRourke, Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger, Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme, Creator/ChuckNorris, Creator/MelGibson, Creator/WesleySnipes, Creator/HarrisonFord and Creator/AntonioBanderas.

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 ''Franchise/{{Rocky}}'' series led the area to be nicknamed the Rocky Steps. Philadelphia has a statue of his Rocky character placed permanently near the museum, on the right side before the steps. Since then, he has reprised his role as Rocky in the ''Rocky'' spin-off ''Film/{{Creed}}''[[note]]where he received a Best Supporting Actor nod, one of the few people in history to receive multiple Oscar nominations for playing the same character[[/note]], along with its sequel. He reprised his role as Rambo for what seems to be the character's last time on the silver screen in ''Film/RamboLastBlood'' as well as voicing a video game version of Rambo as a GuestFighter in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11''.

He currently stars in the Paramount+ series ''Series/TulsaKing'' (his first major TV series), which premiered in November 13, 2022.

During the 1980s and best part of 1990s, he was one of the biggest movie stars in the world with the ''Franchise/{{Rocky}}'' and ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'' franchises. In the late 90's he started to struggle with a series of {{Box Office Bomb}}s as he found that the public was slowly losing interest in the Stallone-style "StrictlyFormula" films. He decided to go into more character-piece films where he was praised for expanding his range and acknowledging his advancing age.

* ''Film/GetCarter'' as Jack Carter

During the 1980s and best part of 1990s, he was one of the biggest movie stars in the world with the ''Franchise/{{Rocky}}'' and ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'' franchises. In the late 90's he started to struggle with a series of Box Office duds as he found that the public was slowly losing interest in the Stallone-style "StrictlyFormula" films. He decided to go into more character-piece films where he was praised for expanding his range and acknowledging his advancing age.

* ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'' (Series) as John Rambo

* ''Franchise/{{Rocky}}'' (Series) as Rocky Balboa

Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone (born July 6, 1946), nicknamed "Sly", is an American actor, director, producer, screenwriter and [[OldShame former]] [[BleachedUnderpants porn]] [[IWasYoungAndNeededTheMoney star]].

He currently stars in a new Paramount+ series (and also his first major television series) called ''Series/TulsaKing'' which premiered in November 13, 2022.

!!Selected Films

He currently stars in a new Paramount+ series (and also his first major television series) called ''Series/Tulsa King'' which premiered in November 13, 2022.

* ''Film/{{Oscar}}'' (1991) as Angelo “Snaps” Provolone

->''"Yo, Adrian! I did it!"''

** ''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3''

* ''Film/{{Oscar}}'' (1991) as Oscar

* ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'' as Stakar Orugard

* ''[[Film/{{Taxi}} Taxi 3]]'' [[AsHimself as himself]]

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 ''Franchise/{{Rocky}}'' series led the area to be nicknamed the Rocky Steps. Philadelphia has a statue of his Rocky character placed permanently near the museum, on the right side before the steps. Since then, he has reprised his role as Rocky in the ''Rocky'' spin-off ''Film/{{Creed}}''[[note]]where he received a Best Supporting Actor nod, one of the few people in history to receive multiple Oscar nominations for playing the same character[[/note]], along with its sequel. He is reprised his role as Rambo for what seems to be the last time on the silver screen in ''Film/RamboLastBlood'' as well as voicing a video game version of Rambo as a GuestFighter in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11''.

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* ''Film/{{Assassins}}''
* ''Film/BulletToTheHead''
* ''Film/{{Cliffhanger}}''

* ''Film/CopLand''
* ''Film/{{Daylight}}''
* ''Film/DeathRace2000''

* ''Film/{{Driven}}''

* ''Film/EscapeToVictory''

* ''Film/{{FIST}}''
* ''Film/GetCarter''
* ''Film/GrudgeMatch''

* ''Film/LockUp''
* ''Film/{{Nighthawks}}''
* ''Film/{{Oscar}}'' (1991)
* ''Film/OverTheTop''

* ''Film/ReachMe''
* ''Film/{{Rhinestone}}''

* ''Film/TheSpecialist''

* ''Film/StopOrMyMomWillShoot''

* ''Film/TangoAndCash''
* ''[[Film/{{Taxi}} Taxi 3]]''

* ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'' as King Shark

One of the biggest box office draws in the world from the 1970s to the 1990s, Stallone is an icon of machismo and Hollywood [[ActionGenre action]] heroism. He is by far one of the most iconic action heroes ever, alongside box-office rival Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger. While not a very large man (standing at about 5'9 and weighing 180-ish in his prime), his MrFanservice musculature is the result of hard work with weight training and nutritional supplements (such as [[http://www.examiner.com/celebrity-fitness-and-health-in-national/expendables-star-sylvester-stallone-ripped-to-shreds-at-64-stunning-video HGH and testosterone]]). His identifiable "marble-mouth" voice is the result of complications during birth and having little feeling on one side of his body. Despite being known better for his action movies, Stallone was different from his contemporaries in one important way: [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct He was a legitimately good actor]], being compared to Creator/MarlonBrando by no less than Creator/RogerEbert, and has won Oscars twice for playing [[Film/{{Rocky}} the same character]] [[Film/{{Creed}} 40 years apart]].

One of the biggest box office draws in the world from the 1970s to the 1990s, Stallone is an icon of machismo and Hollywood [[ActionGenre action]] heroism. He is by far one of the most iconic action heroes ever, alongside box-office rival Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger. While not a very large man (standing at about 5'9 and weighing 180-ish in his prime), his MrFanservice musculature is the result of hard work with weight training and nutritional supplements (such as [[http://www.examiner.com/celebrity-fitness-and-health-in-national/expendables-star-sylvester-stallone-ripped-to-shreds-at-64-stunning-video HGH and testosterone]]). His identifiable "marble-mouth" voice is the result of complications during birth and having little feeling on one side of his body. Despite being known better for his action movies, Stallone was different from his contemporaries in one important way: [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct He was a legitimately good actor]], being compared to Creator/MarlonBrando by no less than Creator/RogerEbert, and has won Oscars for acting twice.

One of the biggest box office draws in the world from the 1970s to the 1990s, Stallone is an icon of machismo and Hollywood [[ActionGenre action]] heroism. He is by far one of the most iconic action heroes ever, alongside box-office rival Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger. While not a very large man (standing at about 5'9 and weighing 180-ish in his prime), his MrFanservice musculature is the result of hard work with weight training and nutritional supplements (such as [[http://www.examiner.com/celebrity-fitness-and-health-in-national/expendables-star-sylvester-stallone-ripped-to-shreds-at-64-stunning-video HGH and testosterone]]). His identifiable "marble-mouth" voice is the result of complications during birth and having little feeling on one side of his body. Despite being known better for his action movies, Stallone was different from his contemporaries in one important way: [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct He was a legitimately good actor]], being compared to Creator/MarlonBrando by no less than Creator/RogerEbert.

One of the biggest box office draws in the world from the 1970s to the 1990s, Stallone is an icon of machismo and Hollywood [[ActionGenre action]] heroism. He is by far one of the most iconic action heroes ever, alongside box-office rival Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger. While not a very large man (standing at about 5'9 and weighing 180-ish in his prime), his MrFanservice musculature is the result of hard work with weight training and nutritional supplements (such as [[http://www.examiner.com/celebrity-fitness-and-health-in-national/expendables-star-sylvester-stallone-ripped-to-shreds-at-64-stunning-video HGH and testosterone]]). His identifiable "marble-mouth" voice is the result of complications during birth and having little feeling on one side of his body. Despite being known better for his action movies, Stallone was different from his contemporaries in one important way: [[HeReallyCanAct He was a legitimately good actor]], being compared to Creator/MarlonBrando by no less than Creator/RogerEbert.

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 ''Franchise/{{Rocky}}'' series led the area to be nicknamed the Rocky Steps. Philadelphia has a statue of his Rocky character placed permanently near the museum, on the right side before the steps. Since then, he has reprised his role as Rocky in the ''Rocky'' spin-off ''Film/{{Creed}}''[[note]]where he recieved a Best Supporting Actor nod, one of the few people in history to recieve multiple Oscar nominations for playing the same character[[/note]], along with its sequel. He is reprised his role as Rambo for what seems to be the last time on the silver screen in ''Film/RamboLastBlood'' as well as voicing a video game version of Rambo as a GuestFighter in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11''.