Sylvester Stallone

9 films directed 13 Awards 6 Nominations

Biography

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).

Most directed genres

Recurring actors

Awards and nominations

2016 Golden Globe Awards
2016 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated
2011 International Boxing Hall of Fame
1997 The Life Career Award
1992 Honorary César
1986 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor
1986 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director
1986 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay
1986 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor Nominated
1986 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director Nominated
1986 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay Nominated
1977 Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated
1977 Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay Nominated
— Saturn Awards
— César Award
— Kennedy Center Honors
— David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor
— Officer of Arts and Letters
— star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

The career in numbers

US$ 237 mi Total budget from 8 film(s) with data
US$ 1.3 bi Total box office from 8 film(s) with data
US$ 30 mi Average budget from 8 film(s) with data
US$ 163 mi Average box office from 8 film(s) with data
6.6 Average rating from 8 film(s) with data
5.5× Return on investment from 8 film(s) with data

Budget and box office do not exist for every film in our records. Averages are computed over the films that carry the figure, and the count beside each one says how many.

Films directed

Film	Year	Budget	Box office	Rating
The Expendables	2010	US$ 80 mi	US$ 274 mi	6.3
Rambo	2008	US$ 50 mi	US$ 113 mi	6.7
Rocky Balboa	2006	US$ 24 mi	US$ 156 mi	6.9
Rocky Special: Burning Youth	1990	—	—	7.0
Rocky IV	1985	US$ 31 mi	US$ 300 mi	7.1
Staying Alive	1983	US$ 22 mi	US$ 126 mi	5.8
Rocky III	1982	US$ 17 mi	US$ 125 mi	6.9
Rocky II	1979	US$ 7 mi	US$ 200 mi	7.3
Paradise Alley	1978	US$ 6 mi	US$ 7 mi	5.9

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