“Panic and fear set in. I used that emotion to get back to the person I was.”
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Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Gardenzio "Sly" Stallone is an American actor and filmmaker. In a film career spanning more than 50 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 to have starred in a box-office No. 1 film across six consecutive…
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entertainment · American actor and filmmaker (born 1946) · film actor · film director · screenwriter · film producer · writer · character actor · television actor · painter · pornographic actor · restaurateur · also Sylvester Stallone, Sly Stallone, Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone, Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone, Stallone
Born 6 July 1946 · Q40026
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2026· 11 entries
“There was some conflict there, yes. He felt in his mind that”
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Yahoo: Sylvester Stallone Gets Candid About Being Broke
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Sylvester Stallone said talking to AOC was "like listening to a high school girl."” Satire Label.
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Public attention spiked: 73,947 Wikipedia readers in one day, 7.1× the usual 10,407, with 3 article edits. Editors noted: Marriages and children
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Published video “Rocky Balboa Trains with Apollo Creed as a Friend & a Brother| ROCKY III”.
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Published video “Rocky Balboas erster Trainingstag | Rohe Eier und Laufen auf der Straße”.
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Published video “Rocky's Inspirational Speech to His Son Sage | ROCKY BALBOA”.
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Published video “The Rambo Trilogy Part 1 Best Scenes with Sylvester Stallone”.
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Published video “From one king to another 👑 🤝 Tulsa & Frisco King now in production! #tulsaking #friscoking”.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Authentic photo shows Hollywood actors including Stallone and Schwarzenegger attending Chuck Norris funeral” Photo Is Fake.
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2025· 4 entries
Published video “Sylvester Stallones endgültiger Abschied von Hulk Hogan – Das Ende einer Ära 🕊️”.
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Published video “Rambo Quiz: Can You Guess the Movie, Quote, and Character?”.
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Published video “Here is HOW Sylvester Stallone Spent $400 Million (Financial lessons learned from ROCKY)”.
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Published video “From Rocky to Tulsa King — Sly Stallone is STILL Going the Distance 💥🥊”.
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2024· 12 entries
Snopes rated the claim “Actor Sylvestor Stallone once said: "No matter how much you torment yourself with guilt, the past won't change. And no matter how much you consume yourself with anxiety, the future won't be altered. So don't ruin your present; live in the now with determination and courage."” Unfounded (retired).
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Published video “Sylvester Stallone Lifestyle 2025: The Extravagant Life of a $2B Box Office Super Star | MOTIVATION”.
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With a third season set to premiere in 2026
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Actor Sylvester Stallone said his mother once told him, "The only reason you're here is because the hanger didn't work."” Correct Attribution.
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Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka rated the claim “Sylvester Stallone Passed Away !!” False.
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Fact Crescendo rated the claim “Sylvester Stallone has died” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “Actors Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg are joining Sylvester Stallone’s new production studio focused on promoting "traditional values."” Labeled Satire.
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Snopes rated the claim “Several social media posts on X and Facebook accurately reported in early 2024 that actor Sylvester Stallone backed out of a project with Robert De Niro because De Niro is "too woke."” Labeled Satire.
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Snopes rated the claim “Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg and Sylvester Stallone have resigned from the Screen Actors Guild to start a so-called "no-woke" union.” Labeled Satire.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Denzel Washington Mark Wahlberg and Sylvester Stallone all resign from SAG to create a new no woke union” Satire.
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Snopes rated the claim “A post in March 2024 accurately reported that Sylvester Stallone turned down $100 million endorsement deal with beer brand Bud Light because he said it was too "woke."” Originated as Satire.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “A Facebook post accurately reported in early 2024 that actor Sylvester Stallone backed out of a project with Robert De Niro because De Niro is "too woke."” Labeled Satire.
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2022· 2 entries
Palm Beach County records showed that after 25 years of marriage, Jennifer Flavin had filed for "dissolution of marriage and other relief"
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Stallone starred in Samaritan, a dark interpretation of the superhero genre, from a script written by Bragi Schut
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2021· 1 entry
Voiced King Shark in the DC Extended Universe film The Suicide Squad
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2020· 1 entry
“s Demolition Man is in the works:”
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2019· 1 entry
In an interview with Variety, Stallone said that a Rocky sequel and prequel are in development
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2018· 1 entry
Co-starred in Escape Plan 2: Hades with Dave Bautista which was released straight to home-video
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2017· 1 entry
Stallone appeared in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol
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2016· 1 entry
Won Golden Globe Awards (2016).
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2015· 2 entries
Returned to Rocky again with Creed, in which a retired Rocky mentors former rival Apollo Creed's son Adonis Creed
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Stallone reprised his role as Rocky Balboa in a spin-off-sequel film, Creed, which focused on Adonis "Donnie" Creed, the son of his deceased friend/rival, Apollo Creed, becoming a professional boxer, played by Michael B
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2013· 3 entries
Stallone starred in the action film Bullet to the Head, directed by Walter Hill, based upon Alexis Nolent's French graphic novel Du Plomb Dans La Tete
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Starred in the successful film Escape Plan and appeared in its sequels
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Starred in the action thriller Escape Plan, along with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jim Caviezel, and in the sports comedy drama Grudge Match alongside Robert De Niro, harkening back to the Rocky franchise
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2012· 1 entry
Released album “Rocky: Das Musical: Fight From the Heart”.
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2011· 2 entries
Awarded International Boxing Hall of Fame (2011).
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Stallone provided the voice of a lion in Kevin James' comedy Zookeeper
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2010· 1 entry
That Stallone was voted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in the non-participant category
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2008· 3 entries
Grossing US$6,490,000 on its opening day and US$18,200,000 over its opening weekend
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In 2008, Stallone endorsed John McCain for that year's presidential election.
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Stallone reprised his other famous role in the fourth installment of the Rambo franchise, titled simply Rambo (John Rambo in some countries where the first film was titled Rambo)
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2007· 1 entry
Customs officials in Australia discovered 48 vials of the synthetic human growth hormone Jintropin in Stallone's luggage
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2006· 2 entries
Stallone expressed his desire to direct a film about Musa Dagh, adapted by Franz Werfel's novel The Forty Days of Musa Dagh, detailing the genocide of its Armenian community in 1915
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With the sixth installment of the Rocky series, Rocky Balboa, which was a critical and commercial hit
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2005· 1 entry
Alongside Sugar Ray Leonard, he was the co-presenter of the NBC reality television boxing competition series The Contender
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2003· 1 entry
Played a villainous role in the third installment of the Spy Kids series: Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over, which was a huge box-office success (almost US$200 million worldwide)
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2000· 1 entry
Stallone starred in the thriller Get Carter, a remake of the 1971 British film of the same name, but the film was poorly received by both critics and audiences
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1998· 1 entry
Did voice-over work for the animated film Antz, which was a success domestically
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1997· 2 entries
Awarded The Life Career Award (1997).
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Stallone was cast against type as an overweight sheriff in the crime drama Cop Land in which he starred alongside Robert De Niro and Ray Liotta
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1996· 1 entry
Starred in the disaster film Daylight as a disgraced former emergency services chief who attempts to rescue survivors of an underground tunnel explosion
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1995· 1 entry
Played the title character (from the British comic book 2000 AD) in the science fiction action film Judge Dredd
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1993· 1 entry
Made a comeback with Renny Harlin's action thriller Cliffhanger, which was a success in the US, grossing US$84 million, and worldwide, grossing US$171 million
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1992· 2 entries
Awarded Honorary César (1992).
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Appeared in Roger Spottiswoode's action comedy Stop
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1990· 1 entry
This film was re-edited with outtakes from the original film and newly shot matching footage, then redubbed – in the style of Woody Allen's What's Up, Tiger Lily
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1989· 2 entries
Won Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor for Rambo III (1989).
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Co-starred alongside Kurt Russell in the buddy cop action film Tango & Cash, which did solid business domestically and overseas, grossing US$57 million in foreign markets and over US$120 million worldwide
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1988· 1 entry
Stallone met model Jennifer Flavin and they were in a relationship until 1994, when Stallone told her he was having a child with model Janice Dickinson
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1987· 1 entry
Starred in the family drama Over the Top as a struggling trucker who tries to make amends with his estranged son and enters an arm wrestling competition
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1986· 3 entries
Won Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor for Rambo: First Blood Part II (1986).
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Won Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director for Rocky IV (1986).
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Won Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay for Rambo: First Blood Part II (1986).
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1985· 2 entries
Won Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor for Rhinestone (1985).
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Stallone continued his success with the Rocky and Rambo franchises with Rocky IV and Rambo: First Blood Part II
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1984· 1 entry
Co-wrote and starred alongside Dolly Parton in the comedy film Rhinestone, where he played a wannabe country music singer
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1983· 2 entries
Frank's song "Far from Over", for Staying Alive, reached the #10 U
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Directed Staying Alive, the sequel to Saturday Night Fever, starring John Travolta
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1982· 1 entry
Stallone starred as Vietnam veteran John Rambo, a former Green Beret, in the action film First Blood, an adaptation of the eponymous novel by David Morell, though the script was significantly altered by Stallone during t
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1981· 1 entry
Starred alongside Michael Caine and soccer star Pelé in Escape to Victory, a sports drama in which he plays a prisoner of war involved in a Nazi propaganda soccer game
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1977· 3 entries
For the first Rocky, Stallone became the third man in history to receive the two nominations for best actor and best screenplay, after Charlie Chaplin and Orson Welles
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At the 49th Academy Awards, Rocky was nominated for ten Oscars, including Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay nominations for Stallone
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Became the third actor in history to be nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Actor
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1976· 1 entry
With his iconic role as boxer Rocky Balboa in the first film of the successful Rocky franchise, which he also wrote
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1975· 2 entries
Stallone saw the Muhammad Ali vs
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Played supporting roles in Farewell, My Lovely; Capone; and Death Race 2000
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1974· 1 entry
“Instead of the Charles Bronson character being an architect, my version would have him as a very good cop who had incredible success without ever using his gun. So when the attack on his family happens, he”
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1972· 1 entry
Stallone was on the verge of giving up on having an acting career; in what he later described as a low point, he tried and failed to get a job as an extra in The Godfather
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1970· 1 entry
Started using the stage name Sylvester E
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1969· 2 entries
Stallone found gradual work in films such as The Lords of Flatbush (1974)
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On a low-budget self-produced film called "Horses"
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1954· 1 entry
His mother opened a women's gym called Barbella's
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1946· 2 entries
Born 1946-07-06.
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The elder son of celebrity astrologer and women's professional wrestling promoter Jacqueline "Jackie" Stallone (née Labofish; 1921–2020) and hairdresser Francesco "Frank" Stallone Sr
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