Sylvester Stallone was born on July 6 1946 In New York City. Because of incorrect use of forceps during his birth part of his face is paralyzed. He went to school in Philadelphia and Miami. He started his acting career in a sofcore porno. He did it because he needed the money as he had been evicted and was homeless. He continued to doing small roles in movies like Woody Allen’s Bananas, Klute, The Prisoner of Second Avenue (with Jack Lemmon) and Lords of Flatbush. He also appeared in Police Story and Kojack. It wasn’t until Rocky, which he wrote. The movie was nominated for ten Oscars and ended up winning for Best Picture, Best Directing and Best Film Editing. The movie would become a franchise spawning several sequels. First Blood was another movie which had several sequels where he starred as John Rambo. Other movies he has been in include Cobra, Cliffhanger, Demolition Man, Judge Dredd, Daylight, Cop Land, The Expendables and Escape Plan.
What’s your favorite Sylvester Stallone role?
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That’s easy. Rocky Balboa.
It is the obvious one 😉
Sly always looks the same in EVERY SINGLE movie, ahah.
You haven’t seen him in Spy Kids then 😉
I love me some Italian Stallion. I didn’t know about the soft porn.
I enjoy his work as well.
It’s gotta be Rocky, right?
Good timing on this post, too! The Dissolve just put up an impressive retrospective on Stallone’s career:
http://thedissolve.com/features/career-view/275-sylvester-stallones-career-tells-a-story-of-going-/
It’s a fantastic read.
Yeah, it’s got to be 🙂
That’s a great article. Thanks!
Rocky. Hands down. And the whole story behind how he went about getting HIS film made, is So interesting. Just shows how much passion he had for his film and how much determination he’s got. I give this man some kudos. Big time.
Yeah, he is a very determined guy. Thanks for commenting Jaina!
My favourite Stallone role is his brief cameo as The Terminator in the alternative ‘Last Action Hero’ world.
Yeah, wish it would have been more than just a picture!
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