Sylvester Stallone

Highest Rated: 95% Creed (2015)
Lowest Rated: 0% Staying Alive (1983)
Birthday: Jul 6, 1946
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA

An icon of machismo and Hollywood action heroism, Sylvester Stallone is responsible for creating two characters who have become a part of the American cultural lexicon: Rocky Balboa, the no-name boxer who overcame all odds to become a champion, and John Rambo, the courageous soldier who specialized in violent rescues and revenge. Both characters are reflections of Stallone's personal experiences and the battles he waged during his transition from a poor kid in Hell's Kitchen to one of the world's most popular stars. According to Stallone, his was not a happy childhood. On July 6, 1946, in the aforementioned part of Manhattan, Sylvester Enzio Stallone was born to a chorine and an Italian immigrant. A forceps accident during his birth severed a facial nerve, leaving Stallone with parts of his lip, tongue, and chin paralyzed. In doing so, the accident imprinted Stallone with some of the most recognizable components of his persona: the distinctively slurred (and some say often nearly incomprehensible) speech patterns, drooping lower lip, and crooked left eye that have been eagerly seized upon by caricaturists. To compound these defects, Stallone was a homely, sickly child who once suffered from rickets. His parents were constantly at war and struggling to support Stallone and his younger brother, Frank Stallone (who became a B-movie actor). The elder brother spent most of his first five years in the care of foster homes. Stallone has said that his interest in acting came from his attempts to get attention and affection from those strangers who tried to raise him. When he was five, his parents moved their family to Silver Spring, MD, but once again spent their time bickering and largely ignored their children. Following his parents' divorce in 1957, the 11-year-old Stallone remained with his stern father. The actor's teen years proved even more traumatic. As Stallone seemed willing to do just about anything for attention, however negative, he had already been enrolled in 12 schools and expelled several times for his behavior problems. His grades were dreadful and his classmates picked on him for being different. Stallone coped by becoming a risk taker and developing elaborate fantasies in which he presented himself as a brave hero and champion of the underdog. At age 15, Stallone moved to Philadelphia to be with his mother and her new husband. By this time, he had begun lifting weights and took up fencing, football, and the discus. He also started appearing in school plays. Following graduation, Stallone received an athletic scholarship for the American College of Switzerland. While there he was a girls' athletic coach and in his spare time starred in a school production of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. The experience inspired him to become an actor and after returning stateside, he started studying drama at the University of Miami until he decided to move to New York in 1969. While working a variety of odd jobs, Stallone auditioned frequently but only occasionally found stage work, most of which was off-Broadway in shows like the all-nude Score and Rain. He even resorted to appearing in the softcore porn film, Party at Kitty's and Studs, which was later repackaged as The Italian Stallion after Stallone became famous. Stallone's face and even his deep voice were factors in his constant rejection for stage and film roles. He did nab a bit role in Woody Allen's Bananas (1971), but after he was turned down for The Godfather (1971), Stallone became discouraged. Rather than give up, however, Stallone again developed a coping mechanism -- he turned to writing scripts, lots of scripts, some of which were produced. He still auditioned and landed a starring role in Rebel (1973). During his writing phase, he married actress Sasha Czack in late 1974 and they moved to California in the hopes of building acting careers. His first minor success came when he wrote the screenplay for and co-starred in the nostalgic Lords of Flatbush (1974)

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Highest Rated Movies

Creed
95%
Milius
94%
Rocky
94%

Filmography

Movies

Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office	Year
27%	Rambo: Last Blood	Screenwriter John Rambo	—	2019
No Score Yet	Le Tombeau 3: Extraction	Actor	—	2019
30%	Escape Plan: The Extractors	Ray Breslin	—	2019
11%	Backtrace	Sykes	—	2018
84%	Creed II	Rocky Balboa Screenwriter	—	2018
8%	Escape Plan 2: Hades	Ray Breslin	—	2018
No Score Yet	Retracer	Actor	—	2018
No Score Yet	Escape Plan 2 (Double Feature with Escape Plan)	Ray Breslin	—	2018
No Score Yet	John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs	Actor	—	2017
No Score Yet	Blockbusters 80, la folle décennie d'Hollywood	Actor	—	2017
22%	Ratchet & Clank	Victor	—	2016
No Score Yet	Scarpa	Gregory Scarpa	—	2016
No Score Yet	Animal Crackers	Bullet-Man	—	2016
95%	Creed	Producer Rocky Balboa	$81.2M	2015
4%	Reach Me	Gerald	—	2014
32%	The Expendables 3	Barney Ross Screenwriter Producer	$34.8M	2014
78%	Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon	Actor	$0.2M	2014
31%	Grudge Match	Henry "Razor" Sharp	$14.9M	2013
42%	Homefront	Screenwriter Producer	$12.7M	2013
50%	Escape Plan	Breslin	$18.7M	2013
94%	Milius	Actor	—	2013
46%	Bullet to the Head	James Bonomo	$9.6M	2013
68%	The Expendables 2	Screenwriter Barney Ross	$85.1M	2012
14%	Zookeeper	Joe the Lion	$80.4M	2011
42%	The Expendables	Screenwriter Barney Ross Director	$103M	2010
No Score Yet	Amerika Idol	Actor	—	2009
38%	Rambo (Rambo IV)	Producer Screenwriter John Rambo Director	$42.8M	2008
77%	Rocky Balboa	Rocky Balboa Director Screenwriter Executive Producer	$70.2M	2006
No Score Yet	Ali Rap	Actor	—	2006
No Score Yet	Pele Forever	Actor	—	2005
45%	Spy Kids 3-D - Game Over	Toymaker	—	2003
No Score Yet	Making 'Avenging Angelo'	Frankie Delano	—	2003
67%	Shade	The Dean	—	2003
13%	Avenging Angelo	Actor	—	2002
15%	D-Tox (Eye See You)	Jake Malloy	—	2002
No Score Yet	Ultimate Fights	Actor	—	2002
14%	Driven	Joe Tanto Producer Screenwriter	—	2001
12%	Get Carter	Jack Carter	$14.6M	2000
93%	Antz	Weaver	—	1998
8%	An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn	Himself	—	1998
74%	Cop Land	Freddy Heflin	—	1997
25%	Daylight	Kit Latura	—	1996
15%	Assassins	Robert Rath	—	1995
17%	Judge Dredd	Judge Dredd	—	1995
7%	The Specialist	Ray Quick	—	1994
No Score Yet	Academy Award Winners, The First 50 Years: Volume 10 - Hollywood Comes to Age	Actor	—	1994
62%	Demolition Man	Sergeant John Spartan	—	1993
8%	Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot	Joe Bomowski	—	1992
12%	Oscar	Angelo 'Snaps' Provolone	—	1991
29%	Rocky V	Rocky Balboa Screenwriter	—	1990
No Score Yet	A Man Called...Rainbo	Actor	—	1990
31%	Tango & Cash	Ray Tango	—	1989
17%	Lock Up	Frank Leone	—	1989
38%	Rambo III	Screenwriter Rambo	—	1988
No Score Yet	Stars of the Century	Actor	—	1988
27%	Over the Top	Lincoln Hawk Screenwriter	—	1987
14%	Cobra	Lieutenant Marion 'Cobra' Cobretti	—	1986
40%	Rocky IV	Screenwriter Director Rocky Balboa	—	1985
36%	Rambo: First Blood Part II	Screenwriter Rambo John Rambo	—	1985
57%	Terror in the Aisles	Actor	—	1984
15%	Rhinestone	Screenwriter Nick	—	1984
0%	Staying Alive	Producer	—	1983
87%	First Blood	Screenwriter John Rambo	—	1982
64%	Rocky III	Rocky Director Screenwriter	—	1982
71%	Victory	Capt. Robert Hatch	—	1981
70%	Nighthawks	Deke DaSilva	—	1981
71%	Rocky II	Rocky Balboa Director Screenwriter	—	1979
40%	Paradise Alley	Screenwriter Director Cosmo Carboni	—	1978
73%	F.I.S.T.	Screenwriter Johnny Kovak	—	1978
94%	Rocky	Screenwriter	—	1976
No Score Yet	Cannonball	Mafioso	—	1976
76%	Farewell, My Lovely	Kelly/Jonnie	—	1975
No Score Yet	Capone	Frank Nitti	—	1975
83%	Death Race 2000	Machine Gun Joe Viterbo	—	1975
57%	The Prisoner of Second Avenue	Youth in Park	—	1975
67%	The Lords of Flatbush	Stanley Rosiello Screenwriter	—	1974
No Score Yet	Rebel	Actor	—	1973
88%	Bananas	Subway Thug	—	1971
No Score Yet	No Place to Hide (Rebel)	Actor	—	1970

TV

Rating	Title	Credit	Year
No Score Yet	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 2014	Guest	2019 2016 2015 2014
No Score Yet	Ultimate Beastmaster 2017-2018	Producer	2017
No Score Yet	Sunday Morning 2011-2018	Appearing	2015
No Score Yet	The Director's Chair 2014-2015	Guest	2015
No Score Yet	The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2003	Guest	2015
No Score Yet	The Late Show With Stephen Colbert 2015	Guest	2015
No Score Yet	The Graham Norton Show 2007	Guest	2014
No Score Yet	Late Show With David Letterman 1993-2015	Guest	2014 2013
No Score Yet	The View 1997	Guest	2013 2011
No Score Yet	The Tonight Show With Jay Leno 1992-2014	Guest	2013 2012 2010 2005 2004 2001
No Score Yet	The Contender 2005-2009	Host Appearing Executive Producer	2006 2005
No Score Yet	Las Vegas 2003-2008	Frank	2005 2004
No Score Yet	Saturday Night Live 1975	Host Guest	1997
100%	The Muppet Show 1976-1981	Guest	1979
No Score Yet	Kojak 1973-1978		1975
No Score Yet	S.T.R.O.N.G. 2015	Host Executive Producer Producer

QUOTES FROM Sylvester Stallone CHARACTERS

Johnny Kovak: We got anymore burying to do in the graveyard, they better get-out their shovels........cause we're through taking punches.

Wulfgar: Not you, Fox. I want that bastard.
Lt. Munafo: What bastid?
Lt. Munafo: What bastard?
Deke DaSilva: Me...

Deke DaSilva: YOU'RE FUCKIN DEAD!!
Deke DaSilva: You're fuckin' dead!

Sergeant John Spartan: Phoenix!

Rocky Balboa: chickens have gotten slower
Rocky Balboa: Chickens have gotten slower.

Lieutenant Marion 'Cobra' Cobretti: This is where the law ends and I start.

Rocky Balboa: Time takes everybody out; time's undefeated.

Adonis Johnson: I can train at your house.
Rocky Balboa: No I don't know nobody's been to my house in a long time you might be uncomfortable there.
Adonis Johnson: What, do you walk around naked?

Rocky Balboa: Women weaken legs.

Mickey: I think we oughta knock his block off.
Rocky Balboa: Absolutely.

Rocky Balboa: Prove what??
Rocky Balboa: Prove what?
Adonis Johnson: . . .That I'm not an accident.
Adonis Johnson: ...That I'm not an accident.
Adonis Johnson: ...That I'm not a mistake.

Rocky Balboa: One step. One punch. One round at a time.!!!!
Rocky Balboa: One step. One punch. One round at a time!

Rocky Balboa: “You see this guy here? That’s the toughest opponent you’re ever going to have to face.I believe that’s true in the ring, and I think that’s true in life. Now show me something.”
Rocky Balboa: You see this guy here? That's the toughest opponent you're ever going to have to face. I believe that's true in the ring, and I think that's true in life. Now show me something.

Rocky Balboa: In the Cloud?????
Rocky Balboa: In the Cloud?

Rocky Balboa: This guy right here, that's the toughest opponent your ever going to face......

Rocky Balboa: Your swing like a girl
Rocky Balboa: You swing like a girl.

Rocky Balboa: It ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.

Lieutenant Marion 'Cobra' Cobretti: You're the disease, and I'm the cure.

Gabe Cash: I don't know about you, but I have an aversion to getting F.U.B.A.R.
Ray Tango: What's fubar?
Gabe Cash: Fucked-Up Beyond All Recognition.

Barney Ross: Don't trust the government. They eat their young.

Barney Ross: Now I know why your team dropped you.

Trench: What are you gonna do?
Barney Ross: Reload.

Jake Ferris: Do you play an instrument?
Nick Martinelli: Yeah, I can sorta play a couple of chords on this organ I have at home. Hey, I'll tell you what, why don't you come to my house and teach me a new song?
Jake Ferris: Go to your house, huh? I suppose that's so you can show me your organ, right?
Nick Martinelli: Why do you think I'm conning you? I tell you that I really do have this big organ!

Rocky Balboa: Micky: Get up you son of a bitch! 'Cause Mickey loves you!

Breslin: [Before detonating the prison] Boom!
Breslin: Boom!

Rottmayer: You don't look that smart!
Breslin: You don't either!

Adrian: I'll be here waiting for you.
Rocky Balboa: How 'bout I stay here and you fight?

Apollo Creed: Ain't gonna be no rematch...ain't gonna be no rematch.
Rocky Balboa: Don't want one.

Adrian: Why do you wanna fight?
Rocky Balboa: 'Cause I can't sing or dance.

Drinker: Yo Rock, you need some help?
Rocky Balboa: No, guys; ain't no pie eating contest.

Henry "Razor" Sharp: Well, I can't be in the same room with that guy. Not worth it.
Dante Slate Jr.: The hell you mean it ain't worth it? I'm looking at your house!

John Rambo: To survive a war, you gotta become war.

Jack Carter: Rainwater is a fool.

Simon Phoenix: Blast from the past!
Sergeant John Spartan: You should have stayed there Phoenix!

Judge Dredd: I never broke the Law! I AM THE LAW!!
Judge Dredd: I never broke the Law! I am the law!

Jimmy Bobo: I know. I've heard the speech. You should have taken him in.

Jimmy Bobo: You're starting to sound like a broken record.
Taylor Kwon: They don't even make records anymore.
Jimmy Bobo: Right.

Taylor Kwon: You don't just kill a guy like that!
Jimmy Bobo: I just did!

Marion Cobretti: Come on pig!

Night Slasher: We're the future!
Marion Cobretti: No, you're history.

Yin Yang: I need a raise.
Barney 'The Schizo' Ross: Why?
Yin Yang: I need the money for my family. I want to send my son to a better school.
Lee Christmas: When did you get a family?
Yin Yang: Don't ask. I don't know.

Rocky Balboa: Cut me Mick!

John Rambo: Yo!

Rocky Balboa: Yo, Adrian!

Mason "The Line" Dixon: It's already over.
Rocky Balboa: Nothing's over 'til it's over.

Rocky Balboa: If I can change and you can change, everybody can change.

James Bonomo: Bang. Down. Owned.

James Bonomo: Are you a cop or shrink?

James Bonomo: You had me at fuck you.
Morel: If I wanted your opinion I would have bought you a brain.

Judge Dredd: You killed innocent people.
Rico: The means to an end.
Judge Dredd: You started a massacre!
Rico: I caused a revolution!
Judge Dredd: YOU BETRAYED THE LAW!
Rico: LLLLAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWW?

Jimmy Bobo: I got some rules. No women... No children.

Fergie Herman Ferguson: If you hadn't judged me, I wouldn't be out here in the first place. I think you should apologize. I deserve it.
Judge Dredd: The law never apologizes
Fergie Herman Ferguson: That's just it. You're not the law anymore. Now apologize!

Judge Fargo: The blind lady.
Judge Dredd: Who is she?
Judge Fargo: Justice, before your time. We should have never taken it from her hands.

Judge Dredd: What kind of a criminal are you?
Fergie Herman Ferguson: A nice criminal.

Fergie Herman Ferguson: And these, these refugees, they made it through, right ?
Fergie Herman Ferguson: And these, these refugees, they made it through, right?
Judge Dredd: Actually, they were roasted.

Fergie Herman Ferguson: That was a mistake!
Judge Dredd: The Law doesn't make mistakes.
Fergie Herman Ferguson: Really? Then how do you explain what happened to you? You can't... can you?

Judge Dredd: Kevlar helmet and body armor. Yours... when you graduate.

Rocky Balboa: I should've broke your thumb!

Yin Yang: I need more money.
Barney 'The Schizo' Ross: I know you told me, for your family right?
Yin Yang: I don't have family.
Barney 'The Schizo' Ross: I know.

Paulie: Yeah,(gestures to Rocky Jr.) someday you can punch-out your pop.
Paulie: Yeah, [gestures to Rocky Jr.] someday you can punch-out your pop.
Rocky Balboa: Hey yo Paulie, what are you tellin the kid things like this for?
Paulie: Hey, it's the fittest of the survival.

Adrian Balboa: Do you want to grow up just using your fists?
Rocky Balboa: Yo Adrian, I don't think it would be so bad if I showed him how to throw a few......deadly punches.
Rocky Balboa: Yo Adrian, I don't think it would be so bad if I showed him how to throw a few... deadly punches.

Eric Qualen: I must admit you're a real piece of work
Eric Qualen: I must say, you're a real piece of work.
Gabe Walker: And I must admit you're a real piece of shit
Gabe Walker: I must say, you're a real piece of shit.

George Washington Duke: Touch me and I'll sue. Come on punk, touch me and I'll sue. (Rocky punches Duke)
George Washington Duke: Touch me and I'll sue. Come on punk, touch me and I'll sue. [Rocky punches Duke]
Rocky Balboa: Sue me for what?

Rocky Balboa: You knocked him (Pauly) down. Now try knockin' me down now...
Rocky Balboa: You knocked him [Pauly] down. Now try knockin' me down now...

John Rambo: They drew first blood, not me.

Paine: How many men you got?
Barney 'The Schizo' Ross: Just your mother!

John Rambo: Don't Push it. Don't push it, or I'll give you war you won't believe. Let it go. (menacingly) Let it go!
John Rambo: Don't Push it. Don't push it, or I'll give you war you won't believe. Let it go. [menacingly] Let it go!

Father Clemente: By the way, congratulations on your daughter marrying Bruce Underwood!
Sofia Provolone: Umm I'm afraid there's been a change father she's now marrying a nice Italian boy, Anthony Rossano
Father Clemente: that's all for the better! nothing but a BIG Italian wedding Anthony Rossano
Angelo "Snaps" Provolone: Naw forget Anthony, she's not marrying him anymore
Sofia Provolone: WHAT!!
Father Clemente: Well that's a shame, but she's young, someday she'll find the right one
Angelo "Snaps" Provolone: She's found the right one
Sofia Provolone: WHO!!
Angelo "Snaps" Provolone: DR. Poole
Sofia Provolone: DR. POOLE?!!
Dr. Thornton Poole: HELLO!!
Angelo "Snaps" Provolone: Get back into the room!
Father Clemente: looks like a nice young man
Sofia Provolone: why is she marrying Dr. Poole, she barely knows him?
Angelo "Snaps" Provolone: she barely knew the chofer too
Sofia Provolone: Don't drag out Oscar in front of the father!
Father Clemente: Who's Oscar?
Sofia Provolone: Why isn't she marrying Anthony?!
Angelo "Snaps" Provolone: Because Anthony is marrying Theresa
Sofia Provolone: WHO"S THERESA?!!
Angelo "Snaps" Provolone: Look, it's really very simple but i ain't got time to explain, I've got to call Nora
Father Clemente: Whos Nora?
Sofia Provolone: our maid
Angelo "Snaps" Provolone: EX MAID!!
Sofia Provolone: Now You fire the maid!!
Angelo "Snaps" Provolone: no, she quit to marry Bruce Underwood!
Sofia Provolone: when did that happen?!!
Angelo "Snaps" Provolone: I DON"T KNOW!! Somewhere between my vest and my pants

Rocky Balboa: It ain't about how hard you hit, it's about how you can get hit and keep moving forward.

Edgar Friendly: God, I love to hate this place!
Simon Phoenix: Play ball!
Sergeant John Spartan: Somebody put me back in the fridge.

Freddy Heflin: I'm stone deaf son.

Rocky Balboa: What if you told the kid, it's not how hard you hit but, it's about how hard you can hit and keep on moving.

Rico: I would never lie to you.
Judge Dredd: I'll be the judge of that.

Rocky Balboa: Yo.

Barney Ross: We keep it light until it's time to get dark. Then we get pitch black.
Barney Ross: We keep it light, until it's time to go dark. Then we go pitch black.

Barney Ross: [mockingly] Hello, darlin'.
Lee Christmas: Hello, darlin'.

Ray Tango: Rambo is a pussy.

Judge Dredd: Double Whammy!

Jean Vilain: What's it going to be? Man or sheep?
Barney Ross: You wanna man up? I'll man you up.

Barney Ross: Are you playing games with me, Maggie?
Maggie: No. Are "you" playing games with me, Barney Ross?
Maggie: No. Are 'you' playing games with me, Barney Ross?

John Rambo: Fuck the world.

Rocky Balboa: It's a livin'?
Mickey: It's a waste of life!

Lee Christmas: Are you crazy?! You could've killed me!
Barney 'The Schizo' Ross: You're welcome!

John Rambo: You know what you are. What you're made of. War is in your blood. Don't fight it. You didn't kill for your country. You killed for yourself. The gods are never gonna make that go away. When you're pushed, killing's as easy as breathing.

Gunnar Jensen: Booker? So you're the one they call "Lone Wolf"?
Gunnar Jensen: Booker? So you're the one they call 'Lone Wolf'?
Booker: I've been called that. But I have mellowed.
Barney Ross: [Sees 20 dead gunmen] Not that much...
Barney Ross: [sees 20 dead gunmen] Not that much...

Rocky Balboa: Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It is a very mean and nasty place and it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't how hard you hit; it's about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. How much you can take, and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done. Now, if you know what you're worth, then go out and get what you're worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hit, and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you are because of him, or her, or anybody. Cowards do that and that ain't you. You're better than that.

Barney Ross: You missed.
Lee Christmas: You're aiming!

Ray Tango: When this is over, we have to pay Jabba the Hutt here a visit.
Gabe Cash: I'll bring the chainsaw.
Ray Tango: I'll bring the beer.

Billy the Kid: I'm so sorry sir.
Barney Ross: It's not your fault.

Barney 'The Schizo' Ross: I'm gonna fight like a man and I'm gonna make you man up.

Barney 'The Schizo' Ross: Trench?
Trench: I'm embarrassed.
Barney 'The Schizo' Ross: Well you should be.

Barney 'The Schizo' Ross: You have an ego as big as a Dinosaur. [To Lee Christmas]
Barney 'The Schizo' Ross: You have an ego as big as a Dinosaur. [to Lee Christmas]

Barney 'The Schizo' Ross: Its how we deal with death, we keep it light, till it goes dark, then we go pitch black
Barney 'The Schizo' Ross: That's how we deal with death. We keep it light, until it's time to go dark. Then we go pitch black.

Barney Ross: â??"Why do the good die early and the evil live longer?"
Barney Ross: Why do the good die early and the evil live longer?

Barney 'The Schizo' Ross: Rest in pieces.

Barney 'The Schizo' Ross: That plane belongs in a museum!
Trench: We all do.

Barney Ross: Why always me?

Barney 'The Schizo' Ross: I heard you died?
Booker: Yeah, I heard that too.

The Toymaker: All I wanted was to write the wrongs, get a second chance, create a new world where everybody would get a SECOND! CHANCE! But now... I'm taking this thing to the NEXT! LEVEL!

Trench: Why don' we 'ave dinna sometime?
Barney 'The Schizo' Ross: Sure, when?
Trench: In a thousand years.
Barney 'The Schizo' Ross: Too soon.
Himself: Mr. Church: What's his problem?
Barney 'The Schizo' Ross: He wants to be president.

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