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Sylvester Stallone Biography (1946-)

Full name, Michael Sylvester Enzio Stallone; born July 6, 1946, in New York,NY; son of Frank (a hairdresser) and Jacqueline (a dancer, astrologer, and promoter of women's wrestling; maiden name, Labofish) Stallone; brother of Frank Stallone (an actor and singer); married Sasha Czack, December 28, 1974 (divorced, 1985); married Brigitte Nielsen (an actress), December 15, 1985 (divorced, 1987); married Jennifer Flavin (a model), May 17, 1997; children: (firstmarriage) Sage Moonblood, Seth (some sources say Seargeoh); (with Flavin) Sophia Rose, Sistine Rose, Scarlet Rose. Addresses: Agent: Ron Meyer, Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212; WilliamMorris Agency, 151 El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212; International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211.; Manager: TheFirm/AMG, 9465 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Publicist: Rogers & Cowan PR, 1888 Century Park East, Suite 500, Los Angeles, CA 90067.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, director, producer, screenwriter

Birth Details

July 6, 1946

New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• (Film debut) Party at Kitty and Studs (later renamed The Italian Stallion), 1970
• Extra (uncredited), Lovers and Other Strangers, 1970
• Jerry Savage, No Place to Hide, American, 1970
• Man dancing in club (uncredited), Klute, 1971
• First subway thug (uncredited), Bananas, United Artists, 1971
• Stanley Rosiello, The Lords of Flatbush, Columbia, 1974
• Frank Nitti, Capone, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1975
• Machine Gun Joe Viterbo, Death Race 2000, New World, 1975
• Kelly and Jonnie, Farewell, My Lovely, AVCO-Embassy, 1975
• Youth in park, The Prisoner of Second Avenue, Warner Bros., 1975
• Rocky "The Italian Stallion" Balboa (title role), Rocky, United Artists, 1976
• Cannonball (also known as CarQuake), New World, 1976
• Johnny D. Kovak, F.I.S.T., United Artists, 1978
• Cosmo Carboni, Paradise Alley, Universal, 1978
• Rocky "The Italian Stallion" Balboa (title role), Rocky II, UnitedArtists, 1979
• Detective Sergeant Deke DaSilva, Nighthawks (also known as Hawks), Universal, 1981
• Robert Hatch, Victory (also known as Escape to Victory), Paramount, 1981
• John J. Rambo, First Blood (also known as Rambo: First Blood), Orion, 1982
• Rocky "The Italian Stallion" Balboa (title role), Rocky III, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1982
• Man on street (cameo; uncredited), Staying Alive, Paramount, 1983
• Nick Martinelli, Rhinestone, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1984
• Detective Sergeant Deke DaSilva (in archive footage), "Nighthawks," Terror in the Aisles (also known as Time for Terror), 1984
• John J. Rambo (title role), Rambo: First Blood, Part II, TriStar,1985
• Rocky "The Italian Stallion" Balboa (title role), Rocky IV, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1985
• Lieutenant Marion "Cobra" Cobretti (title role), Cobra, Warner Bros., 1986
• Lincoln Hawk, Over the Top (also known as Meet Me Half Way), Warner Bros., 1987
• John J. Rambo (title role), Rambo III, TriStar, 1988
• Raymond "Ray" Tango, Tango & Cash, 1989
• Frank Leone, Lock Up, TriStar, 1989
• (Uncredited) Flames 88-89 (also known as The Calgary Flames Video Yearbook 1988-89), 1989
• Rocky "The Italian Stallion" Balboa (title role), Rocky V, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1990
• A Man Called ... Rainbo, 1990
• Angelo "Snaps" Provolone, Oscar, Buena Vista, 1991
• Sergeant Joe Bomowski, Stop! or My Mom Will Shoot, Universal, 1992
• Gabe Walker, Cliffhanger, TriStar, 1993
• Sergeant John Spartan, Demolition Man, Warner Bros., 1993
• Ray Quick, The Specialist, Warner Bros., 1994
• Title role, Judge Dredd, Buena Vista, 1995
• Robert Rath, Assassins (also known as Day of Reckoning), Warner Bros., 1995
• Your Studio and You, 1995
• Stephan Verona: Self Portrait, 1995
• Kit Latura, Daylight, Universal, 1996
• Sheriff Freddy Heflin, Cop Land, Miramax, 1997
• The Good Life, 1997
• An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn, Buena Vista, 1997
• Voice of Weaver, Antz (animated), DreamWorks, 1998
• Junket Whore, 1998
• Jackie Chan: My Story, 1998
• Jack Carter (title role), Get Carter, Warner Bros., 2000
• Voice of Weaver (in archive footage), CyberWorld, IMAX, 2000
• (In archive footage; uncredited) In the Shadow of Hollywood (alsoknown as A l'ombre d'Hollywood), National Film Board of Canada, 2000
• Joe Tanto, Driven, Warner Bros., 2001
• My Little Hollywood, 2001
• Jake Malloy, D-Tox (also known as Im Auge der Angst), MCA/Universal, 2002
• We Get to Win This Time, Artisan, 2002
• Drawing First Blood, Artisan, 2002
• Guts and Glory, Artisan, 2002
• Frankie Delano, Avenging Angelo, Warner Bros., 2002
• Afganistan: Land in Crisis, Artisan, 2002
• Shade, 2002
• Film Work
• Fight choreographer, Rocky, United Artists, 1976
• Director, Paradise Alley, Universal, 1978
• Director and fight choreographer, Rocky II, United Artists, 1979
• Director and fight choreographer, Rocky III, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1982
• Director and (with Robert Stigwood) producer, Staying Alive, Paramount, 1983
• Director, Rocky IV, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1985
• Producer, Driven, Warner Bros., 2001
• Television Appearances
• Episodic
• Detective Rick Daley, "My Brother, My Enemy," Kojak, 1975
• "The Cutting Edge," Police Story, 1975
• Gladiator, The Muppet Show, 1979
• "The Second Greatest Story Ever Told," Dream On, HBO, 1990
• Superstars of Action, 1993
• Late Show with David Letterman, 1993, 1994, 2001
• Inside the Actors Studio, 1994
• Guest, Charlie Rose, PBS, 1996
• Clive Anderson All Talk, BBC1, 1996
• Saturday Night Live, NBC, 1997
• Celebrity Profile, 1997
• The Late Show with Craig Kilborn, CBS, 2000
• Specials
• The Making of "First Blood," 1982
• American Film Institute Salute to Billy Wilder, NBC, 1986
• The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson, 1987
• The Barbara Walters Special, ABC, 1988
• Premiere Presents: Christmas Movies '89, 1989
• Night of 100 Stars III, NBC, 1990
• Sunday Night with Larry King, NBC, 1990
• Two Rooms: Tribute to Elton John and Bernie Taupin, ABC, 1991
• The Macho Men of the Movies with David Sheehan, NBC, 1993
• "What Is This Thing Called Love?," The Barbara Walters Special, ABC, 1993
• A Century of Cinema, 1994
• Planet Hollywood Comes Home, ABC, 1995
• Interviewee, Sylvester Stallone, Arts and Entertainment, 1997
• Interviewee, Warner Bros. Story: No Guts, No Glory--75 Years of Laughter, TNT, 1998
• Interviewee, Warner Bros. Story: No Guts, No Glory--75 Years of Blockbusters, TNT, 1998
• Assignment E! with Leeza Gibbons: Celebrity Charity Connections (documentary), E! Entertainment, 1999
• The AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Stars, CBS, 1999
• The AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies, CBS, 1999
• Brigitte Nielsen: The E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment, 2000
• The BBC and the BAFTA Tribute to Michael Caine, 2000
• (In archive footage) Janine Turner: Celebrity Profile, 2000
• America: A Tribute to Heroes, ABC/CBS/NBC/Fox/UPN/The WB and manymore, 2001
• (In archive footage; uncredited) Shirtless: Hollywood's Sexiest Men, 2002
• Presenter, Muhammad Ali's 60th Birthday Celebration, CBS, 2002
• Awards Presentations
• The 19th Annual American Film Institute Life Achievement Award: A Salute to Kirk Douglas (also known as The American Film Institute Salute to Kirk Douglas), CBS, 1991
• Presenter, The 64th Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1992
• The Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, CBS, 1995
• Presenter, The 67th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1995
• Presenter, 1st Annual Laurus Sports Awards, TNT, 2000
• My VH1 Music Awards, VH1, 2000
• Television Work
• Movies
• Executive producer and fight choreographer, Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story, CBS, 1985
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• (With Stephen F. Verona, Martin Davidson, and Gayle Glecker) The Lordsof Flatbush, Columbia, 1974
• Rocky, United Artists, 1976
• Paradise Alley, Universal, 1978
• (With Joe Eszterhas) F.I.S.T., United Artists, 1978
• Rocky II, United Artists, 1979
• Rocky III, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1982
• (As Q. Moonblood; with Michael Kozoll and William Sackheim) First Blood (also known as Rambo: First Blood), Orion, 1982
• (With Norman Wexler) Staying Alive, Paramount, 1983
• (With Phil Alden Robinson) Rhinestone, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1984
• (With James Cameron) Rambo: First Blood, Part II, TriStar, 1985
• Rocky IV, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1985
• Cobra, Warner Bros., 1986
• (With Stirling Silliphant) Over the Top (also known as Meet MeHalf Way), Warner Bros., 1987
• (With Sheldon Lettich) Rambo III, TriStar, 1988
• Rocky V, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1990
• (With Michael France) Cliffhanger (from a story by France), TriStar, 1993
• Driven, Warner Bros., 2001
• Television Episodes
• Wrote (as Q. Moonblood) "The Monster of Manchester," "Heart to Heart," and "The Ballad of Butcher Bloom," all episodes of A Touch of Evil.
• Books
• Paradise Alley, Putnam, 1977
• The Official Rocky Handbook (also known as The Rocky Scrapbook), 1977
• Rocky II, Ballantine, 1982
• Rocky III, Ballantine, 1982
• Rocky IV, Ballantine, 1985

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• American Film, January, 1990, p. 22
• Entertainment Weekly, February 22, 2002, p. 80
• Esquire, December, 1996, p. 88
• Interview, October, 1994, p. 144; July, 1995, p. 72
• Sports Illustrated, November 12, 1990, pp. 75-78, 82-84
• TV Guide, October 12, 1996, p. 12