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Michael Sylvester Enzio Stallone (born July 6, 1946 in New York City), usually known as simply
Sylvester Stallone, is an American film actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. He achieved his greatest successes in a number of action films, notably the Rambo
and Rocky series, starring as a largely monosyllabic hero in both.
Stallone studied drama at the University of Miami, after which he returned to New York and appeared in a few small Off-Broadway plays.
Stallone's first film roles were very small, including a pornographic film, and he didn't gain wide notoriety until his starring role in Rocky 1976), a film that he wrote and sold with the rider that he would play the lead.
Stallone had two Academy Award nominations for Rocky
. However, his attempts to expand his range floundered and he was forced to return to the Rocky franchise a number of times (1979, 1982, 1985, and 1990) to pay for the flops. He tried his hand at directing as well as writing with Rocky II
, III
and IV
, and directed and co-wrote the sequel to Saturday Night Fever
, Staying Alive. His other early successes were as John Rambo in First Blood, released in (1982), and its sequels. He also appeared in the 1986 movie, Cobra, and the 1987 arm wrestling movie Over the Top.
In the 1990s, Stallone had further box-office wins with a number of action movies, including Cliffhanger (1993, for which he co-wrote the screenplay), Demolition Man
(1993) and Judge Dredd (1995). He still sought to expand his appeal with the low-budget Cop Land (1997) and a voice role in Antz (1998), but his $15 million-plus paychecks are still only offered for more lively action roles. He played the villain in the 2003 movie '.
His trademark sneer, lazy eyes, and slurred speech are the result of paralysis in the left side of his face caused by birth complications.
He has been married three times, to Sasha Czack, Brigitte Nielsen, and Jennifer Flavin. He has five children, Sage Moonblood and Seargeoh (with Czack), and Sophia Rose, Sistine Rose, and Scarlet Rose (with Flavin). His younger brother is singer and actor Frank Stallone.
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