This script was written in three days. Stallone knocked on doors in search of a producer or film director to support this project. Finally, he found John Avildsen who was interested in the proposal and its adaptation; Sylvester would play the lead role, resulting in great commercial success, with Rocky he would win two Oscars, as best actor and best screenwriter.
After that moment he was contacted to perform strong roles that represented tough and brave men. Although, also made papers that required the opposite.
For instance, in F. Kovak, a cargo shipper of a factory that forms a union to fight against the bad working conditions. Films like: Stop! During his career as an actor, director and screenwriter, he wrote and acted in various films.
In , he decided to innovate and present to the public the reality show The Contender, produced and conducted by him, alongside with the former champion Sugar Ray Leonard.
The reality show is based on the meeting of several boxers from different cities in the United States in a house where they train and every week they must win the position in the house. The show was a success in the United States. In , he would premier the film The Expendables, which he directed, produced and starred.
The film narrates the story of a group of mercenaries hired by the CIA. Thanks to this and the good reception he received, he obtained the honorary Jaeger-LeCoultre award at the Venice International Film Festival. In , he also had another success with starring in the action film Bullet to the Head, directed by Walter Hill and the sequel to The Expendables, premiered on August 15, , with great success. His personal life has been equally productive to his life in the cinema. He has married three times and is the father of five children.
Sasha Czack was his first wife from to , with her he had two children: Sage and Seargeoh. Sage would die a of heart disease at the age of He was also married to actress and model Brigitte Nielsen; they divorced in Years later, he would marry the model Jennifer Flavin, with whom he conceived three daughters: Sofia, Sistene, and Scarlet. With Dickinson a controversy was created with regard to the daughter she had, she affirmed that her daughter was from Stallone.
However, the medical tests proved her wrong. Rami Malek May 12, is an actor. His parents are of Egyptian origin. But they moved to the North American country to get better job opportunities.
His father was a tour guide in Cairo and later in the United States worked as an insurance salesman. His mother was an accountant. His parents managed to give him and his siblings a good education, including his twin brother. At the time, he entered theater classes with actress Kirsten Dunst. By , Malek embarked on the difficult path to being a professional actor. So, he applied to be part of the series Gilmore Girls, appearing as a guest star.
That same year he was a character dubber for the video game Halo 2. The following year, he earned his Screen Actors Guild card for his performance in the war drama Over There , where he appeared in two episodes. He later was in an episode of Medium and starred for two seasons on the series The War at Home.
He made his big-screen debut with the production Night at the Museum , playing the pharaoh Ahkmenrah. To the surprise of many, he did not reprise his role in the sequels: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian and Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb In , Malek returned to television with the role of the terrorist Marcos Al-Zacar in the eighth season of the series He has been highly sought after for difficult-to-play roles, such as misfits and intelligent characters with quirky and psychotic outlines.
Tom Hanks, after seeing his talent, asked him to participate in his movie Larry Crowne released in His Egyptian origin has been an important element because it has given him many opportunities in the world of cinema.
For his starring role as Elliot Alderson in the acclaimed Mr. Robot series. He is an actor who has a successful path and has earned the love and admiration of the Hollywood world.
He was part of the cast of Josh Washington, from the PlayStation 4 horror video game Until Dawn , to which he lent his voice and facial features. The video game was released on August 25, Recently, the actor with Egyptian roots just finished filming as the protagonist in the biopic Bohemian Rhapsody , where he plays the musician Freddie Mercury. This film will arrive in Colombia in November in the main cine venues.
In the United States, it will be released on November 2nd. As for post-production, a trailer came out in May. The film was originally directed by Bryan Singer, but after various attitudinal problems, he was fired and replaced by English director and actor Dexter Fletcher. The actor must interpret it very well, such is the case that he had to make a dental prosthesis to resemble the character. Freddie Mercury had an overbite problem, which he never wanted to intervene for fear that his vocal register would change.
Luke Perry October 11, — March 4, was an actor. He was born in Mansfield, Ohio, United States. One of his most popular roles was developed in the series Beverly Hills , known for his role as Dylan McKay and in the popular Riverdale series for taking on the role of Fred Andrews.
He studied at Fredericktown High School. When Perry finished his studies he decided to work in a paving company to pay for his acting studies. By landing a role in Beverly Hills , Perry achieved great rewards for his role on the show.
He participated in the productions The Enemy and Dirt, Luke was the protagonist in the drama series Jeremiah and took on the role of Jeremiah, narrates a post-apocalyptic future, a deadly virus that infects the world population. He also starred in Demolition Man , which set box-office records for its Fall release and in the films The Specialist , Assassins and Daylight.
Stallone starred in the challenging and unique role of Freddy Heflin, in the Miramax feature film Cop Land , which has garnered him further international critical and audience acclaim. Stallone wrote and starred in the number one box office race-car thriller Driven , co-starring Burt Reynolds and Christian de la Fuente. In addition, he filmed Avenging Angelo , co-starring Madeline Stowe.
Both films were for the Warner Bros. He also starred in the role of The Toymaker for director Robert Rodriguez in the hit film Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over , the final installment of that successful film franchise. The film was shot on location in Bulgaria. The musical is based on the original film written by Stallone with music by Stephen Flaherty and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens. The role earned Stallone an Academy Award nomination in In addition to his extensive film career, Stallone is an accomplished artist, completing paintings on canvas as well as sculpture work.
Bio About Sylvester Stallone. It isn't a classic of the genre, but Cop Land certainly surprised many critics with Stallone's understated performance. Stallone then lent his vocal talents to the animated adventure story Antz , reprised the role made famous by Michael Caine in a terrible remake of Get Carter , climbed back into a race car for Driven , and guest-starred as the "Toymaker" in the third chapter of the immensely popular "Spy Kids" film series, Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over Showing that age had not wearied his two most popular series, Stallone has most recently brought back never-say-die boxer Rocky Balboa to star in, well, what else but Rocky Balboa , and Vietnam veteran Rambo will reappear after a year hiatus to once again right wrongs in the jungles of Thailand.
Love him or loathe him, Sylvester Stallone has built an enviable and highly respected career in Hollywood, plus, he has considerably influenced modern popular culture through several of his iconic film characters.
Sign In. Edit Sylvester Stallone. Showing all items. Oil paints in his spare time and considers Leonardo Da Vinci his personal hero. The procedure went well November 12, Birth complications, caused by forceps, resulted in paralysis of the lower left side of his face, manifested by a perennial snarl and slurred speech. In , he sued writer Peter "Taki" Theodoracopulos and the British magazine "The Spectator" for suggesting he acted in a cowardly and hypocritical way when he "ducked the Vietnam War" He won the case.
At age 15, his classmates voted him the one most likely to end up in the electric chair. Second son Seargeoh Stallone born is autistic. It is said that he did the film to play a serious role and escape his action hero cast type. Cousin of Paul Dion Monte.
His mother, Jackie Stallone , is a huge fan of Jackie Chan. Chan and Stallone are very good friends. Sued by model Margie Carr, who contends that he tried to force her to have physical relations with him last year at a Santa Monica Gym February 26, Born on the same date as President George W.
Bush and Fred Dryer. Sylvester sued his former business manager, Kenneth Starr, for giving him bad business advice. Part of the advice was for him to hold onto his shares in Planet Hollywood, the now bankrupt restaurant chain, despite it already being in a financial bind February 14, His father Frank Stallone was a hairdresser and mother Jackie Stallone is a larger-than-life eccentric who has also sought fame as an astrologer and women's wrestling promoter.
Her maiden name is Labofish. Created and produced a television series pilot called "Father Lefty", with star Danny Nucci as an offbeat Miami priest. The pilot aired on CBS in , but was not picked up as a series. Was 23 years old when he got his first starring role in the softcore porno The Party at Kitty and Stud's which was re-released and renamed "The Italian Stallion" after his success with Rocky , in which he played the role of Stud The Italian Stallion. They reconciled after one year, on June 5, and married on May 17, Has his look-alike puppet in the French show Les Guignols de l'info He was considered for Patrick Swayze 's role in Next of Kin As of , is the all time Razzie Award champion, with a record 30 nominations and 10 "wins", more than any other person in history.
Mother Jackie Stallone was a huge fan of Tyrone Power and had originally named him Tyrone Stallone, but when she got the birth certificate it had been changed by Sly's father Frank Stallone to Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone.
He is thus tied with Joseph Cotten for having the second most titles among the Ernest Borgnine has the most, appearing in four of the titles. Oddly, was one of the few years he was not nominated for an acting Razzie Award, even though he had appeared in both Cliffhanger and Demolition Man , which had been nominated, with Cliffhanger receiving a nomination for Worst Screenplay, which Stallone had written himself.
Capra was quoted as saying, "I think it's the best picture in the last ten years. It's got my vote for the Oscars all the way down the line. Attended the first inauguration of President George W. In April , he formed his own nutrition company InStone, that produces protein pudding, a testosterone booster, an energy booster and two different protein shakes.
On March 8, , he appeared in his first magazine issue of Sly which came out monthly. He was on the cover of every magazine and did most of the articles and interviews himself. Had a huge fan following from Bollywood Asia.
Sunny Deol even named one of his sons "Rocky". A noted fan of cigar smoking, he quit smoking cigarettes while filming Rocky when he was thirty after he found himself getting out of breath in the ring.
Holds the record for the longest unbroken streak of nominations at the Razzie Awards - thirteen straight years. He received a Razzie Nomination every year mostly for Worst Actor from to Did most of his own singing in the musical comedy Rhinestone Stallone has never recaptured the critical success he won initially after Rocky , when Roger Ebert said he could be the next Marlon Brando. He has been nominated a record 30 times for the Golden Raspberry Awards, usually in the "Worst Actor" category, and has won 10 times.
The voice of Lou the policeman in The Simpsons is based on him. He was presented with a certificate of recognition by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for filming Rocky Balboa in Los Angeles at a time when other filmmakers are moving their business to cheaper states or overseas locations to cut costs December 22, In the s, he and his brother Frank Stallone resided in Philadelphia with their mother Jackie Stallone for approximately two years and attended Notre Dame Academy, a private Catholic school on Rittenhouse Square in center city no longer there.
It is the same school that John Barrymore and Ethel Barrymore had once attended. Moved to Philadelphia in the early s, residing in Frankford and Rittenhouse Square. He went to Lincoln High School but never completed 10th grade. At the age of five, he returned to reside with his parents and younger brother Frank Stallone , this time in Silver Springs, Maryland. After his parents divorced, he moved with his mother and her new husband, a pizza manufacturer, Anthony 'Tony' Filiti, to Philadelphia.
In , he auditioned for a small role in Francis Ford Coppola 's The Godfather but didn't get the role. He decided he might have better luck as a writer. He wrote the screenplay for the modestly successful The Lords of Flatbush and had a featured role in the film.
He was a manager for the Lee Canalito vs. His brother Frank Stallone was a corner man for Canalito in this match. His full frontal nude scene was edited out of Demolition Man before release, but can be viewed on the Internet. A lifelong Republican, he is one of President George W. Bush 's two favorite actors. The other is fellow action hero and conservative Republican Chuck Norris.
Both men attended Bush's inauguration as President in Despite his long association with the Republican Party, Stallone supported President Bill Clinton during his impeachment trial and hosted a Democratic fund raiser at his Miami home on July 9, Godfather of his son Sage Stallone was his best friend Joe Spinell.
In , following the murder of his friend Phil Hartman , Stallone, then living in England, called for America to ban all guns. This caused some controversy, since he had used guns in many of his movies.
Pleaded guilty to bringing vials of restricted muscle-building hormones into Australia and faces sentencing next week. Lawyers for Stallone entered the guilty pleas on behalf of the actor, who did not appear before Sydney's Downing Center Local Court. The star was accused of bringing banned substances into Australia after a customs search of his luggage during a February 16, visit to Sydney revealed 48 vials of the human growth hormone product, Jintropin May 14, He was offered the role of Stuntman Mike in Death Proof , which he turned down.
The role went to Kurt Russell. Stallone claims to have been able to bench press lbs While in a bench pressing contest with former Mr. Olympia Franco Columbu , he severely tore his pectoral muscle and needed over stitches on it.
This is why one half of his chest is more veiny than the other. Is a close friend and huge fan of Sir Elton John. Was Joel Schumacher 's second choice to play Mr. Publicly endorsed Senator John McCain as his choice for Republican candidate in the presidential election. Turned down the title role played by Christopher Reeve in Superman Expelled from 14 schools for antisocial and violent behavior before he was age Born in the charity ward of a hospital in the New York ghetto of Hell's Kitchen.
At his birth, the doctor's forceps accidentally severed a nerve in his cheek, leaving him with his trademark droopy mouth. Along with Jon Voight and Paula Abdul , took part in a fundraising, solidarity concert for the besieged Israeli city of Sderot, which has been hit by more than 7, Kassam rockets in the past seven years. Dated Janice Dickinson from December to July Sly thought that he was the father of her daughter Savannah Rodin , but when he discovered that the real father of girl was Michael Birnbaum , he left her.
Turned down the title role played by Dudley Moore in Arthur Turned down the role played by Keith Carradine in Pretty Baby He will receive the prestigious Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award, at the Venice Film Festival in September , which is awarded to an artist who has "left his mark in contemporary cinema" and has previously been given to cinema heavyweights such as Takeshi Kitano and Abbas Kiarostami.
The prize intends to celebrate Stallone's stature as a filmmaker. A festival spokesman said: "Stallone has shown an original eye and an auteur's determination. The Expendables opened at number one at the U. This makes Sylvester Stallone the only person in Hollywood history to have starred in films that have opened atop the box office charts over five consecutive decades. In , he was due to star in a feuding neighbors comedy with John Candy called Bartholomew vs Neff.
The script was written by the late John Hughes for the then-mighty Carolco studios. Stallone chose to do Cliffhanger for Carolco instead and the project was shelved after John Candy died in and Carolco went bust in The movie remains unproduced to this day. Was inspired in high school to adopt bodybuilding into his lifestyle, after watching Steve Reeves ' film, Hercules Unchained Since his evolution to fame and fortune, he stopped going to church. But in , he came back to the Catholic church when he started filming "Rocky Balboa".
He turned down the lead role in The Driver as he was busy with F. This is the first time between these two that wrestling fans had seen them together since Rocky III The only Hollywood star to have box office hit movies in each of five consecutive decades ss.
The middle name of his late son Sage Stallone was Moonblood. He said it was a stroke of good luck that got Rocky made. He met with the producers to audition for another film, but was turned down for the part.
In the course of conversation Stallone said that he was not only an actor, but also a writer. As he started to leave the room, the producers asked him if he was working on any scripts. That's when Stallone pitched them the story for Rocky and the producers asked to read the script. Stallone has mentioned this anecdote as an example of the adage "Luck happens when preparation meets opportunity.
He is only one of six performers to be nominated for an Oscar twice for playing the same role in two separate films. He was nominated as Rocky Balboa in Rocky and Creed Of these, Sylvester Stallone is the only one not to be nominated for acting in any other movie role. The year hiatus between his Academy Award nominations Rocky ; Creed is a record. Oscar-nominated a second time in for his performance as Rocky Balboa in Creed at age 69, the same age as Burgess Meredith when he was nominated for his performance as Mickey Goldmill in Rocky , and also for playing the coach.
Holds the record for the longest unbroken streak of nominations at the Razzie Awards 13 years. He was nominated every year from to He became a boxing promoter in the s. Was going to have a cameo in UHF as a ticket taker for the helicopter rides in the Rambo spoof but was unavailable. After Stallone's request that his acting and life experiences be accepted in exchange for his remaining needed college credits to graduate, he was granted a Bachelor of Fine Arts B.
In , he was going to direct and star in Death Wish He backed out due to "creative differences". In November , a woman accused Stallone of sexually assaulting her at his Santa Monica office in the early s.
Stallone denied the claim. His year-old half-sister, Toni Ann Filiti, died of lung cancer on August 26, , six weeks after the death of his son, Sage. In , customs officials in Australia discovered 48 vials of the synthetic human growth hormone Jintropin in his luggage. He mentioned that he would like to adapt Nelson DeMille 's novel, "The Lion's Game", and James Byron Huggins ' novel, "Hunter", for which he had the film rights several years; he originally planned to use the plot from "Hunter" for Rambo: Last Blood He turned down Harrison Ford 's role in Witness He turned down Samuel L.
Jackson 's role in Rules of Engagement Despite his otherwise Republican views, he is an advocate for gun control and has been described as "the most anti-gun person working in Hollywood today". He also strongly opposes the death penalty. Stallone has continued to express his passion in directing a film on Edgar Allan Poe 's life, a script he has been preparing for years. In December , he declined an offer to become Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts, citing a desire to work on issues related to veterans.
He was considered for the lead role in They Live , which went to Roddy Piper. He was due to play the lead role in Beverly Hills Cop but due to differences he was dropped and replaced by Eddie Murphy. He worked on the script for Beverly Hills Cop ; and was committed to the film but his script wasn't liked so he dropped this.
In every movie, he is seen wearing shoes that make him two to three inches taller. Although he wanted to do this, he turned down the role because he would have been compared unfavourably with Brando. Has appeared in one film that has been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Rocky He also said that the uniform he had to wear was only one set that was handed from one usher leaving the shift to the next usher in charge.
The uniform developed an awful smell due to the sweat that had collected inside it. Once in one's life, for one mortal moment, one must make a grab for immortality; if not, one has not lived. That's what Rocky is all about: pride, reputation, and not being another bum in the neighborhood.
I'm not handsome in the classical sense. The eyes droop, the mouth is crooked, the teeth aren't straight, the voice sounds like a Mafioso pallbearer, but somehow it all works. That's how long it took that guy [ Gustave Flaubert ] to write "Madame Bovary". And was that ever on the best-seller list? It was a lousy book and it made a lousy movie. In that particular field you can't yell "Action! I personally think actors should remain actors, but I know he's always had blind ambition for that, so maybe it'll work out for him.
It's pathetic. It really is pathetic. It's sad. We're living in the Dark Ages over there. It has to be stopped, and someone really has to go on the line, a certain dauntless political figure, and say, "It's ending, it's over, all bets are off. Why should we? I had no idea Ellen Barkin was in the restaurant. If she was coughing or dying, she was doing it politely. I would have been more than happy to reach down her throat or squeeze her hard. Sat there dumbfounded?
I would have rallied round - just to avoid paying the bill. I'm pleased with my body now. People accept Rocky Balboa as authentic. I can't tell you how many people have come up to me and asked about my boxing career. It's like they really want to believe that Rocky exists. You know, I'm amazed by all of this. At one time I thought people would get over their fascination with the character and move on. Didn't happen. After 30 years, Rocky has taken hold to a degree I never could have imagined.
It just makes me realize how fragile life is. I'll just go on playing Rambo and Rocky. Both are money-making machines that can't be switched off.
I'm a very physical person. People don't credit me with much of a brain, so why should I disillusion them? I'm surprised they even gave me this table. I'm like driftwood in here. I know I cannot hold on to them forever, but I will as long as I can. I pity the first boy to knock on the door for a date. I'm gonna buy ten more Rambo outfits just to make sure they're too scared to put a foot wrong.
They will probably all run a mile, which suits me just fine. I know I won't be able to help myself playing the worried dad. My girls were born with the flirt gene. It's very funny, but it also worries me about what a handful I will have in a few years time. I know it's stupid - I just don't want them to grow up. I love my family. I can't imagine life without them all in the house. All art, in this business, is a matter of compromise. It's not one man's vision unless he takes very weak actors.
I'd say between 3 pm and 8 pm I look great. After that it's all downhill. Don't photograph me in the morning or you're gonna get Walter Brennan. No one likes to fail at anything, but I believe I'm a better person for it.
I learned life's lessons. You're given certain gifts and that's what you should try to be. As you know, my first marriage didn't go so well, though I have a relationship with my sons, but this marriage has been a second beginning.
I used to think my career was number one, so I was gone nine months out of a year, but I learned the hard way that the most important thing is that you start at home and then comes the career. I think the people who have been so supportive and loyal will be happy with the final chapter in Rocky Balboa's life because I think we bring the character to a final and noble conclusion.
I enjoy comedy very much, but it just wasn't right for me. Sometimes it's better to just stay focused and do what you're really passionate about. You wake up one morning and you go, "What happened? Where did it all go so fast? There are many more things I want to do. A lot of people have so much they want to do, but society says, "Step back, youth must be served.
Get in line. We're coming back for seconds and thirds, and when we're finished helping ourselves, it's your turn. Rocky says the last thing to age is the heart, so I wanted to do a film that shows our generation is not on the outside looking in; it's still vital and wants to be part of the parade, not watching the parade.
I want to show that life is not over at People say, "Come on, grow old gracefully. I'm not ready. I know people will think Rocky is my story, but it's also my generation's story. My wife begged me not to do it, and that's why I wrote a line. It's a whole different climate, now. I'm now starting Rambo and I'm looking for a young actor to star opposite me. I've been looking for the next Robert Mitchum or Steve McQueen , but the fact is they just don't exist.
Tough guys today are getting their hair done at Hollywood hairdressers. Whatever happened to having a beer and scratching your balls? I abused my body so much throughout my career that I am literally held together by glue. The stuff I took thickens the bones and reinforces the tendons. I never had extraordinary genes or great bone structure, and I'm still very thin.
What I try to do is create a body that every man can look at and say, "You know, with a certain amount of dedication I can achieve the same thing. They just rule. Even our dogs are female. So there is no chance. There's something about matching the character with the script. And right now, the script that's being written, and reality, is pretty brutal and pretty hard-edged, like a rough action film, and you need somebody who's been in that to deal with it.
I look back on Judge Dredd as a real missed opportunity. It seemed that lots of fans had a problem with Dredd removing his helmet, because he never does in the comic books. But, for me, it is more about wasting such great potential there was in that idea It probably should have been much more comic, really humourous, and fun. If I have a regret, it's that I didn't expand my acting when I was building my career.
It often sounds pathetic when you hear actors say that they feel sorry for themselves - I've been very very blessed, believe me - but if I had to do it all over again I could have done both. You can do commercial films and then do small, independent, acting films.
Bruce Willis has done it well, so it's possible. I wish I had done it, but that wasn't the style back then. You were either a studio actor or an independent actor. So I regret that. I'm often asked whether Rocky is an extension of myself. But the truth is I wish I could be as noble as Rocky. He never says a bad word about anyone, and he never complains. He's lost 24 times, his record is 54 and 24, he's lost a lot but he's philosophical and knows there will be another day.
I'm not that. I wish I were. Rocky gives out such a good vibe, while Rambo's the Prince of Darkness. The new Rambo is not a feelgood movie. Every actor would like to say that they're Daniel Day-Lewis and that they have this incredible palette, but quite often you're known for certain things. I accepted that. So I said to myself, "Boy, if I could end my career on something, I'd like to finish up the loose ends on Rambo, because the last one in Afghanistan didn't work.
Making Victory aka Escape to Victory was hard work. I thought Rocky was tough, but I'd never trained so hard in my life. My waist went down from 33 to 29 inches; I ran every morning, because I was trying to look a little gaunt. We were POWs, after all. John's Hospital for four days. No question about it. You lived it.
You earned it. You deserve it. You're an incredibly talented man. It's about time everyone says, 'You know what? Give it to the winner. The whole thing about Rocky wasn't about him boxing. It was about aging -- that was what made the movie. It wasn't him. It was about her -- him finding love, him making someone's life better -- and, before you know it, the audience identified with it.
We accomplished it; I'm very, very happy with the film. The trouble with remakes is that people fall in love with the original. It's like peanut butter. If you try to change the taste of peanut butter, you're in trouble. They can be emotional, but when they say your shoes are shit or your tie is wrong, they're often right.
So there's great compromising. And so much is lost in the translation. Because of the finance thing, and the actor doesn't interpret it properly. Or the director isn't on form that day and he missed the whole point. Whereas painting is all you do. It either soars or it crashes.
There's no one to blame but one person. It's strange, given what big rivals we used to be. He's still ridiculously competitive, though. See this watch? This is the only one of its kind in the world, so I wore it to our last lunch.
Arnold was desperate for me to get him one but I had to explain that wasn't possible. He was so mad! And it's clear we have a lot of history there. So I tell him I should have shot him a long time ago when I had the chance. And the scene goes from there.
But man, those guys were up for it.
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