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Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone (born July 6, 1946) is an American
actor, screenwriter, producer, and director. He is well known for his Hollywood
action roles, particularly boxer Rocky Balboa, the title character of the Rocky series' seven films from 1976 to 2015;
soldier John Rambo from the four Rambo films, which ran from 1982 to 2008; and
Barney Ross in the three The Expendables films from 2010 to 2014. He wrote or
co-wrote most of the 14 films in all three franchises, and directed many of the
films.
Stallone's film Rocky was inducted into the
National Film Registry as well as having its film props placed in the
Smithsonian Museum. Stallone's use of the front entrance to the Philadelphia
Museum of Art in the Rocky series led the area to be nicknamed the Rocky Steps.
Philadelphia has a statue of his Rocky character placed permanently near the
museum. It was announced on December 7, 2010 that Stallone was voted into the
International Boxing Hall of Fame in the non-participant category.
In 1977, Stallone was nominated for two
Academy Awards for Rocky, Best Original Screenplay and Best Actor. He became
the third man in history to receive these two nominations for the same film,
after Charles Chaplin and Orson Welles. He received critical raves, as well as
his first Golden Globe Award and third Academy Award nomination, for reprising
his role of Rocky Balboa in Ryan Coogler's 2015 film Creed.
