Nationality: American. Born: Michael Sylvester Stallone in New York City, 6 July 1946; brother of actor Frank Stallone. Education: Attended Devereux High School, Berwyn, Pennsylvania; an American college in Leysin, Switzerland (also served as athletic coach); University of Miami, Coral Gables. Family: Married 1) Sasha Czack, 1974 (divorced 1985), sons: Sage Moonblood, Seth; 2) the actress Brigitte Nielsen, 1985 (divorced 1987); Jennifer Flavin, 1987, daughters: Sophia Rose, Sistine Rose. Career:Worked as a pizza demonstrator, swept zoo cages, and worked as an usher in New York while trying to get acting parts, late 1960s; made his film debut in Party at Kitty and Studs, 1970; won stardom playing the title role in Rocky, from his own script, 1976; directed his first film, Paradise Alley, 1978.Awards: Honorary César Award, 1992; Best Actor Stockholm Film Festival, for Cop Land, 1997; Academy of Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Film Lifetime Achievement Award, 1997. Agent: c/o William Morris Agency, 151 El Camino Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90212, U.S.A.
Regardless of how one may feel about Sylvester Stallone and what he represents, he is still a bankable star of the first magnitude. With Arnold Schwarzenegger, he is the preeminent action-movie star of his era, an actor whose mere presence in films with such generic titles as Cobra, Cliffhanger, The Specialist, Demolition Man, and Judge Dredd signals to audiences a certain kind of contemporary movie: mindlessly violent action films where character development is secondary to special effects, gushing blood, and high body counts. Stallone's appeal in such films is based on a combination of his brawn and the physical heroics his character undergoes, rather than any acting ability. Often, Stallone grunts his way through his films, having been given hardly any dialog lasting beyond a few sentences at a time. But then, his characters are meant to be men of action, rather than words.
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