Last Updated: 06 Oct, 2023 | Views: 734
Age: 78
Profession: Actor
Other Profession(s): Filmmaker
Famous For: Creating And Starring In The Rocky And Rambo Film Series
Higher Education: Graduate
About (Profile/Biography):
Born in New York, Sylvester Stallone is a well-known American actor and filmmaker. It’s hard to believe that someone who at one time was having trouble getting even a single role in movies would go on to become one of Hollywood’s best-known celebrities. After his parents divorce he went on to attend the Philadelphia Notre Dame Academy and Lincoln High School. He then finished his classwork at the Charlotte Hall Military Academy before going off to the University of Miami.
Career:
At the 2010 Hollywood Film Festival, the "Lifetime Achievement Award" was given to him.
One of his most outstanding performances was as the "Rocky Balboa" title character in the "Rocky" television series.
The movies, produced between 1975 and 2006, assisted Stallone in launching his Hollywood career.
Five additional "Rocky" movies were produced due to the first "Rocky" movie's enormous success. Additionally, nominated for 10 Oscars, the movie "Rocky" eventually won "Best Picture." After this film, he had a sizable cult following and earned the title of "action star."
Achievements and Awards:
For his work in "Rocky," Sylvester received the David di Donatello Award in 1977 for "Best Foreign Actor."
Sylvester received the KCFCC Award for "Best Actor" in 1977 for the movie "Rocky."
Sylvester received the "Star of the Year" ShoWest Convention Award in 1979.
Unknown facts:
Sylvester received the "Best Actor" Stockholm International Film Festival Award in 1997 for "Cop Land."
Customs officials in Australia discovered 48 vials of "Jintropin," a synthetic growth hormone, in this renowned actor's luggage in 2007.
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