BIOGRAPHY
An icon of machismo and Hollywood action heroism, Sylvester Stallone is responsible for creating two characters who have become a part of the American cultural lexicon: Rocky Balboa, the no-name boxer who overcame all odds to become a champion, and John Rambo, the courageous soldier who specialized in violent rescues and revenge. Both characters are reflections of Stallone's personal experiences and the battles he waged during his transition from a poor kid in Hell's Kitchen to one of the world's most popular stars.
According to Stallone, his was not a happy childhood. On July 6th, 1946, in the aforementioned part of Manhattan, Sylvester Enzio Stallone was born to a chorine and an Intalian immigrant. A forceps accident during his birth severed a facial nerve, leaving Stallone with parts of his lip, tongue, and chin paralyzed. In doing so, the accident imprinted Stallone with some of the most recognizable components of his persona: the distinctively slurred (and some say often nearly incomprehensible) speech patterns, drooping lower lip, and brooked left eye that have been eagerly seized upon by caricaturists. To compound these defects, Stallone was a homely, sickly child who once suffered from rickets. His parents were constantly at war and struggling to support him and his younger brother, Frank (who became a B-movie actor). The eldest brother spent most of his first five years in the care of foster homes. Stallone has said that his interest in acting came
from his attempts to get attention and affection from those strangers who tried to raise him. When he was five, his parents moved their family to Silver Spring, MD, but once again spent their time bickering and largely ignored their children. Following his parents' divorce in 1957, the 11-year-old Stallone remained with his stern father. The actor's teen years proved even more traumatic. As Stallone seemed willing to do just about anything for attention, however negative, he had already be enrolled in twelve schools and expelled several times for his behavior problems. His grades were dreadful and his classmates picked on him for being different. He coped by becoming a risk taker and developing elaborate fantasies in
which he presented himself as a brave hero and champion of the underdog. At age 15, Stallone moved to Philadelphia to be with his mother and her new husband. By this time, he began lifting weights and was enrolled in Deveraux High School, a facility for emotionally disturbed children. There he took up fencing, football, and the discus. He also started appearing in school plays. Following graduation, Stallone received an athletic scholarship for the American College of Switzerland. While there he was a girl's athletic coach and in his spare time starred in a school production of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. The experience inspired him to become an actor and after returning stateside, he started studying drama at the University of Miami until he decided to move to New York in 1969. While working a variety of odd jobs, Stallone auditioned frequently but only occasionally found stage work, most of which was off-Broadway in shows like the all-nude Score and Rain. He even resorted to appearing in softcore porn films, Party at Kitty's and Stud's, which was later repackaged as The Italian Stallion after Stallone became famous. Stallone then turned to writing scripts, lots of scripts, some of which he produced. During this writing phase, he married actress Sasha Czack in late 1974 and they moved to California in the hopes of building acting careers. His first minor success came when he wrote the screenplay for and co-starred in the nostalgic The Lords of Flahbush (1974). The film's moderate success resulted in Stallone getting larger roles, but he still didn't attract much notice until he penned the screenplay for Rocky (1976). The story was strong and well-written and studios were eager to buy the rights, but Stallone stipulated thath e would be the star and must receive a share of the profits. Producers Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff accepted Stallone's terms and the film went on to become one of the biggest hits of all time, garnering him a Best Actor nomination for his outstanding portrayal.
Suddenly, Stallone found himself on Hollywood's A-list, a status he has largely maintained over the years. In addition to writing four sequels to Rocky, he penned three Rambo films and F.I.S.T. (1979) and made his directorial debut with Paradise Alley, which he filmed in Hell's Kitchen. He also wrote and directed but did not star in the sequel to Saturday Night Fever, Staying Alive (1983). In addition, Stallone has continued to appear in the films of other directors, notably Demolition Man (1993), Judge Dredd (1995) and Copland (1997), a film in which he allowed himself to gain 30 pounds in order to more accurately portray an aging sheriff. Occasionally, Stallone has ventured out of the action genre and into lighter fare with such embarrassing efforts as Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992) and Oscar (1991), which did not fare well at the box office. Following these missteps, Stallone found greater success with the animated adventure Antz (1998), a film in which his very distinctive voice, if not his very distinctive physiue, was very much a part. Stallone was back in shape for Get Carter (2000) and hit the race tracks in the following year in the CART racing actioner Driven. As of recent, however, his films have not fared well at the box office and his latest projects, the thriller Eye See You (released in 2002)  and the dark comedy Avenging Angelo (2002), ended up premiering direct-to-video, with the former getting a very limited theatrical release. Nevertheless, Stallone has always bounced back, just like his Rocky and Rambo characters.
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FILMOGRAPHY TRIVIA
SPY KIDS 3-D: GAME OVER (2003)
SHADE (2003)
TAXI 3 (2003)
AVENGING ANGELO (2002)
EYE SEE YOU (2002)
DRIVEN (2001)
GET CARTER (2000)
ANTZ (1998)
AN ALAN SMITHEE FILM: BURN HOLLYWOOD BURN (1997)
COPLAND (1997)
DAYLIGHT (1996)
ASSASSINS (1995)
JUDGE DREDD (1995)
THE SPECIALIST (1994)
DEMOLITION MAN (1993)
CLIFFHANGER (1993)
STOP! OR MY MOM WILL SHOOT (1992)
OSCAR (1991)
A MAN CALLED...RAINBO (1990)
ROCKY V (1990)
TANGO & CASH (1989)
LOCK UP (1989)
RAMBO III (1988)
OVER THE TOP (1987)
COBRA (1986)
ROCKY IV (1985)
RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART II (1985)
RHINESTONE (1984)
STAYING ALIVE (1983)
FIRST BLOOD (1982)
ROCKY III (1982)
VICTORY (1981)
NIGHTHAWKS (1981)
ROCKY II (1979)
PARADISE ALLEY (1978)
F.I.S.T. (1978)
ROCKY (1976)
CANNONBALL (1976)
DEATH RACE 2000 (1975)
CAPONE (1975)
FAREWELL, MY LOVELY (1975)
THE LORDS OF FLATBUSH (1974)
THE PRISONER OF SECOND AVENUE (1974)
KLUTE (1971)
BANANAS (1971)
ITALIAN STALLION (1970)		 NICKNAMES: 'Sly' and 'Italian Stallion'.
HEIGHT: 5'10"
SPOUSE: Jennifer Flavin (May 1997 -- Present); 2 children (Sistine Rose, born June 27, 1998 and Sophia Rose, born August 27th, 1996).
Brigitte Nielsen (December 1985 -- 1987 - DIVORCED). Sasha Czack (December 1974 -- 1985 -- DIVORCED).
- Expecting third child (a girl) in May 2002 with wife Jennifer.
- Oil paints in his spare time and considers Leonardo Da Vinci his personal hero.
- Part owner of the Planet Hollywood restaurants.
- He sued writer Peter "Taki" Theodoracopulos and the British magazine "The Spectator" in 1991 for suggesting that he acted in a cowardly and hypocritical way when he "ducked the Vietnam War."
- At 15, his classmates voted him the one "most likely to end up in the electric chair."
- Son Seargeoh (b. 1979) is autistic.
- Stallone was paid a mere $60,000 to do CopLand (1997). It is said that he did the film to play a serious role and escape his action hero cast type.
- Brother of Frank Stallone.
- Father of Sage Stallone, who acted with him in Rocky V (1990) and Daylight (1996).
- Cousin of Paul Dion Monte.
- His Miami 24,000-square-foot-villa and its three guest houses sold after two years on the market for $20-$24 million.
- Dislikes his first name, usually referred to as "Sly."
- Stallone's mother is a fan of Jackie Chan. Chan and Stallone are very good friends.
- Was originally slated to play Detective Axel Foley.
- February 14th, 2002: Sued his former business manager, Kenneth Starr, for giving him bad business advice. He claims $17 million in damages. 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.
- His father Frank was a hairdresser and mother Jacqueline is a larger-than-life eccentric who's also sought fame as an astrolger and women's wrestling promoter. Her maiden name is Labofish.
- February 26th, 2001: 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.
- November 1996: 2 1/2-month-old daughter undergoes open heart surgery at UCLA Medical Center. The procedure goes well.
SALARIES: $20 million for Driven and Assassins, $17.5 million for D-Tox, $15 million for Rocky IV and Cliffhanger, $12 million for Over the Top, $60,000 for CopLand, $23,000 for Rocky, $1000/ week for Death Race 2000, $200 for Party at Kitty and Stud's.