Sylvester Stallone

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Sylvester Stallone spent about three weeks sleeping at the Port Authority bus station in New York City. He came across an ad for an adult film that was paying $100 a day, enough to get him out of the bus station

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Sylvester Stallone starts in "Rambo: Last Blood." The Lionsgate film opens Sept. 20, 2019. (Image: Instagram, Sylvester Stallone, "Rambo: Last Blood" trailer screenshot)

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Sylvester Stallone in "Cobra" and "Creed II," now available on home entertainment.

Rocky

Rocky (1976) - Directed by John G. Avildsen and both written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. It tells the rags to riches American Dream story of Rocky Balboa, an uneducated but kind-hearted working class Italian-American boxer working in a meat warehouse and as a debt collector for a loan shark in the slums of Philadelphia. Rocky starts out as a small-time club fighter, and later gets a shot at the world heavyweight championship. The film also stars Talia Shire as Adrian, Burt Young as Adrian's brother Paulie, Burgess Meredith as Rocky's trainer Mickey Goldmill, and Carl Weathers as the champion, Apollo Creed. The film, made on a budget of just over $1 million and shot in 28 days, was a sleeper hit; it earned $225 million in global box office receipts, becoming the highest-grossing film of 1976, and went on to win three Oscars, including Best Picture. The film received many positive reviews and turned Stallone into a major star.[3] In 2006, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Rocky is considered to be one of the greatest sports films ever made.

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Actor Sylvester Stallone, left, and his wife Jennifer Flavin arrive for a New Years Eve party at Mar-a-Lago attended by President-elect Donald Trump, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Rocky Balboa is the title character of the Rocky series. The character was created by Sylvester Stallone, who also portrayed him in all six Rocky films. He is depicted as an everyman who started out by going the distance and overcoming obstacles that had occurred in his life and career as a professional boxer. He is loosely based on Chuck Wepner, a one-time boxer who fought Muhammad Ali and lost on a TKO in the 15th round. Stallone received critical acclaim for his performance in the first movie, earning Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations. When Stallone reprised his role once again in 2015 for Creed, his performance received wide acclaim and he received his firstGolden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, along with his third Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor, the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor and several other accolades

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Michael B. Jordan and Sylvester Stallone star in "Creed," now available on Blu-ray from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.

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Sylvester Stallone poses in the press room with the award for best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a motion picture for “Creed” at the 73rd annual Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

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This photo provided by Heritage Auctions shows the Rocky Balboa boxing ring robe worn by actor Sylvester Stallone in the 1985 film, “Rocky IV,” is among the costumes and personal items consigned by Stallone to Heritage Auctions for a public auction in Los Angeles and online, October 14-15, 2015. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to charities and organizations that assist veterans and wounded U.S. military personnel. (Heritage Auctions via AP)

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In this Jan. 14, 2014, file photo, Sylvester Stallone arrives at the 2014 UNICEF Ball in Beverly Hills, Calif. Stallone says he’ll put hundreds of props and costumes from his personal collection up for auction this fall, with a portion of the proceeds benefiting military charities. The actor performs as Rocky Balboa in “Creed,” opening in November 2015. (Photo by Richard Shotwell Invision/AP, File)

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Sylvester Stallone in Rambo II.

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Sylvester Stallone in Rambo II.

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Sylvester Stallone (left) and Antonio Banderas are among a dream team of 1980s and '90s action stars in "The Expendables 3." (Lionsgate via Associated Press)

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From left, actor Antonio Banderas, Kellen Lutz, Sylvester Stallone, and Harrison Ford, the cast of The Expendables 3, pose on the red carpet as they arrive for the screening of The Homesman at the 67th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Sunday, May 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

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From third left, actors Harrison Ford, Wesley Snipes, Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson and Antonio Banderas, from the movie The Expendables 3, hold up signs as they arrive for the screening of The Homesman at the 67th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Sunday, May 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

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FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2013 file photo, Sylvester Stallone, left, who played Rocky Balboa in the 1976 film "Rocky," poses with Andy Karl, who plays Rocky Balboa in the Broadway musical "Rocky," in New York. Stallone spoke proudly of the character he created more than forty years ago and how Karl has taken the legacy to new levels with the current Broadway show, “Rocky: The Musical” based on the film. (Photo by Dan Hallman/Invision/AP, File)