Sylvester Enzio Stallone ( born Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone on July 6, 1946) is an actor, screenwriter, director, and producer from the United States. He gained his first critical praise as an actor for his co-starring part as Stanley Rosiello in The Lords of Flatbush after laboring as a struggling actor for many years after coming to New York City in 1969 than Hollywood in 1974. Starting in 1976 with his role as boxer Rocky Balboa in the first film of the successful Rocky series, for which he also wrote the screenplays, Stallone gradually found work as an extra or side character in cinema with a large budget until he achieved his most significant critical and commercial success as an actor and screenwriter. Rocky is portrayed as an underdog boxer who defeats multiple severe opponents and wins the world heavyweight championship twice. ... Read more