Sylvester Stallone Biography

Fast Facts

• His trademark sneer and slur are the result of forceps complications during his birth
• Inspired to write Rocky after watching the 1975 Muhammad Ali/Chuck Wepner fight
• In that bout, Wepner, a little-known boxer, went 15 rounds with Ali
• Rocky cost $1
• 1 million to make, and grossed $225 million in ticket sales worldwide
• Did all of his own singing in the 1984 film Rhinestone, costarring Dolly Parton
• In 2003, the American Film Institute ranked Rocky Balboa seventh on their list of the 100 Greatest Movie Heroes
• Was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1984
• Lobbied the University of Miami (where he had attended in the '60s) to use his film experience towards his degree; he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the school in 1998
• In 2010, made the International Boxing Hall of Fame (as a screenwriter)
• Broke his neck while filming a fight scene with Steve Austin in The Expendables
• Is the sixth person to be nominated for an Academy Award for playing the same character in two separate films, with his nominations for Rocky (1976) and Creed (2015)
• His three daughters - Sophia, Sistine and Scarlet - were all jointly named Miss Golden Globe 2017
• Supports the efforts of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence