Sylvester Stallone Through the Years: From ‘Rocky’ to ‘The Family Stallone’

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A legendary leading man! Sylvester Stallone is known for being the face of several successful franchises, from Rocky to Rambo.The New York native nearly gave up on acting before landing his major breakthrough in 1974’s The Lords of Flatbush.

The first Rocky film hit theaters two years later — and Stallone’s career changed forever.“I wanted to get back to the cycle of the films of the ’40s and the ’50s … so I took the opportunity to write this particular film, of course, being somewhat selfish because I had myself in mind for [starring in] it,” he explained during a 1977 TV interview of writing the character of Rocky Balboa. “That was the main motivation.”Stallone explained that his early career was made up of mostly “atmosphere” roles or background parts. “I felt that if I was going to go down into professional obscurity, I wanted to at least have the opportunity to say to myself, ‘Well, you tried.

You put your best foot forward and you didn’t make it,'” he continued.Rocky was nominated in a total of 10 categories at the 1977 Academy Awards, winning Best Picture, Best Directing and Best Film Editing.

It was the highest-grossing film of 1976 and spawned multiple sequels, with Stallone returning for the first two Creed movies in 2015 and 2018.In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesStallone didn’t reprise his iconic role in the third Creed movie in 2023, only participating as a producer. “That’s a regretful situation because I know what it could have been,” he told The Hollywood Reporter in November 2022. “It was taken in a direction that is quite different than I would’ve taken it.”The Paradise Alley director claimed Creed III had a “different philosophy” than films past. “I wish them well, but I’m much