$400,000,000
Sylvester Stallone
Net Worth
Born in (City)
New York
Born in (Country)
United States of America
Date of Birth
06th December, 1946
Date of Death
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Mother
Jackie Stallone
Father
Frank Stallone
Children
- Sage Moonblood Stallone (d)
- Seargeoh Stallone
- Sophia Stallone
- Sistine Rose Stallone
- Scarlet Stallone
About
There are a lot of people and a lot of stories that inspire you but there is only one person whose name inspires you. Sylvester Stallone. An American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. More than any of these, a true fighter, a hero. There was a famous saying from Mahatma Gandhi who said, "My life is my message", if there is one person who fits right into it, it must be Sylvester. Noted for his character Rocky Balboa in Rocky series, In 1977, Stallone was the third actor in cinema to be nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Actor. A dialogue from one of his movies sums up his whole life. He was hit at every stage of his life. He was hit, hit so hard at every phase of his life but he kept moving.
Early Life
Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone was born in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City on July 6, 1946, the elder son of Francesco "Frank" Stallone Sr., a hairdresser and beautician, and Jacqueline "Jackie" Stallone, an astrologer, dancer, and promoter of women's wrestling. His younger brother is actor and musician Frank Stallone. Complications suffered by Stallone's mother during labor forced her obstetricians to use two pairs of forceps during his birth; misuse of these forceps accidentally severed a nerve and caused paralysis in parts of Stallone's face. As a result, the lower left side of his face is paralyzed (including parts of his lip, tongue, and chin), an accident which gave him his signature snarling look and slurred speech. He was baptized Catholic. His father moved the family to Washington, D.C. in the early 1950s to open a beauty school. In 1954, his mother opened a women's gym called Barbella's. Stallone attended Notre Dame Academy and Lincoln High School in Philadelphia, as well as Charlotte Hall Military Academy, prior to attending Miami Dade College. He spent two years, from September 1965 to June 1967, at the American College of Switzerland and returned to the United States to study as a drama major at the University of Miami, from 1967 to 1969. Until 1969, he appeared on stage under the name Mike Stallone, since 1970 he started using the stage name Sylvester E. Stallone.
Road to Success
While Stallone was attending the University of Miami, he had a role in the drama That Nice Boy (aka The Square Root), filmed in 1968. Stallone had his first starring role in the softcore pornography feature film The Party at Kitty and Stud's (1970). He was paid US$200 for two days' work. Stallone later explained that he had done the film out of desperation after being evicted from his apartment and finding himself homeless for several days. Stallone gained worldwide fame with his starring role in the smash hit Rocky (1976), a sports drama about a struggling boxer, Rocky Balboa, taking on heavyweight champion Apollo Creed. On March 24, 1975, Stallone saw the Muhammad Ali–Chuck Wepner fight. That night Stallone went home, and after three days and 20 straight hours, he had written the script, but Stallone subsequently denied that Wepner provided any inspiration for it. Rocky was released in 1976 and was nominated for 10 awards at the 49th Academy awards and won 3 awards for Best picture, Best directing and Best film editing. From then on, it was the success journey at the movies for our Rocky. He launched another franchise starring as "John Rambo" in the action film, "First Blood" in 1982. Four Rambo sequels followed. He did a total of 13 movies in the characters of Rocky and Rambo which always stay close to our hearts and stand atop the action movies of all time.
Challenges
His struggles started right from the birth. Misuse of forceps during his birth, accidentally served a nerve and paralyzed parts of his left side of the face, including his lips and chin, because of which he even had trouble talking during his early days. He was bullied in the school. His parents had a rough relationship and eventually got divorced. This made his already rough childhood even worse. He had rage issues and was kicked out of 13 schools before dropping out of high school to start his career as an actor. When he moved to New York City to pursue his career as an actor and had to sleep in a bus station for weeks before performing a role in a soft core pornography movie. He mentioned that he had to do that movie as he was seriously at the end of the rope. "It was either to do that or to rob someone, " he said. He worked all kinds of jobs to make his ends meet. He had to sell his dog to a stranger as he was unable to feed it. In 1972, he almost thought of giving up on acting as he wasn’t getting decent roles in any of the movies. Even post his success, He had a divorce, his elder son was diagnosed with Autism and his younger son died of a heart attack.
Failures
His declining period started in 2000 and lasted for around 6 years till 2005, professionally. He had been part of several movies which couldn’t stand at the box office In 2000, Stallone starred in the thriller Get Carter, a remake of the 1971 British film of the same name, but the film was poorly received by both critics and audiences. Stallone's career declined considerably after his subsequent films Driven (2001), Avenging Angelo (2002) and D-Tox were also critical and commercial failures. He had to face sexual allegations thrice. In October 2018, the Los Angeles District Attorney's office made the decision not to charge Stallone for the alleged assault, as no witnesses corroborated the allegations.
Achievements
In 1977, he won a David di Donatello Award for ‘Best Foreign Actor’ for ‘Rocky’.|In 1977, he won the KCFCC Award for ‘Best Actor’ for the film, ‘Rocky’.|In 1979, he won the ShoWest Convention Award for ‘Star of the Year’.|He earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, in 1984.|In 1997, he was presented the Stockholm International Film Festival Award for ‘Best Actor’ for ‘Cop Land’.|In 2004, he won the Golden Camera Award for ‘Best International Actor’.|He was honored with the ‘Golden Eye for Lifetime Achievement Award’ at the Zurich Film Festival.|He was presented the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ at the Hollywood Film Festival in 2010.
Quotes
- I believe there’s an inner power that makes winners or losers. And the winners are the ones who really listen to the truth of their hearts.
- You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.
- If you look back at life, I bet you will regret about 80% of your actions. But life consists of all mistakes.