Sylvester Stallone filmography

Sylvester Stallone filmography
Sylvester Stallone in August 2014
Occupation	Actor director producer screenwriter
Years active	1969–present

American actor, filmmaker, author, director, producer, writer, and screenwriter, Sylvester Stallone has appeared in over seventy-six films. This is a list of his acting roles as well as directing, screenwriting, producing credits.

Filmography

Film

  Denotes lead role

Year	Title	Functioned as					Notes	Ref(s)
		Actor	Director	Writer	Producer	Role
1969	The Square Root	Uncredited	No	No	No	Background role	Extra
	Downhill Racer	Uncredited	No	No	No	Restaurant Patron	Extra
1970	M*A*S*H	Uncredited	No	No	No	Soldier in Catering Area	Extra
	The Party at Kitty and Stud's	Yes	No	No	No	Stud
	Lovers and Other Strangers	Uncredited	No	No	No	Groomsman	Extra
	The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker	Uncredited	No	No	No	Party Guest	Extra
1971	Bananas	Uncredited	No	No	No	Subway Thug #1	Cameo
	Klute	Uncredited	No	No	No	Club Patron	Extra
1972	What's Up, Doc?	Uncredited	No	No	No	Hotel Guest	Extra
1973	No Place to Hide	Yes	No	No	No	Jerry Savage
1974	The Lords of Flatbush	Yes	No	Dialogue	No	Stanley Rosiello
1975	The Prisoner of Second Avenue	Yes	No	No	No	Youth in Park	Cameo
	Capone	Yes	No	No	No	Frank R. "The Enforcer" Nitti
	Death Race 2000	Yes	No	No	No	Joe "Machine Gun" Viterbo
	Mandingo	Uncredited	No	No	No	Lynching Witness	Extra
	Farewell, My Lovely	Yes	No	No	No	Jonnie	Cameo
1976	Cannonball	Uncredited	No	No	No	Mafioso #2	Cameo
	Rocky	Yes	No	Yes	No	Robert "Rocky" Balboa
1978	F.I.S.T.	Yes	No	Yes	No	Johnny Kovak
	Paradise Alley	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Cosmo Carboni
1979	Rocky II	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Robert "Rocky" Balboa
1981	Nighthawks	Yes	No	No	No	Sergeant Deke DaSilva
	Escape to Victory	Yes	No	No	No	Captain Robert Hatch
1982	Rocky III	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Robert "Rocky" Balboa
	First Blood	Yes	No	Yes	No	John J. Rambo
1983	Staying Alive	Uncredited	Yes	Yes	Yes	Man on Street	Cameo
1984	Rhinestone	Yes	No	Yes	No	Nick Martinelli
1985	Rambo: First Blood Part II	Yes	No	Yes	No	John J. Rambo
	Rocky IV	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Robert "Rocky" Balboa
1986	Cobra	Yes	No	Yes	No	Lieutenant Marion "Cobra" Cobretti
1987	Over the Top	Yes	No	Yes	No	Lincoln Hawk
1988	Rambo III	Yes	No	Yes	No	John J. Rambo
1989	Lock Up	Yes	No	No	No	Frank Leone
	Tango & Cash	Yes	No	No	No	Lieutenant Raymond "Ray" Tango
1990	Rocky V	Yes	No	Yes	No	Robert "Rocky" Balboa
1991	Oscar	Yes	No	No	No	Angelo "Snaps" Provolone
1992	Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot	Yes	No	No	No	Sergeant Joseph A. "Joe" Bomowski
1993	Cliffhanger	Yes	No	Yes	No	Gabriel "Gabe" Walker
	Demolition Man	Yes	No	No	No	Sergeant John Spartan
1994	The Specialist	Yes	No	No	No	Captain Ray Quick
1995	Judge Dredd	Yes	No	No	No	Judge Joseph Dredd
	Assassins	Yes	No	No	No	Robert Rath
1996	Daylight	Yes	No	No	No	Chief Kit Latura
1997	Cop Land	Yes	No	No	No	Sheriff Freddy Heflin
	Men in Black	No	No	No	No	Alien on TV Monitor	Archival footage
	An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn	Yes	No	No	No	Himself	Cameo
	The Good Life	Yes	No	No	No	Boss	Cameo
1998	Antz	Yes	No	No	No	Corporal Weaver	Voice role
2000	Get Carter	Yes	No	No	No	Jack Carter
2001	Driven	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Joe "The Hummer" Tanto
2002	D-Tox	Yes	No	No	No	Agent Jake Malloy	Limited release
	Avenging Angelo	Yes	No	No	No	Frankie Delano	Direct-to-video
2003	Taxi 3	Uncredited	No	No	No	Passenger to Airport	Cameo
	Shade	Yes	No	No	No	Dean "The Dean" Stevens	Limited release
	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	Yes	No	No	No	Sebastian "The Toymaker"	Dual role
2006	Rocky Balboa	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Robert "Rocky" Balboa
2008	Rambo	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	John J. Rambo
2009	Kambakkht Ishq	Yes	No	No	No	Himself	Cameo
2010	The Expendables	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Barney Ross
2011	Zookeeper	Yes	No	No	No	Joe the Lion	Voice role
2012	The Expendables 2	Yes	No	Yes	No	Barney Ross
	Bullet to the Head	Yes	No	No	No	James "Jimmy Bobo" Bonomo
2013	Escape Plan	Yes	No	No	No	Ray Breslin / Anthony Portos
	Homefront	No	No	Yes	Yes	None
	Grudge Match	Yes	No	No	No	Henry "Razor" Sharp
2014	The Expendables 3	Yes	No	Story	No	Barney Ross
	Reach Me	Yes	No	No	No	Gerald Cavallo
2015	Creed	Yes	No	No	Yes	Robert "Rocky" Balboa	Wrote all the scenes and dialogues with Rocky in the film
2016	Ratchet & Clank	Yes	No	No	No	Lieutenant Victor Von Ion	Voice role
2017	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2	Yes	No	No	No	Stakar Ogord
	Animal Crackers	Yes	No	No	No	Bulletman	Voice role
2018	Escape Plan 2: Hades	Yes	No	No	No	Ray Breslin	Direct-to-video
	Creed II	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Robert "Rocky" Balboa	Wrote all the scenes and dialogues with Rocky in the film
	Backtrace	Yes	No	No	No	Detective Sykes	Limited release
2019	Escape Plan: The Extractors	Yes	No	No	No	Ray Breslin	Direct-to-video
	Rambo: Last Blood	Yes	No	Story	No	John J. Rambo
	One Night: Joshua vs. Ruiz	No	No	No	Executive	Himself	Documentary film
2021	The Suicide Squad	Yes	No	No	No	Nanaue / King Shark	Voice role
	The Making of 'Rocky vs. Drago'	No	No	No	Yes	Himself	Documentary film
2022	Samaritan	Yes	No	No	Executive	Stanley Kominski	Completed
	The Expendables 4	Yes	No	No	No	Barney Ross	Post-production
2023	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3	Yes	No	No	No	Stakar Ogord	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Functioned as				Notes	Ref(s)
		Actor	Writer	Producer	Role
1973	The Evil Touch	No	Yes	No	None	Episode: "Heart to Heart"
1975	Police Story	Yes	No	No	Elmore "Rocky" Caddo	Episode: "The Cutting Edge"
	Kojak	Yes	No	No	Detective Rick Daly	Episode: "My Brother, My Enemy"
1979	The Muppet Show	Yes	No	No	Himself	Episode: "Sylvester Stallone"
1985	Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story	No	No	Executive	None	Television film
1991	Dream On	Yes	No	No	Himself	Episode: "The Second Greatest Story Ever Told: Parts 1 & 2"
1997	Saturday Night Live	No	No	No	Himself (host)	Episode: "Sylvester Stallone/Jamiroquai"
2002	Father Lefty	No	Yes	Executive	None	Television film
	Liberty's Kids	Yes	No	No	Paul Revere	Episode: "Midnight Ride"; voice role
2005	Las Vegas	Yes	No	No	Frank the Repairman	Episodes: "When You Got to Go, You Got to Go", "To Protect and Serve Manicotti"
	The Contender Rematch: Mora vs. Manfredo	No	No	Executive	None	Television special
2006–2009	The Contender	No	No	Executive	Himself (host)	16 episodes (producer in 21 episodes)
2010	Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'	No	No	Yes	Himself	Television film; documentary
2013	Saturday Night Live	Uncredited	No	No	Three Wise Guys	Episode: "John Goodman/Kings of Leon"; cameo
2016	Strong	No	No	Executive	None	Episodes: "Welcome to STRONG", "Close Enough to Grab", "The Final Showdown"
2017	Ultimate Beastmaster	No	Creator	Executive	None	(writer in 24 episodes and producer in 2 episodes)
	This Is Us	Yes	No	No	Himself	Episode: "Déjà Vu"
TBA	Kansas City	Yes	No	No	Sal	Pre-production

Theatre

Year	Title	Venue	Actor	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
1970	Score	Martinique Theater	Uncredited	Telephone Repairman Mike	Cameo

Miscellaneous crews

Year	Title	Choreographer	Notes	Ref(s)
1976	Rocky	Yes
1979	Rocky II	Yes
1982	Rocky III	Yes
1985	Rocky IV	Yes
2006	Rocky Balboa	Yes
2013	Grudge Match	Yes

Music video

Year	Title	Performer	Actor	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
1987	"Winner Takes It All"	Sammy Hagar	Uncredited	Lincoln Hawk	Cameo

Soundtrack appearances

Year	Title	Performer	Song	Notes	Ref(s)
1978	Paradise Alley	Yes	"Too Close To Paradise"
1979	The Muppet Show	Uncredited	"Let's Call the Whole Thing Off", "A Bird in a Gilded Cage"	Episode: "Sylvester Stallone"
1982	Rocky III	Uncredited	"Take You Back"
1984	Rhinestone	Yes	"Stay Out of My Bedroom", "Woke Up in Love", "Drinkinstein", "Sweet Lovin' Friends", "Be There"
2013	Grudge Match	Yes	"The Star-Spangled Banner"

Short film

Year	Title	Actor	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
1995	Your Studio and You	Uncredited	Himself	Cameo

Video clips

Year	Title	Actor	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
2007	Boxing Bloopers	Uncredited	Robert "Rocky" Balboa	Cameo
	Vanity Fair: Killers Kill, Dead Men Die	Yes	The Trainer	Credit only

Video games

Year	Title	Actor	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
1994	Demolition Man	Yes	Sergeant John Spartan	Live action full-motion video
2020	Mortal Kombat 11	Yes	John J. Rambo	Voice role

See also

• List of awards and nominations received by Sylvester Stallone

External links

• Official website
• Sylvester Stallone filmography at IMDb