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Trivia
Birth name: Sylvester Enzio Stallone
Date of birth:
6 July 1946
Place of birth:
New York, New York, USA
Nickname:
Sly, Italian Stallion, Michael (as a teenager)
Height:
5' 10" (1.78 m)
Spouse:
Jennifer Flavin (17 May 1997 - present) 3 children, Brigitte Nielsen (15 December 1985 - 13 July 1987) (divorced),
Sasha Czack (28 December 1974 - 1985) (divorced) 2 children.
Oil paints in his spare time and considers Leonardo
Da Vinci his personal hero.
Daughter, with Flavin, Sistine Rose, born.
[27 June 1998]
Ranked #92 in Empire (UK) magazine's
"The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
2 1/2-month-old daughter undergoes open
heart surgery at UCLA Medical Center. The procedure went well. [November
1996]
Daughter Sophia Rose born. Mother is fiancée,
Jennifer Flavin. [27 August 1996]
Part owns Planet Hollywood restaurants with Bruce
Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Birth complications, caused by forceps,
resulted in paralysis of the lower left side of his face, manifested by
a perennial snarl and slurred speech.
He sued writer Peter "Taki"
Theodoracopulos and the British magazine "The Spectator" in
1991 for suggested he acted in a cowardly and hypocritical way when he
"ducked the Vietnam War." He won the case.
At 15, his classmates voted him the one
"most likely to end up in the electric chair."
Son Seargeoh (b. 1979) is autistic.
Stallone was paid a mere $60,000 to do Cop
Land (1997). It is said that he did the film to play a serious role and
escape his action hero cast type.
Listed as one of twelve "Promising New
Actors of 1976" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 28.
Brother of Frank Stallone.
Father of Sage Stallone, who has acted with
him in Rocky V (1990) and also Daylight (1996).
Cousin of Paul Dion Monte.
His Miami 24,000-square-foot villa and its
three guest houses sold after two years on the market for $20-$24
million.
Dislikes his first name, usually referred to
as "Sly."
Stallone's mother is a fan of Jackie
Chan. Chan and Stallone are very good friends.
Sued by model Margie Carr, who contends that
he tried to force her to have physical relations with him last year at a
Santa Monica Gym. [26 February 2001]
Born on the same day as President George W.
Bush and Fred Dryer.
Was originally slated to play Detective Axel
Foley in _Beverly Hills Cop (1984)_ . The role went to Eddie
Murphy instead.
14 February 2002 - Sylvester sued his former
business manager, Kenneth Starr, for giving him bad business advice. He
claims $17M in damages. Part of the advice was for him to hold onto his
shares in Planet Hollywood, the now bankrupt restaurant chain, despite
it already being in a financial bind.
His father Frank was a hairdresser and
mother Jacqueline is a larger-than-life eccentric who's also sought fame
as an astrologer and women's wrestling promoter. Her maiden name is
Labofish.
CBS considering "Father Lefty" TV
series he created and produced for fall 2002 schedule. Star Danny Nucci
set to star as offbeat Miami priest if controversial series gets the
greenlight.
Has a half-sister Toni Ann Filiti-Schaub,
the daughter of his mother Jackie and her second husband, Tony Filiti.
3rd child with wife Jennifer, Scarlet Rose
born 25 May 2002 in Los Angeles, weighed 7 lbs, 8 ou.
Has a total of five children, Sage &
Seargeoh with 1st wife Sacha and Sophia, Sistine & Scarlet with 3rd
wife Jennifer
Brother-in-law of Louis D'Alto.
Was 24-years-old when he got his first
starring role in the porno "The Party at Kitty and Stud's"
(which was re-released and re-named "The Italian Stallion"
after Stallone's "Rocky" success), in which he played the role
of "Stud". He was paid $200 to play the sex-craved gigolo and
appeared in almost every scene nude.
Italian-American
Attended the University of Miami on an
athletic scholarship
Went to Montgomery Blair High School in
Silver Spring, Maryland
Broke up with then-girlfriend Jennifer
Flavin by sending her a "Dear Jane" letter via FedEx. They
later reconciled and married.
Has his look-alike puppet in the French show
_"Guignols de l'info, Les" (1988).
Entered into the house of Big Brother VIP 2
(Mexico) for a few minutes as a special guest. He was in Mexico
promoting _Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)_ and was invited to
participate.
Turned down the role of John McClane in Die
Hard (1988). The part went to Bruce
Willis instead.
As of 2004 is the all time Razzie Award
champion, with a record 30 nominations and 10 "wins", more
than any other person in history.
Mother Jackie was a fan of Tyrone Powers and
had originally name Sylvester Tyrone but when she got the birth
certificate it had been changed by Sly's father Frank to Sylvester Enzio
Stallone
Has the distinction of appearing in three of
the 100 Most Enjoyably Awful Movies of All Time as listed in Razzie
Award-founder John Wilson's book The Official Razzie Movie Guide:
Rhinestone (1984) Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)and The Specialist
(1994). He is thus tied with Joseph Cotten for having the second most
titles among the 100. Ernest Borgnine has the most, appearing in 4 of
the 100 titles.
Step-son of Tony Filiti
Son of Jackie Stallone.
Oddly 1994 was one of the few years he was
not nominated for an acting Razzie Award. Even though he had appeared in
both the films Cliffhanger (1993) and Demolition Man (1993) in 1993.
Though both films did recieve other nominations, including Cliffhanger
(1993) receiving a Worst Screenplay nomination for Stallone himself.
The ten awards from the Razzies that he's
"won" so far are Worst Actor of 1985 for Rhinestone (1984),
Worst Actor of 1986 for both Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) and Rocky
IV (1985), Worst Director of 1986 for Rocky IV (1985), Worst Screenplay
of 1986 with James Cameron and Kevin Jarre for Rambo: First Blood Part
II (1985), Worst Actor of 1989 for Rambo III (1988), Worst Actor of the
Decade (1980's), Worst Actor of 1993 for Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
(1992), Worst Screen Couple of 1995 with Sharon Stone in The Specialist
(1994), Worst Actor of the Century, and Worst Supporting Actor of 2004
for Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003).
According to Anthony Holden's "Behind
the Oscar" (New York: Simon & Shuster, 1993), the great Frank
Capra was enlisted in the Oscar campaign for the original Rocky (1976).
Capra was quoted as saying, "I think it's the best picture in the
last ten years. It's got my vote for the Oscars all the way down the
line."
A viewing of "The Party at Kitty and
Stud's" (1970) reveals that Stallone is not of the Jewish
persuasion.
He joins Roberto Benigni, Prince,
Kevin
Costner, William Shatner, and Tom Green as being the only actors to
direct themselves in performances that would "win" them a
Razzie Award for Worst Actor.
Attended the first inauguration of President
George W. Bush along with other long-time Republican supporters Chuck
Norris and Robert Duvall. (January 20th 2001)
In June, 2004 he formed his own nutricutical
company Instone, that produces protein pudding, a testosterone booster,
an energy booster and two different protein shakes.
In March, 2005 he appeared in his first
magazine issue of Sly which came out monthly. He was on the cover of
every magazine and did most of the articles and interview's himself.
On May 10, 2005 he published his book Sly
Moves: My Proven Program to Lose Weight, Build Strength, Gain Will
Power, and Live Your Dream
Listed as one of the top heroes of all time
by American film Institute (AFI) on 2003, he listed seventh behind
Gregory Peck, Harrison
Ford, Sean Connery, Humphrey Bogart, Gary Cooper and Jodie Foster.
Had a huge fan following from Bollywood
Asia, film stars like Salman Khan, Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Dhanmendhra,
Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty and Hrithik Roshan are his die-hard fans.
Sunny Deol even gave one of his sons name as Rocky.
A noted fan of cigar smoking, he quit
smoking cigarettes while filming Rocky (1976) when he was thirty after
he found himself getting out of breath in the ring.
Is a fan of "Bollywood" movies
Along with Pia Zadora, Madonna, Pauly Shore
and Demi Moore, one of the few people who have "won" back to
back awards at the Razzies in successive years. He "won" Worst
Actor in 1985 for his performance in the film Rhinestone (1984), then
again the next year he "won" Worst Actor for his roles in the
films Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) and Rocky IV (1985).
Holds the record for the longest unbroken
streak of nominations at the Razzie Awards, thirteen straight years. He
somehow received a Razzie Nomination every year (mostly for Worst Actor)
from 1985 to 1997.
Did all of his own singing in Rhinestone
(1984).
In 1988 he was offered 4 million dollars to
do an advert for an American beer commercial under the condition that he
cut his hair; when he refused they offered a further 1 million dollars
to go to the barber - he still refused.
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