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stallone 2 '' in august 2012 at the paris premiere of '' the expendables 1970 -- present sylvester gardenzio stallone new york city , new york , u.s. 240px 6 july 1946 sasha czack 1974 1985 signaturesylvesterstallone-firmasly . jpg sylvester stallone 2012.jpg sylvester stallone
 sylvester stallone actor , screenwriter , film director , boxing promoter university of miami
sylvester stallone

sylvester gardenzio stallone -lrb- ; ; born july 6 , 1946 -rrb- , nicknamed sly stallone , is an american actor , screenwriter and film director .
stallone is well known for his hollywood action roles .
two notable characters he has portrayed are the boxer rocky balboa , the title character of the `` rocky '' series from 1976 to 2008 and soldier john rambo from the `` rambo '' saga , which ran from 1982 to 2008 .
he wrote every episode of the two eponymous franchises , and directed some of their installments as well .
stallone 's film `` rocky '' was inducted into the national film registry as well as having its film props placed in the smithsonian museum .
stallone 's use of the front entrance to the philadelphia museum of art in the `` rocky '' series led the area to be nicknamed the rocky steps .
philadelphia has a statue of his rocky character placed permanently near the museum .
it was announced on december 7 , 2010 that stallone was voted into boxing 's hall of fame .
in 1977 , stallone was nominated for two academy awards for `` rocky '' , best original screenplay and best actor .
he became the third man in history to receive these two nominations for the same film , after charles chaplin and orson welles and followed by warren beatty , matt damon and roberto benigni .
