Sylvester Stallone filmography

American actor and filmmaker Sylvester Stallone has appeared in over 82 films. This is a list of his acting roles as well as directing, screenwriting, producing credits.

Stallone in 2014

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1969	The Square Root	Unknown	Uncredited extra
	Downhill Racer	Restaurant Patron
1970	M*A*S*H	Soldier Sitting at Camp Table
	The Party at Kitty and Stud's	Stud
	Lovers and Other Strangers	Groomsman	Uncredited extra
	The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker	Party Guest
1971	Bananas	Subway Thug #1
	Klute	Club Patron
1972	What's Up, Doc?	Hotel Guest
1973	No Place to Hide	Jerry Savage
1974	The Lords of Flatbush	Stanley Rosiello	Also additional dialogue
1975	The Prisoner of Second Avenue	Youth in Park
	Capone	Frank Ralph "The Enforcer" Nitti
	Death Race 2000	Joe "Machine Gun" Viterbo
	Mandingo	Lynching Witness	Uncredited extra
	Farewell, My Lovely	Jonnie
1976	Cannonball	Mafioso #2	Uncredited cameo
	Rocky	Robert "Rocky" Balboa	Also writer and boxing choreographer
1978	F.I.S.T.	Johnny Kovak	Also writer
	Paradise Alley	Cosmo Carboni	Also director and writer
1979	Rocky II	Robert "Rocky" Balboa	Also director, writer and boxing choreographer
1981	Nighthawks	Sergeant Deke DaSilva	Also uncredited director
	Escape to Victory	Captain Robert Hatch
1982	Rocky III	Robert "Rocky" Balboa	Also director, writer and boxing choreographer
	First Blood	John J. Rambo	Also writer
1983	Staying Alive	Man on Street	Also director, writer and producer; uncredited cameo
1984	Rhinestone	Nick Martinelli	Also writer
1985	Rambo: First Blood Part II	John J. Rambo
	Rocky IV	Robert "Rocky" Balboa	Also director, writer and boxing choreographer
1986	Cobra	Lieutenant Marion "Cobra" Cobretti	Also writer
1987	Over the Top	Lincoln "Linc" Hawk
1988	Rambo III	John J. Rambo
1989	Lock Up	Frank Leone
	Tango & Cash	Lieutenant Raymond "Ray" Tango
1990	Rocky V	Robert "Rocky" Balboa	Also writer
1991	Oscar	Angelo "Snaps" Provolone
1992	Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot	Sergeant Joseph Andrew "Joe" Bomowski
1993	Cliffhanger	Ranger Gabriel "Gabe" Walker	Also writer
	Demolition Man	Sergeant John Spartan
1994	The Specialist	Captain Ray Quick
1995	Your Studio and You	Himself	Short film; uncredited cameo
	Judge Dredd	Judge Joseph Dredd
	Assassins	Robert Rath / Joseph Rath
1996	Daylight	Chief Kit Latura
1997	Cop Land	Sheriff Freddy Heflin
	An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn	Himself	Cameo
	The Good Life	Boss	Unreleased film; cameo
1998	Antz	Corporal Weaver	Voice role
2000	Get Carter	Jack Carter
2001	Driven	Joe "The Hummer" Tanto	Also writer and producer
2002	D-Tox	Agent Jake Malloy
	Avenging Angelo	Frankie Delano	Direct-to-video
2003	Taxi 3	Passenger to Airport	Uncredited cameo
	Shade	Dean "The Dean" Stevens
	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	Agent Sebastian "The Toymaker"
2006	Rocky Balboa	Robert "Rocky" Balboa	Also director, writer and boxing choreographer
2008	Rambo	John J. Rambo	Also director and writer
2009	Kambakkht Ishq	Himself	Cameo
2010	The Expendables	Barney Ross	Also director and writer
2011	Zookeeper	Joe the Lion	Voice role
2012	The Expendables 2	Barney Ross	Also writer
	Bullet to the Head	James "Jimmy Bobo" Bonomo
2013	Escape Plan	Ray Breslin / Anthony Portos
	Homefront	None	Writer and producer only
	Grudge Match	Henry "Razor" Sharp	Also boxing choreographer
2014	The Expendables 3	Barney Ross	Also story writer
	Reach Me	Chief Gerald Cavallo
2015	Creed	Robert "Rocky" Balboa	Also producer
2016	Ratchet & Clank	Lieutenant Victor Von Ion	Voice role
2017	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2	Stakar Ogord
	Animal Crackers	Bulletman	Voice role
2018	Escape Plan 2: Hades	Ray Breslin	Direct-to-video
	Creed II	Robert "Rocky" Balboa	Also writer and producer
	Backtrace	Detective Sykes
2019	Escape Plan: The Extractors	Ray Breslin	Direct-to-video
	Rallying Cry	Jasper Reese	Short film
	Rambo: Last Blood	John J. Rambo	Also story writer
	One Night: Joshua vs. Ruiz	Himself	Documentary film; also executive producer
2021	The Suicide Squad	Nanaue / King Shark	Voice role
	The Making of Rocky vs. Drago by Sylvester Stallone	Himself	Documentary film; also producer
2022	Samaritan	Joe Smith / Samaritan / Nemesis	Also producer
	MVP	None	Executive producer only
2023	Creed III	None	Producer only
	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3	Stakar Ogord
	Expend4bles	Barney Ross
	Sly	Himself	Documentary film; also executive producer
2024	Lost on a Mountain in Maine	None	Producer only
	Armor	Rook
2025	Alarum	Agent Chester
	A Working Man	None	Writer and producer only
	Giant	None	Executive producer only; In production
	The Epiphany		Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1973	The Evil Touch	None	Episode: "Heart to Heart"; writer only
1975	Police Story	Elmore "Rocky" Caddo	Episode: "The Cutting Edge"
	Kojak	Detective Rick Daly	Episode: "My Brother, My Enemy"
1979	The Muppet Show	Himself	Episode: "Sylvester Stallone"
1985	Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story	None	Television film; executive producer only
1991	Dream On	Himself	Episode: "The Second Greatest Story Ever Told: Parts 1 & 2"
1997	Saturday Night Live	Himself - Host / Robert "Rocky" Balboa	Episode: "Sylvester Stallone/Jamiroquai"
2002	Father Lefty	None	Television pilot; writer and executive producer only
	Liberty's Kids	Paul Revere	Episode: "Midnight Ride"; voice role
2005	Las Vegas	Frank "The Repairman"	2 episodes
	The Contender Rematch: Mora vs. Manfredo	None	Television special; executive producer only
2006–2009	The Contender	Himself - Host	16 episodes; also executive producer
2010	Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'	Himself	Television documentary film; also producer
2013	Saturday Night Live	Three Wise Guys	Episode: "John Goodman/Kings of Leon"; uncredited cameo
2016	Strong	None	3 episodes; executive producer only
2017	Ultimate Beastmaster	None	24 episodes; creator and producer only
	This Is Us	Himself	Episode: "Déjà Vu"
2022–present	Tulsa King	Dwight "The General" Manfredi	19 episodes; also executive producer and writer of 2 episodes
2023–present	The Family Stallone	Himself	Reality show; also executive producer
2025–present	Extracted	None	7 episodes; executive producer only

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Ref.
1970	Score	Telephone Repairman Mike	Martinique Theater	[1]

Commercial

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2020	Facebook: Groups - Ready to Rock? - 2020 Super Bowl Commercial	Robert "Rocky" Balboa	Cameo

Music video

Year	Title	Role	Performer	Notes	Ref.
1987	"Winner Takes It All"	Lincoln "Linc" Hawk	Sammy Hagar	Uncredited cameo	[2]

Soundtrack appearances

Year	Title	Song	Notes	Ref.
1978	Paradise Alley	"Too Close To Paradise"
1979	The Muppet Show	"Let's Call the Whole Thing Off", "A Bird in a Gilded Cage"	Episode: "Sylvester Stallone"; uncredited	[3]
1982	Rocky III	"Take You Back"	Uncredited
1984	Rhinestone	"Stay Out of My Bedroom", "Woke Up in Love", "Drinkinstein", "Sweet Lovin' Friends", "Be There"
2013	Grudge Match	"The Star-Spangled Banner"

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role	Notes	Ref.
1994	Demolition Man	Sergeant John Spartan	Live action full-motion video (3DO version only)
2020	Mortal Kombat 11	John J. Rambo	Downloadable content	[4]

See also

• Film portal

• List of awards and nominations received by Sylvester Stallone