Stallone continued his acclaimed roles in Rocky Balboa (2006) and Rambo (2008) before launching the Expendables film franchise (2010–present), in which he starred as the mercenary Barney Ross. In 2013, he starred in the hit film Escape Plan and appeared in its sequels. In 2015, he returned to the Rocky franchise with Creed, in which a retired Rocky mentors Donnie Creed, the son of former rival Apollo Creed. The film earned Stallone widespread acclaim and his first Golden Globe Award, as well as a third Oscar nomination, having been nominated for the same role for the first time 40 years earlier. Since 2022, he has starred in the Paramount+ crime series Tulsa King. Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone[5][6][7] was born in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of the Manhattan borough of New York City[8] on July 6, 1946,[9] the eldest son of women’s professional wrestling promoter Jacqueline “Jackie” Stallone (née Labofish; 1921–2020) and hairdresser Francesco “Frank” Stallone Sr. (1919–2011). His mother was an American from Washington, D.C., of French Breton[11] and Ukrainian Jewish ancestry, while his father was an Italian immigrant from Gioia del Colle[10] who moved to the United States in the 1930s.[15][16] His younger brother is actor and musician Frank Stallone.[10] Many Stallone biographies indicate his birth name as “Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone,” and his mother explained in an interview that she originally named him “Tyrone” because she admired actor Tyrone Power, but Stallone’s father changed it to “Sylvester.” His nickname as a child was “Binky,” but he chose the nickname Mike/Michael after schoolmates began calling him “Stinky.” [5] [6] [7] His middle name, “Gardenzio,” is a modification of the Italian name “Gaudenzio,” and he often shortened it to “Enzio.” Online