Happy 70th birthday to Sylvester Stallone! Of course it's time for some fact or fiction for the man behind Rocky and Rambo.

  1. The newest Rocky movie Creed is the only one he didn't write.
    1. Yes - He also wrote all the Rambo movies, although the first one was based on a book. He also has writing credit for all three Expendables movies.
  2. He holds the record for most years between Oscar nominations for playing the same character.
    1. Yes - He was nominated for Rocky in 1977 and then for Best Supporting Actor in Creed, which is a 39 year gap. He didn't win either Oscar, but Rocky did win Best Picture.
  3. He's only 5 foot 5.
    1. BS - The Internet can't seem to agree on just how tall he is, but it's somewhere between 5-foot-7 and 5-foot-10. Everyone thought he was super short because Dolph Lundgren towered over him in Rocky 4, but Lundgren is actually 6-foot-5.
  4. His brother Frank Stallone was in the original Rocky as a street singer, and their dad Frank Stallone Sr. was also in it.
    1. Yes - Frank Jr. played the street singer, and Frank Sr. played the time keeper who rang the bell between rounds.
  5. There was a broadway musical based on Rocky, but it only lasted 5 months.
    1. Yes - It opened in March of 2014 and closed that August.

 

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