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Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone (born July 6, 1946) is an American actor and filmmaker. In a film career spanning more than fifty years, Stallone has received numerous accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Critics' Choice Award, as well as nominations for three Academy Awards and two BAFTA Awards. Stallone is one of only two actors in history (alongside Harrison Ford) to have starred in a box-office No. 1 film across six consecutive decades. Struggling as an actor for a number of years upon moving to New York City in 1969, Stallone found gradual work in films such as The Lords of Flatbush (1974). He achieved his greatest critical and commercial success starting in 1976 with his iconic role as boxer Rocky Balboa in the first film of the successful Rocky franchise, which he also wrote. In 1977, he became the third actor in history to be nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Actor. He portrayed the PTSD-plagued soldier John Rambo in First Blood (1982), a role he would play across five Rambo films (1982–2019). He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1984. From the mid-1980s to the late 1990s, Stallone would go on to become one of Hollywood's highest-paid actors, acting in action films such as Cobra (1986), Tango and Cash (1989), Cliffhanger (1993), Demolition Man (1993), and The Specialist (1994). At the height of his career, Stallone was known for his rivalry with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Stallone continued his established 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 successful film Escape Plan and appeared in its sequels. In 2015, he returned to Rocky again with Creed, in which a retired Rocky mentors former rival Apollo Creed's son Donnie Creed. The film brought Stallone widespread praise and his first Golden Globe Award, as well as a third Academy Award nomination, having been first nominated for the same role 40 years prior. He also starred in the sequel Creed II (2018) and portrayed Stakar Ogord in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023). Regarded as an icon of action cinema, Stallone is credited with helping redefine the Hollywood action hero. He has occasionally ventured from the action genre, with mixed results. He starred in the comedies Oscar (1991) and Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992), both of which had modest success. He also starred in the 1997 drama Cop Land, for which he temporarily shed his sculpted physique and gained weight for his role as a powerless sheriff. In television, he has starred in the Paramount+ crime series Tulsa King (2022-present). In addition to his film work, Stallone is a noted art collector and painter and has written books on fitness.
Sylvester Stallone
Man Thing
for Man Thing in Midnight Suns III: Fate of the Covenant
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Doctor Doom leads a nine-member Cabal — Mephisto, Magneto, Emma Frost, Namor, Maximus, Blackheart, Attuma, and Grim Reaper — to corrupt the unborn child of Scarlet Witch. To complete the ritual, Doom and Magneto time-travel to retrieve Doom’s former lover, Morgan Le Fay. The moment she is pulled forward, reality screams — Wanda senses it, and the Sorcerer Supreme, Doctor Strange, foresees his blood being used. Wanda recruits Thor, who seeks justice for Loki, to rush her to K'un-Lun to purify the child at birth. Strange forms the Midnight Suns — Blade, Ghost Rider, Moon Knight, Werewolf by Night, Man-Thing — plus a mysterious Asgardian warrior. Battle erupts in Kun Lun as the Cabal attacks. Morgan and Doom overpower Strange while Emma duels Blade and Magneto clashes with Ghost Rider and Moon Knight. Iron Fist joins the defense, but the Cabal gains ground. Thor falls. Seeing both Thor and Wanda threatened, the Asgardian reveals himself as Billy Kaplan — Wanda’s surviving son from a destroyed reality. He defeats Morgan and blocks Doom. Mephisto arrives to claim victory — but Billy declares the prophecy was about him. He annihilates Mephisto in a storm of blue light, freeing everyone. The Cabal retreats. Wanda reaches for Billy; he gently refuses, saying destiny is fulfilled, and fades. Thor forces Doom to release Loki’s stolen essence. As it escapes, Doom warns: he already has a new plan. For now, the child, now known to be twins, are safe.
