Sylvester Stallone is a Golden Globe & Critics’ Choice Awards winner & one of 2 actors to have starred in a No. 1 box-office film between 6 decades. In 1976 the rise of his success took off when he wrote & starred in his iconic role as Rocky Balboa in the Rocky franchise. By 1984 he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame & from then on became one of the highest-paid Hollywood action film actors. Stallone then went on to launch The Expendables franchise in 2010, again starring in his own scripts as Barney Ross. He received the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for the 2016 film Creed & is still highly regarded as an icon for the action film world, credited for redefining the Hollywood action hero role. Talia Shire started acting in 1968 but made her break into stardom with her characters Connie Corleone in The Godfather (1972) & Adrianna Pennino, the love interest for Rocky Balboa in Sylvester Stallones Rocky (1976) films. She was nominated for Academy Awards for The Godfather Part III & won Best Supporting Actress for the New York Film Critics Circle & National Board of Review for her role in Rocky. Shire is a member of the Coppola family & still currently acts.
