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Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone (born July 6, 1946) is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. One of the biggest box office draws in the world from the '70s to the '90s, Sylvester Stallone is an icon of machismo and Hollywood action heroism.

Stallone was born in New York City, New York to Frank Stallone Sr., a beautician, and Jacqueline "Jackie" Labofish, an astrologer.

Stallone's father was an immigrant from Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily while his mother is American; one of his maternal great-grandmothers, Rosa Rabinovich, was from Odessa, Ukraine. At fifteen, his classmates voted him the one "most likely to end up in the electric chair". In the 1960s, Stallone attended the University of Miami for three years. He came within a few credit hours of graduation, before he decided to drop out and pursue an acting career. At Stallone's request that his acting and life experiences be accepted in exchange for his remaining credits, he was granted a Bachelors of Fine Arts (BFA) degree by the President of the University of Miami in 1999.

Stallone's family include his brother, former actor/singer Frank Stallone, his mother, who achieved noteriety in the middle 1990s as an astrologer and his son, Sage Stallone, who played Rocky's son in 1990's Rocky V and appeared in his 1996 movie, Daylight. He has been married three times, to Sasha Czack (1974–1985), Brigitte Nielsen (1985–1987), and Jennifer Flavin (1997–present). He has five children, sons Sage Moonblood and Seargeoh, who has autism (with Czack, born 1976 and 1979 respectively), and daughters Sophia Rose, Sistine Rose, and Scarlett Rose (with Flavin, born 1996, 1998, 2002 respectively). He and Flavin, an Irish-American, were married at Winston Churchill's birthplace, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England.

In addition to his marriages, he has had romantic relationships with models Susan Anton, Angie Everhart, Pamela Anderson, Naomi Campbell and Janice Dickinson, who once believed that Stallone was the father of her daughter Savannah Stallone oil paints in his spare time and considers Leonardo Da Vinci his personal hero. He part owns Planet Hollywood restaurants with Bruce Willis and formerly Arnold Schwarzenegger who recently sold his part. He is a massive fan of the works of Edgar Allan Poe.

Stallone is the CEO and "Guinea Pig" of his nutritional supplement company called Instone Nutrition. He has donated money to both Republican and Democrat causes. He is, however, a registered Republican.