Below, EW takes a look at 13 of Stallone’s best roles, in no particular order.
Read on to find out which contenders made it to the final round.
John Spartan - Demolition Man (1993)
The year is 1996.
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Los Angeles is a dystopian hellscape terrorized by the nefarious super villain Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes).
A social Darwinist cult seeds chaos throughout Los Angeles to separate the weak from the strong.
The startold EW in 1993he had to overcome his own acrophobia to complete the death-defying, vertigo-inducing stunts.
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Johnny Kovak - F.I.S.T.
After he unfairly loses his job, Kovak joins the Federation of Inter-State Truckers (F.I.S.T.
His contributions to the sport through theRockyfranchise even landed him a spot in the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
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Jason Statham and Sylvester Stallone in ‘The Expendables’.Karen Ballard/Lionsgate
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