1 Impressive Record Sylvester Stallone Shares With Charlie Chaplin

Both Sylvester Stallone and Charlie Chaplin share an impressive Hollywood record. When it comes to Sylvester Stallone's tenure as a film star, life has imitated art. Just like the underdog Rocky took the world of boxing by storm after putting his heart and unbreakable spirit on full display against Apollo Creed, Stallone became an overnight rags-to-riches story after Rocky's success catapulted him to fame. Since then, he has only stacked achievement after achievement with his roles in some of the most successful action movie franchises like Rocky, Rambo, and The Expendables.

As several legends suggest, Stallone was once the embodiment of a struggling artist and even ended up being homeless during a dark phase of his life. However, after being inspired by Chuck Wepner's performance against the great Mohammed Ali, Stallone wrote one of the greatest sports movie scripts, which not only turned his life around but changed Hollywood forever. Of all the accolades he has earned since then, one that stands out is a record her shares with Charlie Chaplin.

In the history of the Academy Awards, only two individual artists, Sylvester Stallone and Charlie Chaplin, have received nominations in both the Best Screenplay and Best Actor categories. While Sylvester Stallone got his two nominations for writing and acting in the first Rocky movie, Charlie Chaplin achieved the same for The Great Dictator. While Orson Welles, too, accomplished the same feat by earning both writing and acting nods for Citizen Kane, he shared his writing nomination with screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz.

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Charlie Chaplin got his Oscar nods in 1941, while Welles earned his in the 1942 Academy Awards. Given how Sylvester Stallone got nominated in the two categories over three decades after Orson Welles, he holds the record of being the last Hollywood artist to achieve the impressive feat because no one else has been able to repeat the same since 1977. Apart from being the last actor to get nominated in both writing and acting categories at the Academy Awards, Sylvester Stallone also has a few other achievements under his belt, proving that his record beat Chaplin's.

Sylvester Stallone's Rocky earned nominations in 10 categories at the 1977 Academy Awards. The Great Dictator, on the other hand, landed in five, which is significantly less than Rocky's. Of its 10 nominations, Rocky won five, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Editing. Meanwhile, although The Great Dictator etched its name in Hollywood's history with its five nominations, it did not win any Academy Awards. Given how both films left a significant mark in cinema, it would be unfair to compare them. However, recognizing Sylvester Stallone's records against some of the greatest artists like Charlie Chaplin highlights how the Italian Stallion played a crucial role in reforming and refining cinema.