Find out the news that the Rocky actor dies and discover who Burt Young is in Sylvester Stallone’s films.
Burt Young, who was an actor in the Rocky Balboa films, starring Sylvester Stallone, dies at the age of 83 in the city of Los Angeles, causing sadness among fans on social networks.
Burt Young was born Gerald Tommaso DeLouise in the Queens district of New York City, however, years later he changed his name to enter the world of entertainment.
Likewise, in the 1950s he studied at Lee Strasberg’s Actors Studio, where he began to build a career in television and film, playing Italian-American characters.
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Young then claimed that he boxed semi-professionally, where he won 32 of 34 fights and trained alongside Cus D’Amato, Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, the latter in a charity exhibition and they would become friends.
However, his most recorded role was in the original 19766 ‘Rocky’ film. She played Pauline Pennino, an alcoholic butcher and friend of Rocky Balboa, a role that led him to be nominated for an Oscar.
List of Burt Young films
- Rocky (1976)
- Rocky II (1979)
- Also, Rocky III (1982)
- Rocky IV (1985)
- Rocky V (1990)
- Likewise, Rocky Balboa (2006)
- Chinatown (1974)
- The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)
- Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
- Back to School (1986)
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- Amityville II: The Possession (1982)
- Convoy (1978)
- The Killing Elite (1975)
- Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989)
- Win Win (2011)
- Mickey Blue Eyes (1999)
- Illegally Yours (1988)
- Dad and Them (2001)
- The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)
- The Chicken Chronicles (1977)
Cast of ‘Rocky’ actors
- Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa: The film’s protagonist, a boxer from Philadelphia who gets the opportunity to face heavyweight champion Apollo Creed.
- Talia Shire as Adrian Pennino: Adrian is Paulie’s shy and reserved sister and becomes Rocky’s love interest.
- Burt Young as Paulie Pennino: Paulie is Rocky’s brother-in-law and works in a meat factory. He has a complicated relationship with his sister Adrian.
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- Carl Weathers as Apollo Creed: Apollo is the heavyweight champion and Rocky’s opponent in the fight that drives the film’s plot.
- Burgess Meredith as Mickey Goldmill: Mickey is the veteran boxing trainer who decides to train Rocky and helps him prepare for his fight against Apollo Creed.
- Thayer David as George Jergens: George Jergens is the promoter of the fight between Rocky and Apollo Creed.
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