Unable to live on the low pay of club fights, and being unable to find work anywhere else, Rocky got a job as a collector for Tony Gazzo, the local loan shark, to make ends meet. He trained very hard so he could grow up to be like his idol Rocky Marciano. However, despite Rocky's obvious understanding of the Italian language, it is unclear and undetermined how well he actually speaks the Italian language, as his responses to Father Carmine are always in English.ĭuring the scene in Rocky in which Rocky takes Adrianna "Adrian" Pennino skating on Thanksgiving, he tells her, "Yeah – My old man, who was never the sharpest, told me I weren't born with much brain, so I better use my body." This encouraged him to take up boxing. When Rocky is spoken to in the Italian language by his Italian priest, Father Carmine, it is apparent that Rocky understands Italian very well or fluently, including in a scene in which he translates Italian into English for Tommy Gunn. He was the only child in a Roman Catholic Italian-American or Italian immigrant family. Robert "Rocky" Balboa was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 6, 1945. When Stallone reprised his role once again in 2015 for Creed, his performance received universal acclaim and he received his first Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, along with his third Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor, the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor and several other accolades. He received critical acclaim for his performance in the first movie, earning Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations. The character is widely considered to be Stallone's most iconic role and is often considered the role that started his film career. While the story of his first film is loosely inspired by Chuck Wepner, a boxer who fought Muhammad Ali and lost on a TKO in the 15th round, the inspiration for the name, iconography and fighting style came from boxing legend Rocco Francis "Rocky Marciano" Marchegiano, though his surname coincidentally also resembles that of Middleweight Boxing Champion Thomas Rocco "Rocky Graziano" Barbella.
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He is portrayed as overcoming the obstacles that had occurred in his life and in his career as a professional boxer. He is depicted as a working class or poor Italian-American from the slums of Philadelphia who started out as a club fighter and "enforcer" for a local Philly Mafia loan shark. The character was created by Sylvester Stallone, who has also portrayed him in eight of the nine films in the franchise. Robert " Rocky" Balboa (also known by his ring name The Italian Stallion) is a fictional character and the titular protagonist of the Rocky film series.
Paulie Pennino (brother-in-law deceased)Īmara Creed (surrogate great-niece goddaughter)
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