Sylvester Stallone as "Rocky Balboa"
The role of "Rocky Balboa" in 1976 made Sylvester Stallone world famous. He also wrote the script and even received an Oscar nomination for the part of the working-class Boxer from Italian descent, who pursues the American dream. He went on to also pen all the scripts for the five "Rocky" sequels, execpt for the spin-off "Creed", which came out in 2015.