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Sylvester Stallone is taking on a new role as leading man in a scripted television series.
The three-time Oscar nominee has been tabbed to play a mob boss in the upcoming Paramount+ drama, Kansas City, from Taylor Sheridan (Yellowstone) and Terence Winter (The Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire), according to Deadline.
This will mark the first time that the Rocky and Rambo actor has ever starred in the lead role of a TV series during his 50-plus-year career in show business, dating back to 1968.
Moving to TV: Sylvester Stallone, 75, will star in the drama series Kansas City, which will be his first lading man role for a television series during his 50-plus-year career
Stallone had several television roles during the start of his career, guest starring on such classic shows such as Police Story (1975) and Kojak (1975).
During that time, he struggled to land a film role that was more than a cameo role or work as an extra.
But that would all change when he won his first critical acclaim as an actor for his co-starring role as Stanley Rosiello in The Lords of Flatbush (1974).
And just two years later, Stallone would see his star shot to the highest peak with the success of the boxing drama, Rocky (1976), which he wrote, directed and starred in the title role
Bada bing: The three-time Oscar nominee will play a mob boss who is faced with the task of reestablishing his mafia family to Kansas City in the Paramount+