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Burt Young
Burt Young (born April 30, 1940) is an American Academy Award-nominated actor, painter, and author. He is best-known for his role as Sylvester Stallone's brother-in-law and friend Paulie in the Rocky film series.
Young was born Jerry De Louise in Queens, New York, the son of Josephine and Michael....
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Back to School
Back to School is a 1986 comedy film starring Rodney Dangerfield, Keith Gordon, Sally Kellerman, Burt Young, William Zabka, Sam Kinison, and Robert Downey, Jr., based on the novel by Kurt Vonnegut Jr..
The plot centers on a wealthy but uneducated...
Once Upon a Time in America
Once Upon a Time in America is a 1984 epic crime film directed and co-written by Sergio Leone and starring Robert De Niro and James Woods. The story chronicles the lives of Jewish ghetto youths who rise to prominence in New York City's world of...
Rocky
Rocky is a 1976 American film written by and starring Sylvester Stallone and directed by John G. Avildsen. It tells the rags to riches American Dream story of Rocky Balboa, an uneducated but good-hearted debt collector for a loan shark in...
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Rocky Balboa
Rocky Balboa is a 2006 American drama film, directed by and starring Sylvester Stallone. The film, which was also written by Stallone who plays underdog boxer Rocky Balboa, is the sixth film in the Rocky series that began with the Academy Award...
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Rocky II
Rocky II is a 1979 American film that is the sequel to Rocky, a motion picture in which an unknown boxer had been given a chance to go the distance with the World Heavyweight Champion. Sylvester Stallone, Carl Weathers, Burgess Meredith, Burt Young...
Rocky III
Rocky III is a 1982 American film that is the third installment in the Rocky film series. It is written and directed by and stars Sylvester Stallone as the title character, with Carl Weathers as former boxing rival Apollo Creed, and Talia Shire as...
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Rocky V
Rocky V is a 1990 American film that is the fifth film in the Rocky series. It stars Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Stallone's real life son Sage Stallone and real life boxer Tommy Morrison as boxer Tommy Gunn, a talented yet raw boxer, who only...
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The Pope of Greenwich Village
The Pope of Greenwich Village is a 1984 American film starring Mickey Rourke, Eric Roberts, Daryl Hannah, Geraldine Page, Kenneth McMillan and Burt Young. Page earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her two-scene role in...
Transamerica
Transamerica is a 2005 independent dramedy produced by IFC Films and The Weinstein Company. The film tells the story of Bree, a transsexual woman (Felicity Huffman), who goes on a road trip with her long-lost son Toby (Kevin Zegers).
The movie is...
Lookin' to Get Out
Lookin’ to Get Out is a 1982 film directed by Hal Ashby and written by Al Schwartz and Jon Voight, who also stars. Voight's daughter, Angelina Jolie, then seven years old, briefly appears as the Voight character's daughter near the end of the movie....
Cinderella Liberty
Cinderella Liberty is a 1973 film which tells the story of a sailor who falls in love with a prostitute and becomes a surrogate father for her 11-year-old mixed race son. It stars James Caan, Marsha Mason, Kirk Calloway, Eli Wallach, Burt Young,...
Going Overboard
Going Overboard is a film released on May 11, 1989. It was Adam Sandler's first staring role, It features Burt Young, Allen Covert, Billy Zane, Terry Moore, Milton Berle, and a small role by Billy Bob Thornton. The movie frequently ranks very "high"...
Rocky IV
Rocky IV is a 1985 American film written by, directed by and staring Sylvester Stallone, the fourth and most financially successful entry in the Rocky franchise. In the movie, Rocky Balboa plans to retire from boxing after regaining his title from...
The Killer Elite
The Killer Elite is an action thriller starring James Caan and Robert Duvall and directed by Sam Peckinpah.
The screenplay was written by Marc Norman and Sterling Silliphant from the Robert Rostand novel Monkey in the Middle. The editing was done by...
Amityville II: The Possession
Amityville II: The Possession is a 1982 horror film directed by Damiano Damiani. The screenplay by Tommy Lee Wallace is based on the novel Murder in Amityville by the parapsychologist Hans Holzer. It is a prequel to The Amityville Horror, set at 112...
…All the Marbles
…All the Marbles (reissued as The California Dolls) is a 1981 comedy-drama film about the trials and travails of a female wrestling tag team and their manager. The film was directed by Robert Aldrich, and stars Peter Falk, Vicki Frederick, and...
Beverly Hills Brats
Beverly Hills Brats is a 1989 American comedy film. Directed by Jim Sotos, the film starred Peter Billingsley, Martin Sheen, Burt Young, Terry Moore, George Kirby, Ruby Keeler (in her final film) and Whoopi Goldberg in a cameo role.
Scooter ...
Nicky's Game
Nicky’s Game is an American short film, originally developed and produced as an independent television pilot, based on Peter Alson’s New York Times Best Seller "Confessions of an Ivy League Bookie". The film was shot in 16mm on location in New York...
Crooked Lines
Crooked Lines is a 2003 comedy film starring Jim Breuer, Burt Young and Colin Quinn.
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
The Adventures of Pluto Nash is a 2002 comedy film directed by Ron Underwood and starring Eddie Murphy as the owner of a lunar nightclub investigating who was behind the arson that destroyed his club. The film is considered to be one of the worst...
Blood Beach
Blood Beach is a 1981 B movie written and directed by Jeffrey Bloom. It stars John Saxon and Burt Young. A creature lurking beneath the sands of Venice Beach attacks locals and vacationers. The film's tag line was "Blood Beach -- just when you...
