Burt Young
Biography
Burt Young was an American actor from Queens, New York City, who grew up in Corona and studied with Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio. He became known for rough-edged working class Italian-American characters, most famously Paulie, Rocky Balboa's friend, in Rocky (1976), a part that earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He was among the actors who returned for each of the first six Rocky movies. His other screen credits included Chinatown (1974), The Gambler (1974), The Killer Elite (1975), Convoy (1978), Once Upon a Time in America (1984), The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984), Back to School (1986), Transamerica (2005) and Win Win (2011). On television he appeared in The Rockford Files, Baretta, Law & Order and Miami Vice. He acted on Broadway in Cuba and His Teddy Bear in 1986, and he was also a painter and published author. He died in 2023.
83years old at death
- Born Queens
- Died Los Angeles
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
- Gerald Tommaso DeLouise (birth name)Also credited as Gerald DeLouise
Movie Career
- Films
- 46
- Career span
- 50 years1971 to 2021
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A change of course
While in the United States Marine Corps from 1957 to 1959, Young boxed regularly and came out on top in 32 of his 34 bouts.
A first
Young was among four actors who appeared in each of the first six Rocky films. The other three were Sylvester Stallone, Stu Nahan and Tony Burton.
Behind the camera
Young was also a painter, and galleries around the world showed his art. His own paintings appeared in Rocky Balboa, in the scene where Paulie loses his job at the meatpacking plant.
Burt Young movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Sylvester Stallone directed four of these films, Robert Aldrich three and John G. Avildsen two. Talia Shire appears in seven of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Talia Shire's page
Sylvester Stallone's page
James Caan's page
Tony Burton's page
All films by Robert Aldrich
Box office
What Burt Young's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.3 billion
22 of the 46 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 46 films: 22 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 5 never in cinemas; 16 figure not found.
- 22Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 5Never in cinemas
- 16Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 88% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$300M22.6% of the total
- 2$200M15.1% of the total
- 3$156M11.7% of the total
- 4$125M9.4% of the total
- 5$120M9.0% of the total
- 6$117M8.8% of the total
- 7$91M6.9% of the total
- 8$54M4.1% of the total
$165 millionfrom the other 14 films with a worldwide figure, 12% of the total