Burt Young

Burt was an actor and artist. His paintings have been displayed in galleries throughout the world. As an actor, he is best known for his Academy Award-nominated role as Sylvester Stallone’s brother-in-law and best friend Paulie Pennino in the Rocky film series. Burt was born in Queens, New York and was trained by Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio. He made his name playing rough-edged working class Italian-American characters, the best-known example being his signature role as Sylvester Stallone’s brother-in-law Paulie in Rocky (1976), for which he received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

We worked with Burt for many years representing his artwork, and all of his available pieces are right here at our Gallery!