Burt Young

American actor (1940–2023)

Born

30 April 1940, Queens

Died

8 October 2023

Citizenship

United States

Occupation

actor, writer, character actor, television actor, screenwriter

Films here

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Gerald Tommaso DeLouise (April 30, 1940 – October 8, 2023), known professionally as Burt Young, was an American actor. He played Rocky Balboa's brother-in-law and best friend Paulie Pennino in the Rocky film series, his performance in the first installment of which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Young also appeared in such films as Chinatown (1974), The Gambler (1974), The Killer Elite (1975), Convoy (1978), Uncle Joe Shannon (1978), Once Upon a Time in America (1984), The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984), A Summer to Remember (1985), Back to School (1986), Last Exit to Brooklyn (1990), Mickey Blue Eyes (1999), Transamerica (2005), Win Win (2011), and Bottom of the 9th (2019).

Filmography (martial arts films)

Frequent collaborators

• Sylvester Stallone
• Talia Shire
• Tony Burton
• Burgess Meredith
• Carl Weathers
• Frank Stallone
• LeRoy Neiman
• John G. Avildsen
• Joe Spinell
• Lloyd Kaufman
• Mr. T
• Michael Pataki

External links

• Wikipedia
• IMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q329700 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.