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.

Personal life

Young was born Jerry De Louisewww.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/columnists.nsf/debpeterson/story/5C51904418DEEE8B862572C400208232?OpenDocument in Queens, New York, the son of Josephine and Michael.Burt Young Biography - Yahoo! Movies He was trained by Lee Strasberg at the Actor's Studio. Young is widowed and has one daughter, Anne Morea. He currently owns a restaurant in The Bronx, New York.