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 Paulie in the
Rocky film series.
Biography
Personal life
Young was born
Jerry De Louise[www.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 world-famous
Actor's Studio. Young is widowed and has one daughter, Anne Morea. He owns a restaurant in
The Bronx, New York.