Summary: BURT YOUNG, actor best known for "Rocky" and all five sequels, is our special guest this Sunday night! BURT is a burly, talented character actor who has remained consistently busy playing "rough around the edge" types, often on the wrong side of the law. He first gathered notice playing tough thugs in such films as "The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight," "Across 110th Street," "Chinatown" and "The Gambler." Fiery director Sam Peckinpah cast BURT as the getaway driver / assassin, "Mac," in "The Killer Elite," and BURT came to the attention of newcomer Sylvester Stallone, who cast him as future brother-in-law "Paulie" in the 1976 sleeper hit "Rocky." Young received an Oscar nomination for the role, which he has gone on to reprise in all five "Rocky" sequels to date. He has also appeared in numerous major productions, including "Once Upon a Time in America," "The Pope of Greenwich Village," "Last Exit to Brooklyn," "Mickey Blue Eyes," "The Adventures of Pluto Nash" and "Win Win." Recently, BURT won the Best Actor Festival Prize from the Atlantic City Cinefest and was nominated for Best Actor awards by the Queens World Film Festival and the Maverick Movie Awards for his role in the short film "Tom in America" (2014). Last year, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Hoboken International Film Festival. This month he takes on the role of an aging mob boss in a new comedy, "The Last Vig," which opens January 14 at the Zephyr Theatre on Melrose for a six-week run. Hear our live interview with BURT YOUNG this Sunday evening!
