Editing Rocky IV (section)

==Cast==
{{see also|List of Rocky characters}} 
* [[Sylvester Stallone]] as [[Rocky Balboa|Robert "Rocky" Balboa]], "The Italian Stallion": The reigning two-time Heavyweight Champion of the World.
* [[Talia Shire]] as [[Adrian Pennino|Adrian Balboa]]: Rocky's wife and support through his boxing career.
* [[Burt Young]] as [[Paulie Pennino]]: Rocky's friend and brother-in-law.
* [[Carl Weathers]] as [[Apollo Creed]]: Former Heavyweight Champion of the World, and close friend to Rocky.
* [[Brigitte Nielsen]] as [[List of Rocky characters#Ludmilla Vobet Drago|Ludmilla Vobet Drago]]: Wife and supporter of Ivan Drago, and Olympic swimming champion. In real life, Nielsen was engaged to Stallone during the production, and married shortly after the release. They appeared together once again in 1986's ''[[Cobra (1986 film)|Cobra]]'', before they divorced in 1987. She later reprised the role in ''[[Creed II]]'' (2018).
* [[Dolph Lundgren]] as [[Ivan Drago|Captain Ivan Drago]]: the Soviets' prize Champion boxer "The Siberian Express" and a Soviet Army infantry captain. Lundgren would also return in the 2018 Creed II.
* [[Tony Burton]] as [[Tony "Duke" Evers]]: Apollo's father-figure, friend, trainer and manager, who becomes Rocky's trainer for his match against Drago.
* [[Michael Pataki]] as [[List of Rocky characters#Nicolai Koloff|Nicolai Koloff]]: Trainer, promoter, and manager of Ivan Drago.
* Rocky Krakoff as [[List of Rocky characters#Rocky Balboa Jr.|Rocky Balboa Jr.]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Rocky IV (1985)  |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089927/fullcredits|access-date=October 11, 2019|work=IMDb}}</ref>
* David Lloyd Austin as [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] 
* Sylvia Meals as [[List of Rocky characters#Mary Anne Creed|Mary Anne Creed]]: Wife of Apollo
* George Rogan as Sergei Rimsky: Another Ivan Drago trainer.
 
[[LeRoy Neiman]] plays the ring announcer in the Creed-Drago match. [[Burgess Meredith]] appears as [[Mickey Goldmill]] in archive footage. Appearing as themselves are singer [[James Brown]] and commentators [[Stu Nahan]], [[Warner Wolf]], [[R. J. Adams]], [[Barry Tompkins]] and [[Al Bandiero]].