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Aurelian Smith Jr.
Gainesville, Texas, USA
Aurelian Smith Jr., better known by the ring name Jake "The Snake" Roberts, is an American actor and professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW).s a second…
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Aurelian Smith Jr., better known by the ring name Jake "The Snake" Roberts, is an American actor and professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW).s a second-generation American professional wrestler, the son of former wrestler Aurelian "Grizzly" Smith. He is best known by his ring name of Jake "The Snake" Roberts, and often brought snakes into the ring, including a boa constrictor named Damien and even a de-venomed cobra, named Lucifer. Roberts is best known for his two stints in the World Wrestling Federation—the first between 1986 and 1992, and the second between 1996 and 1997—though he also wrestled in the National Wrestling Alliance in 1983, World Championship Wrestling in 1992, and the Mexico-based Asistencia Asesoría y Administración between 1993 and 1994 and again in 1997. He appeared in Extreme Championship Wrestling during the summer of 1997, and has made sporadic appearances for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling from 2006 through 2008. Throughout his career he was known for his intense and cerebral promos, his dark charisma, his extensive use of psychology in his matches, and has been credited as inventor of the DDT maneuver. Roberts was also one of the subjects of the 1999 documentary film Beyond the Mat. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jake Roberts, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2026
Hulk Hogan: Real American
TV show Self
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2025
Finding Daddy
Movie Daddy
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2025
WWE's Greatest Moments
TV show Jake "The Snake" Roberts
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2024
The Realtor
Movie Ref
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2024
AEW Revolution 2024
Movie Jake Roberts
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2023
All Elite Wrestling: Collision
TV show Jake the Snake Roberts
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2023
Out of Exile
Movie Remy
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2022
WWE Rivals
TV show Jake "The Snake' Roberts
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2022
Hey! (EW)
TV show Jake Roberts
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2022
All Elite Wrestling: Battle of the Belts
TV show Jake "The Snake" Roberts
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2021
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage
TV show Jake the Snake Roberts
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2021
AEW Fyter Fest
Movie Jake "The Snake" Roberts
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2021
AEW Double or Nothing 2021
Movie Jake Roberts
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2021
Biography: WWE Legends
TV show
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2021
WWE's Most Wanted Treasures
TV show Jake "The Snake" Roberts
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2021
AEW Dark: Elevation
TV show Jake Roberts
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2021
AEW Revolution 2021
Movie Jake Roberts
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2021
AEW Beach Break
Movie Jake Roberts
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2020
AEW Dynamite Anniversary Show
Movie Jake "The Snake" Roberts
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2020
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2020
AEW Fyter Fest
Movie Jake Roberts
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2020
AEW Double or Nothing 2020
Movie Jake "The Snake" Roberts
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2019
AEW Dark
TV show Jake "The Snake" Roberts
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2019
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
TV show Jake “The Snake” Roberts
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2019
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Movie Sam
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2019
Dark Side of the Ring
TV show Jake "The Snake" Roberts
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2019
Headstrong
Movie Self
- 2018
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2018
Parts Unknown
Movie The Holiness(voice)
- 2018
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2017
Toxic Tutu
Movie Himself
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2017
Diamond Dallas Page: Positively Living
Movie Self
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2016
WWE: Story Time
TV show
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2016
The Bet
Movie Mr. Lucas
- 2015
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2015
WWE Swerved
TV show Jake "The Snake" Roberts
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2015
The Old Boys
Movie Jake "The Snake" Roberts
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2015
It's Good To Be The King: The Jerry Lawler Story
Movie Himself
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2015
At What Cost? Anatomy of Professional Wrestling
Movie Himself
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2015
WWE 24
TV show Himself
