Aurelian Smith Jr.
Acting • Born 1955-05-30
Biography
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
193 credits
Heroes of World Class
Movie • 2006
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
AWA/NWA Night of Champions II
Movie • 1985
Jake Roberts
Beyond the Mat
Movie • 1999
Self - Jake "The Snake" Roberts
The Realtor
Movie • 2024
Ref
WrestleMania II
Movie • 1986
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE WrestleMania III
Movie • 1987
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE WrestleMania V
Movie • 1989
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Battle of the WWE Superstars
Movie • 1990
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars
Movie • 1991
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE WrestleFest '90
Movie • 1990
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Crunch Classic
Movie • 1992
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE: Jake 'The Snake' Roberts - Pick Your Poison
Movie • 2005
Himself
WWE Hottest Matches
Movie • 1990
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE SuperTape: Volume 3
Movie • 1991
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE SuperTape: Volume 1
Movie • 1990
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE SuperTape: Volume 5
Movie • 1992
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Invasion '92
Movie • 1992
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Rampage '91
Movie • 1991
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Villains of the Squared Circle
Movie • 1986
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE World Tour 1991
Movie • 1991
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE WrestleMania VII
Movie • 1991
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE WrestleMania XII
Movie • 1996
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Royal Rumble 1990
Movie • 1990
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Royal Rumble 1991
Movie • 1991
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Royal Rumble 1997
Movie • 1997
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE WrestleMania VI
Movie • 1990
Jake 'The Snake' Roberts
WWE Survivor Series 1990
Movie • 1990
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Survivor Series 1988
Movie • 1988
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE SummerSlam 1990
Movie • 1990
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE SummerSlam 1996
Movie • 1996
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Survivor Series 1996
Movie • 1996
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Catch of the Day
Movie • 2014
Self
Heavy Water
Movie • 2014
Jed
Out of Exile
Movie • 2023
Remy
Parts Unknown
Movie • 2018
The Holiness(voice)
WWE Survivor Series 1991
Movie • 1991
Jake "The Snake" Roberts (Interview)
The History Of WrestleMania
Movie • 1994
Jake Roberts
Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984
Movie • 1985
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
GCW at The Omni (December '83)
Movie • 1983
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Hall Of Fame 2014
Movie • 2014
Himself
WCCW Thanksgiving Star Wars '84
Movie • 1984
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Undertaker: The Streak 21-1
Movie • 2014
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Deadly Venom: The Best of Sting
Movie • 1993
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Alastor
Movie
The Stranger
PWG: Kurt Russellreunion 2 - The Reunioning
Movie • 2011
Himself
The Resurrection of Jake The Snake
Movie • 2015
Self
At What Cost? Anatomy of Professional Wrestling
Movie • 2015
Himself
WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden
Movie • 2013
Himself
WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
Movie • 2010
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Hulkamania 3
Movie • 1988
Jake 'The Snake' Roberts
Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
Movie • 2013
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
The Best of the WWF: volume 8
Movie • 1986
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
The Best of the WWF: volume 18
Movie • 1989
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
The Best of the WWF: volume 19
Movie • 1989
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
The Old Boys
Movie • 2015
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
AEW Revolution 2024
Movie • 2024
Jake Roberts
Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II
Movie • 2008
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE: The Ladder Match
Movie • 2007
Himself
Macho Madness - The Randy Savage Ultimate Collection
Movie • 2009
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '89
Movie • 1989
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: June '90
Movie • 1990
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Detroit Wrestling '86
Movie • 1986
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: July '88
Movie • 1988
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: August '88
Movie • 1988
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: October '88
Movie • 1988
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: January '89
Movie • 1989
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86
Movie • 1986
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: March '86
Movie • 1986
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: January '87
Movie • 1987
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87
Movie • 1987
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '88
Movie • 1988
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87
Movie • 1987
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '88
Movie • 1988
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: September '88
Movie • 1988
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Psychotic State
Movie • 2014
Himself
The Bet
Movie • 2016
Mr. Lucas
Diamond Dallas Page: Positively Living
Movie • 2017
Self
El Alambrista: La Venganza
Movie • 2014
WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit
Movie • 1990
Randy Savage Unreleased: The Unseen Matches of The Macho Man
Movie • 2018
WWE: 'Cause Stone Cold Said So
Movie • 2004
Jake Roberts
Credible
Movie
Self
College Fright Night
Movie • 2014
Richard Hertz
Toxic Tutu
Movie • 2017
Himself
Little Creeps
Movie • 2012
Richard Hertz
Life In The Fast Lane
Movie • 2007
RFVideo Face Off Vol. 6: See, Hear, Speak No Evil
Movie
Himself
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Movie • 2019
Sam
TNA Bound for Glory 2006
Movie • 2006
Jake "The Snake" Roberts (Special Guest Referee)
Trancers 4: Jack of Swords
Movie • 1994
Solonoid
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
Movie • 2009
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
Movie • 2014
Himself
The History of WWE: 50 Years of Sports Entertainment
Movie • 2013
Self
Stone Cold Steve Austin: The Bottom Line on the Most Popular Superstar of All Time
Movie • 2011
Himself
Ricky Steamboat: The Life Story of the Dragon
Movie • 2010
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
It's Good To Be The King: The Jerry Lawler Story
Movie • 2015
Himself
AEW Double or Nothing 2020
Movie • 2020
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Canadian Wrestling's Elite: Featuring Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Movie • 2018
Himself
WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak
Movie • 2012
Jake 'The Snake' Roberts (archive footage)
The Sheik
Movie • 2014
Self
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
AEW Fyter Fest
Movie • 2020
Jake Roberts
WWE Royal Rumble 1988
Movie • 1988
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
NWA The Last Battle of Atlanta
Movie • 1983
Jake Roberts
WWE WrestleMania IV
Movie • 1988
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE WrestleFest
Movie • 1988
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WCW Clash of The Champions XX: 20th Anniversary
Movie • 1992
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Heroes of Wrestling
Movie • 1999
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE SummerSlam 1988
Movie • 1988
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Royal Rumble 1989
Movie • 1989
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Survivor Series 1989
Movie • 1989
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WCCW Cotton Bowl Extravaganza '84
Movie • 1984
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WCCW Christmas Star Wars '84
Movie • 1984
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
NWA Night of Champions
Movie • 1984
Jake Roberts
WWE The Big Event
Movie • 1986
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE SummerSlam Fever
Movie • 1990
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Survivor Series 1987
Movie • 1987
Jake Roberts
WWE U.K. Rampage 1991
Movie • 1991
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WCW Halloween Havoc 1992
Movie • 1992
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Royal Rumble 1996
Movie • 1996
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991
Movie • 1991
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE This Tuesday In Texas
Movie • 1991
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE In Your House 7: Good Friends, Better Enemies
Movie • 1996
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE King of the Ring 1996
Movie • 1996
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
Movie • 1992
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE March to WrestleMania VIII
Movie • 1992
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE WrestleMania VIII
Movie • 1992
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
ECW November To Remember 1998
Movie • 1998
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
ECW Hardcore Heaven 1997
Movie • 1997
Jake "The Snake" Roberts (Appearance)
ECW WrestleFest: 50 Years of Funk
Movie • 1997
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
AEW Dynamite Anniversary Show
Movie • 2020
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
AEW Double or Nothing 2021
Movie • 2021
Jake Roberts
AEW Double or Nothing 2021
Movie • 2021
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
AEW Fyter Fest
Movie • 2021
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWF Summer Flashback!
Movie • 1997
Jake Roberts
The Undertaker: 15-0
Movie • 2008
Mid-South Wrestling: November 11, 1985
Movie • 1985
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Finding Daddy
Movie
Daddy
Jake 'The Snake' Roberts - Pick Your Poison
Movie • 2005
AEW Revolution 2021
Movie • 2021
Jake Roberts
Mid-South WrestleFest '85
Movie • 1985
Jake “The Snake” Roberts
AEW Beach Break
Movie • 2021
Jake Roberts
Behind the Ropes: The Greatest Fraternity in the World
Movie • 2015
The Best of the WWF: volume 13
Movie • 1987
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
The Ken Patera Story
Movie • 1987
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Wrestling Tough Guys
Movie • 1990
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Movie • 1987
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Terminators '96
Movie • 1996
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Boy Meets World
TV • 1993
Jake 'The Snake' Roberts
Seven Days
TV • 1998
Dark Side of the Ring
TV • 2019
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Dark Side of the Ring
TV • 2019
Jack "The Snake" Roberts
WWE's Most Wanted Treasures
TV • 2021
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Raw
TV • 1993
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE 24
TV • 2015
Himself
All Elite Wrestling: Battle of the Belts
TV • 2022
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Swerved
TV • 2015
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
TV • 2019
Jake “The Snake” Roberts
Hey! (EW)
TV • 2022
Jake Roberts
AEW Dark
TV • 2019
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
AEW Dark
TV • 2019
Jake Roberts
AEW Dark: Elevation
TV • 2021
Jake Roberts
WWF Wrestling Challenge
TV • 1986
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Biography: WWE Legends
TV • 2021
WWE: Story Time
TV • 2016
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
TV • 2019
Jake Roberts
AEW Dark: Elevation
TV • 2021
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWF Shotgun Saturday Night
TV • 1997
Jake Roberts
Saturday Night's Main Event
TV • 1985
Jake Roberts
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
TV • 2019
Jake the Snake Roberts
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage
TV • 2021
Jake the Snake Roberts
WWE's Greatest Moments
TV • 2025
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
All Elite Wrestling: Collision
TV • 2023
Jake the Snake Roberts
WWE Rivals
TV • 2022
Jake "The Snake' Roberts
Saturday Night's Main Event
TV • 1985
World Class Championship Wrestling
TV • 1982
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
World Class Championship Wrestling
TV • 1982
Jake Roberts
WWE Old School
TV • 1973
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Power Pro Wrestling
TV • 1986
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Mid-South Arena Shows
TV • 1985
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Mid-South Wrestling
TV • 1981
Jake 'The Snake' Roberts
Mid-South Wrestling
TV • 1981
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWF Prime Time Wrestling
TV • 1985
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Saturday Night's Main Event
TV • 1985
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWF Superstars
TV • 1986
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Tuesday Night Titans
TV • 1984
Snake Roberts
Raw
TV • 1993
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
TV • 1981
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Smoky Mountain Wrestling
TV • 1994
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Rivals
TV • 2022
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WCW Arena Shows
TV • 1983
Jake Roberts
Clash of the Champions
TV • 1988
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Lucas Bros. Moving Co.
TV • 2013
Jake "The Snake" Roberts