Aurelian Smith Jr.

Acting · 0.6 popularity

Age

Movies

148

Born: May 30, 1955
From: Gainesville, Texas, USA

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.

Works

148 films

The Peanut Butter Falcon

20197.4

You Cannot Kill David Arquette

20206.7

Catch of the Day

20145.5

The History of WWE: 50 Years of Sports Entertainment

20138.8

WWE SuperTape: Volume 1

1990

WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time

20108.3

AEW Double or Nothing 2020

20207.9

WWE SuperTape: Volume 5

1992

WWE Hottest Matches

1990

Stone Cold Steve Austin: The Bottom Line on the Most Popular Superstar of All Time

20118.4

Headstrong

20196.0

WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak

20128.8

WWE Royal Rumble 1988

19886.6

The Resurrection of Jake The Snake

20157.5

Beyond the Mat

19997.3

Trancers 4: Jack of Swords

19944.8

WWE WrestleMania VIII

19928.1

WWE WrestleMania IV

19887.2

WWE Survivor Series 1991

19917.4

Out of Exile

20236.4

Jake "The Snake" Roberts

1987

WWE Survivor Series 1989

19897.8

Undertaker: The Streak 21-1

20145.8

AEW Double or Nothing 2021

20216.9

WWE Survivor Series 1990

19907.7

WWE Royal Rumble 1997

19977.0

WWE SummerSlam 1996

19967.8

WrestleMania II

19866.4

Ricky Steamboat: The Life Story of the Dragon

20107.7

WWE Royal Rumble 1992

19926.9

WWE This Tuesday In Texas

19917.4

WWE King of the Ring 1996

19968.3

WWE WrestleMania VII

19917.3

WWE Survivor Series 1996

19967.4

WWE Royal Rumble 1989

19895.8

TNA Bound for Glory 2006

20067.5

WWE Royal Rumble 1996

19966.0

WWE WrestleMania VI

19908.4

WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden

20139.2

The Bet

20164.7

WWE Royal Rumble 1991

19917.1

WWE Survivor Series 1988

19888.2

WWE SummerSlam 1990

19906.9

Legends of Mid-South Wrestling

20139.3

The Sheik

20147.4

Toxic Tutu

20175.2

WWE WrestleMania XII

19967.0

WWE WrestleMania III

19877.3

WWE Survivor Series 1987

19878.4

El Alambrista: La Venganza

20145.0

WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991

1991

WWF Summer Flashback!

199710.0

AEW Revolution 2024

20248.4

WWE SummerSlam 1988

19887.3

AEW Beach Break

20218.0

Villains of the Squared Circle

1986

WWE SuperTape: Volume 3

199110.0

AEW Revolution 2021

20217.1

WWE Hall Of Fame 2014

20146.0

WWE Terminators '96

1996

College Fright Night

2014

WWE: The Ladder Match

20078.3

WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit

1990

WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1

201410.0

Parts Unknown

20184.0

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '89

1989

WWE WrestleFest

19885.0

WWE Royal Rumble 1990

19906.1

Macho Madness - The Randy Savage Ultimate Collection

200910.0

AEW Fyter Fest

20217.3

WWE The Big Event

19868.0

WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event

20097.5

ECW WrestleFest: 50 Years of Funk

1997

WWE Rampage '91

1991

Diamond Dallas Page: Positively Living

2017

The History Of WrestleMania

1994

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '88

1988

AEW Dynamite Anniversary Show

20207.7

NWA The Last Battle of Atlanta

1983

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87

1987

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: March '86

1986

The Best of the WWF: volume 13

1987

WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86

1986

ECW Hardcore Heaven 1997

19978.0

WCW Halloween Havoc 1992

19929.5

ECW November To Remember 1998

19987.0

WWE World Tour 1991

1991

Heroes of World Class

20068.5

NWA Night of Champions

1984

WWE March to WrestleMania VIII

1992

WCW Clash of The Champions XX: 20th Anniversary

1992

The Undertaker: 15-0

2008

WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: July '88

1988

Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984

1985

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: June '90

1990

WWE SummerSlam Fever

1990

Hulkamania 3

1988

WWE U.K. Rampage 1991

19916.0

PWG: Kurt Russellreunion 2 - The Reunioning

2011

The Best of the WWF: volume 19

1989

WWE In Your House 7: Good Friends, Better Enemies

19968.4

WWE Detroit Wrestling '86

1986

At What Cost? Anatomy of Professional Wrestling

201510.0

WWE WrestleMania V

19897.3

Battle of the WWE Superstars

1990

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '88

1988

WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: September '88

1988

Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II

2008

WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: October '88

1988

WWE Invasion '92

1992

WWE: Jake 'The Snake' Roberts - Pick Your Poison

20058.5

Credible

2026

It's Good To Be The King: The Jerry Lawler Story

20158.8

WWE WrestleFest '90

1990

AEW Fyter Fest

20208.3

WWE Crunch Classic

1992

The Best of the WWF: volume 8

1986

The Ken Patera Story

1987

2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars

199110.0

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: January '87

1987

The Realtor

20241.0

Mid-South WrestleFest '85

1985

WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: August '88

1988

WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: January '89

1989

Wrestling Tough Guys

1990

Heroes of Wrestling

19991.0

Randy Savage Unreleased: The Unseen Matches of The Macho Man

201810.0

Life In The Fast Lane

2007

RFVideo Face Off Vol. 6: See, Hear, Speak No Evil

2026

The Best of the WWF: volume 18

1989

WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87

1987

WWE: 'Cause Stone Cold Said So

20047.0

Psychotic State

2014

Little Creeps

2012

The Old Boys

2015

AWA/NWA Night of Champions II

1985

Alastor

2026

WCCW Thanksgiving Star Wars '84

198410.0

WCCW Cotton Bowl Extravaganza '84

1984

WCCW Christmas Star Wars '84

19847.5

Deadly Venom: The Best of Sting

199310.0

Heavy Water

2014

GCW at The Omni (December '83)

1983

Mid-South Wrestling: November 11, 1985

1985

Canadian Wrestling's Elite: Featuring Jake "The Snake" Roberts

2018

Behind the Ropes: The Greatest Fraternity in the World

2015

Finding Daddy

2025

Jake 'The Snake' Roberts - Pick Your Poison

2005