Aurelian Smith Jr.

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.

Most Famous Work

Average

7

Play Trailer Watch tvshow

WWE Raw

(1993) Jake "The Snake" Roberts

suggest Add Rate

Average

7

Play Trailer Watch tvshow

WWF Wrestling Challenge

(1986) Jake "The Snake" Roberts

suggest Add Rate

Average

8

Play Trailer Watch tvshow

All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite

(2019) Jake “The Snake” Roberts

suggest Add Rate

Average

6

Play Trailer Watch tvshow

AEW Dark

(2019) Jake Roberts

suggest Add Rate

Average

8

Play Trailer Watch tvshow

Dark Side of the Ring

(2019) Self

suggest Add Rate

Average

9

Play Trailer Watch tvshow

WWE's Most Wanted Treasures

(2021) Jake "The Snake" Roberts

suggest Add Rate

Average

6

Play Trailer Watch tvshow

AEW Dark: Elevation

(2021) Jake Roberts

suggest Add Rate

Average

0

Play Trailer Watch tvshow

WWE Pay Per View

(1985) Jake "The Snake" Roberts

suggest Add Rate

Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2024	Jake Roberts	AEW Revolution 2024-03-03 Movie
2023	Self	Biography: Jake 'The Snake' Roberts 2023-02-26 Movie
	Remy	Out of Exile 2023-01-20 Movie
2022	Jake Roberts	Hey! (EW) 2022-03-13 TV Show
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	All Elite Wrestling: Battle of the Belts 2022-01-08 TV Show
2021	N/A	All Elite Wrestling: Rampage 2021-08-13 TV Show
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	AEW Fyter Fest 2021-07-14 Movie
	Jake Roberts	AEW Double or Nothing 2021-05-30 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	AEW Double or Nothing 2021-05-30 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE's Most Wanted Treasures 2021-04-18 TV Show
	N/A	Biography: WWE Legends 2021-04-18 TV Show
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts (archive footage)	Biography: “Stone Cold” Steve Austin 2021-04-18 Movie
	Jake Roberts	AEW Dark: Elevation 2021-03-15 TV Show
2020	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	AEW Dynamite Anniversary Show 2020-10-14 Movie
	Self (archive footage)	You Cannot Kill David Arquette 2020-08-21 Movie
	Jake Roberts	AEW Fyter Fest 2020-07-01 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	AEW Double or Nothing 2020-05-23 Movie
2019	N/A	AEW Dark 2019-10-08 TV Show
	Jake Robets	AEW Dark 2019-10-08 TV Show
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	AEW Dark 2019-10-08 TV Show
	Jake Roberts	AEW Dark 2019-10-08 TV Show
	Jake Roberts	All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite 2019-10-02 TV Show
	Jake “The Snake” Roberts	All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite 2019-10-02 TV Show
	Sam	The Peanut Butter Falcon 2019-08-09 Movie
	N/A	Dark Side of the Ring 2019-04-10 TV Show
	Self	Dark Side of the Ring 2019-04-10 TV Show
2018	Himself	Canadian Wrestling's Elite: Featuring Jake "The Snake" Roberts 2018-08-25 Movie
	The Holiness(voice)	Parts Unknown 2018-06-08 Movie
	N/A	Randy Savage Unreleased: The Unseen Matches of The Macho Man 2018-05-29 Movie
2017	Himself	Toxic Tutu 2017-10-28 Movie
	Self	Diamond Dallas Page: Positively Living 2017-04-04 Movie
2016	N/A	WWE: Story Time 2016-11-20 TV Show
	Mr. Lucas	The Bet 2016-05-03 Movie
2015	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	Swerved 2015-06-22 TV Show
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	The Old Boys 2015-06-20 Movie
	Himself	It's Good To Be The King: The Jerry Lawler Story 2015-05-19 Movie
	Himself	At What Cost? Anatomy of Professional Wrestling 2015-04-25 Movie
	Himself	WWE 24 2015-01-30 TV Show
	Self	The Resurrection of Jake The Snake 2015-01-23 Movie
2014	Richard Hertz	College Fright Night 2014-10-24 Movie
	N/A	El Alambrista: La Venganza 2014-10-11 Movie
	Self	Catch of the Day 2014-09-12 Movie
	Jed	Heavy Water 2014-06-01 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	Undertaker: The Streak 21-1 2014-05-09 Movie
	N/A	The Sheik 2014-04-26 Movie
	Himself	WWE Hall Of Fame 2014 2014-04-05 Movie
	Himself	WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1 2014-03-11 Movie
	Himself	Psychotic State 2014-03-01 Movie
2013	Self	The History of WWE: 50 Years of Sports Entertainment 2013-11-18 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	Legends of Mid-South Wrestling 2013-09-10 Movie
	Himself	WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden 2013-08-13 Movie
2012	Jake 'The Snake' Roberts (archive footage)	WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak 2012-07-23 Movie
	Richard Hertz	Little Creeps 2012-04-25 Movie
2011	Himself	Stone Cold Steve Austin: The Bottom Line on the Most Popular Superstar of All Time 2011-11-29 Movie
	Himself	PWG: Kurt Russellreunion 2 - The Reunioning 2011-01-29 Movie
2010	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time 2010-12-07 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	Ricky Steamboat: The Life Story of the Dragon 2010-06-29 Movie
2009	N/A	Macho Madness - The Randy Savage Ultimate Collection 2009-06-09 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event 2009-02-10 Movie
2008	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II 2008-01-22 Movie
2007	N/A	Life In The Fast Lane 2007-11-20 Movie
	Himself	WWE: The Ladder Match 2007-06-05 Movie
2006	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	Heroes of World Class 2006-12-26 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts (Special Guest Referee)	TNA Bound for Glory 2006 2006-10-22 Movie
2005	Himself	WWE: Jake 'The Snake' Roberts - Pick Your Poison 2005-01-01 Movie
2004	Jake Roberts	WWE: 'Cause Stone Cold Said So 2004-01-27 Movie
1999	Himself / Jake "The Snake" Roberts	Beyond the Mat 1999-10-22 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	Heroes of Wrestling 1999-10-10 Movie
1998	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	ECW November To Remember 1998 1998-11-01 Movie
	N/A	Seven Days 1998-10-07 TV Show
1997	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	ECW WrestleFest: 50 Years of Funk 1997-09-11 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts (Appearance)	ECW Hardcore Heaven 1997 1997-08-17 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE Royal Rumble 1997 1997-01-19 Movie
1996	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE Survivor Series 1996 1996-11-17 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE SummerSlam 1996 1996-08-17 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE King of the Ring 1996 1996-06-23 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE In Your House 7: Good Friends, Better Enemies 1996-04-28 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE WrestleMania XII 1996-03-31 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE Royal Rumble 1996 1996-01-21 Movie
1994	Solonoid	Trancers 4: Jack of Swords 1994-02-02 Movie
	Jake Roberts	The History Of WrestleMania 1994-02-02 Movie
1993	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	Deadly Venom: The Best of Sting 1993-11-09 Movie
	Jake 'The Snake' Roberts	Boy Meets World 1993-09-24 TV Show
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE Raw 1993-01-11 TV Show
1992	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WCW Halloween Havoc 1992-10-25 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WCW Clash of The Champions XX: 20th Anniversary 1992-09-02 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE Crunch Classic 1992-05-28 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE WrestleMania VIII 1992-04-05 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE March to WrestleMania VIII 1992-03-29 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE Invasion '92 1992-03-26 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE SuperTape '92 1992-02-27 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE Royal Rumble 1992 1992-01-19 Movie
1991	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE This Tuesday In Texas 1991-12-03 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts (Interview)	WWE Survivor Series 1991 1991-11-27 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991 1991-11-24 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE Rampage '91 1991-10-24 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE World Tour 1991 1991-08-22 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars 1991-06-27 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE U.K. Rampage 1991 1991-04-21 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE WrestleMania VII 1991-03-24 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE SuperTape vol. 3 1991-01-24 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE Royal Rumble 1991 1991-01-19 Movie
1990	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE Survivor Series 1990 1990-11-22 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWF Hottest Matches 1990-10-25 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE SummerSlam 1990 1990-08-27 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	Battle of the WWE Superstars 1990-08-23 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE SummerSlam Fever 1990-08-19 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE WrestleFest '90 1990-06-28 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: June '90 1990-06-17 Movie
	N/A	WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit 1990-04-13 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE WrestleMania VI 1990-04-01 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWF SuperTape 1990-03-21 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE Royal Rumble 1990 1990-01-21 Movie
1989	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE Survivor Series 1989 1989-11-23 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	The Best of the WWF: volume 19 1989-07-19 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '89 1989-04-23 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE WrestleMania V 1989-04-02 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	The Best of the WWF: volume 18 1989-03-01 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: January '89 1989-01-29 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE Royal Rumble 1989 1989-01-15 Movie
1988	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE Survivor Series 1988 1988-11-24 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: October '88 1988-10-16 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '88 1988-09-18 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: September '88 1988-09-11 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE SummerSlam 1988 1988-08-29 Movie
	Jake 'The Snake' Roberts	Hulkamania 3 1988-08-27 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: August '88 1988-08-13 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE WrestleFest 1988-07-31 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: July '88 1988-07-15 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '88 1988-04-24 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE WrestleMania IV 1988-03-27 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE Royal Rumble 1988-01-24 Movie
1987	Jake Roberts	WWE Survivor Series 1987 1987-11-26 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87 1987-11-01 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE WrestleMania III 1987-03-29 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: January '87 1987-01-11 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87 1987-01-05 Movie
1986	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86 1986-11-26 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWF Wrestling Challenge 1986-09-07 TV Show
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE The Big Event 1986-08-27 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	The Best of the WWF: volume 8 1986-08-20 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE Villains of The Squared Circle 1986-06-06 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE Detroit Wrestling '86 1986-04-26 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WrestleMania II 1986-04-07 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: March '86 1986-03-23 Movie
1985	Jake Roberts	AWA/NWA Night of Champions II 1985-12-29 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984 1985-12-25 Movie
	Jake Roberts	MSW WrestleFest 1985-07-28 Movie
	N/A	Saturday Night's Main Event 1985-05-11 TV Show
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WWE Pay Per View 1985-03-31 TV Show
1984	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WCCW Christmas Star Wars '84 1984-12-25 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WCCW Thanksgiving Star Wars '84 1984-11-22 Movie
	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	WCCW Cotton Bowl Extravaganza '84 1984-10-24 Movie
	Jake Roberts	NWA Night of Champions 1984-05-30 Movie
1983	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	GCW at The Omni (December '83) 1983-12-04 Movie
	Jake Roberts	NWA The Last Battle of Atlanta 1983-10-23 Movie
	Ref	The Realtor Movie
	The Stranger	Alastor Movie
	Himself	RFVideo Face Off Vol. 6: See, Hear, Speak No Evil Movie
	Self	Credible Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv