Aurelian Smith Jr.
Known for Acting · 182 credits
- Born
- 1955-05-30 (age 71)
- Place of birth
- Gainesville, Texas, USA
- Also known as
- Jake Roberts · The Snake · Fred Platt · El Diablo · The Texan · Jake “The Snake” Roberts
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.
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Known For
Raw
1993
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
2019
as Jake “The Snake” Roberts / Jake Roberts / Jake the Snake Roberts
WWF Superstars
1986
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts / Jake “The Snake” Roberts
WWF Wrestling Challenge
1986
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Boy Meets World
1993
as Jake 'The Snake' Roberts
All Elite Wrestling: Collision
2023
as Jake the Snake Roberts
TV Shows (35)
Raw
1993
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
2019
as Jake “The Snake” Roberts / Jake Roberts / Jake the Snake Roberts
WWF Superstars
1986
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts / Jake “The Snake” Roberts
WWF Wrestling Challenge
1986
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Boy Meets World
1993
as Jake 'The Snake' Roberts
All Elite Wrestling: Collision
2023
as Jake the Snake Roberts
WWE Pay Per View
1985
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
1985
as Jake Roberts / Jake "The Snake" Roberts
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage
2021
as Jake the Snake Roberts
AEW Dark
2019
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts / Jake Roberts
Seven Days
1998
World Class Championship Wrestling
1982
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts / Jake Roberts
Mid-South Wrestling
1981
as Jake 'The Snake' Roberts / Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Rivals
2022
as Jake "The Snake' Roberts / Jake "The Snake" Roberts
AEW Dark: Elevation
2021
as Jake Roberts / Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Dark Side of the Ring
2019
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts / Jack "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Old School
1973
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Hey! (EW)
2022
as Jake Roberts
Biography: WWE Legends
2021
Clash of the Champions
1988
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE 24
2015
as Himself
WWF Prime Time Wrestling
1985
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
1981
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Tuesday Night Titans
1984
as Snake Roberts
WWE's Most Wanted Treasures
2021
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWF Shotgun Saturday Night
1997
as Jake Roberts
Lucas Bros. Moving Co.
2013
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE's Greatest Moments
2025
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
All Elite Wrestling: Battle of the Belts
2022
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Swerved
2015
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Smoky Mountain Wrestling
1994
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WCW Arena Shows
1983
as Jake Roberts
WWE: Story Time
2016
Mid-South Arena Shows
1985
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Power Pro Wrestling
1986
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Movies (147)
The Peanut Butter Falcon
2019
as Sam
WrestleMania II
1986
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
The Bet
2016
as Mr. Lucas
Beyond the Mat
1999
as Self - Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Out of Exile
2023
as Remy
Stone Cold Steve Austin: The Bottom Line on the Most Popular Superstar of All Time
2011
as Himself
Alastor
as The Stranger
Trancers 4: Jack of Swords
1994
as Solonoid
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
2014
as Himself
Psychotic State
2014
as Himself
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
2020
as Self (archive footage)
WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak
2012
as Jake 'The Snake' Roberts (archive footage)
WWE WrestleMania III
1987
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Survivor Series 1989
1989
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
AEW Double or Nothing 2021
2021
as Jake Roberts / Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Rampage '91
1991
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Royal Rumble 1997
1997
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
2010
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden
2013
as Himself
WWE Invasion '92
1992
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
The Resurrection of Jake The Snake
2015
as Self
The Sheik
2014
as Self
WWE WrestleMania VII
1991
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Detroit Wrestling '86
1986
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
2009
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
It's Good To Be The King: The Jerry Lawler Story
2015
as Himself
WWE: The Ladder Match
2007
as Himself
AEW Double or Nothing 2020
2020
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Royal Rumble 1991
1991
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE WrestleMania VI
1990
as Jake 'The Snake' Roberts
WWE Survivor Series 1988
1988
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE WrestleMania VIII
1992
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
AEW Revolution 2024
2024
as Jake Roberts
WWE Survivor Series 1996
1996
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Hulkamania 3
1988
as Jake 'The Snake' Roberts
Diamond Dallas Page: Positively Living
2017
as Self
WWE Royal Rumble 1996
1996
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE WrestleMania V
1989
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE WrestleFest
1988
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
The History of WWE: 50 Years of Sports Entertainment
2013
as Self
WWE Survivor Series 1991
1991
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts (Interview)
AEW Revolution 2021
2021
as Jake Roberts
WWE Survivor Series 1987
1987
as Jake Roberts
Undertaker: The Streak 21-1
2014
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE World Tour 1991
1991
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Toxic Tutu
2017
as Himself
2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars
1991
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Parts Unknown
2018
as The Holiness(voice)
Little Creeps
2012
as Richard Hertz
WWE SummerSlam 1988
1988
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
ECW Hardcore Heaven 1997
1997
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts (Appearance)
AEW Fyter Fest
2020
as Jake Roberts
WCW Halloween Havoc 1992
1992
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Mid-South WrestleFest '85
1985
as Jake “The Snake” Roberts
WWE Survivor Series 1990
1990
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
1992
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE WrestleMania XII
1996
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE March to WrestleMania VIII
1992
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
ECW WrestleFest: 50 Years of Funk
1997
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Hottest Matches
1990
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Royal Rumble 1988
1988
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
The Best of the WWF: volume 19
1989
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE WrestleMania IV
1988
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Royal Rumble 1990
1990
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Ricky Steamboat: The Life Story of the Dragon
2010
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '88
1988
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE King of the Ring 1996
1996
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Crunch Classic
1992
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE SummerSlam 1996
1996
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
TNA Bound for Glory 2006
2006
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts (Special Guest Referee)
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: September '88
1988
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Royal Rumble 1989
1989
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE In Your House 7: Good Friends, Better Enemies
1996
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE SuperTape: Volume 5
1992
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE SummerSlam 1990
1990
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE The Big Event
1986
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Villains of the Squared Circle
1986
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE: 'Cause Stone Cold Said So
2004
as Jake Roberts
The Undertaker: 15-0
2008
WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86
1986
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
2013
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87
1987
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
NWA Night of Champions
1984
as Jake Roberts
AEW Fyter Fest
2021
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
The History Of WrestleMania
1994
as Jake Roberts
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '89
1989
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
1987
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
The Best of the WWF: volume 8
1986
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Macho Madness - The Randy Savage Ultimate Collection
2009
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: March '86
1986
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Heroes of World Class
2006
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
ECW November To Remember 1998
1998
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Randy Savage Unreleased: The Unseen Matches of The Macho Man
2018
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: June '90
1990
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
AEW Dynamite Anniversary Show
2020
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Catch of the Day
2014
as Self
WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit
1990
College Fright Night
2014
as Richard Hertz
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991
1991
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
PWG: Kurt Russellreunion 2 - The Reunioning
2011
as Himself
The Ken Patera Story
1987
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II
2008
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE WrestleFest '90
1990
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE U.K. Rampage 1991
1991
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWF Summer Flashback!
1997
as Jake Roberts
The Best of the WWF: volume 13
1987
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE SuperTape: Volume 1
1990
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: January '89
1989
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE SuperTape: Volume 3
1991
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Life In The Fast Lane
2007
WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: October '88
1988
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Heavy Water
2014
as Jed
WCW Clash of The Champions XX: 20th Anniversary
1992
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE This Tuesday In Texas
1991
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Canadian Wrestling's Elite: Featuring Jake "The Snake" Roberts
2018
as Himself
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: January '87
1987
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
AEW Beach Break
2021
as Jake Roberts
Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984
1985
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
WWE Hall Of Fame 2014
2014
as Himself
GCW at The Omni (December '83)
1983
as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
About Aurelian Smith Jr.
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… With 182 credits spanning from 1973 to 2025, Aurelian Smith Jr. has appeared in 147 films and 35 TV shows.
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Most Popular Aurelian Smith Jr. Movies
- The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019) — as Sam
- WrestleMania II (1986) — as Jake "The Snake" Roberts
- The Bet (2016) — as Mr. Lucas
- Beyond the Mat (1999) — as Self - Jake "The Snake" Roberts
- Out of Exile (2023) — as Remy
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