Boxers who have appeared in movies

[Marchegiano]

It's a bit old, used to just be what loads of boxers did after fighting. I'll just do a few and skip eras. Around the coming of TV boxers would do more TV spots, for example Ali, Marciano, Patterson, did a bit of TV and shorts so they don't have many feature films under their names.

James Corbett:

Happy Days

The Beauty Shop

The Prince of Avenue A

The Midnight Man

The Other Girl

The Burglar and the Lady

The Man from the Golden West



James J. Jeffries:

Barnyard Follies

They Never Come Back

The Midnight Patrol

The Champion

Rain or Shine

Beau Broadway

One-Round Hogan

Kid Speed




The Black Thunderbolt - Jack Johnson - Jack's a bad guy in one of the first horrors...but no one can watch it cause it's lost, ****. You know JJ would be a damn fine villain.




Jack Dempsey:

Off Limits

Sweet Surrender

Stars Over Broadway

The Prizefighter and the Lady

Mr. Broadway

Manhattan Madness

K.O. for Cupid

Fight and Win

Daredevil Jack

Dempsey's acting names was "Tiger Jack O'Day"




Terrible Joe Moran - Patterson


College Confidential - Marciano


The Greatest - Ali


Mike Tyson:

A **** load, look it up!

[geezer666]

Good call when I watched it i was like wtf is that rugaroo ??!! And sure enough it was!!

Yeah... I did a double take on that too. He was also in Bayou caviar, w/ Cuba Gooding jr. He played a boxer.

[geezer666]

great call...i saw that!

i wonder if wahlberg and peter berg linked up with him somehow when they were shooting that deepwater horizon movie? or even contraband....both were basically set in lousiana or the south

Apparently, he's with churchill management which is founded by peter berg and mark wahlberg. 2 yrs ago i think, he was also in Bayou Caviar with Cuba Gooding jr. He played a boxer and it was shot in new orleans.

[CubanGuyNYC]

Joe Frazier appeared briefly (as himself) in the first Rocky. And I read somewhere that the guy who played Spider Rico was a pro boxer as well.

Ocean's 11 was centered around a boxing fight, and Klitschko and Lewis appeared as the fighters.

I think Sugar Ray was in The Fighter, but you should check on that (I could be mistaken).

Ali had a great role at the beginning of Requiem for a Heavyweight, and other boxers were in it as well, I believe.

And I just watched The Prizefighter and the Lady, which had Max Baer, Jack Dempsey, and Primo Carnera.

Jack Dempsey, Barney Ross, Abe Simon (also in “On the Waterfront”) and Willie Pep, among others. Fun movie to watch for fans into the history of the sport.

[CubanGuyNYC]

Shannon briggs in the wackness ( dope movie, briggs is in it for about 20 seconds but still hes there haha ) , and also bad boyz 2 .

Are you a movie buff like myself? Not too many people would have seen “The Wackness.” Ben Kingsley: “Why couldn't Mozart find his teacher? Because he was Haydn!” Lol Good indie film.

[CubanGuyNYC]

Yes sir, along with Eddie 'the Animal' Lopez.

Vito Antuofermo, came out in the Godfather... I don't remember which one.

Alex 'San Fernando Hammer' Garcia .. Diggs town.

Ray Mancini, I can't remember the name of the movie.

Godfather III.

[Eff Pandas]

Jack O'Halloran played the mute villain from Superman's home planet in Superman 2. He was a HW in the 60s & 70s. Lost to Foreman, Norton & Ron Lyle. Beat Cleveland Williams & Ali's brother.

[CubanGuyNYC]

George Chuvalo has a scene in “The Fly” (1986), where he arm wrestles Jeff Goldblum.

[a.rihn]

George Chuvalo has a scene in “The Fly” (1986), where he arm wrestles Jeff Goldblum.

Can't believe I forgot that! Good catch!

[Citizen Koba]

Gabe Rosado, obvs.... and ummm... Malik Bazille.