Boxers who played themselves in movies

I'll start with a little known factoid: Kid Azteca did in a 1940s Mexican classic about him.

Who else?

 

Lewis and Wlad in Ocean’s Eleven

Mike Tyson in The Hangover and Black And White.

 

Joe Frazier in the original Rocky movie

 

Not in movies but Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, and Evander Holyfield have made some appearances on television.

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Muhammad Ali in "Requiem for a Heavyweight"--(the 1962 film starring Anthony Quinn)--he was still Cassius Clay at that time.

 

Also in that movie, Jack Dempsey was entertaining Jackie Gleason, Anthony Quinn and Mickey Rooney in a scene inside his restaurant. I think I also recall a scene in the bar where Quinn was chatting up the social worker and the one ex-fighter was showing some old moves in the retelling of a fight and he almost backed into Quinn. Well that was Rory Calhoun and Quinn actually referred to him as Rory as in "Hey, hey, Rory, settle down!"

 

Muhammad Ali in The Greatest

Mike Tyson in Rocky Balboa, Black and White, The Hangover

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Joe Frazier and George Foreman were also on The Simpsons and King of the Hill respectively.

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They show a 2 second glimpse of Roy Jones fighting someone in The Devil's Advocate .

Also, Ken Norton knocks out Gary Coleman in another 2 second cameo in Dirty Work, starting Norm McDonald

 

Manny Pacquiao starred in several Filipino movies. One of these was titled "Brown Soup Thing", and his character's name is Cousin Manny.

Thomas Hearns, along with Frank Liles, made an appearance on Martin

Tyson made a cameo on Who's the Boss

Foreman was on Sanford and Son

Sugar Ray Leonard was on Married with Children

 

Victor Ortiz played Mars in The Expendables 3

 

Didnt want to state the obvious

 

Ruben Olivares played himself in his biopic, "Las Glorias del Gran Puas" a Mexican film that portrays a honest look at the man and legend and is entertaining, provided you understand Spanish lol

 

I’ve never watched Requiem For A Heavyweight - though I’ve seen clips, including Cassius’/Muhammad’s cameo -
Crazy since I’m a big fan of Rod Serling (who wrote the screenplay), Anthony Quinn and of course a fan of boxing in general. Might have to get hold of that one.

 

Tony Bellend in Creed.

OK he was playing a character with a different name. But still playing a bellend so effectively himself.