List of athletes in movies

This is a partial list of athletes who have participated in movies and, when possible, the movies they have been a part of. Please add to the list.

Table of contents

1 Baseball players 2 Basketball players 3 Boxers 4 Football players 5 Ice hockey players 6 Martial artists 7 Soccer players 8 Swimmers 9 Wrestlers 10 Other athletes

Baseball players

• Barry Bonds (Rookie of the Year, Moment of Truth: Broken Pledges)
• Bobby Bonilla (Rookie of the Year)
• Don Drysdale (Flashing Spikes, Gypsy Angels, The Last Time I Saw Archie)
• Reggie Jackson (The Naked Gun, Richie Rich)
• Babe Ruth (Babe Comes Home, Heading Home, Pride of the Yankees)

Basketball players

• Larry Bird (Blue Chips, Celtic Pride, Space Jam)
• Bob Cousy (Blue Chips)
• Michael Finley (Like Mike)
• Rick Fox (Blue Chips, The Collectors, Eddie, He Got Game, Holes, Resurrection, A Simple Wish)
• Anfernee Hardaway (Blue Chips)
• Kareem Abdul Jabbar (Airplane)
• Michael Jordan (Space Jam)
• Allen Iverson (Like Mike, One Love)
• Jason Kidd (Like Mike)
• Gheorghe Muresan (My Giant)
• Dirk Nowitski (Like Mike)
• Shaquille O' Neal (Blue Chips, Kazaam, Freddy Got Fingered, One Love, Steel, The Wash, Good Burger)

Boxers

• Muhammad Ali (The Greatest (as himself),Freedom Road, The Rumble in the Jungle)
• Mark Breland (The Boys Behind the Desk, He Got Game, Hell's Kitchen, La Bomba, The Lords of Discipline, Summer of Sam)
• Vito Antuofermo (The Godfather 3, Goodfellas, Loser, The Mouse, New York Cop)
• Alexis Arguello (Cat Chaser, Fists of Steel)
• Cantinflas
• Primo Carnera (Casanova's Big Night, Hercules and the Queen of Sheba, A Kid for Two Farthings, Mighty Joe Young, Prince Valiant)
• Marvin Hagler (Cyberflic, Indio)
• Bob Hope
• Vladimir Klitschko (Ocean's Eleven)
• Jake LaMotta (Blue Vengeance, Confessions of a Psycho Cat, Ex-Americans, House in Naples, The Hustler, Firepower, Raging Bull (as himself), Hangmen, Maniac Cop, Mob War, Rebellion in Cuba, Who Killed Mary What's 'Er Name?)
• Lennox Lewis (Ocean's Eleven, Shottas)
• Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini (Aces: Iron Eagle III, Amazing Stories: Book Three, Backstreet Dreams, Body and Soul, Bullet, Deadly Bet, The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission, The Girl Gets Moe, The Mouse, Mutants in Paradise, Oceans of Fire, Opposite Corners, The Search for One-eye Jimmy, Timebomb, Turn of Faith, Wishful Thinking)
• Carlos Monzón (Amigos para la aventura, Il Conto è chiuso, Los Hijos de López, Un Loco en acción, Las Locuras del profesor, El Macho, La Mary, Soñar, soñar)
• Tommy Morrison (Rocky V)
• Ken Norton (Delta Pi, Dirty Work, Drum, Frog and Wombat, Kiss and Be Killed, Mandingo, Oceans of Fire, Top of the Heap)
• Ossie Ocasio
• Ruben Olivares (Las Glorias del gran Púas, Llanto, risas y nocaut, Ni Chana, ni Juana, Nosotros los feos, Nosotros los pelados, La Pulquería, La Pulquería ataca de nuevo, Se sufre pero se goza, El Secuestro de los cien millones)
• Jorge Páez (Dirty Money, Pelo suelto, Zapatos viejos)
• Carlos Palomino (Criminal Hearts, Dance of the Dwarfs, Death Match, Detonator, Die Watching, Fists of Steel, Geronimo: An American Legend, If... Dog... Rabbit, It's Alive III: Island of the Alive, Legal Tender, My Samurai, Nasty Hero, One Clean Move, Price of Glory, Rampage, Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out!, Strangers Kiss, Timebomb)
• Salvador Sanchez (The Last Fight) (Note on Salvador Sanchez: There is another Salvador Sanchez, one who is a very famous actor in Mexico and was not the boxer.)
• Michael Spinks (Speed Zone!, Cannonball Run 2)
• Gene Tunney (Fighting Marine)

Football players

• Bret Favre (There's Something About Mary)
• Dan Marino (Ace Ventura: Pet Detective)
• John Matuszak (Caveman)
• Joe Namath (Avalanche Express, C.C. and Company, Chattanooga Choo Choo, Going Under, Green Visionary, The Last Rebel, Norwood)
• OJ Simpson (Back to the Beach, Capricorn One, The Cassandra Crossing, CIA Code Name: Alexa, Firepower, Hambone and Hillie, Killer Force, The Klansman, The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear, Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult, The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, No Place to Hide, Roots, The Towering Inferno, Why))
• Bubba Smith (the Police Academy series)
• Carl Weathers (Rocky, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV, Predator, Action Jackson)

Ice hockey players

• Cam Neely (Dumb and Dumber, Me, Myself, and Irene, What's the Worst That Could Happen?)
• Brendan Shanahan (Forrest Gump, Me, Myself, and Irene)
• Wayne Gretzky in

Martial artists

• Bruce Lee
• Chuck Norris
• Jet Li
• Jackie Chan
• Sammo Hung
• Don Wilson
• Donnie Yen

Soccer players

• Eric Cantona (Le Bonheur est dans le Pré, Elizabeth, Les Enfants du marais, La Grande vie!, Mookie, L'Outremangeur'')
• Vinnie Jones (The Big Bounce, Blast!, The Filthy War, Gone in Sixty Seconds, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Mean Machine, Night at the Golden Eagle, Poolhall Prophets, Rebel Yell, Red Light Runners, [Snatch]], Swordfish, Tooth)
• Pelé Victory

Swimmers

• Buster Crabbe (Tarzan, Flash Gordon)
• Johnny Weissmuller (12 Tarzan movies)

Wrestlers

• Primo Carnera
• Hulk Hogan (No Holds Barred, Rocky III, Mr. Nanny, and many others)
• Andre the Giant (The Princess Bride)
• Roddy Piper
• Razor Ramon
• The Rock (The Mummy Returns, The Scorpion King)

Other athletes

• Michael Johnson (The Master of Disguise)