---
name: "Antonio Tarver"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/antonio-tarver"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 November 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-19T15:53:07.152555+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Antonio Tarver

Actor. Born 21 November 1968 in Orlando, Florida, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 November 1968, Orlando, Florida, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Tarver, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q580514, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1620989/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16507

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Rocky Balboa*](https://film.one/film/rocky-balboa.md) (68)

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## Biography

Antonio Tarver is an American actor and former professional boxer. Born on 21 November 1968 in Orlando, Florida, he is best known for his sole acting role as heavyweight champion Mason 'The Line' Dixon in the 2006 film *Rocky Balboa*.

Tarver competed as a boxer from 1997 to 2015, winning multiple light heavyweight world titles. He also worked as a boxing commentator after retiring from the ring.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Rocky Balboa* (2006), Fi1m 68, as Mason 'The Line' Dixon — [page](https://film.one/film/rocky-balboa.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Rocky Balboa* (2006), as Mason 'The Line' Dixon — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/rocky-balboa.md)
- *Tarver vs. Hopkins* (2006), Actor
- *Glen Johnson Vs Antonio Tarver I* (2004), as Stunts

## Gallery

- ![Antonio Tarver after a boxing match against Danny Green in July 2011.](https://film.one/media/person/1079921/gallery-5bd28d4a528d.jpg) Antonio Tarver after a boxing match against Danny Green in July 2011. — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/AntonioTarverRaiseJuly2011.jpg/1280px-AntonioTarverRaiseJuly2011.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Antonio Tarver after a boxing match against Danny Green in July 2011.](https://film.one/media/person/1079921/gallery-eb7a3e0ea1aa.jpg) Antonio Tarver after a boxing match against Danny Green in July 2011. — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Antonio_Tarver_%28USA%29_2011.jpg/1280px-Antonio_Tarver_%28USA%29_2011.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![ANTONIO Tarver may have ended Rocky's on-screen career and last night he ruined the dream of Danny Green, capturing the Australian's IBO world cruiserweight tit (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/1079921/gallery-eb0533f35da8.jpg) ANTONIO Tarver may have ended Rocky's on-screen career and last night he ruined the dream of Danny Green, capturing the Australian's IBO world cruiserweight tit (2011) — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Danny_Green_Vs_Antonio_Tarver_%285958368162%29.jpg/1280px-Danny_Green_Vs_Antonio_Tarver_%285958368162%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- International Boxing Hall of Fame 2026: International Boxing Hall of Fame (won)
- The Ring magazine Knockout of the Year 2004: The Ring magazine Knockout of the Year (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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