--- name: "Jacob 'Stitch' Duran" canonical: "https://film.one/person/jacob-stitch-duran" fi1m_id: "jacob-stitch-duran" imdb_id: "nm0243695" tmdb_id: 1277581 wikidata_id: "Q6118550" roles: ["Actor"] born: "29 December 1951" reviewed_on_fi1m: 4 average_fi1m_score: 74 average_as: "actor" average_over: 3 updated: "2026-09-19T15:45:42.684116+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." --- # Jacob 'Stitch' Duran ## Identity Jacob 'Stitch' Duran - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jacob-stitch-duran - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** jacob-stitch-duran - **IMDb ID:** nm0243695 - **TMDB ID:** 1277581 - **Wikidata ID:** Q6118550 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Duran, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6118550, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0243695/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1277581 Actor. Born 29 December 1951 in Planada, California, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 29 December 1951, Planada, California, USA - **Active:** 2015–present - **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 3 acting, 1 other - **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 3 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 68 (1), 2010s 74 (2), 2020s 72 (1) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 71 across 3 titles - **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 3, Sport 3, Action 2 - **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $663m across 3 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Duran, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6118550, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0243695/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1277581 ## Streaming the US now - **Apple TV:** [*Creed*](https://film.one/film/creed.md) (85) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Jacob "Stitch" Duran is an American cutman and actor. Born on 29 December 1951 in Planada, California, he works in professional boxing and mixed martial arts. Duran has appeared in the Rocky and Creed film series. His credits include *Rocky Balboa* (2006) as Stitch (uncredited), *Creed* (2015) as Stitch, *Creed II* (2018) as Stitch and *Creed III* (2023) as Stitch. He also played himself in *Here Comes the Boom* (2012). He is the author of the 2010 autobiography *From the Fields to the Garden*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (4) ### Performed in (3) — the average rests on these - *Creed III* (2023), Fi1m 72, as Stitch — [page](https://film.one/film/creed-iii.md) - *Creed II* (2018), Fi1m 64, as Stitch — [page](https://film.one/film/creed-ii.md) - *Creed* (2015), Fi1m 85, as Stitch — [page](https://film.one/film/creed.md) ### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited - *Rocky Balboa* (2006), Fi1m 68, as Stitch (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/rocky-balboa.md) ## Complete filmography (6) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Creed III* (2023), as Stitch — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/creed-iii.md) - *Creed II* (2018), as Stitch — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/creed-ii.md) - *Creed* (2015), as Stitch — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/creed.md) - *Here Comes the Boom* (2012), as Jacob 'Stitch' Duran - *Rocky Balboa* (2006), as Stitch (uncredited) — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/rocky-balboa.md) - *Rx* (2005), as Indigent Man ## Gallery - ![From left, Brian Garcia, MMAjunkie radio host, Valentina Shevchenko, UFC bantamweight fighter, Pavel Fedotov, Shevchenko’s coach, and Jacob Duran, professional (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/123177/gallery-5487261cc3ff.jpg) From left, Brian Garcia, MMAjunkie radio host, Valentina Shevchenko, UFC bantamweight fighter, Pavel Fedotov, Shevchenko’s coach, and Jacob Duran, professional (2016) — Tech. Sgt. Katie Gar Ward, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/From_left%2C_Brian_Garcia%2C_MMAjunkie_radio_host%2C_Valentina_Shevchenko%2C_UFC_bantamweight_fighter%2C_Pavel_Fedotov%2C_Shevchenko%E2%80%99s_coach%2C_and_Jacob_Duran%2C_professional_cutman%2C_operate_Engagement_Skills_Trainer_weapons_during_a_vi.jpg/1280px-thumbnail.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Source: Cropped from original image on Flickr.](https://film.one/media/person/123177/gallery-234e126a8c87.png) Source: Cropped from original image on Flickr. — The original uploader was East718 at English Wikipedia., CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/JacobDuran.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Cutman Jacob "Stitch" Duran prepares Gabriel "Napão" Gonzaga for a match by applying petroleum jelly to his face.](https://film.one/media/person/123177/gallery-096b81ac8cb3.png) Cutman Jacob "Stitch" Duran prepares Gabriel "Napão" Gonzaga for a match by applying petroleum jelly to his face. — Davide Ferro, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Stitch%26Napao.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![UFC fighters Ben Rothwell, Valentina Shevchenko, and Lorenz Larkin meet with U.S. Army Soldiers from the 690th Rapid Port Opening Element at Joint Base Langley- (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/123177/gallery-145a8281d16e.jpg) UFC fighters Ben Rothwell, Valentina Shevchenko, and Lorenz Larkin meet with U.S. Army Soldiers from the 690th Rapid Port Opening Element at Joint Base Langley- (2016) — Tech. Sgt. Katie Gar Ward, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/UFC_fighters_Ben_Rothwell%2C_Valentina_Shevchenko%2C_and_Lorenz_Larkin_meet_with_U.S._Army_Soldiers_from_the_690th_Rapid_Port_Opening_Element_at_Joint_Base_Langley-Eustis.jpg/1280px-thumbnail.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![UFC fighters Ben Rothwell, Valentina Shevchenko, and Lorenz Larkin pose for a photo with U.S. Army Soldiers from the 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/123177/gallery-d0c28d2119c7.jpg) UFC fighters Ben Rothwell, Valentina Shevchenko, and Lorenz Larkin pose for a photo with U.S. Army Soldiers from the 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) (2016) — Tech. Sgt. Katie Gar Ward, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/UFC_fighters_Ben_Rothwell%2C_Valentina_Shevchenko%2C_and_Lorenz_Larkin_pose_for_a_photo_with_U.S._Army_Soldiers_from_the_7th_Transportation_Brigade_%28Expeditionary%29_at_Joint_Base_Langley-Eustis.jpg/1280px-thumbnail.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![From left, Brian Garcia, MMAjunkie radio host, Valentina Shevchenko, UFC bantamweight fighter, Pavel Fedotov, Shevchenko’s coach, and Jacob Duran, professional (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/123177/gallery-057064ace906.jpg) From left, Brian Garcia, MMAjunkie radio host, Valentina Shevchenko, UFC bantamweight fighter, Pavel Fedotov, Shevchenko’s coach, and Jacob Duran, professional (2016) — Tech. Sgt. Katie Gar Ward, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Valentina_Shevchenko_in_2016.jpg/1280px-Valentina_Shevchenko_in_2016.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/jacob-stitch-duran