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name: "Jake LaMotta"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jake-lamotta"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 July 1922"
died: "19 September 2017"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T04:02:43.973387+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."
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# Jake LaMotta

Actor. Born 10 July 1922 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 19 September 2017.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 July 1922, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 19 September 2017
- **Active:** 1961–1980
- **Also known as:** Bronx Bull, Giacobe LaMotta, The Bronx Bull
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 writing
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 88 (1), 1980s 91 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_LaMotta, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q335855, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0483766/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/552081

## Biography

Jake LaMotta (1922–2017) was an American actor and former professional boxer. Born Giacobbe LaMotta in New York City, he appeared in a small number of films and television productions after his sporting career.

His credited film roles include the Bartender in *The Hustler* (1961). He also contributed to the screenplay for *Raging Bull* (1980), the biographical film about his own life directed by Martin Scorsese. Other acting credits encompass *Firepower* (1979), *Maniac Cop* (1988) and *New Jack City* (1991).

*Sources: imdb.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these

- *The Hustler* (1961), Fi1m 88, as Bartender — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hustler.md)

### Wrote (1)

- *Raging Bull* (1980), Fi1m 91, Book — [page](https://film.one/film/raging-bull.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

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

- *Resurrecting the Champ* (2007), as Jake LaMotta (voice)
- *The Happy Moose* (1995), as Bull
- *New Jack City* (1991), as Gangster Standing at Bar (uncredited)
- *Mob War* (1989), as Don Ricci
- *Maniac Cop* (1988), as Detective
- *Hangmen* (1987), as Moe Boone
- *Raging Bull* (1980), Book — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/raging-bull.md)
- *Firepower* (1979), as Nickel Sam
- *Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?* (1971), as Bartender
- *Cauliflower Cupids* (1970), as Gentle Jim
- *Confessions of a Psycho Cat* (1968), as Rocco
- *The Doctor and the Playgirl* (1963), as Ed
- *The Hustler* (1961), as Bartender — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hustler.md)
- *Rebellion in Cuba* (1961), as Julio
- *Jake LaMotta vs. Sugar Ray Robinson VI* (1951), Actor

## Gallery

- ![Jake LaMotta, with his wife, Cathy Moriarty (1980)](https://film.one/media/person/304684/gallery-328a1db1d642.jpg) Jake LaMotta, with his wife, Cathy Moriarty (1980) — Bernard Gotfryd photograph collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Jake_LaMotta_1980s.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jake LaMotta](https://film.one/media/person/304684/gallery-0d349388443a.jpg) Jake LaMotta — None indicated on front or back of card., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Jake_LaMotta_signed_photo_postcard_1952.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Title: Jake LaMotta, prizefighter Creator(s): Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer Date Created/Published: [1980 or 1987] Medium: 1 photograph : color transparency ; ](https://film.one/media/person/304684/gallery-dee131a25cd8.jpg) Title: Jake LaMotta, prizefighter Creator(s): Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer Date Created/Published: [1980 or 1987] Medium: 1 photograph : color transparency ;  — Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Cathy_Moriarty%2C_Jake_and_Vikki_LaMotta%2C_cropped.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- International Boxing Hall of Fame 1990: International Boxing Hall of Fame (won)

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

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