---
name: "Jimmy Gambina"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jimmy-gambina"
fi1m_id: "jimmy-gambina"
imdb_id: "nm0303729"
tmdb_id: 16526
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "3 May 1943"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-19T15:40:39.142272+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."
---

# Jimmy Gambina

## Identity

Jimmy Gambina

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jimmy-gambina
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jimmy-gambina
- **IMDb ID:** nm0303729
- **TMDB ID:** 16526
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0303729/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16526

Actor. Born 3 May 1943 in Hollywood, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 3 May 1943, Hollywood, California, USA
- **Active:** 1976–1990
- **Frequently works with:** [Burt Young](https://film.one/person/burt-young.md), [Irwin Winkler](https://film.one/person/irwin-winkler.md), [John G. Avildsen](https://film.one/person/john-g-avildsen.md), [Robert Chartoff](https://film.one/person/robert-chartoff.md), [Sylvester Stallone](https://film.one/person/sylvester-stallone.md), [Talia Shire](https://film.one/person/talia-shire.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 85 (1), 1990s 54 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0303729/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16526

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Rocky*](https://film.one/film/rocky.md) (85), [*Rocky V*](https://film.one/film/rocky-v.md) (54)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jimmy Gambina is an American actor and boxing trainer. He was born on 3 May 1943 in Hollywood, California. His father worked in boxing, and Gambina began training fighters at a young age before moving into film work as a technical advisor and fight choreographer.

He played the role of Mike, a trainer at Mickey’s gym, in the 1976 film *Rocky*, on which he also served as technical advisor. He later appeared as Jimmy in *Rocky V* (1990) and worked in similar capacities on films including *Saturday Night Fever* (1977), *The Champ* (1979), *Raging Bull* (1980) and *Snake Eyes* (1998). He has additional credits in television series such as *Mission: Impossible* and *Highway to Heaven*.

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com, totalrocky.com, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Rocky V* (1990), Fi1m 54, as Jimmy — [page](https://film.one/film/rocky-v.md)
- *Rocky* (1976), Fi1m 85, as Mike — [page](https://film.one/film/rocky.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

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

- *Arli$$* (1996), series, as Referee
- *Rocky V* (1990), as Jimmy — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/rocky-v.md)
- *Rocky* (1976), as Mike — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/rocky.md)
- *Mission: Impossible* (1966), series, as Trainer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md)

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