---
name: "Joe Frazier"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joe-frazier"
fi1m_id: "joe-frazier"
imdb_id: "nm0004939"
tmdb_id: 107375
wikidata_id: "Q102301"
roles: []
born: "12 January 1944"
died: "7 November 2011"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 87
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-26T15:45:50.166416+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."
---

# Joe Frazier

## Identity

Joe Frazier

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joe-frazier
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joe-frazier
- **IMDb ID:** nm0004939
- **TMDB ID:** 107375
- **Wikidata ID:** Q102301
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Frazier, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102301, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004939/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/107375

Actor. Born 12 January 1944 in Beaufort, South Carolina. Died 7 November 2011.

## Details

- **Born:** 12 January 1944, Beaufort, South Carolina
- **Died:** 7 November 2011
- **Also known as:** Smokin' Joe Frazier
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 acting, 2 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 88 (1), 1970s 85 (1), 1980s 88 (1)
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Animation 1, Comedy 1, Documentary 1, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $117m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Frazier, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102301, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004939/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/107375

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Tokyo Olympiad*](https://film.one/film/tokyo-olympiad.md) (88)

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

## Biography

Joe Frazier was an American actor and former boxer. Credited at times as Smokin' Joe Frazier, he appeared as himself in the documentary *Tokyo Olympiad* (1965) and later took roles in feature films such as *Rocky* (1976) and *Just the Ticket* (1998).

On television he appeared in episodes of *The Jeffersons* (1975) and provided voice work for *The Simpsons* (1989). He was born in Beaufort, South Carolina, and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

*Sources: imdb.com, olympedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (1)

- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, as Joe Frazier (voice) — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

### Also credited (2) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Rocky* (1976), Fi1m 85, as Himself — [page](https://film.one/film/rocky.md)
- *Tokyo Olympiad* (1965), Fi1m 88, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/tokyo-olympiad.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *Joe Frazier: When the Smoke Clears* (2012), Actor
- *American Gangster* (2007), Thanks
- *The Next Great Champ* (2004), series, Actor
- *Muhammad Ali - The Greatest Collection* (1999), Actor
- *Boxing Crazy* (1997), Actor
- *A Christmas Journey Home* (1996), as Tough Guy
- *Die Muhammad Ali Story* (1996), series, as Joe Frazier
- *Home of Angels* (1994), Actor
- *Glory Days* (1990), series, as Joe Frazier
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, as Joe Frazier (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Mike Tyson Presents: The Heavyweights* (1988), Actor
- *Ghost Fever* (1987), as Terrible Tucker
- *NWA Starrcade 1984* (1984), as "Smokin" Joe Frazier (Referee/Ringside Judge)
- *The Jeffersons* (1975), series, Actor
- *The Rumble in the Jungle: George Foreman vs. Muhammad Ali* (1974), as Commentator
- *Movin' On* (1974), series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Wash D.C. 1996](https://film.one/media/person/390839/gallery-487f9207c379.jpg) Wash D.C. 1996 — John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel  Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Joe_Frazier_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Heavyweight champ Joe Frazier poses by a poster advertising his "victory party" as he leaves his dressing room after a final public workout in Philadelphia ahea](https://film.one/media/person/390839/gallery-9ad66716ab36.jpg) Heavyweight champ Joe Frazier poses by a poster advertising his "victory party" as he leaves his dressing room after a final public workout in Philadelphia ahea — Bill Ingraham, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Joe_Frazier_1971_Press_Photo.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Joe Frazier - El Grafico del 09 de Marzo de 1971. Edicion 2683 (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/390839/gallery-81e93327f5ca.jpg) Joe Frazier - El Grafico del 09 de Marzo de 1971. Edicion 2683 (2018) — El Gráfico, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Frazier_-_El_Gr%C3%A1fico_2683_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Joe Frazier knocked out Jimmy Ellis](https://film.one/media/person/390839/gallery-b60db8c8537c.jpg) Joe Frazier knocked out Jimmy Ellis — G.C. London Publishing, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Frazier_knockout_Jimmy_Ellis.jpg/1280px-Frazier_knockout_Jimmy_Ellis.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![NEW YORK: Joe Frazier (L) and Muhammad Ali (R) trade long blows during fifth round here](https://film.one/media/person/390839/gallery-330c164b7506.jpg) NEW YORK: Joe Frazier (L) and Muhammad Ali (R) trade long blows during fifth round here — United Press International, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/1974_Muhammad_Ali_vs_Joe_Frazier_UPI_Wire_Photo.jpg/1280px-1974_Muhammad_Ali_vs_Joe_Frazier_UPI_Wire_Photo.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![1974 Press Photo Joe Frazier during conference at Madison Square Garden](https://film.one/media/person/390839/gallery-cd18e64e7a7e.jpg) 1974 Press Photo Joe Frazier during conference at Madison Square Garden — Associated Press, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/1974_Press_Photo_Joe_Frazier_during_conference_at_Madison_Square_Garden.jpg/1280px-1974_Press_Photo_Joe_Frazier_during_conference_at_Madison_Square_Garden.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 8 won

- International Boxing Hall of Fame 1990: International Boxing Hall of Fame (won)
- Sugar Ray Robinson Award 1975: Sugar Ray Robinson Award (won)
- Sugar Ray Robinson Award 1971: Sugar Ray Robinson Award (won)
- The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year 1971: The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year (won)
- The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year 1970: The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year (won)
- Sugar Ray Robinson Award 1969: Sugar Ray Robinson Award (won)
- The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year 1967: The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year (won)
- The Ring magazine Progress of the Year 1966: The Ring magazine Progress of the Year (won)

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

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