Celebrity Biographies
11 WWE Wrestlers Who Have Been In Movies
Here is a list of WWE Superstars who have tried their luck as actors in television and film in addition to their wrestling careers.
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John Cena
John Cena is a professional wrestler, rapper and an actor from America. His first film was The Marine in 2006, produced by WWE Studios. In this film he plays a US Marine, John Triton, who pursues a group of diamond thieves to find his wife, who has been kidnapped by them. He has also starred in the feature films “12 Rounds” (2009) and “Legendary” (2010). His upcoming films include Sisters and Trainwreck. He has also been featured in a few television shows such as Psych (2010), Hannah Montana (2010), Fred: The Show (2012) and Parks and Recreation (2015).
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Stone Caller Steve Austin
Steve Austin, known by his ring names “Stone Cold” or “The Rattlesnake”, is an American retired professional wrestler, producer and actor. After appearing in several television shows such as Celebrity Deathmatch (1998-2002), Nash Bridges (1999-2000), Dilbert (2000) and The Bernie Mac Show (2005), Steve Austin starred in his first feature film, The Longest Yard in 2005 Adam Sandler starred in the film. In 2007, the convict was released, in which he played a prisoner who had to fight to death against nine other convicted murderers. His other films are The Expendables (2010) and Grown Ups 2 (2013).
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Kevin Nash
Kevin Scott Nash, also known as Diesel , is an American semi-retired professional wrestler and actor. Wrestling under WCW, TNA and WWF, Nash landed on his first film break in 1991 with the film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Mud where he played the role of Super Shredder, a genetically enhanced version of the villain Shredder. He also starred in The Punisher (2004), The Longest Yard (2005) and DOA: Dead or Alive (2006).
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Dwayne The Rock Johnson
After a successful wrestling career in WWE, Dwayne Johnson, popularly known to his fans as “The Rock,” made his transition into mainstream pop culture. He appeared in a few music videos before making his debut as the Scorpion King in The Mummy Returns (2001). The film’s success landed him in his first starring role in the action film The Scorpion King (2002). There hasn’t been a look back at The Stone since then. He has appeared in a number of films including The Game Plan (2007), Get Smart (2008), Tooth Fairy (2010), Fast Five (2011), GI Joe: Vengeance (2013), Fast & Furious 6(2013) and Hercules (2014), Furious 7 (2015) and San Andreas (2015) are his most recent releases.
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Kane
Glenn Thomas Jacobs, known as “Kane” in the wrestling world, is an American professional wrestler and actor. He was portrayed as the half-brother of another famous wrestler, The Undertaker . His first feature film was See No Evil in 2006, in which he played the troubled serial killer Jacob Goodnight. He was also a part of that film’s sequel, See No Evil 2 (2014) and has a cameo appearance in MacGruber (2010).
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Goldberg
Bill Goldberg is an American actor, former wrestler and former football player. His incredibly successful career at WCW landed him with a role in the film Universal Soldier: The Return in 1999. He has appeared in many low-budget and failed projects with the exception of The Longest Farm (2005), which did well at the box office. His other films, Santa’s Slay (2005) and Half Past Dead 2 (2007) failed to impress and ultimately sank his film career.
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Triple H
Popularly known as Triple H Paul Michael Levesque is an American executive, professional wrestler, actor, author, and former bodybuilder. His first major appearance in the film began with Blade: Trinity in 2004 when it didn’t click at the box office. His acting career never really took off as his next film. The supervisor (2011) and inside out also not well done.
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Batista
David Michael Bautista Jr., known in WWE as Batista, is an American actor and former professional mixed martial artist and professional wrestler. He played the role of Drax the Destroyer in the 2014 version, Guardians of the Galaxy . The film proved to be a huge box office success. Batista has been trying his hand at acting since 2006, when he made a cameo on Relatives Strangers . He was in there too Riddick (2013). His upcoming films are Specter, Kickboxer: Vengeance, and Warrior’s Gate .
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Andre the giant
WWE giant André René Roussimoff took on the role of Bigfoot in television series The Six Million Dollar Man . His uncredited big screen debut was with the film Conan the Destroyer in 1984. He appeared in Micki & Maude (1984), I Like to Hurt People (1985) and The Princess Bride (1987). His last appearance was in the comedy film Dealing with Mom (1994), after which he passed away in January 1993.
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Randy Orton
Randy Orton was set to make his Hollywood debut in 2009 starring in The Marine 2 sequel to John Cena. However, due to a collarbone injury, he was unable to do so. After playing a supporting role in the 2011 comedy film That’s What I Am, Orton was cast for the lead role in The Navy 3 but was dropped due to certain issues. Finally, he played a major role in 12 Rounds 2: Reloaded in 2013.
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The Big Show
Paul White, or The Big Show as we know him, is an American professional wrestler. In 1996, he hit the big screen playing the Giant Santa Clause in the Arnold Schwarzenegger film Jingle All the Way . Then in 2010 he had his first leading role as Walter Krunk in the comedy film Knucklehead which turned out to be a box office failure. Nonetheless, Lionsgate and WWE Studios signed a deal for 6 films, the first of which was Vendetta , released on June 12, 2015. He has also made many television appearances simultaneously.