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Paul Wight

Actor | * 02/08/1972 (52) | Aiken, South Carolina (United States of America (USA))
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Paul Donald Wight II (born February 8, 1972) is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), as a wrestler and was a commentator for its web television show, AEW Dark: Elevation, under his real name of Paul Wight. He is best known for his tenure with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) from 1995 to 1999 as The Giant and his tenure with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, later WWE) from 1999 to 2021 under the ring name (The) Big Show. Wight played college basketball at Wichita State University before transferring to other schools. Wight began his wrestling career in 1994. In 1995 he signed with WCW, where, due to his very large frame, he was known by the ring name The Giant (and was initially introduced as "the son of André the Giant"). In early 1999, he left WCW to join the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). Between WWF/WWE and WCW, he has held 23 total championships - including being a seven-time world champion, having held the WCW World Heavyweight Championship twice, the WWF/WWE Championship twice, WWE's World Heavyweight Championship twice and the ECW World Heavyweight Championship once, (making him the only wrestler who has won all four... ()
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Paul Donald Wight II is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as an in-ring performer, and as a commentator for its web television show, AEW Dark: Elevation, under his real name of Paul Wight. He is best known for his tenure with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) from 1995 to 1999 as The Giant and with WWE from 1999 to 2021 under the ring name Big Show.Wight began his career in 1994. In 1995 he signed with WCW, where, due to his very large frame, he was known by the ring name The Giant (and was initially introduced as "the son of André the Giant"). In early 1999, he left WCW to join WWE. Between WWE and WCW, he is a seven-time world champion, having held the WCW World Heavyweight Championship twice, the WWE Championship twice, WWE's World Heavyweight Championship twice and the ECW World Heavyweight Championship once, making him the only wrestler who has won all four titles. He is also an 11-time world tag team champion, holding the World, WWE and WCW World Tag Team Championships multiple times with various partners. Having also won the Intercontinental, United States and Hardcore championships, he is the 24th Triple Crown and 12th Grand Slam winner in WWE history. He also won the 60-man battle royal at World War 3 and the 30-man André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 31. He has headlined multiple pay-per-view events for WCW and WWF/WWE since 1995, including the 2000 edition of WWE's premier annual event, WrestleMania.Outside of professional wrestling, Wight has appeared in feature films and television series such as Jingle All the Way, The Waterboy, Star Trek: Enterprise, and two USA Network's comedy-dramas Royal Pains, Psych and the action-drama Burn Notice. He had lead roles in the WWE Studios comedy film Knucklehead and the Netflix sitcom The Big Show Show.

Most frequent genres for this person: Action | Drama | Documentaries

Known for these Movies & Shows

The Waterboy

FSK: 6+ years

1998 | 3.0/5 | 1h 30min
available on:

Jingle All the Way

FSK: 6+ years

1996 | 3.0/5 | 1h 29min
available on:

MacGruber

Certification unknown

2010 | 2.8/5 | 1h 30min
available on:

Fighting with My Family

FSK: 12+ years

2019 | 3.4/5 | 1h 48min
available on:

WCW Monday Nitro

Certification unknown

1995 | 4.2/5 | 2h per episode
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Movies with Paul Wight as Actor(231)

as Gus Hoffman2022 Marcus
as himself2021 AEW All Out
as himself2021 AEW Double or Nothing
as Big show2020 WWE Survivor Series 2020
as Big Show2019 Fighting with My Family
as (archive footage)2018 NXT TakeOver: WarGames II
as Big Show2018 WWE Survivor Series 2018
as Big Show2017 WWE Fastlane 2017
as Big Show2017 WWE SummerSlam 2017
as Big Show2017 WWE Royal Rumble 2017
as Big Show2016 WWE Royal Rumble 2016
as Big Show2016 WWE Fastlane 2016
as Big Show (archive footage)2016 WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness
as The Big Show2016 WWE WrestleMania 32
as The Giant2015 Sting: Into the Light
as Big Show2015 WWE Extreme Rules 2015
as Big Show2015 WWE WrestleMania 31
as Victor Abbott2015 Vendetta
as Big Show2015 WWE Royal Rumble 2015
as Big Show (Appearance)2015 WWE Battleground 2015
as The Big Show2015 WWE SummerSlam 2015
as Big Show2015 WWE Fastlane 2015
as Big Show2014 WWE WrestleMania XXX
as Big Show2014 WWE Hell In A Cell 2014
as Big Show2014 WWE Survivor Series 2014
as Big Show2014 WWE Royal Rumble 2014
as Big Show2013 WWE Survivor Series 2013
as Big Show (Appearance)2013 WWE Battleground 2013
as Big Show2013 WWE Royal Rumble 2013
as The Big Show2013 WWE WrestleMania 29
as Big Show2013 WWE Extreme Rules 2013
as Big Show (Ringside)2013 WWE SummerSlam 2013
as Big Show2012 nWo: The Revolution
as Big Show2012 WWE Survivor Series 2012
as Big Show2012 WWE Royal Rumble 2012
as Big Show2012 WWE SummerSlam 2012
as Big Show (Appearance)2012 WWE Over The Limit 2012
as Big Show2012 WWE No Way Out 2012
as Big Show2012 WWE WrestleMania XXVIII
as Big Show2012 WWE Extreme Rules 2012
as Big Show2012 WWE Hell In A Cell 2012
as Big Show2011 WWE Vengeance 2011
as The Big Show / The Giant2011 WWE: The Big Show - A Giant's World
as Big Show2011 WWE Survivor Series 2011
as Big Show2011 WWE Extreme Rules 2011
as Big Show2011 WWE Royal Rumble 2011
as Big Show2011 WWE WrestleMania XXVII
as Big Show2011 WWE Over The Limit 2011
as Big Show (archive footage)2011 The John Cena Experience
as Big Show2010 WWE SummerSlam 2010
as Big Show2010 WWE Over the Limit 2010
as Brick Hughes2010 MacGruber
as Big Show2010 WWE Royal Rumble 2010
as Walter Krunk2010 Knucklehead
as Big Show (Ringside)2010 WWE Elimination Chamber 2010
as Big Show2010 WWE Fatal 4-Way 2010
as Big Show2010 WWE Wrestlemania XXVI
as Big Show2010 WWE Survivor Series 2010
as Big Show2010 WWE Bragging Rights 2010
as Big Show2010 WWE Extreme Rules 2010
as Big Show2009 WWE Extreme Rules 2009
as Big Show2009 WWE Bragging Rights 2009
as Big Show2009 WWE Royal Rumble 2009
as Big Show2009 WWE SummerSlam 2009
as Big Show2009 WWE WrestleMania XXV
as The Giant2009 The Rise & Fall of WCW
as Big Show2009 WWE Survivor Series 2009
as Big Show2009 WWE No Way Out 2009
as Big Show (Appearance)2009 WWE Backlash 2009
as Big Show2009 WWE Hell in a Cell 2009
as Marduk2009 Little Hercules
as Big Show2009 WWE Judgment Day 2009
as Big Show2009 WWE Breaking Point 2009
as Big Show2008 WWE No Mercy 2008
as Big Show2008 WWE WrestleMania XXIV
as The Big Show2008 WWE One Night Stand 2008
as Big Show2008 WWE Backlash 2008
as Big Show2008 WWE Cyber Sunday 2008
as Big Show2008 WWE Survivor Series 2008
as Big Show (Appearance)2006 ECW One Night Stand 2006
as Big Show2006 WWE WrestleMania 22
as Big Show2006 WWE Backlash 2006
as Big Show2006 WWE SummerSlam 2006
as Big Show2006 WWE Cyber Sunday 2006
as Big Show2006 WWE Survivor Series 2006
as Big Show2006 WWE Royal Rumble 2006
as Big Show2006 WWE Unforgiven 2006
as Big Show2005 WWE No Way Out 2005
as Big Show2005 WWE Survivor Series 2005
as Big Show2005 WWE Judgment Day 2005
as Big Show2005 WWE Armageddon 2005
as Big Show2005 WWE WrestleMania 21
as Big Show2005 WWE Unforgiven 2005
as Big Show2005 WWE Taboo Tuesday 2005
as Big Show2005 WWE Royal Rumble 2005
as Big Show2004 WWE No Mercy 2004
as Big Show2004 WWE Survivor Series 2004
as Big Show2004 WWE WrestleMania XX
as Big Show2004 WWE Armageddon 2004
as Big Show2004 WWE No Way Out 2004
as Big Show2004 WWE Royal Rumble 2004
as Big Show2003 WWE No Way Out 2003
as Big Show2003 WWE Vengeance 2003
as Big Show2003 WWE Survivor Series 2003
as Big Show2003 WWE Wrestlemania XIX
as The Big Show2003 WWE Royal Rumble 2003
as Big Show2003 WWE Judgment Day 2003
as Big Show2003 WWE No Mercy 2003
as Big Show2003 WWE Backlash 2003
as The Big Show2002 WWE No Mercy 2002
as The Big Show2002 WWE Royal Rumble 2002
as The Big Show2002 WWE Insurrextion 2002
as The Big Show2002 WWE Armageddon 2002
as The Big Show2002 WWE Survivor Series 2002
as The Big Show2002 WWE Judgment Day 2002
as The Big Show2002 WWE Vengeance 2002
as The Big Show2002 WWE King of the Ring 2002
as The Big Show2001 WWE InVasion
as Big Show2001 WWE Rebellion 2001
as The Big Show2001 WWE Royal Rumble 2001
as Big Show2001 WWE No Way Out 2001
as The Big Show2001 WWE Unforgiven 2001
as The Big Show2001 WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
as Big Show2001 WWE Survivor Series 2001
as Big Show2001 WWE Insurrextion 2001
as The Big Show2001 WWE Judgment Day 2001
as The Big Show2001 WWE Backlash 2001
as The Big Show2001 WWE No Mercy 2001
as Big Show2001 WWE Vengeance 2001
as Big Show2000 WWE Royal Rumble 2000
as The Big Show2000 WWE Backlash 2000
as Big Show2000 WWE No Way Out 2000
as The Big Show2000 WWE WrestleMania 2000
as The Big Show2000 WWE Insurrextion 2000
as The Big Show2000 WWE Judgment Day 2000
as Big Show1999 WWE Over the Edge
as The Giant1999 Goldberg - Who's Next?
as Big Show1999 WWE Fully Loaded 1999
as Big Show1999 WWE Armageddon 1999
as Big Show1999 WWE SummerSlam 1999
as Big Show1999 WWE Rebellion 1999
as Big Show1999 WWE Unforgiven 1999
as Big Show1999 WWE Survivor Series 1999
as Big Show1999 WWE WrestleMania XV
as The Giant1998 WCW Spring Stampede 1998
as The Giant1998 WCW Halloween Havoc 1998
as The Giant1998 WCW Starrcade 1998
as The Giant1998 WCW Souled Out 1998
as The Giant1998 WCW Slamboree 1998
as The Giant1998 WCW Uncensored 1998
as The Giant1998 WCW Road Wild 1998
as The Giant1998 WCW World War 3 1998
as Captain Insano1998 The Waterboy
as Little Snowflake1998 McCinsey's Island
as The Giant1997 WCW Road Wild 1997
as The Giant1997 WCW Fall Brawl 1997
as The Giant1997 WCW Spring Stampede 1997
as The Giant1997 WCW Uncensored 1997
as The Giant1997 WCW Starrcade 1997
as The Giant1997 nWo Souled Out 1997
as The Giant1997 WCW SuperBrawl VII
as The Giant1997 WCW World War 3 1997
as The Giant1996 WCW Halloween Havoc 1996
as The Giant1996 WCW World War 3 1996
as The Giant1996 WCW Hog Wild 1996
as The Giant1996 WCW Fall Brawl 1996
as The Giant1996 WCW Starrcade 1996
as The Giant1996 WCW Uncensored 1996
as Mr. Portola1996 Reggie's Prayer
as The Giant1996 WCW Slamboree 1996
as The Giant1996 WCW SuperBrawl VI
as Huge Santa1996 Jingle All the Way
as The Giant1995 WCW Halloween Havoc 1995
as The Giant1995 WCW World War 3 1995

TV Shows/Series with Paul Wight as Actor(36)

as himself2021 AEW Dark: Elevation
as The Big Show2020 Nickelodeon's Unfiltered
as Big Show2020 Ruthless Aggression
as Big Show2020 Undertaker: The Last Ride
as Big Show2020 The Big Show Show
as Palindrome (voice)2019 Fast & Furious Spy Racers
as Big Pink2017 HAPPY!
as Carnage2016 Van Helsing
as The Big Show2015 WWE 24
as himself2015 Lip Sync Battle
as himself2014 WWE Rivalries
as Big Show2013 Total Divas
as The Big Show2006 WWE ECW
as Big Ed Dixon2006 Psych
as The Big Show2001 WWE Tough Enough
as Orion Slaver2001 Star Trek: Enterprise
as The Big Show1999 WWE SmackDown
as The Giant1998 WCW Thunder
as himself1995 MADtv
as Big Show1993 WWE Raw
as The Big Show1993 WWE Raw
as himself1993 WWE Raw
as The Big Show (archive footage)1993 WWE Raw
as Self - Guest1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self (uncredited)1975 Saturday Night Live

Full Name: Damien Wight
Born: Tuesday, 02/08 1972 (February) in Aiken, South Carolina (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 52 years + 40 days)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: University of Central Oklahoma, Wichita State University, Northern Oklahoma College
Other names for Paul Wight (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Big Show"
"The Big Show"
"The Giant"
"Paul 'The Giant' Wight"
"Paul Randall Wight, Jr."
Paul Wight frequently works together with these people:
Vince McMahon (221x, Crew)
John Cena (153x, Actor)
Kevin Dunn (150x, Crew)
Chris Irvine (123x, Actor)
Glenn Jacobs (121x, Actor)
Randy Orton (96x, Actor)
Óscar Gutiérrez (95x, Actor)
Mark Calaway (92x, Actor)
Adam Copeland (89x, Actor)
Booker Huffman (75x, Actor)
Andy Samberg (30x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:52141, Added: 05/17/2018, Last updated: 03/01/2024