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Phil Brooks

Writer / Actor | * 10/26/1978 (45) | Chicago, Illinois (United States of America (USA))
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Phillip Jack Brooks (born October 26, 1978), better known by the ring name CM Punk, is an American professional wrestler, actor, and former mixed martial artist. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand. Brooks' 434-day reign as WWE Champion stands recognized as the seventh longest overall. Brooks began his professional wrestling career in 1997 on the independent circuit, mainly with Ring of Honor (ROH), where he won the ROH World Championship once. He signed with WWE in 2005 and won the WWE Championship twice, the World Heavyweight Championship three times, and the WWE Intercontinental Championship, the ECW World Heavyweight Championship, and the World Tag Team Championship once each. He is the only back-to-back Money in the Bank ladder match winner, won Superstar of the Year at the 2011 Slammy Awards, and was voted PWI Wrestler of the Year in 2011 and 2012. After becoming disillusioned with WWE, Brooks acrimoniously departed the promotion in 2014, largely retiring from wrestling. From 2019 to 2020, he appeared as a pundit on WWE Backstage. He returned to the ring in 2021 by signing with All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he won the AEW World Championship twice, but was termi... ()
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Phillip Jack Brooks, better known by the ring name CM Punk, is an American professional wrestler, sports commentator, actor, and retired mixed martial artist, currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as a wrestler and to Cage Fury Fighting Championships (CFFC) as a commentator. In wrestling, he is best known for his time in WWE, where his 434-day reign as WWE Champion stands as the sixth-longest in title history.Brooks began his professional wrestling career in 1999 on the independent circuit, mainly with Ring of Honor (ROH), winning the ROH World Championship once. He signed WWE in 2005, and won the WWE Championship twice, the World Heavyweight Championship three times, and the Intercontinental Championship and the ECW World Heavyweight Championship once each. Brooks also won the World Tag Team Championship, becoming WWE's 19th Triple Crown Champion; the fastest wrestler to achieve this feat, in 203 days. He is also the only back-to-back Money in the Bank winner, has headlined several WWE pay-per-view events, won Superstar of the Year at the 2011 Slammy Awards, and was voted Wrestler of the Year in 2011 and 2012 by readers of Pro Wrestling Illustrated. After becoming disillusioned with WWE, Brooks acrimoniously departed the company and retired from professional wrestling in 2014. After much speculation, he joined AEW in 2021.Brooks has used the CM Punk moniker for his entire professional wrestling career, and his character has been consistently portrayed as outspoken, confrontational, sharp-tongued, anti-establishment, straight edge, and iconoclastic, most of which are inspired by his real-life views and personality. Depending on his alignment as a hero or villain, Brooks has emphasized different aspects of the straight edge lifestyle to garner the desired audience reaction.After retiring from professional wrestling, Brooks pursued a career as a mixed martial artist, and he signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A welterweight, he had his first professional fight at UFC 203 in 2016, losing via submission to Mickey Gall. He then lost his second fight to Mike Jackson via unanimous decision at UFC 225 in 2018 (later overturned to a no contest), and was subsequently released. Brooks then began appearing as a commentator with Cage Fury Fighting Championships (CFFC), and as an analyst on the Fox Sports 1 program WWE Backstage.Brooks had his first leading acting role in the animated film The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age SmackDown! (2015), and has since starred in the horror films Girl on the Third Floor (2019) and Rabid (2019), and in the drama television series Heels (2021–present).

Most frequent genres for this person: Action | Drama | Documentaries
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Movies with Phil Brooks as Actor(126)

as CM Punk2022 AEW Double or Nothing
as CM Punk2022 AEW All Out
as CM Punk2022 AEW Revolution
as CM Punk2022 AEW Beach Break 2022
as Deputy Colton2021 Jakob's Wife
as CM Punk2021 AEW Grand Slam
as CM Punk2021 AEW All Out
as CM Punk2021 AEW Full Gear
as Don Koch2019 Girl on the Third Floor
as Billy (as C.M. Punk)2019 Rabid
as CM Punk2014 WWE Royal Rumble 2014
as CM Punk2013 WWE Survivor Series 2013
as CM Punk2013 WWE Battleground 2013
as CM Punk2013 WWE Royal Rumble 2013
as CM Punk2013 WWE WrestleMania 29
as CM Punk2013 WWE Payback 2013
as CM Punk2013 WWE SummerSlam 2013
as CM Punk2012 WWE Royal Rumble 2012
as CM Punk2012 WWE SummerSlam 2012
as CM Punk2012 WWE No Way Out 2012
as CM Punk2012 WWE Extreme Rules 2012
as CM Punk2011 WWE Vengeance 2011
as CM Punk2011 The Ladder Match 2: Crash & Burn
as CM Punk2011 WWE SummerSlam 2011
as CM Punk2011 WWE Extreme Rules 2011
as CM Punk2011 WWE Royal Rumble 2011
as CM Punk2011 WWE WrestleMania XXVII
as C.M. Punk (archive footage)2011 The John Cena Experience
as CM Punk2010 WWE SummerSlam 2010
as CM Punk2010 WWE Royal Rumble 2010
as CM Punk2010 WWE Fatal 4-Way 2010
as CM Punk2010 WWE Wrestlemania XXVI
as CM Punk2010 WWE Extreme Rules 2010
as CM Punk (Preshow)2009 WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2009
as CM Punk2009 WWE Extreme Rules 2009
as CM Punk2009 WWE The Bash 2009
as CM Punk2009 WWE Royal Rumble 2009
as CM Punk2009 WWE SummerSlam 2009
as CM Punk2009 WWE WrestleMania XXV
as CM Punk2009 WWE Survivor Series 2009
as CM Punk2009 WWE Backlash 2009
as CM Punk2009 WWE Judgment Day 2009
as CM Punk2008 WWE SummerSlam 2008
as CM Punk2008 WWE No Way Out 2008
as CM Punk2008 WWE WrestleMania XXIV
as CM Punk2008 WWE Armageddon 2008
as CM Punk2008 WWE Judgment Day 2008
as CM Punk2008 WWE Royal Rumble 2008
as CM Punk2007 WWE Royal Rumble 2007
as CM Punk2007 WWE Cyber Sunday 2007
as CM Punk2007 WWE SummerSlam 2007
as CM Punk2007 WWE WrestleMania 23
as CM Punk2007 WWE Unforgiven 2007
as CM Punk2007 WWE No Mercy 2007
as CM Punk2007 WWE Judgment Day 2007
as CM Punk2007 WWE Armageddon 2007
as Cena Gangster2006 WWE WrestleMania 22
as CM Punk2004 PWG: Rocktoberfest
as CM Punk2003 MLW Revolutions
as CM Punk2003 MLW War Games

TV Shows/Series with Phil Brooks as Actor(14)

as Ricky Rabies2021 Heels
as CM Punk2019 WWE Backstage
as Paul2018 Mayans M.C.
as Phil "CM Punk" Brooks2016 The Evolution of Punk
as himself2011 Talking Dead
as Cm Punk2010 WWE NXT
as CM Punk2006 WWE ECW
as CM Punk1999 WWE SmackDown
as CM Punk1993 WWE Raw
as CM Punk (archive footage)1993 WWE Raw

Additional Information

Full Name: Phillip Jack Brooks
Born: Thursday, 10/26 1978 (October) in Chicago, Illinois (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 45 years + 155 days)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Lockport Township High School
Employer: WWE, Ultimate Fighting Championship, Ring of Honor, All Elite Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
Spouses (current/former): AJ Lee
Siblings: Mike Brooks
Student of: Duke Roufus
Other names for Phil Brooks (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"C.M. Punk"
"The Second City Saint"
"Straight Edge Superstar"
"CM Punk" (Pseudonym)
"The Best in the World"
"Chick Magnet"
"Phillip Jack Brooks"
Phil Brooks frequently works together with these people:
John Cena (108x, Actor)
Vince McMahon (101x, Crew)
Kevin Dunn (89x, Crew)
Randy Orton (87x, Actor)
Chris Irvine (71x, Actor)
Paul Wight (67x, Actor)
Glenn Jacobs (60x, Actor)
Óscar Gutiérrez (51x, Actor)
Mick Foley (12x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:50760, Added: 05/17/2018, Last updated: 03/13/2024