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Paul Wight

8th February 1972 Aiken, South Carolina, USA Acting

Paul Donald Wight II is a European American professional basketball player, 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. He is 7’4” and weighs 550 lbs. He wears size 24 10E shoes 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.

275 Movies 48 TV Shows 323 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Marcus poster
Marcus 15th July 2022 as Gus Hoffman
HAPPY! poster
HAPPY! 6th December 2017 as Big Pink
WWE 24 poster
WWE 24 30th January 2015 as The Big Show
WWE NXT poster
WWE NXT 23rd February 2010 as Big Show
Royal Pains poster
Royal Pains 4th June 2009 as Donald Green / The Garbage Collector (as The Big Show)
Psych poster
Psych 7th July 2006 as Big Ed Dixon
WWE ECW poster
WWE ECW 13th June 2006 as The Big Show
MADtv poster
MADtv 14th October 1995 as Self
Raw poster
Raw 11th January 1993