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Paul Wight
Aiken, South Carolina, USA
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…
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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.
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2026
AEW All In 2026: London - Buy In
Movie Paul Wight
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2026
Hulk Hogan: Real American
TV show Self
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2026
TFI Unplugged
TV show Self
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2025
WWE's Greatest Moments
TV show Big Show
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2024
No Time to Spy: A Loud House Movie
Movie Ham Hand (voice)
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2023
AEW All In 2023: London - Zero Hour
Movie Paul Wight
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2023
All Elite Wrestling: Collision
TV show Paul Wight
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2023
AEW Double or Nothing 2023: The Buy In
Movie Himself
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2022
Marcus
Movie Gus Hoffman
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2022
John Cena's Greatest Rivalries
Movie The Big Show
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2022
Hey! (EW)
TV show Paul Wight
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2021
Ghosts
TV show Gorm
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2021
AEW All Out 2021
Movie Paul Wight
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2021
AEW Double or Nothing 2021
Movie Paul Wight
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2021
WWE's Most Wanted Treasures
TV show Big Show
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2021
AEW Dark: Elevation
TV show Paul Wight
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2020
WWE Survivor Series 2020
Movie Big Show (Appearance)
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2020
Meeting the Undertaker
Movie
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2020
WWE Clash of Champions 2020
Movie Big Show (Appearance)
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2020
GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event
TV show Big Show
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2020
Nickelodeon's Unfiltered
TV show The Big Show
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2020
Undertaker: The Last Ride
TV show Big Show
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2020
The Big Show Show
TV show Big Show
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2020
WWE WrestleMania 36: Part 2
Movie Big Show (Dark Match)
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2020
The Best of WWE
TV show Big show
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2020
Ruthless Aggression
TV show Big Show
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2019
Fast & Furious Spy Racers
TV show Palindrome (voice)
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2019
Steve Austin's Broken Skull Sessions
TV show Self / Big Show
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2019
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
TV show Paul Wight
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2019
WWE: World's Strongest Man: The Mark Henry Story
Movie Big Show / Self
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2019
Fighting with My Family
Movie Big Show
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2019
WWE The Best of Raw and Smackdown Live 2018
Movie Big Show
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2018
WWE Survivor Series 2018
Movie Big Show (Ringside)
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2018
NXT TakeOver: WarGames II
Movie (archive footage)
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2018
The Hardys: Woken
Movie
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2018
WWE Hall of Fame 2018
Movie Big Show
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2018
WWE Best of Raw & SmackDown Live 2017
Movie Big Show
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2017
HAPPY!
TV show Big Pink
- 2017
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2017
WWE SummerSlam 2017
Movie Big Show
