
Acting
Paul Wight
Also Known As: Big Show, The Big Show, The Giant
Birth Date
February 8, 1972
(54 years old)
Place of Birth
Aiken, South Carolina, USA
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Biography
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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Raw
Big Show
1993 • 53 episodes

Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
1975 • 1 episode

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993 • 4 episodes

Psych
Big Ed Dixon
2006 • 1 episode

WWE NXT
Big Show
2010 • 1 episode

WWE Superstars
2009 • 90 episodes

WWE Friday Night SmackDown
The Big Show
1999 • 189 episodes

All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
Paul Wight
2019 • 7 episodes

Burn Notice
Griffin Black
2007 • 1 episode

Star Trek: Enterprise
Orion Slaver
2001 • 1 episode

Ghosts
Gorm
2021 • 1 episode

WWE Main Event
Big Show
2012 • 1 episode

Royal Pains
Donald Green / The Garbage Collector (as The Big Show)
2009 • 1 episode

The Best of WWE
Big show
2020 • 1 episode

Lip Sync Battle
Self
2015 • 1 episode

Van Helsing
Carnage
2016 • 1 episode

All Elite Wrestling: Collision
Paul Wight
2023 • 5 episodes

One on One
Miles
2001 • 1 episode

Fast & Furious Spy Racers
Palindrome (voice)
2019 • 16 episodes

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
Self
2009 • 1 episode