Paul Wight
Known for Acting · 324 credits
- Born
- 1972-02-08 (age 54)
- Place of birth
- Aiken, South Carolina, USA
- Also known as
- Big Show · The Big Show · The Giant · Paul 'The Giant' Wight · Paul Randall Wight, Jr.
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.
Known For
TV Shows (49)
Raw
1993
as Big Show / Paul Wight / The Big Show
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self (uncredited)
Psych
2006
as Big Ed Dixon
Ghosts
2021
as Gorm
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
2019
as Paul Wight
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001
as Orion Slaver
Burn Notice
2007
as Griffin Black
WWE NXT
2010
as Big Show
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
1999
as The Big Show
WWE Main Event
2012
as Big Show / The Big Show
Van Helsing
2016
as Carnage
Royal Pains
2009
as Donald Green / The Garbage Collector (as The Big Show)
Lip Sync Battle
2015
as Self
All Elite Wrestling: Collision
2023
WWE Superstars
2009
One on One
2001
as Miles
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
1985
WWE Pay Per View
1985
Fast & Furious Spy Racers
2019
as Palindrome (voice)
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
2009
as Self
WWE ECW
2006
as The Big Show
AEW Dark: Elevation
2021
as Paul Wight
The Best of WWE
2020
as Big show / The Big Show
Total Divas
2013
as Big Show
HAPPY!
2017
as Big Pink
Hey! (EW)
2022
as Paul Wight
WWE Tough Enough
2001
as The Big Show
Clash of the Champions
1988
as The Giant
WWE 24
2015
as The Big Show
WCW Monday Nitro
1995
Undertaker: The Last Ride
2020
as Big Show
WWF Jakked
1999
WWE's Most Wanted Treasures
2021
as Big Show
WWE Rivalries
2014
as Self
The JBL and Cole Show
2012
as The Big Show
The Big Show Show
2020
as Big Show
WWE's Greatest Moments
2025
as Big Show
Steve Austin's Broken Skull Sessions
2019
as Self / Big Show
GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event
2020
as Big Show
Swerved
2015
as Big Show
Wrestlemania Rewind
2014
as Big Show
Nickelodeon's Unfiltered
2020
as The Big Show
Ruthless Aggression
2020
as Big Show
TFI Unplugged
2026
as Self
MADtv
1995
as Self
WCW Thunder
1998
as The Giant
10 Things Every Guy Should Experience
2004
as Self
WWE: Story Time
2016
Movies (275)
Jingle All the Way
1996
as Huge Santa
The Waterboy
1998
as Captain Insano
Fighting with My Family
2019
as Big Show
No Time to Spy: A Loud House Movie
2024
as Ham Hand (voice)
Vendetta
2015
as Victor Abbott
MacGruber
2010
as Brick Hughes
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
2006
as The Giant
Little Hercules
2009
as Marduk
WWE WrestleMania 31
2015
as Big Show
The Rock - Just Bring It!
2002
as The Big Show
WWE Royal Rumble 2013
2013
as The Big Show
WWE WrestleMania XXIV
2008
as Big Show
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2012
2012
as Big Show
The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania
2017
as Big Show (voice)
WWE Royal Rumble 2002
2002
as The Big Show
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
2014
as Big Show
WWE Night of Champions 2008
2008
as Big Show
WCW The Great American Bash 1998
1998
as The Giant
WWE Judgment Day 2003
2003
as Big Show
WWE Backlash 2000
2000
as Big Show
WWE WrestleMania XXX
2014
as Big Show
WWE WrestleMania 29
2013
as The Big Show
WWE WrestleMania 33
2017
as Big Show (Preshow)
WWE Survivor Series 2004
2004
as Big Show
WWE Elimination Chamber 2012
2012
as Big Show
WWE Royal Rumble 2015
2015
as The Big Show
WWE One Night Stand 2008
2008
as Big Show
WWE Money In The Bank 2012
2012
as Big Show
WWE WrestleMania XXVIII
2012
as Big Show
WWE Royal Rumble 2010
2010
as Big Show
WWE WrestleMania 21
2005
as Big Show
WWE WrestleMania XX
2004
as The Big Show
Daniel Bryan: Just Say Yes! Yes! Yes!
2015
as Big Show
WWE WrestleMania 2000
2000
as Big Show
WWE: Straight to the Top - Money in the Bank Anthology
2013
as Big Show
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2
2014
as Big Show
WWE Over the Limit 2010
2010
as Big Show
WWE Money in the Bank 2010
2010
as Big Show
WWE: The Big Show - A Giant's World
2011
as The Big Show / The Giant
WWE Wrestlemania XXVI
2010
as Big Show
WWE Royal Rumble 2009
2009
as The Big Show
WWE WrestleMania XXV
2009
as Big Show
WWE WrestleMania 32
2016
as The Big Show
WWE Survivor Series 2011
2011
as Big Show
WWE King of the Ring 2002
2002
as Big Show (Appearance)
WWE Royal Rumble 2014
2014
as Big Show
WWE Survivor Series 2001
2001
as The Big Show
WWE Survivor Series 2020
2020
as Big Show (Appearance)
WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden
2013
as Big Show
WWE Bragging Rights 2010
2010
as The Big Show
WWE Night of Champions 2010
2010
as Big Show
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 2
2014
as Big Show
WWE New Year's Revolution 2006
2006
as Big Show
WCW Halloween Havoc 1995
1995
as The Giant
WWE Survivor Series 2006
2006
as Big Show
Knucklehead
2010
as Walter Krunk
WWE Insurrextion 2000
2000
as The Big Show
WWE Elimination Chamber 2011
2011
as Big Show
The John Cena Experience
2011
as Big Show (archive footage)
WWE Survivor Series 2002
2002
as The Big Show
WWE Rebellion 1999
1999
as Big Show
WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009
2012
as Big Show (archive footage)
The Rock vs. John Cena: Once in a Lifetime
2012
as The Big Show
WWE Hell in a Cell 2009
2009
as Big Show
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
2001
as Big Show
WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
2010
as The Big Show
WWE Royal Rumble 2012
2012
as The Big Show
WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber
2010
as Big Show
AEW Double or Nothing 2021
2021
as Paul Wight
WWE Rebellion 2001
2001
as Big Show
WCW World War 3 1997
1997
as The Giant
WWE No Way Out 2001
2001
as Big Show
WWE Over The Limit 2012
2012
as Big Show (Appearance)
WWE Armageddon 2002
2002
as The Big Show
Stone Cold Steve Austin: The Bottom Line on the Most Popular Superstar of All Time
2011
as Big Show
WWE Wrestlemania XIX
2003
as The Big Show
WWE Survivor Series 2013
2013
as Big Show
WWE Unforgiven 2008
2008
as Big Show (Appearance)
WWE Judgment Day 2002
2002
as The Big Show
WWE Hall of Fame 2018
2018
as Big Show
WWE SummerSlam 2013
2013
as Big Show (Ringside)
WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Life of a Masked Man
2012
as Big Show
WWE Extreme Rules 2010
2010
as Big Show
WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness
2016
as Big Show (archive footage)
WWE Survivor Series 2012
2012
as Big Show
WWE Backlash: In Your House
1999
as Big Show
WWE WrestleMania XXVII
2011
as Big Show
WWE Vengeance 2011
2011
as Big Show
WWE Survivor Series 2008
2008
as Big Show
WWE Royal Rumble 2006
2006
as Big Show
WCW World War 3 1996
1996
as The Giant
WWE No Way Out 2000
2000
as Big Show
WWE Bragging Rights 2009
2009
as Big Show
WWE: The Rock: The Most Electrifying Man in Sports Entertainment
2008
as Big Show
Sting: Into the Light
2015
as The Giant
WWE King of the Ring 1999
1999
as Big Show
WWE Best of Raw & SmackDown Live 2017
2018
as Big Show
WWE No Way Out 2005
2005
as Big Show
WWE Money in the Bank 2015
2015
as Big Show
WWE Elimination Chamber 2013
2013
as Big Show
WWE Live From MSG 2015
2015
as Big Show
WWE St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House
1999
as The Big Show
WWE Judgment Day 2000
2000
as Big Show
WWE Extreme Rules 2009
2009
as Big Show
WWE WrestleMania 22
2006
as Big Show
WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak
2012
as The Big Show
The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.1
2011
as The Giant
WWE Vengeance 2002
2002
as The Big Show
WWE Backlash 2008
2008
as Big Show
WWE Survivor Series 1999
1999
as Big Show
WWE Elimination Chamber 2010
2010
as Big Show (Ringside)
WWE WrestleMania XV
1999
as Big Show
WWE Royal Rumble 2003
2003
as The Big Show
WWE The Great American Bash 2012: Super Smackdown Live!
2012
as Big Show
WWE Unforgiven 2006
2006
as Big Show
WWE: Hell in a Cell - The Greatest Hell in a Cell Matches of All Time
2008
as Big Show
Daniel Bryan: Journey to WrestleMania 30
2014
as The Big Show
WCW Bash at the Beach 1998
1998
as The Giant
WWE SummerSlam 2009
2009
as Big Show
Undertaker: The Streak 21-1
2014
as The Big Show
About Paul Wight
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 si… With 324 credits spanning from 1975 to 2026, Paul Wight has appeared in 275 films and 49 TV shows.
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Most Popular Paul Wight Movies
- Jingle All the Way (1996) — as Huge Santa
- The Waterboy (1998) — as Captain Insano
- Fighting with My Family (2019) — as Big Show
- No Time to Spy: A Loud House Movie (2024) — as Ham Hand (voice)
- Vendetta (2015) — as Victor Abbott
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