Paul Wight
Known for: 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.
Filmography
Series
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
Paul Wight
2019
Series
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
2019
Series
Raw
Big Show
1993
Series
Raw
Paul Wight
1993
Series
Raw
The Big Show
1993
Series
Raw
1993
Series
WWE NXT
Big Show
2010
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
1975
Series
Psych
Big Ed Dixon
2006
Series
Ghosts
Gorm
2021
Series
Star Trek: Enterprise
Orion Slaver
2001
Series
WWE Superstars
2009
Series
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
The Big Show
1999
Series
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
1999
Series
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
Big Show
1999
Series
WWE Main Event
Big Show
2012
Series
WWE Main Event
The Big Show
2012
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Series
Burn Notice
Griffin Black
2007
Series
All Elite Wrestling: Collision
Paul Wight
2023
Series
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
1985
Series
Van Helsing
Carnage
2016
Series
Royal Pains
Donald Green / The Garbage Collector (as The Big Show)
2009
Series
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
Self
2009
Series
One on One
Miles
2001
Series
AEW Dark: Elevation
Paul Wight
2021
Series
AEW Dark: Elevation
2021
Series
Fast & Furious Spy Racers
Palindrome (voice)
2019
Series
Lip Sync Battle
Self
2015
Series
WWE ECW
The Big Show
2006
Series
WWE's Greatest Moments
Big Show
2025
Series
The Best of WWE
Big show
2020
Series
The Best of WWE
The Big Show
2020
Series
Total Divas
Big Show
2013
Series
WWE Tough Enough
The Big Show
2001
Series
Clash of the Champions
The Giant
1988
Series
TFI Unplugged
Self
2026
Film
Jingle All the Way
Huge Santa
1996
Series
Hey! (EW)
Paul Wight
2022
Series
WWF Jakked
1999
Series
HAPPY!
Big Pink
2017
Series
Wrestlemania Rewind
Big Show
2014
Film
The Waterboy
Captain Insano
1998
Series
WWE 24
The Big Show
2015
Series
WCW Monday Nitro
1995
Series
Hulk Hogan: Real American
Self
2026
Series
Steve Austin's Broken Skull Sessions
Self / Big Show
2019
Film
Fighting with My Family
Big Show
2019
Series
Nickelodeon's Unfiltered
The Big Show
2020
Series
WWE Rivalries
Self
2014
Series
The Big Show Show
Big Show
2020
The JBL and Cole Show
The Big Show
2012
Series
Undertaker: The Last Ride
Big Show
2020
Series
WWE's Most Wanted Treasures
Big Show
2021
Film
MacGruber
Brick Hughes
2010
Series
Ruthless Aggression
Big Show
2020
Series
WCW Thunder
The Giant
1998
Film
No Time to Spy: A Loud House Movie
Ham Hand (voice)
2024
Series
GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event
Big Show
2020
Series
Swerved
Big Show
2015
Film
Knucklehead
Walter Krunk
2010
Film
Vendetta
Victor Abbott
2015
Film
The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania
Big Show (voice)
2017
Film
WWE WrestleMania XXX
Big Show
2014
Series
WWE: Story Time
2016
10 Things Every Guy Should Experience
Self
2004
Film
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
The Giant
2006
Film
WWE WrestleMania XXVII
Big Show
2011
Film
WWE Royal Rumble 2002
The Big Show
2002
Film
WWE Survivor Series 2003
Big Show
2003
Film
WWE WrestleMania 31
Big Show
2015
Film
Stone Cold Steve Austin: The Bottom Line on the Most Popular Superstar of All Time
Big Show
2011
Film
WWE WrestleMania XX
The Big Show
2004
Film
WWE RAW 1000
2012
Film
WWE WrestleMania 29
The Big Show
2013
Film
WWE Royal Rumble 2013
The Big Show
2013
Film
WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden
Big Show
2013
Film
WWE Extreme Rules 2009
Big Show
2009
Film
WWE WrestleMania 32
The Big Show
2016
Film
John Cena's Greatest Rivalries
The Big Show
2022
Series
MADtv
Self
1995
Film
WWE Unforgiven 2001
Big Show
2001
Film
WWE Judgment Day 2002
The Big Show
2002
Film
WWE WrestleMania XXV
Big Show
2009
Film
WWE Royal Rumble 2014
Big Show
2014
Film
WWE WrestleMania XXIV
Big Show
2008
Film
WWE Royal Rumble 2001
The Big Show
2001
Film
WWE WrestleMania 21
Big Show
2005
Film
WWE Survivor Series 2004
Big Show
2004
Film
WWE Royal Rumble 2006
Big Show
2006
Film
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
Big Show
2001
Film
WWE New Year's Revolution 2006
Big Show
2006
Film
WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
The Big Show
2010
Film
WWE SummerSlam 2006
Big Show
2006
Film
WWE Wrestlemania XXVI
Big Show
2010
Film
WWE Survivor Series 2012
Big Show
2012
Film
WWE WrestleMania 33
Big Show (Preshow)
2017
Film
WWE St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House
The Big Show
1999
Film
WWE Survivor Series 2020
Big Show (Appearance)
2020
Film
WWE Night of Champions 2008
Big Show
2008
Film
WWE Clash of Champions 2020
Big Show (Appearance)
2020
Film
WWE Royal Rumble 2017
Big Show
2017
Film
WWE Rebellion 2001
Big Show
2001
Film
WWE Wrestlemania XIX
The Big Show
2003
Film
WWE No Way Out 2009
Big Show
2009
Film
The Rock vs. John Cena: Once in a Lifetime
The Big Show
2012
Film
The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.1
The Giant
2011
Film
WWE Battleground 2013
Big Show (Appearance)
2013
Film
WWE SummerSlam 2013
Big Show (Ringside)
2013
Film
WWE Backlash 2009
Big Show (Appearance)
2009
Film
AEW Double or Nothing 2021
Paul Wight
2021
Film
WWE Backlash 2008
Big Show
2008
Film
WWE Survivor Series 2006
Big Show
2006
Film
WWE Over the Edge
Big Show
1999
Film
WWE WrestleMania XXVIII
Big Show
2012
Film
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2009
Big Show
2009
Film
WWE One Night Stand 2008
Big Show
2008
Film
WWE WrestleMania 2000
Big Show
2000
Film
WWE Royal Rumble 2005
Big Show
2005
Film
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2012
Big Show
2012
Film
WWE SummerSlam 2009
Big Show
2009
Film
WWE Royal Rumble 2010
Big Show
2010
Film
WWE Royal Rumble 2011
Big Show
2011
Film
WWE Extreme Rules 2015
Big Show
2015
Film
WWE No Mercy 2008
Big Show
2008
Film
WWE King of the Ring 2002
Big Show (Appearance)
2002
Film
WWE Best of Raw & SmackDown Live 2017
Big Show
2018
Film
McCinsey's Island
Little Snowflake
1998
Film
The Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century
Big Show
2011
Film
WWE: 30 Years of Survivor Series
2017
Film
WWE No Way Out 2008
Big Show (Appearance)
2008
Film
WWE Elimination Chamber 2013
Big Show
2013
Film
WWE No Way Out 2005
Big Show
2005
Film
WWE Survivor Series 2018
Big Show (Ringside)
2018
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 2
Big Show
2014
Film
AEW All Out 2021
Paul Wight
2021
Film
WWE No Way Out 2000
Big Show
2000
Film
WWE No Mercy 2003
Big Show
2003
Film
WWE: The Undertaker's Deadliest Matches
Big Show
2010
Film
WWE No Way Out 2003
Big Show
2003
Film
WWE SummerSlam 2015
The Big Show
2015
Film
WWE Royal Rumble 2009
The Big Show
2009
Film
WWE Royal Rumble 2003
The Big Show
2003
Film
WWE Over The Limit 2012
Big Show (Appearance)
2012
Film
WWE Fastlane 2016
Big Show
2016
Film
WWE Royal Rumble 2015
The Big Show
2015
Film
WWE: The Big Show - A Giant's World
The Big Show / The Giant
2011
Film
Daniel Bryan: Just Say Yes! Yes! Yes!
Big Show
2015
Film
Little Hercules
Marduk
2009
Film
WCW Starrcade 1998
The Giant
1998
Film
WWE No Mercy 2002
The Big Show
2002
Film
WWE Vengeance 2002
The Big Show
2002
Film
WWE WrestleMania 36: Part 2
Big Show (Dark Match)
2020
Film
WWE Backlash 2003
Big Show
2003
Film
WWE: Brock Lesnar: Here Comes the Pain
Self
2003
Film
WWE Elimination Chamber 2012
Big Show
2012
Film
The John Cena Experience
Big Show (archive footage)
2011
Film
The Very Best of Monday Nitro: Volume 2
The Giant
2013
Film
WWE The Great American Bash 2006
Big Show
2006
Film
WWE InVasion
Big Show
2001
Film
WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak
The Big Show
2012
Film
WCW Slamboree 1998
The Giant
1998
Film
WWE Survivor Series 1999
Big Show
1999
Film
WWE WrestleMania 22
Big Show
2006
Film
WWE Rebellion 1999
Big Show
1999
Film
WWE Backlash 2000
Big Show
2000
Film
WWE The Best of Raw and Smackdown Live 2018
Big Show
2019
Film
The History of The WWE Hardcore Championship
2016
Film
WWE SummerSlam 2010
Big Show
2010
Film
WWE Unforgiven 2008
Big Show (Appearance)
2008
Film
WWE Survivor Series 2005
Big Show
2005
Film
The Rise & Fall of WCW
The Giant
2009
Film
WWE Money in the Bank 2011
Big Show
2011
Film
WWE Breaking Point 2009
Big Show
2009
Film
WWE: The Rock: The Most Electrifying Man in Sports Entertainment
Big Show
2008
Film
WWE Survivor Series 2001
The Big Show
2001
Film
WWE Fully Loaded 1999
Big Show
1999
Film
WWE Royal Rumble 2016
Big Show
2016
Film
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 3 Unreleased
2016
Film
WWE WrestleMania XV
Big Show
1999
Film
WWE Elimination Chamber 2010
Big Show (Ringside)
2010
Film
WWE Extreme Rules 2012
Big Show
2012
Film
WCW World War 3 1996
The Giant
1996
Film
WWE Royal Rumble 2004
The Big Show
2004
Film
WWE Backlash 2006
Big Show
2006
Film
WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2013
Big Show
2013
Film
WWE Hell in a Cell 2009
Big Show
2009
Film
WWE Money in the Bank 2010
Big Show
2010
Film
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2
Big Show
2014
Film
WCW Starrcade 1996
The Giant
1996
Film
WCW Spring Stampede 1998
The Giant
1998
Film
WWE The Best of Raw & SmackDown 2015
Big Show
2016
Film
WWE Hell In A Cell 2014
Big Show
2014
Film
WWE Armageddon 2005
Big Show
2005
Film
WWE The Great American Bash 2012: Super Smackdown Live!
Big Show
2012
Film
WWE Survivor Series 2011
Big Show
2011
Film
WCW The Great American Bash 1998
The Giant
1998
Film
WWE Vengeance 2003
Big Show
2003
Film
The History of WWE: 50 Years of Sports Entertainment
Big Show
2013
Film
The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions
The Giant
2012
Film
WWE Vengeance 2011
Big Show
2011
Film
WWE: The New & Improved DX
Big Show
2007
Film
ECW December to Dismember
Big Show
2006
Film
WWE SummerSlam 1999
Big Show
1999
Film
You Think You Know Me? The Story of Edge
Big Show
2012
Film
WWE Extreme Rules 2010
Big Show
2010
Film
WWE Survivor Series 2010
Big Show
2010
Film
Daniel Bryan: Journey to WrestleMania 30
The Big Show
2014
Film
WCW Uncensored 1997
The Giant
1997
Film
WWE Judgment Day 2001
The Big Show
2001
Film
WWE Elimination Chamber 2011
Big Show
2011
Film
WWE: Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2012
Big Show
2012
Film
WWE Survivor Series 2009
Big Show
2009
Film
WWE Armageddon 1999
Big Show
1999
Film
WWE Battleground 2015
Big Show (Appearance)
2015
Film
Lita: It Just Feels Right
Big Show
2001
Film
WWE Insurrextion 2000
The Big Show
2000
Film
WWE No Mercy 2001
Big Show
2001
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2010
Big Show
2010
Film
WWE Survivor Series 2008
Big Show
2008
Film
WWE Unforgiven 2006
Big Show
2006
Film
WWE Judgment Day 2009
Big Show
2009
Film
WWE Bragging Rights 2009
Big Show
2009
Film
WWE Fastlane 2017
Big Show
2017
Film
WWE Judgment Day 2003
Big Show
2003
Film
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2011
Big Show
2011
Film
WWE Royal Rumble 2012
The Big Show
2012
Film
World Wrestling Peace Festival
1996
Film
WWE Money in the Bank 2015
Big Show
2015
Film
WCW SuperBrawl VII
The Giant
1997
Film
WWE Over the Limit 2010
Big Show
2010
Film
WWE Backlash 2001
The Big Show
2001
Film
WWE Night of Champions 2010
Big Show
2010
Film
WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2014
Big Show
2014
Film
WWE Survivor Series 2002
The Big Show
2002
Film
WWE Live From MSG 2015
Big Show
2015
Film
WWE Vengeance 2001
Big Show
2001
Film
WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Life of a Masked Man
Big Show
2012
Film
WWE No Way Out 2001
Big Show
2001
Film
WWE Survivor Series 2013
Big Show
2013
Film
WCW Halloween Havoc 1996
The Giant
1996
Film
WWE Backlash: In Your House
Big Show
1999
Film
WWE Royal Rumble 2000
The Big Show
2000
Film
WWE Insurrextion 2002
The Big Show
2002
Film
WWE: Straight to the Top - Money in the Bank Anthology
Big Show
2013
Film
WWE: Straight to the Top - Money in the Bank Anthology
2013
Film
WWE Extreme Rules 2011
Big Show
2011
Film
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXIII
The Giant
1996
Film
WWE Armageddon 2002
The Big Show
2002
Film
WCW Halloween Havoc 1995
The Giant
1995
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2003
Big Show
2003
Film
WWE Fatal 4-Way 2010
Big Show
2010
Film
WCW Fall Brawl 1995
The Giant (Appearance)
1995
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2014
2014
Film
WWE Taboo Tuesday 2005
Big Show
2005
Film
WCW Road Wild 1997
The Giant
1997
Film
WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber
Big Show
2010
Film
WWE Judgment Day 2000
Big Show
2000
Film
WWE No Mercy 2004
Big Show
2004
Undertaker: The Streak 21-1
The Big Show
2014
Film
WWE No Way Out 2012
Big Show
2012
Film
WWE Money In The Bank 2012
Big Show
2012
Film
WWE Unforgiven 1999
Big Show
1999
Film
WCW Spring Stampede 1997
The Giant
1997
Film
WWE: Hell in a Cell - The Greatest Hell in a Cell Matches of All Time
Big Show
2008
Film
WCW Fall Brawl 1996
The Giant
1996
Film
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXII
The Giant
1996
Film
WWE King of the Ring 1999
Big Show
1999
Film
WCW Halloween Havoc 1998
The Giant
1998
Film
Reggie's Prayer
Mr. Portola
1996
Film
AEW Double or Nothing 2023: The Buy In
Himself
2023
Film
Meeting the Undertaker
2020
Film
WCW World War 3 1998
The Giant
1998
Film
WWE Bragging Rights 2010
The Big Show
2010
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2008
Big Show
2008
Film
WCW SuperBrawl VI
The Giant
1996
Film
WWE SummerSlam 2017
Big Show
2017
Film
nWo Souled Out 1997
The Giant
1997
Film
WWE Over The Limit 2011
Big Show
2011
Film
WCW Slamboree 1996
The Giant
1996
Film
WCW Road Wild 1998
The Giant
1998
Film
WWE Hell In A Cell 2012
Big Show
2012
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
Big Show
2014
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2005
Big Show
2005
Film
WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness
Big Show (archive footage)
2016
Film
AEW All In 2023: London - Zero Hour
Paul Wight
2023
Film
WCW World War 3 1997
The Giant
1997
Film
WCW Uncensored 1996
The Giant
1996
Film
WWE Survivor Series 2014
Big Show
2014
Film
WCW Fall Brawl 1997
The Giant
1997
Film
WCW Bash at the Beach 1997
The Giant
1997
Film
The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.3
The Giant
2015
Film
WCW Souled Out 1998
The Giant
1998
Film
WCW Bash at the Beach 1998
The Giant
1998
Film
WWE SummerSlam 2012
Big Show
2012
Film
Sting: Into the Light
The Giant
2015
Film
WCW World War 3 1995
The Giant
1995
Film
WWE Fastlane 2015
Big Show
2015
Film
WCW Uncensored 1998
The Giant
1998
Film
WWE No Way Out 2004
Big Show
2004
Film
WWE Capitol Punishment 2011
Big Show
2011
Film
WWE Extreme Rules 2013
Big Show
2013
Film
WCW The Great American Bash 1996
The Giant
1996
Film
WWE Armageddon 2004
Big Show
2004
WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches
2012
Film
WWE Cyber Sunday 2008
Big Show
2008
Film
WWE Unforgiven 2005
Big Show
2005
Film
WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009
Big Show (archive footage)
2012
Film
Superstar Collection: Daniel Bryan
Big Show
2014
Film
WCW Hog Wild 1996
The Giant
1996
Film
WWE Insurrextion 2001
Big Show
2001
Film
The Rock - Just Bring It!
The Big Show
2002
Film
WWE Judgment Day 2005
Big Show
2005
Film
The Road is Jericho: Epic Stories and Rare Matches from Y2J
Big Show
2015
Film
NXT TakeOver: WarGames II
(archive footage)
2018
Goldberg - Who's Next?
The Giant
1999
Film
WCW Starrcade 1997
The Giant
1997
WWE Super Tuesday
The Big Show
2002
OVW Christmas Chaos
The Big Show
2001
Film
Ladies and Gentlemen, My Name Is Paul Heyman
Himself
2014
Film
The Undertaker: 15-0
2008
Film
WWE Cyber Sunday 2006
Big Show
2006
Film
WWE vs. ECW: Head to Head
Big Show
2006
Film
nWo: The Revolution
Big Show
2012
Film
WCW Bash at the Beach 1996
The Giant
1996
Film
WWE: True Giants
2014
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2013
Big Show
2013
Film
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2012
Big Show
2012
Film
WWE Hall of Fame 2018
Big Show
2018
WWE's Biggest Knuckleheads
2011
Film
The Hardys: Woken
2018
Film
Marcus
Gus Hoffman
2022
Film
WWE: World's Strongest Man: The Mark Henry Story
Big Show / Self
2019
Film
WWE Night of Champions 2009
Big Show
2009