Paul Wight
Born
February 8, 1972 (53 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Aiken, South Carolina, USA
Paul Donald Wight II is an American 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.
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
WWE's Greatest Moments
Big Show · (1 episode)
2025
No Time to Spy: A Loud House Movie
Ham Hand (voice)
2024
AEW All In: London - Zero Hour
Paul Wight
2023
AEW Double or Nothing: The Buy In
Himself
2023
Marcus
Gus Hoffman
2022
John Cena's Greatest Rivalries
The Big Show
2022
Hey! (EW)
Paul Wight · (1 episode)
2022
Ghosts
Gorm · (1 episode)
2021
AEW All Out
Paul Wight
2021
AEW Double or Nothing
Paul Wight
2021
Biography: Booker T
(archive footage)
2021
WWE's Most Wanted Treasures
Big Show · (3 episodes)
2021
AEW Dark: Elevation
Paul Wight · (43 episodes)
2021
AEW Dark: Elevation
(7 episodes)
2021
WWE Survivor Series 2020
Big Show (Appearance)
2020
WWE Clash of Champions 2020
Big Show (Appearance)
2020
GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event
Big Show · (2 episodes)
2020
Nickelodeon's Unfiltered
The Big Show · (1 episode)
2020
Undertaker: The Last Ride
Big Show · (3 episodes)
2020
The Big Show Show
Big Show · (8 episodes)
2020
WWE WrestleMania 36: Part 2
Big Show (Dark Match)
2020
The Best of WWE
Big show · (1 episode)
2020
The Best of WWE
The Big Show · (1 episode)
2020
Ruthless Aggression
Big Show · (1 episode)
2020
Fast & Furious Spy Racers
Palindrome (voice) · (16 episodes)
2019
Steve Austin's Broken Skull Sessions
Self / Big Show · (1 episode)
2019
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
Paul Wight · (6 episodes)
2019
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
(1 episode)
2019
Fighting with My Family
Big Show
2019
WWE The Best of Raw and Smackdown Live 2018
Big Show
2019
WWE Survivor Series 2018
Big Show (Ringside)
2018
NXT TakeOver: WarGames II
(archive footage)
2018
The Hardys: Woken
2018
WWE Hall of Fame 2018
Big Show
2018
WWE Best of Raw & SmackDown Live 2017
Big Show
2018
HAPPY!
Big Pink · (1 episode)
2017
WWE: 30 Years of Survivor Series
2017
WWE SummerSlam 2017
Big Show
2017
WWE WrestleMania 33
Big Show (Preshow)
2017
WWE Fastlane 2017
Big Show
2017
The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania
Big Show (voice)
2017
WWE Royal Rumble 2017
Big Show
2017
WWE: Story Time
(1 episode)
2016
Van Helsing
Carnage · (1 episode)
2016
The History of The WWE Hardcore Championship
2016
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 3 Unreleased
2016
WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness
Big Show (archive footage)
2016
WWE WrestleMania 32
The Big Show
2016
WWE Fastlane 2016
Big Show
2016
WWE The Best of Raw & SmackDown 2015
Big Show
2016
WWE Royal Rumble 2016
Big Show
2016
Sting: Into the Light
The Giant
2015
WWE Live from Madison Square Garden
Big Show
2015
WWE SummerSlam 2015
The Big Show
2015
The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.3
The Giant
2015
WWE Battleground 2015
Big Show (Appearance)
2015
Swerved
Big Show · (2 episodes)
2015
WWE Money in the Bank 2015
Big Show
2015
Vendetta
Victor Abbott
2015
Daniel Bryan: Just Say Yes! Yes! Yes!
Big Show
2015
WWE Extreme Rules 2015
Big Show
2015
Lip Sync Battle
Self · (1 episode)
2015
WWE WrestleMania 31
Big Show
2015
The Road is Jericho: Epic Stories and Rare Matches from Y2J
Big Show
2015
WWE Fastlane 2015
Big Show
2015
WWE 24
The Big Show · (1 episode)
2015
WWE Royal Rumble 2015
The Big Show
2015
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2014
2014
WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2014
Big Show
2014
WWE: True Giants
2014
WWE Survivor Series 2014
Big Show
2014
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2
Big Show
2014
WWE Rivalries
Self · (1 episode)
2014
WWE Hell In A Cell 2014
Big Show
2014
Ladies and Gentlemen, My Name Is Paul Heyman
Himself
2014
Undertaker: The Streak 21-1
The Big Show
2014
Daniel Bryan: Journey to WrestleMania 30
The Big Show
2014
WWE WrestleMania XXX
Big Show
2014
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
Big Show
2014
Superstar Collection: Daniel Bryan
Big Show
2014
WWE Royal Rumble 2014
Big Show
2014
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 2
Big Show
2014
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2013
Big Show
2013
WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2013
Big Show
2013
WWE Survivor Series 2013
Big Show
2013
The History of WWE: 50 Years of Sports Entertainment
Big Show
2013
WWE: Straight to the Top - Money in the Bank Anthology
Big Show
2013
WWE: Straight to the Top - Money in the Bank Anthology
2013
WWE Battleground 2013
Big Show (Appearance)
2013
WWE SummerSlam 2013
Big Show (Ringside)
2013
WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden
Big Show
2013
Total Divas
Big Show · (2 episodes)
2013
WWE Extreme Rules 2013
Big Show
2013
WWE WrestleMania 29
The Big Show
2013
WWE Elimination Chamber 2013
Big Show
2013
The Very Best of Monday Nitro: Volume 2
The Giant
2013
WWE Royal Rumble 2013
The Big Show
2013
WWE: Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2012
Big Show
2012
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2012
Big Show
2012
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2012
Big Show
2012
The JBL and Cole Show
The Big Show · (2 episodes)
2012
WWE Survivor Series 2012
Big Show
2012
nWo: The Revolution
Big Show
2012
WWE Hell In A Cell 2012
Big Show
2012
The Rock vs. John Cena: Once In A Lifetime
The Big Show
2012
WWE Main Event
Big Show · (1 episode)
2012
WWE Main Event
The Big Show · (3 episodes)
2012
WWE SummerSlam 2012
Big Show
2012
WWE RAW 1000
2012
WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak
The Big Show
2012
WWE Money In The Bank 2012
Big Show
2012
WWE The Great American Bash 2012: Super Smackdown Live!
Big Show
2012
WWE No Way Out 2012
Big Show
2012
The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions
The Giant
2012
WWE Over The Limit 2012
Big Show (Appearance)
2012
WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches
2012
WWE Extreme Rules 2012
Big Show
2012
You Think You Know Me? The Story of Edge
Big Show
2012
WWE WrestleMania XXVIII
Big Show
2012
WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Life of a Masked Man
Big Show
2012
WWE Elimination Chamber 2012
Big Show
2012
WWE Royal Rumble 2012
The Big Show
2012
WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009
Big Show (archive footage)
2012
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2011
Big Show
2011
Stone Cold Steve Austin: The Bottom Line on the Most Popular Superstar of All Time
Big Show
2011
WWE Survivor Series 2011
Big Show
2011
WWE Vengeance 2011
Big Show
2011
WWE: The Big Show - A Giant's World
The Big Show / The Giant
2011
The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.1
The Giant
2011
WWE Money in the Bank 2011
Big Show
2011
WWE: Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century
Big Show
2011
WWE Capitol Punishment 2011
Big Show
2011
The John Cena Experience
Big Show (archive footage)
2011
WWE Over The Limit 2011
Big Show
2011
WWE Extreme Rules 2011
Big Show
2011
WWE WrestleMania XXVII
Big Show
2011
WWE Elimination Chamber 2011
Big Show
2011
WWE's Biggest Knuckleheads
2011
WWE Royal Rumble 2011
Big Show
2011
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2010
Big Show
2010
WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
The Big Show
2010
WWE Survivor Series 2010
Big Show
2010
WWE Bragging Rights 2010
The Big Show
2010
Knucklehead
Walter Krunk
2010
WWE Night of Champions 2010
Big Show
2010
WWE SummerSlam 2010
Big Show
2010
WWE Money in the Bank 2010
Big Show
2010
WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber
Big Show
2010
WWE Fatal 4-Way 2010
Big Show
2010
WWE: The Undertaker's Deadliest Matches
Big Show
2010
WWE Over the Limit 2010
Big Show
2010
MacGruber
Brick Hughes
2010
WWE Extreme Rules 2010
Big Show
2010
WWE Wrestlemania XXVI
Big Show
2010
WWE NXT
Big Show · (1 episode)
2010
WWE Elimination Chamber 2010
Big Show (Ringside)
2010
WWE Royal Rumble 2010
Big Show
2010
The Rise & Fall of WCW
The Giant
2009
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2009
Big Show
2009
WWE Survivor Series 2009
Big Show
2009
WWE Bragging Rights 2009
Big Show
2009
Little Hercules
Marduk
2009
WWE Hell in a Cell 2009
Big Show
2009
WWE Breaking Point 2009
Big Show
2009
WWE SummerSlam 2009
Big Show
2009
WWE Night of Champions 2009
Big Show
2009
WWE Extreme Rules 2009
Big Show
2009
Royal Pains
Donald Green / The Garbage Collector (as The Big Show) · (1 episode)
2009
WWE Judgment Day 2009
Big Show
2009
WWE Backlash 2009
Big Show (Appearance)
2009
WWE Superstars
(90 episodes)
2009
WWE WrestleMania XXV
Big Show
2009
WWE No Way Out 2009
Big Show
2009
WWE Royal Rumble 2009
The Big Show
2009
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2008
Big Show
2008
WWE Survivor Series 2008
Big Show
2008
WWE: Hell in a Cell - The Greatest Hell in a Cell Matches of All Time
Big Show
2008
WWE Cyber Sunday 2008
Big Show
2008
WWE No Mercy 2008
Big Show
2008
WWE Unforgiven 2008
Big Show (Appearance)
2008
WWE Night of Champions 2008
Big Show
2008
WWE One Night Stand 2008
Big Show
2008
WWE: The Rock: The Most Electrifying Man in Sports Entertainment
Big Show
2008
WWE Backlash 2008
Big Show
2008
WWE WrestleMania XXIV
Big Show
2008
The Undertaker: 15-0
2008
WWE No Way Out 2008
Big Show (Appearance)
2008
Burn Notice
Griffin Black · (1 episode)
2007
WWE: The New & Improved DX
Big Show
2007
ECW December to Dismember
Big Show
2006
WWE Survivor Series 2006
Big Show
2006
WWE Cyber Sunday 2006
Big Show
2006
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
The Giant
2006
WWE Unforgiven 2006
Big Show
2006
WWE SummerSlam 2006
Big Show
2006
WWE The Great American Bash 2006
Big Show
2006
Psych
Big Ed Dixon · (1 episode)
2006
WWE ECW
The Big Show · (5 episodes)
2006
ECW One Night Stand 2006
Big Show (Appearance)
2006
WWE vs. ECW: Head to Head
Big Show
2006
WWE Backlash 2006
Big Show
2006
WWE WrestleMania 22
Big Show
2006
WWE Royal Rumble 2006
Big Show
2006
WWE New Year's Revolution 2006
Big Show
2006
WWE Armageddon 2005
Big Show
2005
WWE Survivor Series 2005
Big Show
2005
WWE Taboo Tuesday 2005
Big Show
2005
WWE Unforgiven 2005
Big Show
2005
WWE Judgment Day 2005
Big Show
2005
WWE WrestleMania 21
Big Show
2005
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2005
Big Show
2005
WWE No Way Out 2005
Big Show
2005
WWE Royal Rumble 2005
Big Show
2005
WWE Armageddon 2004
Big Show
2004
WWE Survivor Series 2004
Big Show
2004
WWE No Mercy 2004
Big Show
2004
WWE WrestleMania XX
The Big Show
2004
WWE No Way Out 2004
Big Show
2004
10 Things Every Guy Should Experience
Self · (1 episode)
2004
WWE Royal Rumble 2004
The Big Show
2004
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2003
Big Show
2003
WWE Survivor Series 2003
Big Show
2003
WWE No Mercy 2003
Big Show
2003
WWE: Brock Lesnar: Here Comes the Pain
Self
2003
WWE Vengeance 2003
Big Show
2003
WWE Judgment Day 2003
Big Show
2003
WWE Backlash 2003
Big Show
2003
WWE Wrestlemania XIX
The Big Show
2003
WWE No Way Out 2003
Big Show
2003
WWE Royal Rumble 2003
The Big Show
2003
WWE Armageddon 2002
The Big Show
2002
WWE Survivor Series 2002
The Big Show
2002
WWE Super Tuesday
The Big Show
2002
WWE No Mercy 2002
The Big Show
2002
WWE Vengeance 2002
The Big Show
2002
WWE King of the Ring 2002
Big Show (Appearance)
2002
WWE Judgment Day 2002
The Big Show
2002
WWE Insurrextion 2002
The Big Show
2002
WWE Royal Rumble 2002
The Big Show
2002
The Rock - Just Bring It!
The Big Show
2002
WWE Vengeance 2001
Big Show
2001
WWE Survivor Series 2001
The Big Show
2001
WWE Rebellion 2001
Big Show
2001
WWE No Mercy 2001
Big Show
2001
Star Trek: Enterprise
Orion Slaver · (1 episode)
2001
WWE Unforgiven 2001
Big Show
2001
One on One
Miles · (1 episode)
2001
WWE InVasion
Big Show
2001
WWE Tough Enough
The Big Show · (3 episodes)
2001
WWE Judgment Day 2001
The Big Show
2001
WWE Insurrextion 2001
Big Show
2001
WWE Backlash 2001
The Big Show
2001
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
Big Show
2001
WWE No Way Out 2001
Big Show
2001
OVW Christmas Chaos
The Big Show
2001
WWE Royal Rumble 2001
The Big Show
2001
WWE Judgment Day 2000
Big Show
2000
WWE Insurrextion 2000
The Big Show
2000
WWE Backlash 2000
Big Show
2000
WWE WrestleMania 2000
Big Show
2000
WWE No Way Out 2000
Big Show
2000
WWE Royal Rumble 2000
The Big Show
2000
WWE Armageddon 1999
Big Show
1999
WWE Survivor Series 1999
Big Show
1999
WWE Rebellion 1999
Big Show
1999
WWE Unforgiven 1999
Big Show
1999
WWF Jakked/Metal
(143 episodes)
1999
WWE SummerSlam 1999
Big Show
1999
Goldberg - Who's Next?
The Giant
1999
WWE Fully Loaded 1999
Big Show
1999
WWE King of the Ring 1999
Big Show
1999
WWE Over the Edge
Big Show
1999
WWE SmackDown
The Big Show · (209 episodes)
1999
WWE Backlash: In Your House
Big Show
1999
WWE WrestleMania XV
Big Show
1999
WWE St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House
The Big Show
1999
WCW Starrcade 1998
The Giant
1998
WCW World War 3 1998
The Giant
1998
The Waterboy
Captain Insano
1998
WCW Halloween Havoc 1998
The Giant
1998
WCW Road Wild 1998
The Giant
1998
WCW Bash at the Beach '98
The Giant
1998
WCW The Great American Bash 1998
The Giant
1998
WCW Slamboree 1998
The Giant
1998
WCW Spring Stampede 1998
The Giant
1998
WCW Uncensored 1998
The Giant
1998
McCinsey's Island
Little Snowflake
1998
WCW Souled Out 1998
The Giant
1998
WCW Thunder
The Giant · (2 episodes)
1998
WCW Starrcade 1997
The Giant
1997
WCW World War 3 1997
The Giant
1997
WCW Fall Brawl 1997
The Giant
1997
WCW Road Wild 1997
The Giant
1997
WCW Bash at The Beach 1997
The Giant
1997
WCW Spring Stampede 1997
The Giant
1997
WCW Uncensored 1997
The Giant
1997
WCW SuperBrawl VII
The Giant
1997
nWo Souled Out 1997
The Giant
1997
WCW Starrcade 1996
The Giant
1996
WCW World War 3 1996
The Giant
1996
Jingle All the Way
Huge Santa
1996
WCW Halloween Havoc 1996
The Giant
1996
WCW Fall Brawl 1996
The Giant
1996
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXIII
The Giant
1996
WCW Hog Wild 1996
The Giant
1996
Reggie's Prayer
Mr. Portola
1996
WCW Bash at the Beach 1996
The Giant
1996
WCW The Great American Bash 1996
The Giant
1996
World Wrestling Peace Festival
1996
WCW Slamboree 1996
The Giant
1996
WCW Uncensored 1996
The Giant
1996
WCW SuperBrawl VI
The Giant
1996
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXII
The Giant
1996
WCW World War 3 1995
The Giant
1995
WCW Halloween Havoc 1995
The Giant
1995
MADtv
Self · (1 episode)
1995
WCW Fall Brawl 1995
The Giant (Appearance)
1995
WCW Monday Nitro
(210 episodes)
1995
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · (3 episodes)
1993
Raw
Big Show · (52 episodes)
1993
Raw
Paul Wight · (6 episodes)
1993
Raw
The Big Show · (54 episodes)
1993
Saturday Night's Main Event
(1 episode)
1985
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited) · (1 episode)
1975