André René Roussimoff, besser bekannt als André the Giant, wurde am 19. Mai 1946 in Coulommiers, Frankreich, geboren und verstarb am 28. Januar 1993 in Paris. Er war ein französischer Profi-Wrestler und Schauspieler, der aufgrund seiner enormen Größe und seines massiven Körperbaus als das „Achte Weltwunder“ bezeichnet wurde.
Seine Karriere begann 1966, und er wurde schnell zu einer internationalen Wrestling-Ikone. Besonders bekannt wurde er durch seine Auftritte in der World Wrestling Federation (WWF), wo er unter anderem gegen Hulk Hogan kämpfte und 1988 die WWF Championship gewann.
Neben seiner Wrestling-Karriere war André auch als Schauspieler tätig und spielte unter anderem die Rolle des Fezzik im Film „Die Braut des Prinzen“ (1987). Trotz seiner gesundheitlichen Probleme blieb er bis zu seinem Tod eine bedeutende Figur im Wrestling und in der Popkultur.
Filmografie
Filme
2021 – The Claw
2020 – You Cannot Kill David Arquette
2018 – Randy Savage Unreleased: The Unseen Matches of The Macho Man
2018 – Andre the Giant
2017 – WWE Unreleased: 1986-1995
2014 – WWE Tribute to the Troops 2014
2014 – WWE: True Giants
2014 – Warrior's Greatest Matches
2014 – WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
2013 – The History of WWE: 50 Years of Sports Entertainment
2013 – Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
2013 – WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden
2013 – WWE: The Top 25 Rivalries in Wrestling History
2013 – Bret Hart: The Dungeon Collection
2011 – The Real Rocky
2010 – WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
2010 – WWE: Legends of Wrestling - Andre the Giant and Iron Sheik
2009 – WWE: Hulk Hogan's Unreleased Collector's Series
2009 – Macho Madness - The Randy Savage Ultimate Collection
2009 – WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
2008 – Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II
2007 – Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1
2006 – Born to Controversy: The Roddy Piper Story
2006 – WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
2006 – WWE: The History Of The WWE Championship
2005 – The Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '80s
2005 – WWE: Wrestlemania Recall
2005 – WWE: Andre The Giant
2003 – Giants: Friends or Foe
2002 – Hollywood Hulk Hogan: Hulk Still Rules
2001 – As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'
1999 – Andre the Giant: Larger than Life
1998 – WWF: Best of Wrestlemania I-XIV
1997 – WWF Summer Flashback!
1994 – The Life And Times of Paul Boesch
1994 – Mommy Market - Auf der Suche nach der Traummutter
1994 – The History Of WrestleMania
1993 – Best of The British Bulldog
1992 – AJPW October Giant Series 1992 - Day 17
1992 – WCW Clash of The Champions XX: 20th Anniversary
1992 – WWE World Tour 1992
1992 – WWF: Best of Hulkamania
1992 – WWE March to WrestleMania VIII
1992 – WrestleMania: The Greatest Hits
1991 – WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall
1991 – WWE SummerSlam 1991
1991 – WWE World Tour 1991
1991 – Wrestling's Greatest Champions
1991 – WWE U.K. Rampage 1991
1991 – WWE WrestleMania VII
1991 – WWE Superstars & Stripes Forever: The March to WrestleMania VII
1990 – The Ultimate Warrior
1990 – WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit
1990 – WWE WrestleMania VI
1990 – WWE The Ultimate Challenge Special: The March to WrestleMania VI
1990 – WWE Royal Rumble 1990
1989 – WWE Survivor Series 1989
1989 – Hulkamania 4
1989 – WWE SummerSlam 1989
1989 – Fan Favorites
1989 – The Best of the WWF: volume 20
1989 – The Best of the WWF: volume 19
1989 – More Saturday Night's Main Event
1989 – WWE WrestleMania V
1989 – WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: January '89
1989 – WWE Royal Rumble 1989
1989 – Hulk Hogan: Real American
1988 – WWE Survivor Series 1988
1988 – The Best of the WWF: volume 17
1988 – Macho Madness
1988 – WWE U.K. Rampage 1988
1988 – WWE SummerSlam 1988
1988 – Hulkamania 3
1988 – WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: August '88
1988 – WWE WrestleFest
1988 – The Best of the WWF: volume 16 Around the World
1988 – WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: July '88
1988 – WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '88
1988 – WWE WrestleMania IV
1988 – WWF The Main Event
1988 – WWE Royal Rumble 1988
1987 – The Best of the WWF: volume 14
1987 – Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments
1987 – WWE Survivor Series 1987
1987 – Die Braut des Prinzen
1987 – The Best of the WWF: volume 12
1987 – Hulkamania 2
1987 – WWE WrestleMania III
1987 – WWF 20-Man Battle Royal 1987
1987 – The Best of the WWF: volume 10
1986 – Inside the Steel Cage
1986 – The Best of the WWF: volume 9
1986 – WWE The Big Event
1986 – Villains of the Squared Circle
1986 – WrestleMania II
1986 – WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: March '86
1986 – The Life and Times of Captain Lou Albano
1986 – The Best of the WWF: volume 5
1985 – The WWF's Amazing Managers
1985 – WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '85
1985 – Rowdy Roddy Piper's Greatest Hits
1985 – The Best of the WWF: volume 4
1985 – Andre the Giant
1985 – I Like To Hurt People
1985 – WrestleMania
1985 – Best of the WWF Volume 1
1985 – Best of the WWF Volume 2
1985 – Best of the WWF Volume 3
1985 – Most Unusual Matches
1985 – The Hulkster Hulk Hogan
1985 – Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest!
1985 – Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps, & Bodyslams
1984 – Micki & Maude
1984 – WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '84
1984 – WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: October '84
1984 – WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84
1984 – WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: July '84
1984 – Conan der Zerstörer
1983 – WWE at Madison Square Garden: October 17, 1983
1982 – WCCW Fritz Von Erich Retirement Show
1980 – WWE Showdown at Shea '80
1980 – NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa
1973 – The Wrestling Queen
1967 – Die 7 Masken des Judoka Serien
2024 – Mr. McMahon
2022 – WWE Rivals
2021 – Biography: WWE Legends
2021 – WWE-Schatzjäger
2020 – The Best of WWE
1988 – Clash of the Champions
1986 – WWF Superstars
1986 – WWF Wrestling Challenge
1985 – WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
1984 – Tuesday Night Titans
1982 – World Class Championship Wrestling
1981 – Mid-South Wrestling
1980 – WWF Championship Wrestling
1975 – WWF All-Star Wrestling
1974 – Der sechs Millionen Dollar Mann
1973 – WWE Old School
Filme
2021 – The Claw
2020 – You Cannot Kill David Arquette
2018 – Randy Savage Unreleased: The Unseen Matches of The Macho Man
2018 – Andre the Giant
2017 – WWE Unreleased: 1986-1995
2014 – WWE Tribute to the Troops 2014
2014 – WWE: True Giants
2014 – Warrior's Greatest Matches
2014 – WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
2013 – The History of WWE: 50 Years of Sports Entertainment
2013 – Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
2013 – WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden
2013 – WWE: The Top 25 Rivalries in Wrestling History
2013 – Bret Hart: The Dungeon Collection
2011 – The Real Rocky
2010 – WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
2010 – WWE: Legends of Wrestling - Andre the Giant and Iron Sheik
2009 – WWE: Hulk Hogan's Unreleased Collector's Series
2009 – Macho Madness - The Randy Savage Ultimate Collection
2009 – WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
2008 – Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II
2007 – Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1
2006 – Born to Controversy: The Roddy Piper Story
2006 – WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
2006 – WWE: The History Of The WWE Championship
2005 – The Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '80s
2005 – WWE: Wrestlemania Recall
2005 – WWE: Andre The Giant
2003 – Giants: Friends or Foe
2002 – Hollywood Hulk Hogan: Hulk Still Rules
2001 – As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'
1999 – Andre the Giant: Larger than Life
1998 – WWF: Best of Wrestlemania I-XIV
1997 – WWF Summer Flashback!
1994 – The Life And Times of Paul Boesch
1994 – Mommy Market - Auf der Suche nach der Traummutter
1994 – The History Of WrestleMania
1993 – Best of The British Bulldog
1992 – AJPW October Giant Series 1992 - Day 17
1992 – WCW Clash of The Champions XX: 20th Anniversary
1992 – WWE World Tour 1992
1992 – WWF: Best of Hulkamania
1992 – WWE March to WrestleMania VIII
1992 – WrestleMania: The Greatest Hits
1991 – WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall
1991 – WWE SummerSlam 1991
1991 – WWE World Tour 1991
1991 – Wrestling's Greatest Champions
1991 – WWE U.K. Rampage 1991
1991 – WWE WrestleMania VII
1991 – WWE Superstars & Stripes Forever: The March to WrestleMania VII
1990 – The Ultimate Warrior
1990 – WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit
1990 – WWE WrestleMania VI
1990 – WWE The Ultimate Challenge Special: The March to WrestleMania VI
1990 – WWE Royal Rumble 1990
1989 – WWE Survivor Series 1989
1989 – Hulkamania 4
1989 – WWE SummerSlam 1989
1989 – Fan Favorites
1989 – The Best of the WWF: volume 20
1989 – The Best of the WWF: volume 19
1989 – More Saturday Night's Main Event
1989 – WWE WrestleMania V
1989 – WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: January '89
1989 – WWE Royal Rumble 1989
1989 – Hulk Hogan: Real American
1988 – WWE Survivor Series 1988
1988 – The Best of the WWF: volume 17
1988 – Macho Madness
1988 – WWE U.K. Rampage 1988
1988 – WWE SummerSlam 1988
1988 – Hulkamania 3
1988 – WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: August '88
1988 – WWE WrestleFest
1988 – The Best of the WWF: volume 16 Around the World
1988 – WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: July '88
1988 – WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '88
1988 – WWE WrestleMania IV
1988 – WWF The Main Event
1988 – WWE Royal Rumble 1988
1987 – The Best of the WWF: volume 14
1987 – Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments
1987 – WWE Survivor Series 1987
1987 – Die Braut des Prinzen
1987 – The Best of the WWF: volume 12
1987 – Hulkamania 2
1987 – WWE WrestleMania III
1987 – WWF 20-Man Battle Royal 1987
1987 – The Best of the WWF: volume 10
1986 – Inside the Steel Cage
1986 – The Best of the WWF: volume 9
1986 – WWE The Big Event
1986 – Villains of the Squared Circle
1986 – WrestleMania II
1986 – WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: March '86
1986 – The Life and Times of Captain Lou Albano
1986 – The Best of the WWF: volume 5
1985 – The WWF's Amazing Managers
1985 – WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '85
1985 – Rowdy Roddy Piper's Greatest Hits
1985 – The Best of the WWF: volume 4
1985 – Andre the Giant
1985 – I Like To Hurt People
1985 – WrestleMania
1985 – Best of the WWF Volume 1
1985 – Best of the WWF Volume 2
1985 – Best of the WWF Volume 3
1985 – Most Unusual Matches
1985 – The Hulkster Hulk Hogan
1985 – Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest!
1985 – Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps, & Bodyslams
1984 – Micki & Maude
1984 – WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '84
1984 – WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: October '84
1984 – WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84
1984 – WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: July '84
1984 – Conan der Zerstörer
1983 – WWE at Madison Square Garden: October 17, 1983
1982 – WCCW Fritz Von Erich Retirement Show
1980 – WWE Showdown at Shea '80
1980 – NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa
1973 – The Wrestling Queen
1967 – Die 7 Masken des Judoka Serien
2024 – Mr. McMahon
2022 – WWE Rivals
2021 – Biography: WWE Legends
2021 – WWE-Schatzjäger
2020 – The Best of WWE
1988 – Clash of the Champions
1986 – WWF Superstars
1986 – WWF Wrestling Challenge
1985 – WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
1984 – Tuesday Night Titans
1982 – World Class Championship Wrestling
1981 – Mid-South Wrestling
1980 – WWF Championship Wrestling
1975 – WWF All-Star Wrestling
1974 – Der sechs Millionen Dollar Mann
1973 – WWE Old School