Jesse Ventura

Acting · 1.4 popularity

Age

Movies

Born: July 15, 1951
From: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Biography

Jesse "The Body" Ventura (born James George Janos) is an American politician, actor, and retired professional wrestler. After achieving fame in WWE, he served as the 38th governor of Minnesota from 1999 to 2003. He was elected governor with the Reform Party and is the party's only candidate to win a major government office. Ventura was a member of the United States Navy Underwater Demolition Team during the Vietnam War. After leaving the military, he embarked on a professional wrestling career as a heel from 1975 to 1986, taking the ring name "Jesse 'the Body' Ventura." He had a lengthy tenure in WWE as a performer and color commentator and was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2004. In addition to wrestling, Ventura pursued an acting career, appearing in films such as Predator and The Running Man. Ventura entered politics in 1991 when he was elected mayor of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, a position he held until 1995. He was the Reform Party candidate in the 1998 Minnesota gubernatorial election, running a low-budget campaign centered on grassroots events and unusual advertising that urged citizens not to "vote for politics as usual". In a major upset, Ventura defeated both the Democratic and Republican nominees. Amid internal fights for control over the party, Ventura left the Reform Party a year after taking office and served the remainder of his term as a member of the Independence Party of Minnesota. Since holding public office, Ventura has referred to himself as a "statesman" instead of a politician. As governor, Ventura oversaw reforms of Minnesota's property tax as well as the state's first sales tax rebate. Other initiatives he took included construction of the METRO Blue Line light rail in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area and income tax cuts. Ventura did not run for reelection. After leaving office in 2003, he became a visiting fellow at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. He has since hosted a number of political television shows on RT America and Ora TV, and written several books. Ventura has been a prominent figure in third-party politics, having repeatedly floated the idea of running for President of the United States as an independent candidate. In late April 2020, Ventura endorsed the Green Party in the 2020 presidential election and showed interest in running for its nomination. He officially joined the Green Party of Minnesota on May 2. On May 7, he confirmed he would not run. The Alaskan division of the Green Party nominated Ventura without his involvement, causing the national party to disown it for abandoning its nominee, Howie Hawkins. Early life

Works

87 films

Predator

19877.6

Batman & Robin

19974.4

Demolition Man

19936.8

The Running Man

19876.5

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

19887.3

Ricochet

19916.1

Stuck on You

20035.4

Joe Somebody

20015.7

Repossessed

19905.3

The Master of Disguise

20024.0

Major League II

19945.7

Andre the Giant

20187.3

WWE SuperTape: Volume 1

1990

WWE SummerSlam 1999

19997.4

Beyond the Mat

19997.3

Macho Madness

1988

The Drunk

20143.7

The Making of Trump

20154.4

No Holds Barred

19894.7

Jake "The Snake" Roberts

1987

Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe

19903.5

WWE Royal Rumble 1988

19886.6

9/11 Truth: Hollywood Speaks Up

20115.8

WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology

20067.9

Women of the WWF

1988

Woodshop

20103.3

WWE Grudge Match

1986

WrestleMania II

19866.4

AWA Christmas Night 1983

1983

The Ultimate Warrior

1989

Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVII

20247.0

WWE SummerSlam 1989

19896.7

Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps, & Bodyslams

198510.0

WWF Summer Flashback!

199710.0

Villains of the Squared Circle

1986

This Was the XFL

20177.0

Predator: Old Painless

2001

Hulk Hogan: Real American

19894.5

WWF: It's Our Time

1999

WWE: The Spectacular Legacy of the AWA

20068.6

Tagteam

19916.6

WCW SuperBrawl III

1993

WWE SummerSlam 1988

19887.3

Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports

1987

WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event

20097.5

The Life and Times of Captain Lou Albano

198610.0

Savage

1977

If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator'

20007.5

Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments

198710.0

The Best of the WWF: volume 19

1989

Hulkamania 4

19899.0

Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports

1985

The Best of the WWF: volume 20

1989

Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun

19935.0

The Obama Deception

20096.1

Best of the WWF Volume 1

1985

Tag Team Champions

1986

Most Unusual Matches

19859.0

Biography: Wrestlemania I

20226.0

Hulkamania 3

1988

WCW Beach Blast

19928.0

Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest!

19856.0

WCW Clash of the Champions XXV

1993

The Best of the WWF: volume 14

1987

The Brains Behind the Brawn

1989

Thunderground

19894.3

The Best of the WWF: volume 13

1987

WWE Hall of Fame 2004

20048.3

Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat

198610.0

Wrestling Superheroes

1990

AWA Super Sunday

19837.5

WWF Hulkamania 2

1987

Trump: Anatomy of a Man

2018

AWA Christmas Show 1983

1983

The Best of the WWF: volume 5

1986

The British Bulldogs

19864.0

Demolition: Witness the Power

1989

Wrestling Tough Guys

1990

Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino

1986

The WWF's Amazing Managers

1985

The Claw

202110.0

The Best of the WWF: volume 9

1986

The Ken Patera Story

1987

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '85

1985

Jesse Ventura Shocks the World

2024

Hulkamania 6

199110.0

WWE Hall of Fame: Jesse Ventura

201210.0