Steve Austin

Acting

Born Dec 18, 1964

From Victoria, Texas, USA

Steven James Anderson, formerly Steven James Williams, better known by his ring name "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, is an American film and television actor and retired professional wrestler currently signed to WWE. Austin wrestled for several well-known wrestling promotions such as World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and most famously, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), which later became World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 2002. Billed as "The Most Popular Superstar in WWE History", he gained significant mainstream popularity in the WWF during the mid-to-late 1990s as "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, a disrespectful, beer-drinking antihero who routinely defied his boss, Vince McMahon. This defiance was often shown by Austin flipping off McMahon and incapacitating him with the Stone Cold Stunner, his finishing move. McMahon inducted Austin into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2009. Austin held nineteen championships throughout his professional wrestling career, and is recognized by WWE as a six-time world champion, having held the WWF Championship on six occasions, and the fifth Triple Crown Champion. He was also the winner of the 1996 King of the Ring tournament, as well as the 1997, 1998 and 2001 Royal Rumbles. He was forced to retire from in ring competition in early 2003 due to a series of knee and neck injuries sustained throughout his career. Throughout the rest of 2003 and 2004, he was featured as the Co-General Manager and "Sheriff" of Raw. Since 2005, he has continued to make occasional appearances. In 2011, Steve Austin returned to WWE to host the reality series Tough Enough. On August 14, 2002, Austin was arrested and charged with domestic abuse. He pleaded no contest on November 25, 2002, and was given a year's probation, a $1,000 fine, and ordered to carry out 80 hours of community service.] Marshall told Fox News that Austin beat her three times and that the 2002 incident was the result of roid rage. She also stated that WWE knew of the abuse, working to conceal the bruises on her face, and kept her from revealing that Austin hit her, as it would cost the company millions of dollars. During his early years as a wrestler, Austin was a technical wrestler. However, after his neck injury against Owen Hart in 1997, he changed his style from technical to brawler. His most famous finishing move is the Stone Cold Stunner, or simply Stunner. During his time as The Ringmaster he used the Million Dollar Dream as finisher, since it was Ted DiBiase's finisher. During his time in WCW, Austin used the Stun Gun as finisher One of Austin's taunts during the Attitude Era was to show the middle finger. In August 2001, Austin cut a promo, debuting his catchphrase "What?", which is used today by fans when they want to mock wrestlers during promos

Steve Austin

Known For

The Expendables

Grown Ups 2

The Longest Yard

WWF: It's Our Time

The Condemned

WWE WrestleMania 23

Hunt to Kill

Damage

WWE WrestleMania XX

WWE In Your House 8: Beware of Dog

Filmography — Acting

The Expendables

Grown Ups 2

The Longest Yard

WWF: It's Our Time

The Condemned

WWE WrestleMania 23

Hunt to Kill

Damage

WWE WrestleMania XX

WWE In Your House 8: Beware of Dog

Recoil

Maximum Conviction

Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'

The Package

WWE Unforgiven 2001

WWE WrestleMania 21

WWE Wrestlemania X8

The Stranger

WWE WrestleMania XV

WWE WrestleMania X-Seven

Tactical Force

Smosh: The Movie

WWE WrestleMania XXX

WWE Royal Rumble 2004

Beyond the Mat

WWE King of the Ring 1998

WWE WrestleMania 32

WWE WrestleMania XXVII

Knockout

WWE Royal Rumble 2013

Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows

WWE Survivor Series 2001

WWE Survivor Series 1999

Chain of Command

WWE Tribute to the Troops 2014

Tales of the Rat Fink

WWE Survivor Series 1996

The Resurrection of Jake The Snake

WWE WrestleMania XIV

WWE Royal Rumble 1998

WrestleMania 41: Sunday

WWE Royal Rumble 1999

WWE Royal Rumble 1996

WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time

WWE SummerSlam 2007

WWE Backlash 2002

WWE Cyber Sunday 2007

WWE: Mick Foley's Greatest Hits & Misses - A Life in Wrestling

WWE No Way Out 2003

WWE Royal Rumble 2001

WWE: Best of the 2000's

WCW Halloween Havoc 1994

WWE Insurrextion 2002

WWE WrestleMania XII

The Epic Journey of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

WWE No Mercy 1999

WWE Backlash 2001

WWE Capital Carnage

Angle

WWE SummerSlam 1997

WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness

WWE: Monday Night War Vol. 1: Shots Fired

WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House

WWE Royal Rumble 2002

WWE: The History Of The WWE Championship

WWE: The Rise + Fall of ECW

WWE No Way Out 2002