Jesse Ventura
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
121
Gender
Male
Birthday
1951-07-15 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Jesse Ventura
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
Known For
The X-Files
Raw
Raw
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Real Time with Bill Maher
The Colbert Report
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Predator
Renegade
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Hunter
Hunter
Chelsea
Ricochet
The Claw
Batman & Robin
Arli$$
Joe Somebody
Thunderground
Saturday Night's Main Event
Saturday Night's Main Event
Saturday Night's Main Event
Saturday Night's Main Event
Tagteam
Demolition Man
WWF Wrestling Challenge
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
The Running Man
Savage
Woodshop
Repossessed
WWE Old School
WWE Old School
Mr. McMahon
Andre the Giant
Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps, & Bodyslams
Macho Madness
Minnesota Experience
The Drunk
This Was the XFL
WWE SuperTape: Volume 1
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
The Ultimate Warrior
WWE Grudge Match
Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura
Tag Team Champions
Major League II
The Master of Disguise
WWF All-Star Wrestling
WWF All-Star Wrestling
9/11 Truth: Hollywood Speaks Up
Stuck on You
Clash of the Champions
The Obama Deception
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
E! True Hollywood Story
Tuesday Night Titans
Tuesday Night Titans
Tuesday Night Titans
Most Unusual Matches
10 Things Every Guy Should Experience
Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVII
AWA Super Sunday
AWA Arena Shows
WrestleMania 2 (Duplicated)
Hulk Hogan: Real American
No Holds Barred
The Making of Trump
WrestleMania II
Beyond the Mat
WWE Royal Rumble 1988
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe
WWF Hulkamania 2
WWE SummerSlam 1989
The Best of the WWF: volume 14
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
Villains of the Squared Circle
WWF Summer Flashback!
WCW SuperBrawl III
WWE SummerSlam 1999
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
WrestleMania III (Duplicated)
Demolition: Witness the Power
WrestleMania IV (Duplicated)
WWF: It's Our Time
WWE SummerSlam 1988
If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator'
Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest!
Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments
WWE Hall of Fame 2004
AWA Christmas Show 1983
WWE: The Spectacular Legacy of the AWA
The Best of the WWF: volume 13
The WWF's Amazing Managers
WCW Beach Blast
Hulkamania 4
The Best of the WWF: volume 5
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
Hulkamania 3
The Best of the WWF: volume 20
The Best of the WWF: volume 9
The Life and Times of Captain Lou Albano
WCW Clash of the Champions XXV
Trump: Anatomy of a Man
Jesse Ventura Shocks the World
Biography: Wrestlemania I
Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino
The Brains Behind the Brawn
Hulkamania 6
The Ken Patera Story
AWA Christmas Night 1983
Best of the WWF Volume 1
Wrestling Superheroes
The Best of the WWF: volume 19
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '85
Wrestling Tough Guys
Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat
The British Bulldogs
WWE Hall of Fame: Jesse Ventura
