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10 actors you didn't know were wrestlers: photos
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Before playing Bane in "Batman & Robin," Jeep Swenson competed in both World Class Championship Wrestling and WCW.
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, I% B' C7 |$ l: k8 r& {Tyler Mane arrived in WCW in 1989 as Nitron.
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In the early '90s, Mane became Vinnie Vegas's associate, Big Sky." r* a% u/ B$ E( R1 C9 E7 o
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7 J6 ^( O+ U8 yMane really turned heads with his turns as Sabretooth in “X-Men” and as the new Michael Myers in the “Halloween” remake and its subsequent sequel.
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) g$ {! a* D+ A3 }: uWoody Strode was a barrier-breaking African-American wrestler who was one of the first black players in the NFL. He also had memorable roles in films like "Spartacus" and "The Ten Commandments."! T- R( j1 z+ T: ~
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Lenny "The Bull" Montana is well-known as Luca Brasi from "The Godfather," but he was also an accomplished pro wrestler.
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7 O2 s, y) [8 Q* ?" A& e* x nTor Johnson, also known as The Super Swedish Angel, became a B-movie icon and starred in flicks like "Plan 9 from Outer Space."
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) Q- f; o8 z9 V8 ODoes the face of wrestler Tosh Togo ring any bells?% z4 l' |: y9 l1 r5 n
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2 K- [, e0 [6 \$ }; E4 SYou might recognize him as Harold Sakata, the man who played hat-tossing Bond henchman Oddjob in "Goldfinger."8 `" c% m) J! f y2 n* s$ K+ H
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( l& l" p, r" h3 O: oMilton Reid, who wrestled as Mighty Chang, was nearly cast as Oddjob. He had a long acting career in movies like "Swiss Family Robinson," "The Return of the Pink Panther" and Bond flicks "Dr. No" and "The Spy Who Loved Me."
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- H' }. |: W9 X4 F$ o( JAny longtime wrestling fan that gets a kick out of squared circle camp loves the 1989 cult classic “No Holds Barred” starring Hulk Hogan and Tom "Tiny" Lister as Zeus.# a ?+ B0 J6 I" J' f
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* b$ K2 g$ N; S5 Y" pLister also acted in movies like "The Fifth Element," "Jackie Brown" and "Friday."% G: |8 u* o" ]+ U, V/ h6 C0 h
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0 h; d4 X U( ZThat year, Lister joined WWE as the same Human Wrecking Machine he played in the motion picture.
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+ B W1 U( C- \ d. ZZeus wrestled at SummerSlam and Survivor Series, landed in the PWI 500 and later appeared in WCW.7 ^# U& w5 s5 t* ]7 b; r8 L
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Alex Karras, who you might know as Mongo from "Blazing Saddles," was also a football player for the Detroit Lions and battled Dick the Bruiser in the ring.. ]1 C0 s1 j. A, \/ {7 z
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& G& C$ K; v- pKarras' big role was as sitcom dad George Papadopolis in "Webster."
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$ [. m# h; e$ b: wRobert Maillet made a name for himself in WWE during The Attitude Era as The Interrogator — a member of The Jackyl’s Truth Commission.
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1 d$ J D; f" nLater Maillet joined the enormously popular Oddities faction and the behemoth was reborn as Kurrgan, complete with awkward dancing and tie-dye.# X) p: S r& B9 \5 F% a
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Maillet first made waves in Hollywood as the bloodthirsty Uber Immortal in Frank Miller’s epic “300,” for which he won Best Fight at the MTV Movie Awards.
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The former Oddity nailed the role of Russian Jaeger pilot Aleksis Kaidanovsky in Guillermo del Toro’s adrenaline-pumping “Pacific Rim.”
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