Biography
An American politician, actor, author, naval veteran, and former professional wrestler who served as the 38th Governor of Minnesota from 1999 to 2003. Ventura served as a U.S. Navy Underwater Demolition Team member during the period of the Vietnam War. After leaving the military, he embarked on a professional wrestling career from 1975 to 1986, taking the ring name Jesse "The Body" Ventura. He had a long tenure in the World Wrestling Federation as a performer and color commentator, and was inducted into the Federation's Hall of Fame in 2004. Apart from wrestling, Ventura also pursued a film career, appearing in films such as Predator (1987). Ventura first entered politics as Mayor of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, from 1991 to 1995. Four years after his mayoral term ended, Ventura was the Reform Party candidate in the Minnesota gubernatorial election of 1998, running a low-budget campaign centered on grassroots events and unusual ads that urged citizens not to "vote for politics as usual". Ventura's campaign was successful, with him narrowly and unexpectedly defeating both the Democratic and Republican candidates. The highest elected official to ever win an election on a Reform Party ticket, Ventura left the Reform Party a year after taking office amid internal fights for control over the party. As governor, Ventura oversaw reforms of Minnesota's property tax as well as the state's first sales tax rebate. Other initiatives taken under Ventura included construction of the METRO Blue Line light rail in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, and cuts in income taxes. Ventura left office in 2003, deciding not to run for re-election. After leaving office, Ventura became a visiting fellow at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government in 2004. He has since also hosted a number of television shows and has written several political books. Ventura remains politically active and currently hosts a show on Ora TV called Off the Grid. He has publicly contemplated a run for President of the United States in 2016.
Filmography
all 72
Movies 54
self 30
TV Shows 18
Jesse Ventura Shocks the World (2024)
Biography: Wrestlemania I (2022)
JFK: The Ultimate Conspiracy (2020)
Andre the Giant (2018)
This Was the XFL (2017)
Chelsea (2016)
The Making of Trump (2015)
The Drunk (2014)
WWE Hall of Fame: Jesse Ventura (2012)
9/11 Truth: Hollywood Speaks Up (2011)
Piers Morgan Live (2011)
Woodshop (2010)
Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura (2009)
The Obama Deception (2009)
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event (2009)
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology (2006)
WWE: The Spectacular Legacy of the AWA (2006)
The Colbert Report (2005)
WWE Hall of Fame 2004 (2004)
10 Things Every Guy Should Experience (2004)
Stuck on You (2003)
Real Time with Bill Maher (2003)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
If It Bleeds We Can Kill it: The Making of 'Predator' (2002)
Beyond the Mat (1999)
WWE SummerSlam 1999 (1999)
Batman & Robin (1997)
E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
Arliss (1996)
Major League II (1994)
Demolition Man (1993)
The X-Files (1993)
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun (1993)
WWE Raw (1993)
Renegade (1992)
WCW Beach Blast (1992)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
Ricochet (1991)
Tagteam (1991)
Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe (1990)
Repossessed (1990)
Hulkamania 4 (1989)
Thunderground (1989)
WWE SummerSlam 1989 (1989)
The Best of the WWF: volume 19 (1989)
No Holds Barred (1989)
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
WWE SummerSlam 1988 (1988)
Hulkamania 3 (1988)
The Running Man (1987)
Predator (1987)
WWF Hulkamania 2 (1987)
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports (1987)
The Best of the WWF: volume 9 (1986)
WWF Superstars Of Wrestling (1986)
WWF Wrestling Challenge (1986)
Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino (1986)
WrestleMania II (1986)
Tag Team Champions (1986)
The Best of the WWF: volume 5 (1986)
Saturday Night's Main Event (1985)
WrestleMania (1985)
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports (1985)
Best of the WWF Volume 1 (1985)
WWF's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest (1985)
Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps and Bodyslams! (1985)
Hunter (1984)
AWA Christmas Show 1983 (1983)
AWA Christmas Night 1983 (1983)
AWA Super Sunday (1983)
Savage (1977)
Jesse Ventura's America
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1951-07-15 (72 years old)
Birth PlaceMinneapolis, United States of America
Religionatheism
Height1.79-meter
ChildrenTyrel Ventura
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesBaja California, Mexico
Also Known AsJames George Jano, The Body, Jesse "The Body" Ventura
AwardsEmperor Has No Clothes Award, WWE Hall of Fame
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