Jesse Ventura
Acting
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.
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Jesse Ventura
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Filmography of
Jesse Ventura
... 2024
Self (archival footage)
... 2022
Self (archive footage)
... 2018
Himself
... 2017
Self (archive footage)
... 2015
Governor Littleton
... 2014
Himself
... 2012
Himself
... 2011
Mr. Madson
... 2010
Self
... 2009
... 2009
Jesse Ventura
... 2006
... 2006
... 2004
Self (uncredited)
... 2003
Himself
... 1999
Referee
... 1999
Arkham Asylum Guard
... 1997
White Lightning
... 1994
CryoCon
... 1993
... 1993
Jesse "The Body" Ventura (Commentator)
... 1992
Chewalski
... 1991
Bobby Youngblood
... 1991
... 1990
Himself
... 1990
Jesse 'The Body' Ventura
... 1989
The Man
... 1989
Jesse Ventura
... 1989
Jesse "The Body" Ventura
... 1989
Himself - Commentator #1
... 1989
Baseball Announcer (uncredited)
... 1988
Jesse "The Body" Ventura (Referee)
... 1988
Jesse 'The Body' Ventura
... 1988
Captain Freedom
... 1987
Blain Cooper
... 1987
Jesse 'The Body' Ventura
... 1987
Jesse "The Body" Ventura
... 1987
Jesse "The Body" Ventura
... 1986
Jesse "The Body" Ventura (Commentator)
... 1986
Jesse Ventura
... 1986
Jesse "The Body" Ventura
... 1986
Jesse "The Body" Ventura
... 1985
Jesse "The Body" Ventura (archive footage)
... 1985
Jesse "The Body" Ventura
... 1985
Jesse Ventura
... 1985
Jesse "The Body" Ventura (Ringside)
... 1985
... 1983
Jesse "The Body" Ventura
... 1983
Jesse "The Body" Ventura
... 1983
himself
... 1977