# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/andre-the-giant
# Generated: 2026-08-31T14:39:20.964Z

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name: "André the Giant"
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description: "He was seven-foot-four and over five hundred pounds, billed as the Eighth Wonder of the World — a size born from gigantism that made him both spectacle and anomaly. In an industry built on larger-than-life characters, André Roussimoff didn't need a gimmick; his body was the draw."
tagline: "French professional wrestler and actor (1946–1993)"
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birthDate: "1946-05-19"
deathDate: "1993-01-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born André René Roussimoff in France on 19 May 1946, he began wrestling in 1966 and moved to North America in 1971, where excess growth hormone had already made him a medical rarity. From 1973 through the mid-1980s he toured as a roving attraction for the WWWF, wrestling across the U.S. and Japan, never staying long enough to wear out the novelty. The 1980s boom locked him into the World Wrestling Federation: he turned heel under Bobby Heenan, feuded with Hulk Hogan, and headlined WrestleMania III in 1987 before a record crowd. In 1988 he beat Hogan on the first episode of The Main Event to win the WWF World Heavyweight Championship — his only major world title. After WrestleMania VI in 1990 his American run faded and he moved to All Japan Pro-Wrestling, working mostly with Giant Baba until his death on 28 January 1993. He also played Fezzik in The Princess Bride that same WrestleMania year, the role that carried him past the ring.