# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-wight
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:08:25.789Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-wight"
name: "Paul Wight"
slug: "paul-wight"
description: "Paul Donald Wight II is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under his real name. He is best known for his tenure with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) from 1995 to 1999 as (the) Giant and his tenure with the World Wrestling Federation/WWE from 1999 to 2021 under the ring name (the) Big Show."
tagline: "American professional wrestler and actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Big-Show-T4.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1972-02-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           59.13
  momentum:             0
  historical:           25.3892
  currentAttention:     3.48
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 250
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/PaulWight"
    handle:    "PaulWight"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/paulwight/"
    handle:    "paulwight"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/10858891900"
    handle:    "10858891900"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0927833/"
    handle:    "nm0927833"
sources:
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    title: "ಪೌಲ್ ವಿಟ್"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%BA_%D8%B4%D9%88"
    title: "بيغ شو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AC_%D8%B4%D9%88"
    title: "بيج شو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%82_%D8%B4%D9%88"
    title: "بیق شو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Wight"
    title: "Paul Wight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0"
    title: "Грамадата"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%97_%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8B"
    title: "বিগ শো"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "The Big Show"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%DA%AF_%D8%B4%DB%86%D9%88"
    title: "بیگ شۆو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Show"
    title: "Big Show"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Show"
    title: "Big Show"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Show"
    title: "Big Show"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Μπιγκ Σόου"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Show"
    title: "Big Show"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Show"
    title: "The Big Show"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بیگ شو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Show"
    title: "Big Show"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Show"
    title: "Big Show"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9C_%D7%95%D7%99%D7%99%D7%98_%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A8"
    title: "פול וייט ג'וניור"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%97_%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8B"
    title: "बिग शो"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Show"
    title: "Big Show"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Show"
    title: "Big Show"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D5%AB%D5%A3_%D5%87%D5%B8%D5%B8%D6%82"
    title: "Բիգ Շոու"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Show"
    title: "Big Show"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9D%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88"
    title: "ポール・ワイト"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44378"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/151042"
    title: "Paul Wight"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-category-fill