Bill Goldberg

William Scott "Bill" Goldberg (born December 27, 1966 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American professional wrestler, actor and former American football defensive tackle. who is best known for wrestling with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Goldberg also played professional football with the Los Angeles Rams and the Atlanta Falcons. He is a four-time world champion, winning both the WCW and WWE World Heavyweight Championships once and the WWE Universal Championship two times. He was introduced into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2018.

 Filmography 
+Film Year Title Role1999  The Jesse Ventura Story  LugerUniversal Soldier: The Return  Romeo2000  Ready to Rumble  Himself2003  Looney Tunes: Back in Action  Mr. Smith 2005  The Longest Yard  Joey "Battle" BattaglioThe Kid & I  HimselfSanta's Slay  Santa Claus2007  Half Past Dead 2  William Burke2010  Kill Speed  Big Bad JohnHolly, Jingles and Clyde 3D  Gus2015  Wrestling Isn't Wrestling  Himself2016  Nine Legends  Himself2017  Check Point  T.J.American Satan  Hawk2018  Con Man  Sax

+Television Year Title Role Notes 1998  The Love Boat: The Next Wave  Lou "The Pariah" Maguire  Episode: "Captain Courageous" 1999  Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends  Himself  Episode: "Wrestling" 1999  E! True Hollywood Story  Himself  Episode: "Hulk Hogan"  2000  The Man Show  Himself  Episode: "Holiday Show 2" 2002  Yes, Dear  Big Guy  Episode: "Walk Like a Man" 2002  Family Guy  Angry bus passenger  Episode: "Family Guy Viewer Mail 1" 2002  Arliss  Himself  Episode: "In with the New" 2002  Kim Possible  Pain King  Episode: "Pain King vs. Cleopatra" 2003  Punk'd  Himself  Episode: "Beyonce and Lindsay Lohan" 2004  Monster Garage  Santa Claus  Episode: "Box-Truck Wrestling Ring" 2005  Modern Marvels  Himself  Episode: "Private Collections" 2005  Desperate Housewives  Inmate  Episode: "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" 2005  Biker Build-Off  Host  2005  Automaniac  Host  2005  The Contender  Himself  Episode: "Who's Playing The Game?" 2006  Pros vs. Joes  Himself  Episodes: "Can You PVJ Champ?" and "Can You Cover Jerry Rice?" 2007  Law & Order: Special Victims Unit  Cupid  Episode: "Loophole" 2007–2010  Bullrun  Host  2008  Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling  Himself  Episode: "In-Ring Psychology"   Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?  Himself / Contestant  Ep. 3.15 2009–2011  Garage Mahal  Host  with Brian Corsetti 2010  The Celebrity Apprentice  Himself / Contestant  2017, 2019  The Goldbergs  Nick Mellor  8 episodes  2018  The Grand Tour  Himself  Celebrity guest 2018  The Flash  Big Sir  2 episodes 2018–2022  NCIS: Los Angeles  Lance Hamilton  4 episodes 2018–2019  Forged in Fire: Knife or Death  Host  22 episodes 2019  Schooled  Nick Mellor  Episode: "Friendsgiving"

 Championships and accomplishments 
 Pro Wrestling Illustrated
 Comeback of the Year (2016)
 Inspirational Wrestler of the Year (1998)
 Rookie of the Year (1998)
 Ranked No. 2 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1998
 Ranked No. 9 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the PWI Years in 1999
 Ranked No. 39 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the PWI Years in 2003
 Rolling Stone
 Ranked No. 5 of the 10 best WWE wrestlers of 2016
World Championship Wrestling
 WCW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
 WCW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Bret Hart
 Fifth WCW Triple Crown Champion
 Wrestling Observer Newsletter
 Rookie of the Year (1998)
WWE/World Wrestling Entertainment
 World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
WWE Universal Championship (2 times)
WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2018)

References

Other websites
Official website 
WWE profile

Category:1966 births
Category:Living people
Category:American professional wrestlers
Category:Atlanta Falcons players
Category:Former WWE wrestlers
Category:Jewish American sportspeople
Category:Sportspeople from Tulsa, Oklahoma
Category:WWE Hall of Fame