Politician, US Navy Seal, Professional wrestler, WCW, WWF Color Commentator, Talk Show host, Author
Political party :
Reform Party 1999-2000, Independent 2000-present
Spouse :
Terry Ventura
Children :
Tyrel Ventura and Jade Ventura
Height :
6' 4" (1.93 m)
Jesse Ventura Trivia -
He did color commentary for the Minnesota Vikings radio network
He is former mayor of Brooklyn Park, MN. Elected Governor of the state of Minnesota on the Reform Party ticket for the 1999 to 2003 term.
He was a volunteer football coach at Park High School in Champlin, Minnesota.
He took the name "Ventura" from the California city of that name which, in turn, is named after San Buenaventura.
He announced, he will not run for re-election as governor of Minnesota, and will step down after current term (18 June 2002).
His last WWF appearance as a color commentator was WrestleMania VI (1990) (V).
He is Vietnam veteran.
He was WWE Hall of Famer.
He signed on to color commentate XFL games for the one season that it existed.
He wrote his autobiography a couple of years back when he was still governor of Minnesota. The title of his book was "I Ain't Got Time to Bleed", which was also one of his memorable lines in "Predator".
Prior to being elected governors, he and Arnold Schwarzenegger appeared together in three films: Predator (1987), The Running Man (1987), and Batman & Robin (1997).
He has acted in four movies together with Sven-Ole Thorsen "The Running Man" (1987), "Predator" (1987), "Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe" (1991) and "Batman & Robin" (1997).
He was a Navy SEAL during the Vietnam War.
He spends most of his time living with his wife in Mexico.
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Jesse Ventura Detailed Biography -
Jesse Ventura was born on July 15, 1951 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is son of Bernice Martha and George William Janos. His father's parents were from Slovakia and his mother had German ancestry. Ventura has described himself as Slovak. He graduated from Minneapolis's Roosevelt High School in 1969.
As a Navy UDT, he served in the United States Navy from September 11, 1969 to September 10, 1975. During the Vietnam era, Ventura was on active duty from January 5, 1970 to December 10, 1973. He served with Underwater Demolition Team 12 during his time on active duty. According to the United States Naval Special Warfare Command policy, Ventura is entitled to use the title "SEAL", due to both his service in the UDT and SEAL teams, and his successful graduation from UDT-R.
Ventura returned to Minnesota and attended North Hennepin Community College in the mid-1970s and at the same time he began weightlifting and wrestling. In 1975, Ventura married his wife Terry.
In 1975, Ventura made his debut in the Central States territory, before moving to the Pacific Northwest, where he wrestled for promoter Don Owen. During his stay in Portland, Oregon, he had notable feuds with Dutch Savage and Jimmy Snuka and won the Pacific Northwest Wrestling title twice and the tag team title six times. In 1979, he moved to hometown to promot the American Wrestling Association in Minnesota, teaming with Adrian Adonis as the "East-West Connection". The duo won the AWA World Tag Team Championship on July 20, 1980 on a forfeit when Verne Gagne, one-half of the tag team champions along with Mad Dog Vachon, failed to show up for a title defense in Denver, Colorado. The duo held the belts for nearly a year, losing to "The High Flyers".
Shortly after losing the belts, the duo moved on to the World Wrestling Federation, where they were managed by "Classy" Freddie Blassie. But the duo was unable to capture the WWF Tag Team Championship.
Ventura acted in the 1987 movie Predator, whose cast included California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Kentucky Gubernatorial candidate Sonny Landham. He had a starring role in the 1991 sci-fi movie Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe, and supporting roles in The Running Man, Demolition Man, Repossessed, The Master of Disguise and Batman & Robin - the first and last of these also starring Schwarzenegger. Ventura also made an appearance in Major League 2, being "White Lightning" in the movie that the character Willie Mayes Hayes starred in. He also appeared as a self help guru in The Ringer trying to turn Johnny Knoxville into a more confident worker. Ventura also had a cameo in The X-Files episode "Jose Chung's From Outer Space" as a Man in Black alongside fellow 'MiB' Alex Trebek.
In November 1990, professional wrestler turned actor Jesse Ventura was elected to a four-year term as mayor of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis with a population of around 56,000. Ventura served one year term and did not run for a second term.
In the Minnesota gubernatorial election of 1998, running as an Independent and member of the Reform Party, he was elected the 38th Governor of Minnesota and served from January 4, 1999 to January 6, 2003 without seeking a second term.
