6.3
WrestleMania 41: Sunday
2025
Steve Austin
Acting
Born December 18, 1964Victoria, Texas, USA
Biography
Steven James Anderson, formerly Steven James Williams, better known by his ring name "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, is an American film and television actor and retired professional wrestler currently signed to WWE. Austin wrestled for several well-known wrestling promotions such as World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and most famously, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), which later became World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 2002. Billed as "The Most Popular Superstar in WWE History", he gained significant mainstream popularity in the WWF during the mid-to-late 1990s as "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, a disrespectful, beer-drinking antihero who routinely defied his boss, Vince McMahon. This defiance was often shown by Austin flipping off McMahon and incapacitating him with the Stone Cold Stunner, his finishing move. McMahon inducted Austin into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2009. Austin held nineteen championships throughout his professional wrestling career, and is recognized by WWE as a six-time world champion, having held the WWF Championship on six occasions, and the fifth Triple Crown Champion. He was also the winner of the 1996 King of the Ring tournament, as well as the 1997, 1998 and 2001 Royal Rumbles. He was forced to retire from in ring competition in early 2003 due to a series of knee and neck injuries sustained throughout his career. Throughout the rest of 2003 and 2004, he was featured as the Co-General Manager and "Sheriff" of Raw. Since 2005, he has continued to make occasional appearances. In 2011, Steve Austin returned to WWE to host the reality series Tough Enough. On August 14, 2002, Austin was arrested and charged with domestic abuse. He pleaded no contest on November 25, 2002, and was given a year's probation, a $1,000 fine, and ordered to carry out 80 hours of community service.] Marshall told Fox News that Austin beat her three times and that the 2002 incident was the result of roid rage. She also stated that WWE knew of the abuse, working to conceal the bruises on her face, and kept her from revealing that Austin hit her, as it would cost the company millions of dollars. During his early years as a wrestler, Austin was a technical wrestler. However, after his neck injury against Owen Hart in 1997, he changed his style from technical to brawler. His most famous finishing move is the Stone Cold Stunner, or simply Stunner. During his time as The Ringmaster he used the Million Dollar Dream as finisher, since it was Ted DiBiase's finisher. During his time in WCW, Austin used the Stun Gun as finisher One of Austin's taunts during the Attitude Era was to show the middle finger. In August 2001, Austin cut a promo, debuting his catchphrase "What?", which is used today by fans when they want to mock wrestlers during promos
Movies
See All
7.2
WrestleMania 41: Saturday
2025
6.2
WWE Hall of Fame 2025
2025
7.5
Angle
2023
7.3
WWE WrestleMania 38: Sunday
2022
7.5
WWE WrestleMania 38: Saturday
2022
2.2
Never Forget: WWE Returns After 9/11
2021
6.0
Birth of The Stunner
2021
5.0
Meeting Stone Cold
2021
9.0
My Way: The Life and Legacy of Pat Patterson
2021
7.1
DDP: Relentless
2020
0.0
Meeting the Undertaker
2020
10.0
Shawn Michaels - The Showstopper Unreleased
2018
10.0
WWE: 30 Years of SummerSlam
2018
10.0
Wrestlemania's Greatest Moments
2018
10.0
1997: Dawn of the Attitude
2017
10.0
Kurt Angle: The Essential Collection
2017
9.0
Fight Owens Fight: The Kevin Owens Story
2017
7.5
WWE: Best of the 2000's
2017
10.0
WWE: WrestleMania Monday
2017
7.4
WWE Royal Rumble 2017
2017
0.0
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 3 Unreleased
2016
9.2
WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness
2016
10.0
WWE 24: Wrestlemania Dallas
2016
7.1
WWE WrestleMania 32
2016
0.0
WWE: The Attitude Era - Vol. 3
2016
7.2
Owen: Hart of Gold
2015
7.2
Sting: Into the Light
2015
7.8
CT Fletcher: My Magnificent Obsession
2015
10.0
WWE: Monday Night War Vol. 2: Know Your Role
2015
5.0
Chain of Command
2015
4.4
Smosh: The Movie
2015
6.8
WWE: Monday Night War Vol. 1: Shots Fired
2015
4.8
The Road is Jericho: Epic Stories and Rare Matches from Y2J
2015
7.5
The Resurrection of Jake The Snake
2015
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2014
10.0
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2014
2014
9.0
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2
2014
7.7
WWE: The Best of Sting
2014
10.0
WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash
2014
10.0
WWE Greatest Wrestling Factions
2014
5.7
WWE: The Best of Raw - After the Show
2014
8.4
Daniel Bryan: Journey to WrestleMania 30
2014
7.9
WWE WrestleMania XXX
2014
Brock Lesnar: Best of the Beast
5.5
Brock Lesnar: Best of the Beast
2014
0.0
WCW'S Greatest Pay-Per-View Matches Volume 1
2014
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
10.0
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
2014
8.5
Shawn Michaels: Mr Wrestlemania
2014
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 2
10.0
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 2
2014
8.8
The History of WWE: 50 Years of Sports Entertainment
2013
7.9
WWE: Triple H: Thy Kingdom Come
2013
9.2
WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden
2013
9.2
WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden
2013
6.2
Grown Ups 2
2013
10.0
WCW War Games: WCW's Most Notorious Matches
2013
7.2
WWE: The Top 25 Rivalries in Wrestling History
2013
9.0
WWE: The Best Of In Your House
2013
10.0
Bret Hart: The Dungeon Collection
2013
8.7
WWE: Greatest Stars Of The 90's
2013
5.2
The Package
2013
7.2
WWE Royal Rumble 2013
2013
8.1
The Top 100 Moments In Raw History
2012
8.5
WWE: The Attitude Era
2012
5.0
Maximum Conviction
2012
0.0
WWE Tagged Classics: Austin 3:16 Uncensored / Three Faces Of Foley / Chris Jericho: Break Down The Walls / Kurt Angle: Its True
2012
7.7
The 50 Greatest Finishing Moves in WWE History
2012
0.0
WWE: The 50 Greatest Finishing Moves in WWE History
2012
7.5
The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions
2012
WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches
8.0
WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches
2012
5.7
Recoil
2012
8.1
The Epic Journey of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
2012
10.0
WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009
2012
0.0
WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection
2012
10.0
WWE: The Best of King of the Ring
2011
5.5
Tactical Force
2011
8.4
Stone Cold Steve Austin: The Bottom Line on the Most Popular Superstar of All Time
2011
8.0
The Ladder Match 2: Crash & Burn
2011
6.7
WWE: The Big Show - A Giant's World
2011
8.0
WWE: OMG! The Top 50 Incidents in WWE History
2011
0.0
The Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century
2011
7.3
WWE WrestleMania XXVII
2011
5.4
Knockout
2011
8.3
WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
2010
8.0
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
2010
5.5
Hunt to Kill
2010
7.5
Breaking the Code: Behind the Walls of Chris Jericho
2010
6.3
The Expendables
2010
7.7
Ricky Steamboat: The Life Story of the Dragon
2010
9.2
WWE: The Undertaker's Deadliest Matches
2010
4.5
The Stranger
2010
8.0
Hart & Soul - The Hart Family Anthology
2010
6.6
Damage
2009
6.9
WWE: Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '90s
2009
8.0
WWE Hall Of Fame 2009
2009
5.5
Gentleman's Choice: The Tragic Story of Gentleman Chris Adams
2008
7.3
WWE: The History Of The Intercontinental Championship
2008
10.0
WWE: Hell in a Cell - The Greatest Hell in a Cell Matches of All Time
2008
7.7
WWE: The Twisted, Disturbed Life of Kane
2008
7.3
WWE Cyber Sunday 2008
2008
7.6
WWE: Triple H: The King of Kings - There is Only One
2008
10.0
WWE: The Rock: The Most Electrifying Man in Sports Entertainment
2008
10.0
WWE: The Legacy of Stone Cold Steve Austin
2008
8.0
WWE: The Best of Raw 15th Anniversary
2007
6.2
WWE Cyber Sunday 2007
2007
6.1
WWE SummerSlam 2007
2007
10.0
The Most Powerful Families in Wrestling
2007
6.1
The Condemned
2007
8.3
WWE WrestleMania 23
2007
7.9
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
2006
6.0
Brian Pillman - Loose Cannon
2006
10.0
WWE: The History Of The WWE Championship
2006
8.3
WWE: McMahon
2006
5.9
Tales of the Rat Fink
2006
7.7
WWE: Bret 'Hitman' Hart - The Best There Is, The Best There Was, The Best There Ever Will Be
2005
0.0
WWE RAW Homecoming
2005
7.8
WWE: Tombstone - The History of the Undertaker
2005
7.8
The Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '80s
2005
6.7
The Longest Yard
2005
8.4
WWE WrestleMania 21
2005
0.0
WWE: Wrestlemania Recall
2005
10.0
WWE: The Best of the Intercontinental Championship
2005
7.3
WWE: The Rise + Fall of ECW
2004
6.8
Hard Knocks : The Chris Benoit Story
2004
8.2
WWE WrestleMania XX
2004
7.7
The Monday Night War - WWE Raw vs. WCW Nitro
2004
7.0
WWE: 'Cause Stone Cold Said So
2004
7.3
WWE Royal Rumble 2004
2004
6.4
WWE: Mick Foley's Greatest Hits & Misses - A Life in Wrestling
2004
7.0
The Stone Cold Truth
2004
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2003
0.0
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2003
2003
8.0
WWE Survivor Series 2003
2003
9.0
Trish Stratus: 100% Stratusfaction
2003
7.9
WWE SummerSlam 2003
2003
Steve Austin: The Early Years
5.0
Steve Austin: The Early Years
2003
8.2
WWE Insurrextion 2003
2003
8.0
WWE: Bloodbath - Wrestling's Most Incredible Steel Cage Matches
2003
8.1
WWE Wrestlemania XIX
2003
9.0
WWE: Raw 10th Anniversary
2003
8.0
WWE No Way Out 2003
2003
WWE: Triple H - That Damn Good
9.0
WWE: Triple H - That Damn Good
2002
7.9
WWE Judgment Day 2002
2002
5.0
WWE Insurrextion 2002
2002
WWE Stone Cold Steve Austin - What?
8.7
WWE Stone Cold Steve Austin - What?
2002
WWF: Stone Cold Steve Austin: What?
10.0
WWF: Stone Cold Steve Austin: What?
2002
5.6
WWE Backlash 2002
2002
WWF: Funniest Moments
10.0
WWF: Funniest Moments
2002
8.2
WWE Wrestlemania X8
2002
6.0
WWE No Way Out 2002
2002
MTV’s Behind WWF Tough Enough
10.0
MTV’s Behind WWF Tough Enough
2002
6.8
WWE Royal Rumble 2002
2002
6.0
The Rock - Just Bring It!
2002
4.7
WWE Vengeance 2001
2001
6.8
WWE Survivor Series 2001
2001
7.7
WWE Rebellion 2001
2001
7.0
WWE No Mercy 2001
2001
10.0
WWF Action!
2001
9.0
WWF: Undertaker - This Is My Yard
2001
0.0
WWE: Undertaker - This Is My Yard
2001
6.0
WWE Unforgiven 2001
2001
0.0
This is Ultimate Wrestling: Steve Austin - Master of Mayhem
2001
0.0
This is Ultimate Wrestling: Superstar Collection Vol.2
2001
0.0
This is Ultimate Wrestling: Superstar Collection Vol.1
2001
8.5
WWE SummerSlam 2001
2001
8.0
WWF: Mick Foley - Hard Knocks & Cheap Pops
2001
WWF: Best of Raw - Vol. 1&2
0.0
WWF: Best of Raw - Vol. 1&2
2001
7.9
WWE InVasion
2001
0.0
Lita: It Just Feels Right
2001
7.2
WWE King of the Ring 2001
2001
7.7
WWE Judgment Day 2001
2001
8.4
WWE Insurrextion 2001
2001
7.9
WWE Backlash 2001
2001
0.0
ECW Deep Impact
2001
8.8
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
2001
8.2
WWE No Way Out 2001
2001
7.5
WWE Royal Rumble 2001
2001
0.0
The Best of WWE Raw, Vol. 1 & 2
2001
7.6
WWE Armageddon 2000
2000
7.5
WWE Rebellion 2000
2000
7.5
WWE Survivor Series 2000
2000
8.0
WWE No Mercy 2000
2000
7.6
WWE Backlash 2000
2000
9.0
WWE: Austin vs. McMahon - The Whole True Story
1999
0.0
WWF: It's Our Time
1999
8.5
WWE Survivor Series 1999
1999
7.4
The Life and Death of Owen Hart
1999
10.0
Hell Yeah: Stone Cold's Saga Continues
1999
10.0
WWF: Hell Yeah: The Stone Cold Saga Continues
1999
7.3
Beyond the Mat
1999
8.0
WWE No Mercy 1999
1999
7.7
WWE Unforgiven 1999
1999
7.4
WWE SummerSlam 1999
1999
7.0
WWE Fully Loaded 1999
1999
8.0
WWE King of the Ring 1999
1999
7.2
WWE Over the Edge
1999
6.0
WWE No Mercy (UK) 1999
1999
9.5
WWE Backlash: In Your House
1999
7.5
WWE WrestleMania XV
1999
7.3
WWE St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House
1999
6.0
WWE Royal Rumble 1999
1999
Royal Rumble: No Chance in Hell
0.0
Royal Rumble: No Chance in Hell
1999
Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity
5.9
Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity
1999
7.5
Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows
1998
7.5
WWE Rock Bottom: In Your House
1998
5.5
WWE Capital Carnage
1998
WWF Raw: Banned in Canada
0.0
WWF Raw: Banned in Canada
1998
9.0
WWF: Undertaker The Phenom
1998
WWF: Eve of Destruction
0.0
WWF: Eve of Destruction
1998
WWF: The Rock - Know Your Role
10.0
WWF: The Rock - Know Your Role
1998
10.0
WWF: Best of Survivor Series 1987-1997
1998
10.0
WWF: Best of Wrestlemania I-XIV
1998
8.2
WWF: Three Faces of Foley
1998
9.0
WWE Survivor Series 1998
1998
8.7
WWE Judgment Day: In Your House
1998
7.0
WWE Breakdown: In Your House
1998
9.0
WWE SummerSlam 1998
1998
4.7
WWE Fully Loaded: In Your House
1998
7.9
WWE King of the Ring 1998
1998
9.3
WWE Over the Edge: In Your House
1998
8.8
WWE Unforgiven: In Your House
1998
8.0
WWE Mayhem in Manchester
1998
7.7
WWE WrestleMania XIV
1998
7.3
WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
1998
6.7
WWE Royal Rumble 1998
1998
10.0
Austin 3:16 Uncensored
1998
8.1
WWE D-Generation X: In Your House
1997
8.6
WWE Survivor Series 1997
1997
7.6
WWE Badd Blood: In Your House
1997
8.0
WWE Ground Zero: In Your House
1997
7.8
WWE SummerSlam 1997
1997
10.0
WWF Summer Flashback!
1997
8.0
WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede
1997
0.0
Best Of Raw • Volume Six
1997
10.0
WWE King of the Ring 1997
1997
0.0
Best Of Raw • Volume Four
1997
6.7
WWE In Your House 15: A Cold Day in Hell
1997
10.0
WWE In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker
1997
7.5
WWE WrestleMania 13
1997
7.9
WWE In Your House 13: Final Four
1997
7.0
WWE Royal Rumble 1997
1997
0.0
WWF Rock and Rumble
1997
0.0
WWE Action Zone!
1997
10.0
WWF World Tour '96
1997
0.0
Best Of Raw • Volume Three
1997
0.0
WWE Terminators '96
1996
8.0
WWE In Your House 12: It's Time
1996
0.0
Best Of Raw • Volume One
1996
0.0
WWF: Best of Raw - Vol. 1
1996
7.4
WWE Survivor Series 1996
1996
6.9
WWE In Your House 11: Buried Alive
1996
7.8
WWE SummerSlam 1996
1996
7.8
WWE In Your House 9: International Incident
1996
8.3
WWE King of the Ring 1996
1996
6.8
WWE In Your House 8: Beware of Dog
1996
7.0
WWE WrestleMania XII
1996
6.0
WWE Royal Rumble 1996
1996
10.0
ECW November to Remember 1995
1995
0.0
ECW Gangstas Paradise 1995
1995
0.0
WCW All Nighter 1995
1995
0.0
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIX
1994
7.0
WCW Halloween Havoc 1994
1994
0.0
WCW Fall Brawl 1994
1994
0.0
WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII
1994
6.3
WCW Bash at the Beach 1994
1994
0.0
WCW Clash of The Champions XXVII
1994
7.0
WCW Slamboree 1994
1994
9.0
WCW Spring Stampede 1994
1994
5.0
WCW SuperBrawl IV
1994
0.0
WCW Clash of The Champions XXVI
1994
9.0
WCW Starrcade 1993
1993
6.0
WCW BattleBowl
1993
0.0
WCW Clash of the Champions XXV
1993
7.0
WCW Halloween Havoc 1993
1993
0.0
WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV
1993
10.0
WCW Beach Blast 1993
1993
0.0
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIII
1993
10.0
WCW Slamboree 1993
1993
0.0
WCW SuperBrawl III
1993
10.0
WCW Clash of The Champions XXII
1993
9.5
WCW Halloween Havoc 1992
1992
0.0
WCW Clash of The Champions XX: 20th Anniversary
1992
0.0
WCW The Great American Bash 1992
1992
0.0
WCW Clash of The Champions XIX
1992
8.0
WCW Beach Blast
1992
6.0
WCW WrestleWar 1992
1992
8.0
WCW SuperBrawl II
1992
6.0
WCW Clash of The Champions XVIII
1992
8.0
WCW Starrcade 1991
1991
0.0
WCW Clash of The Champions XVII
1991
7.0
WCW Halloween Havoc 1991
1991
7.0
WCW Clash of The Champions XVI: Fall Brawl '91
1991
8.0
WCW The Great American Bash 1991
1991
3.3
WCW Clash of the Champions XV: Knocksville USA
1991
The Walk-Ons
0.0
The Walk-Ons
TV Shows
See All
0.0
Stephanie's Places
7.0
WWE's Greatest Moments
8.3
WWE Legend Profiles
6.2
WWE Raw Classics
7.7
Mr. McMahon
8.0
Stone Cold Takes on America
7.3
WWE This Is Awesome
7.2
WWE Rivals
7.4
Biography: WWE Legends
8.6
WWE's Most Wanted Treasures
8.6
WWE's Most Wanted Treasures
7.4
Biography: WWE Legends
10.0
WWE Icons
7.4
Undertaker: The Last Ride
9.7
The Best of WWE
9.7
The Best of WWE
7.6
Ruthless Aggression
8.0
Steve Austin's Broken Skull Sessions
0.0
WWE Backstage
5.4
WWE's The Bump
3.4
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
7.8
Straight Up Steve Austin
8.3
Dark Side of the Ring
0.0
Legends with JBL
7.1
Hot Ones
6.8
WWE 24
7.0
WWE Rivalries
4.7
Steve Austin's Broken Skull Challenge
0.0
Wrestlemania Rewind
6.0
Redneck Island
6.7
WWE NXT
7.7
Chuck
7.2
WWE Hall of Fame
6.0
Holly & Stephen's Saturday Showdown
4.9
The Celebrity Apprentice
5.1
Punk'd
5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
9.5
WWE Confidential
6.7
The Bernie Mac Show
7.5
WWE Tough Enough
9.1
Teen Choice Awards
7.4
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
7.4
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
7.4
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
7.4
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
6.8
Dilbert
5.3
V.I.P.
5.3
WWE Heat
7.5
Celebrity Deathmatch
10.0
WWF Friday Night's Main Event
6.6
Nash Bridges
7.1
MADtv
7.1
MADtv
7.0
WCW Pro
6.8
Raw
6.8
Raw
6.8
Raw
6.8
Raw
6.8
Raw
6.8
Raw
6.8
Raw
7.5
Martin
0.0
GWF Presents: The Best of USWA
0.0
Clash of the Champions
7.2