Joe Laurinaitis
Acting Born Jan 26, 1960 Died Sep 22, 2020 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 153 credits
Biography
Joe Laurinaitis is an American professional wrestler known by his ring names, Road Warrior Animal and Road Warrior Hawk. He was born on January 26, 1960, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Laurinaitis is the brother of John Laurinaitis, who was formerly WWE's Executive Vice President of Talent Relations. Along with Road Warrior Hawk, Laurinaitis was part of the tag team known as The Road Warriors or The Legion of Doom. Laurinaitis passed away on September 22, 2020, at the age of 60. As an actor, he is credited with 148 roles.
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Career overview
Joe Laurinaitis, known for his acting work, is a professional wrestler who has appeared in various roles. He is the brother of John Laurinaitis, who held executive positions within the WWE. Laurinaitis is also known for being part of the tag team The Road Warriors, or The Legion of Doom, alongside the late Road Warrior Hawk.
As an actor, Laurinaitis has accumulated 148 known credits. He has worked in the entertainment industry, contributing to a significant body of work. However, specific details about his acting roles and projects are not provided in the available information.
Laurinaitis was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, on January 26, 1960. He passed away on September 22, 2020, at the age of 60. His acting career has been marked by a substantial number of credits, although the specifics of his work remain unclear due to the limited information available.
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Frequent co-stars
Career timeline
WWE This Is Awesome
Dark Side of the RingHeadstrongTrish & Lita – Best Friends, Better Rivals
All InNWA 70th Anniversary Show
Nature Boy
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 3 Unreleased
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American BashWWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1WCW'S Greatest Pay-Per-View Matches Volume 1
WWE: The Best Of In Your HouseLegends of Mid-South WrestlingThe Very Best of Monday Nitro: Volume 2WCW War Games: WCW's Most Notorious Matches
WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control MatchesThe Best of WCW Clash of the ChampionsWWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection
The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.1WWE Hall of Fame 2011
Chris Benoit: The Aftermath
Jeff Jarrett: King of the Mountain
TNA Slammiversary 2007
WWE Royal Rumble 2006TNA: The 50 Greatest Moments
WWE No Mercy 2005WWE The Great American Bash 2005Road Warriors: The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling HistoryWWE: Road Warriors - The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History
The Monday Night War - WWE Raw vs. WCW Nitro
WCW Sin
WWE Friday Night SmackDownWWE Friday Night SmackDown
WWE HeatWCW ThunderWWE Royal Rumble 1998WWE Unforgiven: In Your HouseWWE WrestleMania XIV
WWE King of the Ring 1997WWE Survivor Series 1997WWE WrestleMania 13WWE Badd Blood: In Your HouseWWE D-Generation X: In Your House
WCW SuperBrawl VIWCW Uncensored 1996WCW Slamboree 1996NJPW Battle Formation '96
RawRawRawRawWWE Bashed in the USA
WWE SuperTape: Volume 5WWE UK RampageWWE Royal Rumble 1992WWE WrestleMania VIIIWWE Invasion '92
WWE WrestleFest '91WWE SuperTape: Volume 4WWE WrestleMania VIIWWE Survivor Series 1991WWE Royal Rumble 1991
WWE Survivor Series 1990WCW WrestleWar 1990WWE SummerSlam 1990NWA Clash of The Champions X: Texas ShootoutWCW Capital Combat: Return of RoboCop
NWA Live: March 18, 1989WCW Starrcade 1989NWA Chi-Town RumbleWCW Halloween Havoc 1989WCW WrestleWar 1989
Clash of the ChampionsClash of the ChampionsNWA Bunkhouse StampedeNWA Starrcade 1988NWA The Great American Bash 1988
NWA Starrcade 1987The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team TournamentNWA Super Towns on The SuperStationNWA The Great American Bash '87: War Games
WWF Wrestling ChallengePower Pro WrestlingAWA WrestleRock 1986NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: CharlotteThe First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
WWE Saturday Night's Main EventWWE Saturday Night's Main EventNWA World Championship WrestlingNWA Battle of the BeltsPro Wrestling USA: Star Wars 1985
NWA Night of ChampionsNWA Lords of The RingAWA Christmas Show 1984
Full Filmography
153 titles- WWE This Is Awesome (2022) as Road Warrior Animal (archive footage)
- Dark Side of the Ring (2019)
- Headstrong (2019) as Self
- Trish & Lita – Best Friends, Better Rivals (2019) as Animal (archive footage)
- All In (2018) as Road Warrior Animal (Appearance)
- NWA 70th Anniversary Show (2018) as Road Warrior Animal
- Nature Boy (2017) as Self
- WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 3 Unreleased (2016)
- WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2 (2014) as Animal
- WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash (2014) as Animal
- WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1 (2014) as Animal
- WCW'S Greatest Pay-Per-View Matches Volume 1 (2014) as Animal
- WWE: The Best Of In Your House (2013) as Animal
- Legends of Mid-South Wrestling (2013) as Road Warrior Animal
- The Very Best of Monday Nitro: Volume 2 (2013) as Animal
- WCW War Games: WCW's Most Notorious Matches (2013) as Road Warrior Animal
- WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches (2012)
- The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions (2012) as Animal
- WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection (2012) as Animal
- The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.1 (2011) as Animal
- WWE Hall of Fame 2011 (2011)
- Chris Benoit: The Aftermath (2010) as Himself
- Jeff Jarrett: King of the Mountain (2009) as Animal
- TNA Slammiversary 2007 (2007) as Road Warrior Animal
- WWE Royal Rumble 2006 (2006) as Road Warrior Animal
- TNA: The 50 Greatest Moments (2006) as Animal
- WWE No Mercy 2005 (2005) as Road Warrior Animal
- WWE The Great American Bash 2005 (2005) as Road Warrior Animal
- Road Warriors: The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History (2005) as Road Warrior Animal
- WWE: Road Warriors - The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History (2005) as Road Warrior Animal
- The Monday Night War - WWE Raw vs. WCW Nitro (2004) as Animal
- WCW Sin (2001) as Road Warrior Animal
- WWE Friday Night SmackDown (1999) as Road Warrior Animal
- WWE Friday Night SmackDown (1999)
- WWE Heat (1998) as Animal
- WCW Thunder (1998) as Road Warrior Animal
- WWE Royal Rumble 1998 (1998) as Road Warrior Animal
- WWE Unforgiven: In Your House (1998) as Road Warrior Animal
- WWE WrestleMania XIV (1998) as Road Warrior Animal
- WWE Fully Loaded: In Your House (1998) as Road Warrior Animal
- WWE Mayhem in Manchester (1998) as Road Warrior Animal
- WWE Over the Edge: In Your House (1998) as Road Warrior Animal
- WWE Judgment Day: In Your House (1998) as Road Warrior Animal
- Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows (1998) as Road Warrior Animal
- WWE Capital Carnage (1998) as Animal
- Battlarts Battle Fiction (1998) as Animal Warrior
- WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House (1998) as Road Warrior Animal (Appearance)
- WWE King of the Ring 1997 (1997) as Road Warrior Animal
- WWE Survivor Series 1997 (1997) as Animal
- WWE WrestleMania 13 (1997) as Animal
- WWE Badd Blood: In Your House (1997) as Animal
- WWE D-Generation X: In Your House (1997) as Animal
- Best Of Raw • Volume Four (1997)
- WWE SummerSlam 1997 (1997) as Road Warrior Animal
- WWE One Night Only (1997) as Animal
- WWE Ground Zero: In Your House (1997) as Animal
- WWE In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker (1997) as Animal
- WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede (1997) as Road Warrior Animal
- WCW SuperBrawl VI (1996) as Road Warrior Animal
- WCW Uncensored 1996 (1996) as Road Warrior Animal
- WCW Slamboree 1996 (1996) as Road Warrior Animal
- NJPW Battle Formation '96 (1996) as Animal Warrior
- Raw (1993) as Road Warrior Animal
- Raw (1993) as Warrior Animal
- Raw (1993) as The Legion Of Doom
- Raw (1993) as Animal
- WWE Bashed in the USA (1993) as Road Warrior Animal
- WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV (1993) as Road Warrior Animal (Cornerman)
- WWE SuperTape: Volume 5 (1992) as Road Warrior Animal
- WWE UK Rampage (1992) as Road Warrior Animal
- WWE Royal Rumble 1992 (1992) as Road Warrior Animal
- WWE WrestleMania VIII (1992) as Road Warrior Animal (Interview)
- WWE Invasion '92 (1992) as Road Warrior Animal
- WWE WrestleFest '92 (1992) as Road Warrior Animal
- WWE UK Rampage '92 (1992) as Road Warrior Animals
- WWE SummerSlam 1992 (1992) as Road Warrior Animal
- WWE Rampage '92 (1992) as Road Warrior Animal
- WWE WrestleFest '91 (1991) as Road Warrior Animal
- WWE SuperTape: Volume 4 (1991) as Road Warrior Animal
- WWE WrestleMania VII (1991) as Road Warrior Animal
- WWE Survivor Series 1991 (1991) as Road Warrior Animal
- WWE Royal Rumble 1991 (1991) as Animal
- WWE Rampage '91 (1991) as Road Warrior Animal
- WWE SummerSlam 1991 (1991) as Animal
- WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall (1991) as Road Warrior Animal
- WWE SuperTape: Volume 3 (1991) as Road Warrior Animal
- WWE The Main Event V (1991) as Road Warrior Animal
- SWS WrestleFest (1991) as Road Warrior Animal
- WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991 (1991) as Road Warrior Animal
- 2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars (1991) as Road Warrior Animal
- WWE Survivor Series 1990 (1990) as Road Warrior Animal
- WCW WrestleWar 1990 (1990) as Road Warrior Animal
- WWE SummerSlam 1990 (1990) as Road Warrior Animal (Ringside)
- NWA Clash of The Champions X: Texas Shootout (1990) as Road Warrior Animal
- WCW Capital Combat: Return of RoboCop (1990) as Road Warrior Animal
- WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90 (1990) as Road Warrior Animal (Appearance)
- NWA Live: March 18, 1989 (1989) as Road Warrior Animal
- WCW Starrcade 1989 (1989) as Road Warrior Animal
- NWA Chi-Town Rumble (1989) as Road Warrior Animal
- WCW Halloween Havoc 1989 (1989) as Road Warrior Animal
- WCW WrestleWar 1989 (1989) as Road Warrior Animal
- NWA The Great American Bash 1989 (1989) as Road Warrior Animal
- NWA Clash of The Champions VIII: Fall Brawl '89 (1989) as Road Warrior Animal
- NWA WrestleWar 1989 (1989)
- NWA Clash of The Champions V: St. Valentine's Massacre (1989) as Road Warrior Animal
- NWA Clash of The Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun (1989) as Road Warrior Animal
- NWA Clash of The Champions IX: New York Knockout (1989) as Road Warrior Animal
- Clash of the Champions (1988) as Road Warrior Animal
- Clash of the Champions (1988) as Road Warrior Animal (Cornerman)
- NWA Bunkhouse Stampede (1988) as Road Warrior Animal
- NWA Starrcade 1988 (1988) as Road Warrior Animal
- NWA The Great American Bash 1988 (1988) as Road Warrior Animal
- NWA Clash of the Champions (1988) as Road Warrior Animal
- The Third Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament (1988) as Road Warrior Animal
- NWA Clash of The Champions IV: Season's Beatings (1988) as Road Warrior Animal
- NWA Starrcade 1987 (1987) as Road Warrior Animal
- The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament (1987) as Road Warrior Animal
- NWA Super Towns on The SuperStation (1987) as Road Warrior Animal
- NWA The Great American Bash '87: War Games (1987) as Road Warrior Animal
- WWF Wrestling Challenge (1986) as Road Warrior Animal
- Power Pro Wrestling (1986) as Road Warrior Animal
- AWA WrestleRock 1986 (1986) as Road Warrior Animal
- NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Charlotte (1986) as Road Warrior Animal
- The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament (1986) as Road Warrior Animal
- NWA Starrcade 1986 (1986) as Road Warrior Animal
- NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Greensboro (1986) as Road Warrior Animal
- NWA Superstars on The SuperStation (1986) as Road Warrior Animal
- NWA Battle of the Belts III (1986) as Road Warrior Animal
- NWA The Great American Bash '86: Livin' in the Promise Land (1986) as Road Warrior Animal
- NWA Battle of The Belts II (1986) as Road Warrior Animal
- WWE Saturday Night's Main Event (1985)
- WWE Saturday Night's Main Event (1985) as Animal
- NWA World Championship Wrestling (1985) as Road Warrior
- NWA Battle of the Belts (1985) as Road Warrior Animal
- Pro Wrestling USA: Star Wars 1985 (1985) as Road Warrior Animal
- NWA The Great American Bash 1985 (1985) as Road Warrior Animal
- AWA Super Clash (1985) as Road Warrior Animal
- AWA Wrestling For a Cure (1985) as Road Warrior Animal
- AWA/NWA Night of Champions II (1985) as Road Warrior Animal
- PNW 60th Anniversary Wrestling Extravaganza (1985) as Road Warrior Animal
- PWUSA Star Wars (1985) as Road Warrior Animal
- PNW Owen Family Super Extravaganza (1985) as Road Warrior Animal
- Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984 (1985) as Road Warrior Animal
- AWA StarCage (1985) as Road Warrior Animal
- NWA Night of Champions (1984) as Road Warrior Animal
- NWA Lords of The Ring (1984) as Road Warrior Animal
- AWA Christmas Show 1984 (1984) as Road Warrior Animal
- WCW Arena Shows (1983) as Road Warrior Animal
- NWA The Last Battle of Atlanta (1983) as Road Warrior Animal
- GCW at The Omni (December '83) (1983) as Road Warrior Animal
- Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (1981) as Road Warrior Animal
- Mid-South Wrestling (1981) as Road Warrior Animal
- WWE Old School (1973) as Animal
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Joe Laurinaitis best known for?
Joe Laurinaitis is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Dark Side of the Ring (2019), Wally Gator (1962), WWE Friday Night SmackDown (1999), WWE Friday Night SmackDown (1999).
When and where was Joe Laurinaitis born?
Joe Laurinaitis was born on January 26, 1960 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. They passed away on September 22, 2020.
How many credits does Joe Laurinaitis have?
Joe Laurinaitis has accumulated over 153 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1973 to 2022.
What is Joe Laurinaitis's background in cinema and television?
Joe Laurinaitis is an American professional wrestler known by his ring names, Road Warrior Animal and Road Warrior Hawk. He was born on January 26, 1960, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Laurinaitis is the brother of John Laurinaitis, who was formerly WWE's Executive Vice President of Talent Relations. Along with Ro...
Joe Laurinaitis by the numbers
153credits
132films
21TV series
1973–2022active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- Dark Side of the Ring (2019) — aged about 59
- WWE Saturday Night's Main Event (1985) — aged about 25
- WWE Saturday Night's Main Event (1985) as Animal — aged about 25
- WWE Friday Night SmackDown (1999) as Road Warrior Animal — aged about 39
- WWE Friday Night SmackDown (1999) — aged about 39
- Raw (1993) as Road Warrior Animal — aged about 33
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