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John Layfield

Acting Born Nov 29, 1966 Sweetwater, Texas, USA 181 credits

Biography

John Layfield is an American actor with a career spanning 171 known credits. He was born on November 29, 1966, in Sweetwater, Texas, USA. Layfield is also known by several aliases, including JBL, Bad Santa, Blackjack Bradshaw, and Death. His acting work is primarily associated with the WWE, where he performs under various ring names, including John "Bradshaw" Layfield and Bradshaw. As a financial analyst, Layfield has worked for Fox News. His acting credits include a range of film and television productions, although specific titles and roles are not specified.

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Career

Career overview

John Layfield is a male actor known for his work in the entertainment industry. He has appeared in numerous acting credits, with a total of 171 known credits. Layfield's acting career spans various genres and mediums, including film and television.

As a professional wrestler and commentator, Layfield has also worked under the ring name John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL) for WWE. His wrestling persona was based on his real-life accomplishments as a stock market investor, portraying a wealthy, gladhanding, and fiery-tempered businessman. This aspect of his career has been a significant part of his public image.

Layfield's acting work has been documented in various sources, including The Movie Database and Czech film databases. His acting credits are extensive, with a notable presence in the entertainment industry.

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Known for

WWE Lucha Libre AAA World Wide

2026

WWE Lucha Libre AAA World Wide

as JBL
Film

AAA Noche de Los Grandes 2026 - Week 1

as JBL

WWE's Greatest Moments

2025

WWE Rivals

as JBL

WWE Rivals

2022

WWE Rivals

as John Bradshaw Layfield

The Best of WWE

as John "Bradshaw" Layfield

Undertaker: The Last Ride

as JBL

Dark Side of the Ring

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Film

Fighting with My Family

as JBL (uncredited)

Wally Gator

as Bradshaw

Frequent co-stars

Mike Mizanin 4 shared titles
Michael Coulthard 3 shared titles
Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah 3 shared titles
Paul Levesque 3 shared titles
Randy Orton 3 shared titles
Joe Anoa'i 3 shared titles
Glenn Jacobs 3 shared titles
Mark Calaway 3 shared titles
Colby Lopez 2 shared titles
Vince McMahon 2 shared titles

Career timeline

WWE Lucha Libre AAA World WideWWE Lucha Libre AAA World WideAAA Noche de Los Grandes 2026 - Week 1
WWE's Greatest MomentsAAA Guerra de TitanesAAA Triplemanía XXXIIIWWE/AAA Worlds Collide 2025: Las VegasTNA Genesis 2025
TNA Bound for Glory 2024TNA Victory Road 2024TNA Emergence 2024GCW Dream OnJCW: Devil's Night Creature Double Feature
WWE Hall of Fame 2023
WWE RivalsWWE RivalsWWE RivalsWWE This Is AwesomeJohn Cena's Greatest Rivalries
Biography: WWE LegendsWWE WrestleMania 37: Night 1 KickoffNever Forget: WWE Returns After 9/11WWE Money in the Bank 2021 KickoffWWE Hall Of Fame 2020
The Best of WWERuthless AggressionUndertaker: The Last RideWWE Backlash 2020 KickoffWWE Survivor Series 2020
Dark Side of the RingWWE BackstageFighting with My FamilyTrish & Lita – Best Friends, Better RivalsWWE: World's Strongest Man: The Mark Henry Story
WWE UntoldBipolar Rock 'N Roller
Straight Outta Dudleyville: The Legacy of the Dudley BoyzThe History of The WWE Hardcore ChampionshipWWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness
SwervedLegends with JBLWWE: Ring in the Holiday
Wrestlemania RewindWWE RivalriesWWE RivalriesBatista: The Animal UnleashedWWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2
WWE Main EventThe JBL and Cole ShowWWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The StreakWWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009
The John Cena ExperienceThe Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century
WWE NXTWWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber
WWE Royal Rumble 2009WWE WrestleMania XXVWWE No Way Out 2009WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVI
WWE Royal Rumble 2008WWE No Mercy 2008WWE WrestleMania XXIVWWE SummerSlam 2008WWE One Night Stand 2008
WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Biggest Little Man
WWE Royal Rumble 2006ECW One Night Stand 2006WWE WrestleMania 22WWE Judgment Day 2006WWE No Way Out 2006
WWE Hall of FameWWE Survivor Series 2005WWE WrestleMania 21WWE Royal Rumble 2005WWE No Way Out 2005
WWE WrestleMania XXWWE Survivor Series 2004WWE SummerSlam 2004WWE Royal Rumble 2004WWE Judgment Day 2004
WWE Survivor Series 2003WWE No Mercy 2003WWE Vengeance 2003WWE Tribute to the Troops 2003
WWE VelocityWWE Royal Rumble 2002WWE Wrestlemania X8WWE Backlash 2002WWE No Way Out 2002
WWE Tough EnoughWWE WrestleMania X-SevenWWE Royal Rumble 2001WWE SummerSlam 2001WWE Survivor Series 2001
The HuntressWWE WrestleMania 2000WWE Armageddon 2000WWE No Mercy 2000WWE Unforgiven 2000
WWE Friday Night SmackDownWWE Friday Night SmackDownWWE Friday Night SmackDownWWE Friday Night SmackDownWWE Metal
WWE HeatWWE WrestleMania XIVWWE Royal Rumble 1998WWE Over the Edge: In Your HouseWWE Fully Loaded: In Your House
WWE WrestleMania 13WWE Survivor Series 1997WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede
WWE Survivor Series 1996WWE In Your House 10: Mind GamesBest Of Raw • Volume One
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Full filmography

  • WWE Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (2026)
  • WWE Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (2026) as JBL
  • AAA Noche de Los Grandes 2026 - Week 1 (2026) as JBL
  • WWE's Greatest Moments (2025)
  • AAA Guerra de Titanes (2025) as JBL
  • AAA Triplemanía XXXIII (2025) as JBL
  • WWE/AAA Worlds Collide 2025: Las Vegas (2025) as JBL
  • TNA Genesis 2025 (2025) as JBL
  • TNA Bound for Glory 2024 (2024) as John Layfield
  • TNA Victory Road 2024 (2024) as John Layfield
  • TNA Emergence 2024 (2024) as John Layfield
  • GCW Dream On (2024) as JBL
  • JCW: Devil's Night Creature Double Feature (2024) as John Layfield
  • WWE Hall of Fame 2023 (2023) as JBL
  • WWE Rivals (2022) as JBL
  • WWE Rivals (2022)
  • WWE Rivals (2022) as John Bradshaw Layfield
  • WWE This Is Awesome (2022) as JBL
  • John Cena's Greatest Rivalries (2022) as JBL
  • WWE WrestleMania 38 Saturday Kickoff (2022) as John "Bradshaw" Layfield
  • WWE Wrestlemania Backlash 2022 Kickoff (2022) as John Bradshaw Layfield
  • WWE WrestleMania 38 Sunday Kickoff (2022) as John "Bradshaw" Layfield
  • WWE Day 1 Kickoff 2022 (2022) as JBL
  • Ric Flair's Last Match: Preshow (2022) as JBL
  • WWE Money in the Bank 2022 Kickoff (2022) as JBL
  • Biography: WWE Legends (2021) as JBL
  • WWE WrestleMania 37: Night 1 Kickoff (2021) as John "Bradshaw" Layfield
  • Never Forget: WWE Returns After 9/11 (2021) as Bradshaw
  • WWE Money in the Bank 2021 Kickoff (2021)
  • WWE Hall Of Fame 2020 (2021) as JBL
  • The Best of WWE (2020) as John "Bradshaw" Layfield
  • Ruthless Aggression (2020) as JBL
  • Undertaker: The Last Ride (2020) as JBL
  • WWE Backlash 2020 Kickoff (2020) as John "Bradshaw" Layfield
  • WWE Survivor Series 2020 (2020) as JBL (Appearance)
  • Dark Side of the Ring (2019) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • WWE Backstage (2019) as JBL
  • Fighting with My Family (2019) as JBL (uncredited)
  • Trish & Lita – Best Friends, Better Rivals (2019) as Bradshaw (archive footage)
  • WWE: World's Strongest Man: The Mark Henry Story (2019) as Self
  • WWE Untold (2018)
  • Bipolar Rock 'N Roller (2018) as Himself (rumored)
  • Straight Outta Dudleyville: The Legacy of the Dudley Boyz (2016)
  • The History of The WWE Hardcore Championship (2016)
  • WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness (2016) as JBL (archive footage)
  • Swerved (2015) as JBL
  • Legends with JBL (2015) as John Layfield
  • WWE: Ring in the Holiday (2015)
  • Wrestlemania Rewind (2014) as John Bradshaw Layfield
  • WWE Rivalries (2014)
  • WWE Rivalries (2014) as Self
  • Batista: The Animal Unleashed (2014) as Himself
  • WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2 (2014) as Bradshaw
  • WWE Royal Rumble 2014 (2014) as John "Bradshaw" Layfield
  • WWE Tribute to the Troops 2014 (2014)
  • WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 2 (2014) as Bradshaw
  • WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3 (2014) as JBL
  • WWE Main Event (2012) as John Bradshaw Layfield
  • The JBL and Cole Show (2012) as JBL
  • WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak (2012) as John 'Bradshaw' Layfield (archive footage)
  • WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009 (2012) as Bradshaw / JBL (archive footage)
  • The John Cena Experience (2011) as JBL (archive footage)
  • The Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century (2011) as John "Bradshaw" Layfield
  • WWE NXT (2010)
  • WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber (2010) as JBL
  • WWE Royal Rumble 2009 (2009) as John "Bradshaw" Layfield
  • WWE WrestleMania XXV (2009) as John "Bradshaw" Layfield
  • WWE No Way Out 2009 (2009) as John "Bradshaw" Layfield
  • WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVI (2009) as John "Bradshaw" Layfield
  • WWE Royal Rumble 2008 (2008) as JBL
  • WWE No Mercy 2008 (2008) as JBL
  • WWE WrestleMania XXIV (2008) as JBL
  • WWE SummerSlam 2008 (2008) as JBL
  • WWE One Night Stand 2008 (2008) as JBL
  • WWE Survivor Series 2008 (2008) as JBL
  • WWE No Way Out 2008 (2008) as JBL
  • WWE Judgment Day 2008 (2008) as JBL
  • WWE Cyber Sunday 2008 (2008) as JBL (Appearance)
  • WWE Backlash 2008 (2008) as JBL
  • WWE Unforgiven 2008 (2008) as JBL
  • WWE The Great American Bash 2008 (2008) as JBL
  • WWE: Viva La Raza - The Legacy of Eddie Guerrero (2008) as JBL
  • WWE Tribute to the Troops 2008 (2008) as JBL
  • WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Biggest Little Man (2007) as JBL
  • WWE Royal Rumble 2006 (2006) as JBL
  • ECW One Night Stand 2006 (2006) as Self
  • WWE WrestleMania 22 (2006) as John "Bradshaw" Layfield
  • WWE Judgment Day 2006 (2006) as JBL
  • WWE No Way Out 2006 (2006) as JBL
  • WWE Hall of Fame (2005) as Self
  • WWE Survivor Series 2005 (2005) as John "Bradshaw" Layfield
  • WWE WrestleMania 21 (2005) as JBL
  • WWE Royal Rumble 2005 (2005) as JBL
  • WWE No Way Out 2005 (2005) as JBL
  • WWE Judgment Day 2005 (2005) as John "Bradshaw" Layfield
  • WWE SummerSlam 2005 (2005) as JBL
  • WWE Armageddon 2005 (2005) as JBL
  • ECW One Night Stand 2005 (2005) as JBL
  • WWE The Great American Bash 2005 (2005) as John "Bradshaw" Layfield
  • WWE No Mercy 2005 (2005) as JBL
  • WWE Tribute to the Troops 2005 (2005) as Bradshaw (Santa)
  • WWE WrestleMania XX (2004) as Bradshaw
  • WWE Survivor Series 2004 (2004) as JBL
  • WWE SummerSlam 2004 (2004) as JBL
  • WWE Royal Rumble 2004 (2004) as Bradshaw
  • WWE Judgment Day 2004 (2004) as John "Bradshaw" Layfield
  • WWE Armageddon 2004 (2004) as John "Bradshaw" Layfield
  • WWE No Way Out 2004 (2004) as Bradshaw
  • WWE The Great American Bash 2004 (2004) as JBL
  • WWE No Mercy 2004 (2004) as John "Bradshaw" Layfield
  • WWE Survivor Series 2003 (2003) as Bradshaw
  • WWE No Mercy 2003 (2003) as Bradshaw
  • WWE Vengeance 2003 (2003) as Bradshaw
  • WWE Tribute to the Troops 2003 (2003) as JBL
  • WWE Velocity (2002) as John Bradshaw Layfield
  • WWE Royal Rumble 2002 (2002) as Bradshaw
  • WWE Wrestlemania X8 (2002) as Bradshaw
  • WWE Backlash 2002 (2002) as Bradshaw
  • WWE No Way Out 2002 (2002) as Bradshaw
  • WWE Insurrextion 2002 (2002) as Bradshaw
  • WWF: Before They Were Superstars (2002) as Himself
  • WWE Tough Enough (2001) as Bradshaw
  • WWE WrestleMania X-Seven (2001) as Bradshaw
  • WWE Royal Rumble 2001 (2001) as Bradshaw
  • WWE SummerSlam 2001 (2001) as Bradshaw
  • WWE Survivor Series 2001 (2001) as Bradshaw
  • WWE No Mercy 2001 (2001) as Bradshaw (Heat)
  • WWE Unforgiven 2001 (2001) as Bradshaw (Appearance)
  • WWE Rebellion 2001 (2001) as Bradshaw
  • WWE InVasion (2001) as Bradshaw
  • WWE Insurrextion 2001 (2001) as Bradshaw
  • WWE Judgment Day 2001 (2001) as Bradshaw
  • The Huntress (2000)
  • WWE WrestleMania 2000 (2000) as Bradshaw
  • WWE Armageddon 2000 (2000) as Bradshaw (Ringside)
  • WWE No Mercy 2000 (2000) as Bradshaw
  • WWE Unforgiven 2000 (2000) as Bradshaw
  • WWE Royal Rumble 2000 (2000) as Bradshaw
  • WWE No Way Out 2000 (2000) as Bradshaw (Ringside)
  • WWE Backlash 2000 (2000) as Bradshaw
  • WWE Insurrextion 2000 (2000) as Bradshaw
  • WWF Fully Loaded 2000 (2000) as Bradshaw
  • WWE Friday Night SmackDown (1999) as John 'Bradshaw' Layfield
  • WWE Friday Night SmackDown (1999) as Bradshaw
  • WWE Friday Night SmackDown (1999) as JBL
  • WWE Friday Night SmackDown (1999)
  • WWE Metal (1999) as Bradshaw
  • WWE No Mercy (UK) 1999 (1999) as Bradshaw
  • WWE Fully Loaded 1999 (1999) as Bradshaw
  • WWE WrestleMania XV (1999) as Bradshaw (Appearance)
  • WWE Armageddon 1999 (1999) as Bradshaw
  • WWE Survivor Series 1999 (1999) as Bradshaw
  • WWE Unforgiven 1999 (1999) as Bradshaw
  • WWE SummerSlam 1999 (1999) as Bradshaw
  • WWE Over the Edge (1999) as Bradshaw
  • WWE No Mercy 1999 (1999) as Bradshaw
  • WWE Backlash: In Your House (1999) as Bradshaw
  • WWE Rebellion 1999 (1999) as Bradshaw
  • WWE Heat (1998) as Bradshaw
  • WWE WrestleMania XIV (1998) as Bradshaw
  • WWE Royal Rumble 1998 (1998) as Blackjack Bradshaw
  • WWE Over the Edge: In Your House (1998) as Justin Bradshaw
  • WWE Fully Loaded: In Your House (1998) as Bradshaw
  • WWE Mayhem in Manchester (1998) as Bradshaw
  • WWE Breakdown: In Your House (1998) as Bradshaw
  • WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House (1998) as Bradshaw
  • WWE WrestleMania 13 (1997) as Blackjack Bradshaw
  • WWE Survivor Series 1997 (1997) as Blackjack Bradshaw
  • WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede (1997) as Blackjack Bradshaw
  • WWE Survivor Series 1996 (1996) as Justin "Hawk" Bradshaw (Free-for-All)
  • WWE In Your House 10: Mind Games (1996) as Justin "Hawk" Bradshaw
  • Best Of Raw • Volume One (1996) as Bradshaw
  • Raw (1993) as John 'Bradshaw' Layfield
  • Raw (1993) as Justin Bradshaw
  • Raw (1993) as Blackjack Bradshaw
  • Raw (1993) as Bradshaw
  • Raw (1993)
  • WWE Pay Per View (1985)
  • WWE Saturday Night's Main Event (1985) as John Bradshaw Layfield
  • WWE Saturday Night's Main Event (1985)
  • WWE Old School (1973) as Blackjack Bradshaw - The New Blackjacks