
Acting
Evander Holyfield
Born
1962-10-19 (64)
Place of birth
Atmore, Alabama, USA
Known for
Acting
Credits
56 titles
Evander Holyfield (born October 19, 1962) is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1984 and 2011. He reigned as the undisputed champion at cruiserweight in the late 1980s and at heavyweight in the early 1990s, and is the only boxer in history to win the undisputed championship in two weight classes in the three belt era. Nicknamed "the Real Deal", Holyfield is the only four-time world heavyweight champion, having held the unified WBA, WBC, and IBF titles from 1990 to 1992, the WBA and IBF titles again from 1993 to 1994, the WBA title a third time from 1996 to 1999; the IBF title a third time from 1997 to 1999 and the WBA title for a fourth time from 2000 to 2001.
Known for
6.9A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.
Saturday Night Live
1975
7.5The exploits of the Los Angeles–based Office of Special Projects (OSP), an elite division of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service that specializes in undercover assignments.
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
5.3Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
7.9Each day, two kindhearted suburban stepbrothers on summer vacation embark on some grand new project, which annoys their controlling sister, Candace, who tries to bust them. Meanwhile, their pet platypus plots against evil Dr. Doofenshmirtz.
Phineas and Ferb
2007
6.2The competition sees celebrities perform choreographed dance routines which are judged by a panel of renowned ballroom experts and voted on by viewers. Enjoy sizzling salsas, sambas and spray-tans as they vie for the coveted Mirrorball Trophy.
Dancing with the Stars
2005
7.4The daily trials and tribulations of handyman Tim Taylor, a TV show host raising three boys with help from his loyal co-host, domineering wife, and unseen neighbor.
Home Improvement
1991
Film credits
2020s · 4 titles
7.3A behind-the-scenes documentary detailing the biggest night in heavyweight boxing for a generation; Oleksandr Usyk & Tyson Fury’s first meet.
Undisputed
2024
7.2An unusual group of people who came together in the most unlikely location to make it possible for the greatest athlete on the planet to have a career once again.
Ali's Comeback: The Untold Story
2020
NREvander Holyfield makes a stunning return to the ring against former UFC light-heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort.
Evander Holyfield vs. Vitor Belfort
2021
NRRobert W. Lee worked his way from humble beginnings washing golf carts in New Jersey to founding the International Boxing Federation (IBF). Working with such greats as Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, and George Foreman, he was a pioneer in the sport of boxing. But his unprecedented success also made him a target for powerful adversaries and disloyal friends, leading to his untimely downfall and ultimately being banned from the sport.
The Final Round
2024
2010s · 9 titles
6.1A pair of aging boxing rivals are coaxed out of retirement to fight one final bout -- 30 years after their last match.
Grudge Match
2013
5.6A drunken playboy stands to lose a wealthy inheritance when he falls for a woman that his family doesn't like.
Arthur
2011
6.9Evander Holyfield knew he could never earn the respect he craved until he defeated Mike Tyson. When the two finally fought, the world witnessed not one, but two of the boxing's most memorable fights.
Chasing Tyson
2015
NRA 5-minute found-footage collage by Josh Safdie that overlays narration from an old Jacques Cousteau documentary about fighting elephant seals onto a broadcast of George Foreman vs. Evander Holyfield, reframing the prizefight as a nature spectacle and blurring lines between sports viewing and wildlife observation.
Lose Her Island
2012
6.3A documentary about the sport of boxing, as seen through the eyes of champions Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield and Bernard Hopkins.
Champs
2015
8.3'One Night: Joshua vs. Ruiz' is a comprehensive look at the night Andy Ruiz pulled off the biggest boxing upset in decades.
One Night: Joshua vs. Ruiz
2019
5.6Cast as America’s Villain in the famed Rumble in the Jungle against Muhammad Ali, George Foreman lost one of the greatest fights in sports history. Immediately after the defeat, "Big George" fell into a spiral that made him abandon boxing and spend 10 years becoming an ordained minister following a near death experience. 20 years later on and into his 40’s, Foreman began an improbable climb back to the summit of world boxing becoming the heroic figure he’d always been destined to be, and writing one of the greatest underdog stories ever told.
Foreman
2017
3.0A spin-off of a Chinese variety show of the same name, it involves a number of characters getting involved in a series of misadventures during a visit to Macau.
Top Funny Comedian The Movie
2017
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Evander Holyfield vs. Brian Nielsen
2011
2000s · 5 titles
6.8Director James Toback takes an unflinching, uncompromising look at the life of Mike Tyson--almost solely from the perspective of the man himself. TYSON alternates between the controversial boxer addressing the camera and shots of the champion's fights to create an arresting picture of the man.
Tyson
2008
4.2A film director decides to chart the course of a young actor as he tries to make it in Hollywood...
Welcome to Hollywood
2000
7.3Freddy emigrates to Buenos Aires in search of a more prosperous life. In his native country, Bolivia, he left his family. But the capital of Argentina is not the paradise he dreamed of, and much less for illegal immigrants like himself. But even with that, he gets a job as a griller in a restaurant.
Bolivia
2002
NRDamon Wayans and Estella Warren, are your hosts for the 2000 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Along the way you'll see the world's most beautiful super-models as well as top athletes and their significant others. So sit back and enjoy the journey.
Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit 2000
2000
A boxing fight.
Holyfield vs Maddalone
2007
1990s · 18 titles
6.5Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American Northeast Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.
Summer of Sam
1999
5.5When the Texas State University Fightin' Armadillos football team is disqualified for cheating and poor grades, the University is forced to pick from a team that actually goes to school. Will they even win a single game?
Necessary Roughness
1991
5.6Twisted tale about a crazy, preaching redneck named Jake who kidnaps people off the highway and performs sick medical experiments on them. He then proceeds to sell their organs on the black market to Mr. Stone. Everything is fine until he kidnaps the handicapped April and finds that she is harder to control than the others.
Blood Salvage
1990
NRProduced by PBS in 1992, this documentary explores the darker side of boxing. It follows the career of a young Shannon Briggs and includes interviews with Evander Holyfield, Larry Holmes, Teddy Atlas, Dan Duva, Kathy Duva, Lou Duva, Bobby Czyz, Bob Arum, Mike Marley and even Muhammad Ali.
Naked Sport: Welcome to the Sewer
1993
NRA professional boxing match contested on October 25, 1990, for the WBA, WBC, and IBF heavyweight championships. The bout took place at the Mirage in Paradise, Nevada, USA and saw Douglas making the first defense of the titles he won from Mike Tyson in February 1990.
Evander Holyfield vs Buster Douglas
1990
8.0Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson is a 1993 film made by acclaimed American documentary filmmaker Barbara Kopple. Though Tyson was in jail serving a sentence for rape, Kopple used existing interviews with the boxer, as well as her own extensive interviews with those closest to Tyson, to explore the man's history. The film traces Tyson's story from his troubled and tumultuous upbringing, through his rapid ascendancy in the ranks of the boxing world and his subsequent struggle with the trappings of fame. Fallen Champ earned Barbara Kopple a Directors Guild of America award as Best Documentary Director of 1993.
Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson
1993
NREvander Holyfield vs. Ray Mercer, billed as "The Warrior Returns" was a professional boxing match contested on May 20, 1995.
Evander Holyfield vs. Ray Mercer
1995
NREvander Holyfield vs. Lennox Lewis, billed as Undisputed, was a professional boxing match contested on March 13, 1999 for the WBA, WBC, and IBF heavyweight championships.
Evander Holyfield vs. Lennox Lewis I
1999
NREvander Holyfield vs. Lennox Lewis II was a professional boxing match contested on November 13, 1999 for the WBA, WBC, IBF, IBO and Lineal Heavyweight championships.
Evander Holyfield vs. Lennox Lewis II
1999
NREvander Holyfield vs. George Foreman, billed as "The Battle of the Ages", was a professional boxing match contested on April 19, 1991 for the WBA, WBC, IBF and Lineal Heavyweight championships.
Evander Holyfield vs. George Foreman
1991
7.5Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield, billed as "Finally", was a professional boxing match fought between Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson for the World Boxing Association heavyweight championship on November 9, 1996 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The bout was Tyson's first defense of the WBA title that he had won from Bruce Seldon on September 7 of that year. The referee officiating the fight was Mitch Halpern. The fight was promoted by Don King Promotions and carried on pay-per-view by Showtime. The bout was the first fight pitting the two boxers against each other and it would be followed up with a subsequent rematch.
Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield I
1996
NREvander Holyfield vs. Riddick Bowe III, billed as "The Final Chapter", was a professional boxing match contested on November 4, 1995. The non-title match marked the third and final fight in the Bowe–Holyfield trilogy.
Evander Holyfield vs. Riddick Bowe III
1995
NREvander Holyfield vs. Bert Cooper, billed as "The Homecoming", was a professional boxing match contested on November 23, 1991 for the WBA, IBF and Lineal Heavyweight Championships.
Evander Holyfield vs. Bert Cooper
1991
NRIn the beginning of a trilogy of bouts with the 25-year old Riddick Bowe, who had won a silver medal in the 1988 Olympics, in the Super Heavyweight division, he suffered his first defeat when Bowe won the undisputed title by a 12-round unanimous decision in Las Vegas. Round Ten of that bout was named the Round of the Year by Ring Magazine. Holyfield was knocked down in round 11. He made the mistake of getting into a slugfest with the younger, bigger and stronger Bowe, leading to his defeat.
Evander Holyfield vs Riddick Bowe I
1992
NREvander Holyfield vs. Michael Moorer II
Evander Holyfield vs. Michael Moorer II
1997
6.5In the previous Tyson-Holyfield fight, seven months earlier, Holyfield, who opened as a 25-to-1 underdog (eventually pulling to 15-to-2), floored Tyson for the second time in Tyson's career in the sixth round, and scored a TKO over Tyson in round 11. Holyfield dominated Tyson throughout the fight, winning almost every round. The fight took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The referee officiating the fight was Mills Lane, who was brought in as a late replacement when Tyson's camp protested the original selection of Mitch Halpern (who officiated the first fight) as the referee.
Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield II
1997
NREvander Holyfield vs. Michael Moorer I
Evander Holyfield vs. Michael Moorer I
1994
NREvander Holyfield vs. Riddick Bowe II, billed as "Repeat or Revenge", was a professional boxing match that took place on November 6, 1993 for the WBA, IBF and Lineal Heavyweight championships.
Evander Holyfield vs. Riddick Bowe II
1993
1980s · 2 titles
NREvander Holyfield vs. Dwight Muhammad Qawi II
Evander Holyfield vs. Dwight Muhammad Qawi II
1987
NRDwight Muhammad Qawi vs. Evander Holyfield, billed as "Pandemonium" was a professional boxing match contested on 12 July 1986 for the WBA cruiserweight championship.
Dwight Muhammad Qawi vs. Evander Holyfield
1986
Series credits
6.9A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.
Saturday Night Live
1975
7.5The exploits of the Los Angeles–based Office of Special Projects (OSP), an elite division of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service that specializes in undercover assignments.
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
5.3Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
7.9Each day, two kindhearted suburban stepbrothers on summer vacation embark on some grand new project, which annoys their controlling sister, Candace, who tries to bust them. Meanwhile, their pet platypus plots against evil Dr. Doofenshmirtz.
Phineas and Ferb
2007
6.2The competition sees celebrities perform choreographed dance routines which are judged by a panel of renowned ballroom experts and voted on by viewers. Enjoy sizzling salsas, sambas and spray-tans as they vie for the coveted Mirrorball Trophy.
Dancing with the Stars
2005
7.4The daily trials and tribulations of handyman Tim Taylor, a TV show host raising three boys with help from his loyal co-host, domineering wife, and unseen neighbor.
Home Improvement
1991
5.0Celebrity Big Brother is a British reality television game show in which a number of celebrity contestants live in an isolated house trying to avoid being evicted by the public with the aim of winning a large cash prize being donated to the winner's nominated charity at the end of the run.
Celebrity Big Brother
2001
7.9Will, a street-smart teenager, moves from the tough streets of West Philly to posh Bel-Air to live with his Uncle Philip, Aunt Vivian, his cousins — spoiled Hilary, preppy Carlton and young Ashley — and their sophisticated British butler, Geoffrey. Though Will’s antics and upbringing contrast greatly with the upper-class lifestyle of his extended relatives, he soon finds himself right at home as a loved part of the family.
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990
7.3New York Undercover is an American police drama The series stars Detective J.C. Williams and Detective Eddie Torres, two undercover detectives in New York City's Fourth Precinct who were assigned to investigate various crimes and gang-related cases.
New York Undercover
1994
7.3This action-packed half-hour lets kids loose in a fantasy sports landscape filled with crazy obstacles. Basketball is taken to its limits in Slam Dunk while rock climbing reaches new heights on the Aggro Crag.
Nickelodeon GUTS
1992
7.8A once-famous football player must rent part of his house to support himself. A single mother and her two kids are the latest tenants. He also owns a sports clinic that he barely manages to run with help from his friends
In the House
1995
6.5The place to catch up on all things Celebrity Big Brother UK! Join Rylan Clark-Neal for the best mix of exclusive clips, news and reactions from the house, plus celebrity guests and live debates in the studio.
Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side
2011
7.5Muppets Tonight is a live-action/puppet television series created by Jim Henson Productions and featuring The Muppets. Much like the "MuppeTelevision" segment of The Jim Henson Hour, Muppets Tonight was a continuation of The Muppet Show, set in a television studio, rather than a theater. It ran on ABC from 1996 to 1998 and reruns ran on Disney Channel from 1997 to 2002.
Muppets Tonight
1996
7.1A group of four different panelists popular on Nickelodeon programs try to figure out the talents of different guests. They are given clues that they can feel, see, taste, and also given to them through charades.
Figure It Out
1997
7.5Kevin Hart: What the Fit is a brand new unscripted comedy starring Kevin Hart and celebrity guests. In each episode, Kevin invites his friends to join him in taking on a different whacky workout from sumo wrestling with Conan O'Brien to goat yoga with Khloé Kardashian and cowboy rodeo-ing with Leslie Jones.
What the Fit
2018
NRTeams make final preparations for the day's race. Plus, interviews, features, and Martin Brundle's popular "grid walk."
Grand Prix Sunday
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8.7When Dana White took over the UFC in 2001, one of the new UFC President's first tasks was to scour the MMA backwaters searching for undiscovered talent to sign to the UFC. White hasn't scouted talent in person for over a decade - but with childhood friend Nick "The Tooth" and the irrepressible Matt Serra in tow - Dana hits the road once again in search of potential UFC superstars.
Dana White: Lookin' for a Fight
2015
NRFormer MLB player Alex Rodriguez mentors former pro athletes and entertainers find themselves in serious financial distress and need help getting back on their feet.
Back in the Game
2018
