Wrestler, actor, politician Jesse Ventura: biography, filmography

Jesse Ventura is the pseudonym of the famous American actor, politician, presenter of television and radio shows. The real name of this multifaceted person is James George Janos. Almost every one of you could see him in the film "Running Man" directed by Paul Michael Glazer with Arnold Schwarzenegger in the title role.

Jesse was also the governor of the state of Minnesota, and still a famous wrestler. In the World Wrestling Federation, he acted as Jesse Body of Ventura and in 2004 fell into the hall of glory federation.

Childhood and youth

James was born July 15, 1951 in the city of Minneapolis, in the US state of Minnesota. His mother, Bernice Martha, is German by birth, and her father, George William Janos is a Slovak.

As a child, Jesse went to Cooper Elementary School, and then to Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis.

After graduating from school, the guy went to serve in the army. From 1969 to 1975, Jesse served in the US Navy. The future politician took part in the war in Vietnam. In the future, it helped James play the role of special forces in movies.

After military service

After returning from service, James Janos began to look for work. One of the stages of his career was working as a bodyguard for the musical group The Rolling Stones. With them, he traveled quite a lot to different countries and looked at the world.

Then Jesse Ventura was seriously carried away by wrestling. For this, he had all the necessary data. The height of the male is 193 cm, and the weight ranged from 110-120 kg. He devoted this sport eleven years (from 1975 to 1986), achieving significant success in it. James proved himself in wrestling both as a fighter and as a commentator.

Working in a movie

For the first time in the movie Jesse Ventura, whose filmography includes a huge number of movies about wrestling, art paintings and serials, starred at the age of 21 years. In the movies, the actor came from wrestling. The first work in his film career - the series "WWWF Champions of Wrestling", filmed from 1972 to 1986. After him was the series "Hunter", here James still played himself - wrestler Jesse Body Ventura.

The first feature film, which starred Jesse Ventura - "Predator", released in 1987, directed by John McTiernan. Here the actor played one of the members of the detachment of Alan Schaeffer, sent to the jungle in search of a fallen helicopter and his crew. The film was nominated for an Oscar in 1988 in the category "Best Visual Effects," won the Saturn Award for Best Music.

Filmography

The most notable works in the filmography of the actor are:

• In 1987, the films "Predator" and "Running Man".
• In 1991 the film "Ricochet".
• From 1992 to 1997, the series "Renegade".
• In 1993, the series "The X-Files" and the film "The Destroyer".
• In 1994, the painting "Major League 2", where the actor plays himself.
• In 1997, the film "Batman and Robin."
• In addition, Jesse can be seen in the series "Dead Zone", where he played himself in the chronicle.

Political career

In 1990, Janos began to take an interest in politics. He participates in the election of the mayor of the small town of Brooklyn Park in his home state. Jesse's opponent in the election - the acting mayor of the city, headed the mayoralty at that time for 25 years. However, this time Jesse wins the election. Success inspires the actor and wrestler for further tests in politics.

In 1998, Jesse Ventura, whose photo now and then flashes in the press, decides to compete for the post of governor of Minnesota. He is running for this position from a small "Party of Reforms", which no one takes seriously. James by this time already recognize on the streets as a man who played in the movie "Predator." Janos goes to the state, speaks to the voters.

Jesse's pre-election slogans are close to the common people. He scolds the local "bipartisan dictatorship", "the power of corporations", promises to speak out "for the common people". Due to such actions, the rating of Ventura grows more than 10 percent, and this under American law gives him the right to speak on TV debates.

A wonderful speaker and a talented person in many spheres, he easily wins on the televised debates of his rivals. After only a few weeks, Jesse is elected governor of the state. As governor, Ventura worked from 1999 to 2003.

Merit as a politician

During his years as governor of Minnesota, the politician can boast of a number of successes. Among his achievements are:

1. Refused the governor's residence, which saved budgetary funds.
2. I solved the problem of public transport by launching high-speed trams.
3. Decreased the tax burden.
4. The income of the state exceeded expenditures exactly at the time of the governorship of Jesse Ventura.
5. The received, not spent profit from the state budget once a year returned to the inhabitants of Minnesota.

On Jesse, during his governorship, there was tremendous pressure from the local press, as well as other major state politicians. They tried to find dirty details in his personal life, prevented the embodiment of his political and social projects. Unable to withstand such a life, Ventura decided to limit himself to one term as governor.

There were rumors that Jesse would run for president in 2016, but the politician decided to support the candidacy of Bernie Sanders in the election .