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Mike Tyson

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Born June 30, 1966 · Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Also known as Michael Gerard Tyson · Iron Mike · The Baddest Man on the Planet

Biography

Michael Gerard Tyson (born June 30, 1966) is an American former professional boxer, competing from 1985 to 2005. He reigned as the undisputed world heavyweight champion, and holds the record as the youngest boxer to win a heavyweight title, at 20 years, four months, and 22 days old.

Awards & recognition

  • WWE Hall of Fame · 2012
  • International Boxing Hall of Fame · 2011
  • Sugar Ray Robinson Award · 1988
  • The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year · 1988
  • Sugar Ray Robinson Award · 1986
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  • The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year · 1986
  • The Ring magazine Prospect of the Year · 1985
  • IBF World Heavyweight Champion
  • The Ring World Heavyweight Champion
  • WBA World Heavyweight Champion
  • WBC World Heavyweight Champion

Filmography50+ titles

Dear Mama

2022as Self

How I Met Your Mother

2005as Mike Tyson

Pariah: The Lives and Deaths of Sonny Liston

2019as Self

All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite

2019as Mike Tyson

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999as Reggie Rhodes

Shark Week

1987as Self

WWE Friday Night SmackDown

1999

Entourage

2004as Self

Mike Tyson Mysteries

2014as Mike Tyson (voice)

Franklin & Bash

2011as Mike Tyson

The Hangover

2009as Mike Tyson

Sean Combs: The Reckoning

2025as Self (archive footage)

Lennox Lewis: The Untold Story

2020as Self

Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen

2011as Self - Roaster

Conan

2010as Self

Comedy Central Roasts

as Self

Countdown: Paul vs. Tyson

as Self

Hart to Heart

as Self

42 to 1

2018

Ip Man 3

2015as Frank

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

2021as Self (archive footage)

Untold: Deal with the Devil

2021as Self - Heavyweight Boxer

I Am Duran

2019as Self

Rocky Balboa

2006as Mike Tyson

The Colbert Report

2005

Saturday Night Live

1975as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

Tyson

2008as Self

Hell's Kitchen

2005as Self - Restaurant Patron

Raw

1993as Self

Tour de Pharmacy

2017as Mike Tyson

I Am Ali

2014as Self

Trainwreck: Mayor of Mayhem

2025as Self (archive footage)

In the Know

2024as Self

Pharaoh's War

2019as Rick

Whitney: Can I Be Me

2017as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mr Calzaghe

2015as Self

No Más

2013

Breaking In

2011as Mike Tyson

The Hangover Part II

2011as Mike Tyson

You're Watching Video Music Box

2021as Self

Chris Brown: Welcome To My Life

2017as Self

Lip Sync Battle

2015as Self

The Last O.G.

2018as Triple O.G.

Champs

2014as Self

Asphalt City

2023as Chief Burroughs

Entourage

2015as Mike Tyson

Vendetta

2022as Roach

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Grudge Match

2013as Mike Tyson

Tyson vs. Jaws: Rumble on the Reef

2020as Self