Joe Laurinaitis

Acting•Born January 26, 1960•Died September 22, 2020 (age 60)•Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

Joseph Michael Laurinaitis is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring names, Road Warrior Animal and Road Warrior Hawk. He is the brother to John Laurinaitis, who was formerly WWE's Executive Vice President of Talent Relations and former general manager of both Raw and Smackdown brands of the WWE. Along with the late Road Warrior Hawk, Laurinaitis was one-half of the tag team known as The Road Warriors or also dubbed as The Legion of Doom.

Known For

Filmography

2022

WWE This Is Awesome

as Road Warrior Animal (archive footage)

2019

Trish & Lita – Best Friends, Better Rivals

as Animal (archive footage)

Movie

2019

Dark Side of the Ring

2019

Headstrong

as Self

Movie

2018

NWA 70th Anniversary Show

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

2018

All In

as Road Warrior Animal (Appearance)

Movie

2017

Nature Boy

as Self

Movie

2016

WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 3 Unreleased

Movie

2014

WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2

as Animal

Movie

2014

WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash

as Animal

Movie

2014

WCW'S Greatest Pay-Per-View Matches Volume 1

as Animal

Movie

2014

WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1

as Animal

Movie

2013

Legends of Mid-South Wrestling

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

2013

WCW War Games: WCW's Most Notorious Matches

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

2013

WWE: The Best Of In Your House

as Animal

Movie

2013

The Very Best of Monday Nitro: Volume 2

as Animal

Movie

2012

The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions

as Animal

Movie

2012

WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches

Movie

2012

WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection

as Animal

Movie

2011

The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.1

as Animal

Movie

2011

WWE Hall of Fame 2011

Movie

2010

Chris Benoit: The Aftermath

as Himself

Movie

2009

Jeff Jarrett: King of the Mountain

as Animal

Movie

2007

TNA Slammiversary 2007

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

2006

TNA: The 50 Greatest Moments

as Animal

Movie

2006

WWE Royal Rumble 2006

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

2005

WWE No Mercy 2005

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

2005

WWE The Great American Bash 2005

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

2005

Road Warriors: The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

2005

WWE: Road Warriors - The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

2004

The Monday Night War - WWE Raw vs. WCW Nitro

as Animal

Movie

2001

WCW Sin

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1999

WWE Friday Night SmackDown

as Road Warrior Animal

1998

Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1998

WWE Capital Carnage

as Animal

Movie

1998

Battlarts Battle Fiction

as Animal Warrior

Movie

1998

WWE Judgment Day: In Your House

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1998

WWE Heat

as Animal

1998

WWE Fully Loaded: In Your House

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1998

WWE Over the Edge: In Your House

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1998

WWE Unforgiven: In Your House

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1998

WWE Mayhem in Manchester

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1998

WWE WrestleMania XIV

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1998

WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House

as Road Warrior Animal (Appearance)

Movie

1998

WWE Royal Rumble 1998

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1998

WCW Thunder

as Road Warrior Animal

1997

WWE D-Generation X: In Your House

as Animal

Movie

1997

WWE Survivor Series 1997

as Animal

Movie

1997

WWE Badd Blood: In Your House

as Animal

Movie

1997

WWE One Night Only

as Animal

Movie

1997

WWE Ground Zero: In Your House

as Animal

Movie

1997

WWE SummerSlam 1997

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1997

WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1997

WWE King of the Ring 1997

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1997

Best Of Raw • Volume Four

Movie

1997

WWE In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker

as Animal

Movie

1997

WWE WrestleMania 13

as Animal

Movie

1996

WCW Slamboree 1996

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1996

NJPW Battle Formation '96

as Animal Warrior

Movie

1996

WCW Uncensored 1996

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1996

WCW SuperBrawl VI

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1993

WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV

as Road Warrior Animal (Cornerman)

Movie

1993

WWE Bashed in the USA

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1993

Raw

as Road Warrior Animal

1993

Raw

as Warrior Animal

1993

Raw

as The Legion Of Doom

1993

Raw

as Animal

1992

WWE Rampage '92

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1992

WWE SummerSlam 1992

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1992

WWE WrestleFest '92

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1992

WWE UK Rampage

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1992

WWE UK Rampage '92

as Road Warrior Animals

Movie

1992

WWE WrestleMania VIII

as Road Warrior Animal (Interview)

Movie

1992

WWE Invasion '92

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1992

WWE SuperTape: Volume 5

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1992

WWE Royal Rumble 1992

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1991

WWE Survivor Series 1991

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1991

WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1991

WWE Rampage '91

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1991

WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1991

WWE SummerSlam 1991

as Animal

Movie

1991

WWE WrestleFest '91

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1991

2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1991

WWE SuperTape: Volume 4

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1991

SWS WrestleFest

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1991

WWE WrestleMania VII

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1991

WWE The Main Event V

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1991

WWE SuperTape: Volume 3

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1991

WWE Royal Rumble 1991

as Animal

Movie

1990

WWE Survivor Series 1990

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1990

WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90

as Road Warrior Animal (Appearance)

Movie

1990

WWE SummerSlam 1990

as Road Warrior Animal (Ringside)

Movie

1990

WCW Capital Combat: Return of RoboCop

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1990

WCW WrestleWar 1990

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1990

NWA Clash of The Champions X: Texas Shootout

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1989

WCW Starrcade 1989

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1989

NWA Clash of The Champions IX: New York Knockout

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1989

WCW Halloween Havoc 1989

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1989

NWA Clash of The Champions VIII: Fall Brawl '89

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1989

NWA The Great American Bash 1989

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1989

WCW WrestleWar 1989

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1989

NWA WrestleWar 1989

Movie

1989

NWA Clash of The Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1989

NWA Live: March 18, 1989

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1989

NWA Chi-Town Rumble

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1989

NWA Clash of The Champions V: St. Valentine's Massacre

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1988

NWA Starrcade 1988

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1988

NWA Clash of The Champions IV: Season's Beatings

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1988

NWA The Great American Bash 1988

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1988

The Third Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1988

NWA Clash of the Champions

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1988

Clash of the Champions

as Road Warrior Animal

1988

Clash of the Champions

as Road Warrior Animal (Cornerman)

1988

NWA Bunkhouse Stampede

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1987

NWA Starrcade 1987

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1987

NWA The Great American Bash '87: War Games

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1987

The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1987

NWA Super Towns on The SuperStation

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1986

NWA Starrcade 1986

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1986

WWF Wrestling Challenge

as Road Warrior Animal

1986

NWA Battle of the Belts III

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1986

NWA The Great American Bash '86: Livin' in the Promise Land

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1986

NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Greensboro

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1986

NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Charlotte

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1986

AWA WrestleRock 1986

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1986

The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1986

Power Pro Wrestling

as Road Warrior Animal

1986

NWA Battle of The Belts II

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1986

NWA Superstars on The SuperStation

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1985

AWA/NWA Night of Champions II

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1985

Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1985

NWA World Championship Wrestling

as Road Warrior

1985

AWA Super Clash

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1985

PNW Owen Family Super Extravaganza

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1985

AWA Wrestling For a Cure

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1985

NWA The Great American Bash 1985

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1985

PNW 60th Anniversary Wrestling Extravaganza

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1985

WWE Saturday Night's Main Event

1985

WWE Saturday Night's Main Event

as Animal

1985

AWA StarCage

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1985

PWUSA Star Wars

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1985

NWA Battle of the Belts

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1984

AWA Christmas Show 1984

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1984

NWA Lords of The Ring

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1984

NWA Night of Champions

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1983

GCW at The Omni (December '83)

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1983

NWA The Last Battle of Atlanta

as Road Warrior Animal

Movie

1983

WCW Arena Shows

as Road Warrior Animal

1981

Mid-South Wrestling

as Road Warrior Animal

1981

Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling

as Road Warrior Animal

1973

WWE Old School

as Animal

Personal Info

DepartmentActing

BirthdayJanuary 26, 1960

Day of DeathSeptember 22, 2020

Place of BirthPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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