Evander Holyfield

Evander Holyfield

Born: October 19, 1962
in Atmore, Alabama, USA
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.

Movies for Evander Holyfield...

Evander Holyfield vs. Vitor Belfort
Title: Evander Holyfield vs. Vitor Belfort
Character: Self
Released: September 11, 2021
Type: Movie
Evander Holyfield makes a stunning return to the ring against former UFC light-heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort.
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Ali's Comeback: The Untold Story
Title: Ali's Comeback: The Untold Story
Character: Self
Released: January 16, 2020
Type: Movie
An 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.
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One Night: Joshua vs. Ruiz
Title: One Night: Joshua vs. Ruiz
Character: Self
Released: November 22, 2019
Type: Movie
'One Night: Joshua vs. Ruiz' is a comprehensive look at the night Andy Ruiz pulled off the biggest boxing upset in decades.
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Title: Back in the Game
Character: Self
Released: March 13, 2018
Type: TV
Former MLB player Alex Rodriguez mentors former pro athletes and entertainers find themselves in serious financial distress and need help getting back on their feet.
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Foreman
Title: Foreman
Character: Self
Released: September 13, 2017
Type: Movie
Cast 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.
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Top Funny Comedian The Movie
Title: Top Funny Comedian The Movie
Released: March 24, 2017
Type: Movie
A 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.
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Chasing Tyson
Title: Chasing Tyson
Character: Self
Released: November 10, 2015
Type: Movie
Evander 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.
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Title: Dana White: Lookin' for a Fight
Released: September 25, 2015
Type: TV
When 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.
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Champs
Title: Champs
Character: Self
Released: March 13, 2015
Type: Movie
A documentary about the sport of boxing, as seen through the eyes of champions Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield and Bernard Hopkins.
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Grudge Match
Title: Grudge Match
Character: Evander Holyfield
Released: December 25, 2013
Type: Movie
A pair of aging boxing rivals are coaxed out of retirement to fight one final bout -- 30 years after their last match.
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Lose Her Island
Title: Lose Her Island
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2012
Type: Movie
Jacques Cousteau's investigation on fighting sea elephants and the losers who roam an island.
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Evander Holyfield vs. Brian Nielsen
Title: Evander Holyfield vs. Brian Nielsen
Character: Self
Released: May 5, 2011
Type: Movie
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Arthur
Title: Arthur
Character: Boxing Trainer
Released: April 8, 2011
Type: Movie
A drunken playboy stands to lose a wealthy inheritance when he falls for a woman that his family doesn't like.
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Title: MasterChef
Character: Self
Released: July 27, 2010
Type: TV
This hit cooking competition series sees award-winning chef Gordon Ramsay and other celebrity chefs put a group of contestants through a series of challenges and elimination rounds, in order to turn one home cook into a culinary master.
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Tyson
Title: Tyson
Character: Self
Released: May 16, 2008
Type: Movie
Director 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.
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Title: Phineas and Ferb
Character: Evander Holyfield (voice)
Released: August 17, 2007
Type: TV
Each 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.
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Holyfield vs Maddalone
Title: Holyfield vs Maddalone
Released: March 17, 2007
Type: Movie
A boxing fight.
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Title: Bailando por un sueño
Released: April 17, 2006
Type: TV
Bailando por un Sueño 1 was the first argentinian season of Bailando por un Sueño. The season, first aired on April 17, 2006, and was part of the original show, Showmtach broadcast on Canal 13, and hosted by Marcelo Tinelli. 8 couples competed during 7 weeks, and the winner was revealed on the season finale, on June 1, 2006. The winner of this first season was the actress, producer and comedian Carmen Barbieri, who was paired with the professional dancer, Christian Ponce. The judges, were the famous journalist Jorge Lafauci, professional dancer Laura Fidalgo, vedette Zulma Faiad, and producer, actress and singer Reina Reech
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Title: Dancing with the Stars
Character: Self - Contestant
Released: June 1, 2005
Type: TV
The 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.
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Bolivia
Title: Bolivia
Character: Evander Holyfield (archive footage)
Released: September 22, 2001
Type: Movie
Freddy 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.
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Title: Celebrity Big Brother
Released: March 9, 2001
Type: TV
Celebrity 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.
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Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit 2000
Title: Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit 2000
Character: Self
Released: July 4, 2000
Type: Movie
Damon 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.
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Evander Holyfield vs. Lennox Lewis II
Title: Evander Holyfield vs. Lennox Lewis II
Character: Self
Released: November 13, 1999
Type: Movie
Evander 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.
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Summer of Sam
Title: Summer of Sam
Character: Man in Riot
Released: July 2, 1999
Type: Movie
During the summer of 1977, a killer known as the Son of Sam keeps all of New York City on edge with a series of brutal murders.
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Evander Holyfield vs. Lennox Lewis I
Title: Evander Holyfield vs. Lennox Lewis I
Character: Self
Released: March 13, 1999
Type: Movie
Evander 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.
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Welcome to Hollywood
Title: Welcome to Hollywood
Character: Evander Holyfield
Released: October 1, 1998
Type: Movie
A film director (Adam Rifkin) decides to chart the course of a young actor (Tony Markes) as he tries to make it in Hollywood...
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Evander Holyfield vs. Michael Moorer II
Title: Evander Holyfield vs. Michael Moorer II
Character: Self
Released: November 8, 1997
Type: Movie
Evander Holyfield vs. Michael Moorer II
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Title: The Tony Danza Show
Character: Evander Holyfield
Released: September 24, 1997
Type: TV
The Tony Danza Show is an American sitcom starring Tony Danza, Majandra Delfino, Dean Stockwell, Ashley Malinger, María Canals, and Shaun Weiss that aired on NBC in 1997. The series aired 5 episodes before being cancelled, leaving 7 episodes unaired.
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Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield II
Title: Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield II
Character: Himself
Released: June 28, 1997
Type: Movie
In 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.
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Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield I
Title: Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield I
Character: Himself
Released: November 9, 1996
Type: Movie
Mike 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.
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Evander Holyfield vs. Riddick Bowe III
Title: Evander Holyfield vs. Riddick Bowe III
Character: Himself
Released: November 4, 1995
Type: Movie
Evander 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.
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Evander Holyfield vs. Ray Mercer
Title: Evander Holyfield vs. Ray Mercer
Character: Himself
Released: May 20, 1995
Type: Movie
Evander Holyfield vs. Ray Mercer, billed as "The Warrior Returns" was a professional boxing match contested on May 20, 1995.
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Title: In the House
Released: April 10, 1995
Type: TV
In the House is an American sitcom
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Title: New York Undercover
Released: September 8, 1994
Type: TV
New 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.
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Evander Holyfield vs. Michael Moorer I
Title: Evander Holyfield vs. Michael Moorer I
Character: Self
Released: April 22, 1994
Type: Movie
Evander Holyfield vs. Michael Moorer I
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Evander Holyfield vs. Riddick Bowe II
Title: Evander Holyfield vs. Riddick Bowe II
Character: Himself
Released: November 6, 1993
Type: Movie
Evander 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.
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Naked Sport: Welcome to the Sewer
Title: Naked Sport: Welcome to the Sewer
Character: Self
Released: May 1, 1993
Type: Movie
Produced 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.
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Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson
Title: Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 12, 1993
Type: Movie
Fallen 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.
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Evander Holyfield vs Riddick Bowe I
Title: Evander Holyfield vs Riddick Bowe I
Released: November 13, 1992
Type: Movie
In 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.
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Evander Holyfield vs. Bert Cooper
Title: Evander Holyfield vs. Bert Cooper
Character: Himself
Released: November 23, 1991
Type: Movie
Evander 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.
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Necessary Roughness
Title: Necessary Roughness
Character: Convict Football Player
Released: September 27, 1991
Type: Movie
When the Texas Southern 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?
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Title: Home Improvement
Character: Evander Holyfield
Released: September 17, 1991
Type: TV
The 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.
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Evander Holyfield vs. George Foreman
Title: Evander Holyfield vs. George Foreman
Character: Himself
Released: April 19, 1991
Type: Movie
Evander 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.
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Evander Holyfield vs Buster Douglas
Title: Evander Holyfield vs Buster Douglas
Character: Self
Released: October 25, 1990
Type: Movie
A 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.
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Blood Salvage
Title: Blood Salvage
Character: Boxer
Released: September 14, 1990
Type: Movie
Twisted 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.
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Title: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Character: Evander Holyfield
Released: September 10, 1990
Type: TV
Will, 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.
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Evander Holyfield vs. Dwight Muhammad Qawi II
Title: Evander Holyfield vs. Dwight Muhammad Qawi II
Character: Self
Released: December 5, 1987
Type: Movie
Evander Holyfield vs. Dwight Muhammad Qawi II
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Dwight Muhammad Qawi vs. Evander Holyfield
Title: Dwight Muhammad Qawi vs. Evander Holyfield
Character: Self
Released: July 12, 1986
Type: Movie
Dwight Muhammad Qawi vs. Evander Holyfield, billed as "Pandemonium" was a professional boxing match contested on 12 July 1986 for the WBA cruiserweight championship.
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Title: Saturday Night Live
Character: Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Released: October 11, 1975
Type: TV
A 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.