John Cena
Known For: Peacemaker, The Suicide Squad, WWE, F9: The Fast Saga, Fast X, Bumblebee, Argylle, Ricky Stanicky, Blockers, Vacation Friends, Wipeout, Trainwreck
Appearances | Sunday, May 26
JOHN CENA is an actor, producer, entrepreneur, author, philanthropist, and WWE Superstar.
Most recently, John starred in the Amazon comedy, “Ricky Stanicky,” directed by Pete Farrelly, which reached the #1 spot on Prime Video’s top 10 list. John also made an appearance in “Argylle,” a spy thriller directed by Matthew Vaughn. Prior to this, he starred in “Vacation Friends 2”—the first “Vacation Friends” became the #1 Hulu Original Film in the Streamer’s History. John also had a cameo role in Warner Bros.’ hugely successful film, “Barbie,” appeared as Jakob Toretto in Universal Pictures’ “Fast X”—a character audiences first met in “F9: The Fast Saga,” and starred alongside Jackie Chan in “Hidden Strike,” which opened #1 on Netflix. Prior to this, he starred as “Peacemaker” in the #1 HBO Max Original series of the same name, written and directed by James Gunn. Audiences were first introduced to John’s “Peacemaker” character in 2021, in James Gunn’s Warner Brothers hit, “The Suicide Squad.”
John’s upcoming credits include Season 2 of “Peacemaker,” as well as the Warner Bros. live-action film “Coyote v. Acme,” Amazon’s “Jackpot,” directed by Paul Feig, and “Heads of State,” alongside Idris Elba.
Other notable credits for John include “Trainwreck,” “Blockers,” “Sisters,” “Daddy’s Home” and its sequel, the “Transformers” spinoff, “Bumblebee,” “Playing with Fire,” and “Ferdinand.”
John has hosted a variety of shows, including “Saturday Night Live,” “The Espys,” “The Today Show,” the Nickelodeon “Kids Choice Awards,” “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” “Wipeout,” “American Grit,” and “Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?”
In April 2021, John published two books: DO YOUR BEST EVERY DAY TO DO YOUR BEST EVERY DAY, a collection of inspirational quotes geared toward children, and BE A WORK IN PROGRESS, a collection for adults. John is also the #1 New York Times best-selling author of the ELBOW GREASE picture books, a series inspired by the lessons he learned about hard work, perseverance, and teamwork from growing up with four brothers.
John has been the face of the WWE for more than two decades and has been dubbed the Babe Ruth of the WWE by Vince McMahon. Serving as Cover Star for both WWE 2K15 and 2K23, John is the only person to be featured as a WWE 2K Cover Star twice.
John devotes much of his time and energy working on behalf of numerous charitable causes. He is the only celebrity to grant nearly 700 wishes with MAKE A WISH. He is also the recipient of Sports Illustrated’s 2018 Muhammad Ali Legacy Award and USO METRO’s 2016 Legacy of Achievement Award. John also starred in AD COUNCIL’s Love Has No Labels campaign, ‘We Are America’ to further the message of acceptance and love for all communities across the United States.
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