Personal Info
Birthday
January 3, 1952
Place of Birth
Fort Bragg, California, USA
Known For
Acting
Jim Ross
Biography
James William "Jim" Ross is a professional wrestling commentator, referee, restaurateur, occasional wrestler, and former company executive of WWE, where he works as a commentator on NXT, interim commentator on Raw, and as a talent relations consultant. Ross was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2007 and is widely regarded as one of the greatest announcers in wrestling history. He is known affectionately by wrestling fans as "Good Ol' JR". Outside of professional wrestling, Ross has developed his own brand of barbecue sauces and cookbooks.
Acting Filmography (139)
9.3
AEW Double or Nothing 2026
Movie2026
8.5
AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door 2025
Movie2025
5.2
WrestleMania IX: Becoming a Spectacle
Movie2025
6.8
AEW Dynasty 2025
Movie2025
7.0
WWE's Greatest Moments
TV Series2025
7.3
AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2024
Movie2024
7.6
AEW Dynasty 2024
Movie2024
8.0
Angle
Movie2023
6.5
AEW All In 2023: London - Zero Hour
Movie2023
7.7
All Elite Wrestling: Collision
TV Series2023
7.7
AEW All Out 2022
Movie2022
No Backdrop
0.0
Ric Flair's Last Match: Preshow
Movie2022
7.3
WWE Rivals
TV Series2022
8.9
AEW x NJPW Presents Forbidden Door 2022
Movie2022
7.0
AEW Double or Nothing 2022
Movie2022
0.0
Hey! (EW)
TV Series2022
8.3
AEW Revolution 2022
Movie2022
4.7
All Elite Wrestling: Battle of the Belts
TV Series2022
7.6
AEW Full Gear 2021
Movie2021
No Backdrop
9.5
AEW Grand Slam
Movie2021
8.0
AEW All Out 2021
Movie2021
7.1
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage
TV Series2021
8.0
AEW Fyter Fest
Movie2021
8.0
AEW Road Rager
Movie2021
7.0
AEW Double or Nothing 2021
Movie2021
7.3
Biography: WWE Legends
TV Series2021
No Backdrop
8.7
AEW Winter is Coming
Movie2020
No Backdrop
7.5
AEW Dynamite Anniversary Show
Movie2020
No Backdrop
7.0
Chris Jericho's 30th Anniversary Celebration
Movie2020
No Backdrop
10.0
The Best of Mickie James
Movie2020
5.0
AEW Fight for the Fallen
Movie2020
9.7
The Best of WWE
TV Series2020
7.7
AEW Revolution 2020
Movie2020
6.5
AEW Unrestricted
TV Series2020
No Backdrop
7.5
AEW Bash at the Beach
Movie2020
6.0
AEW Dark
TV Series2019
8.0
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
TV Series2019
8.3
AEW All Out 2019
Movie2019
7.5
AEW Fyter Fest
Movie2019
8.2
AEW Double or Nothing 2019
Movie2019
8.3
Dark Side of the Ring
TV Series2019
0.0
NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2018
Movie2018
10.0
WWE Untold
TV Series2018
8.0
NJPW G1 Special In San Francisco
Movie2018
0.0
NJPW Strong Style Evolved 2018
Movie2018
6.0
The Price of Fame
Movie2017
No Backdrop
10.0
1997: Dawn of the Attitude
Movie2017
5.0
WWE Mae Young Classic
TV Series2017
8.7
NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III
Movie2017
8.0
NJPW G1 Special in USA 2017 - Night 2
Movie2017
0.0
NJPW G1 Special in USA 2017 - Night 1
Movie2017
7.6
WWE NXT Takeover: Chicago
Movie2017
7.8
NXT Takeover: Toronto
Movie2016
No Backdrop
6.0
The Funks
Movie2016
6.0
I Never Quit: The Magnum T.A. Story
Movie2016
No Backdrop
8.0
Inside the Ropes: The Rise of the Attitude Era with Jim Cornette & Jim Ross
Movie2016
No Backdrop
6.8
WWE: Monday Night War Vol. 1: Shots Fired
Movie2015
No Backdrop
3.1
What Now
Movie2015
0.0
WWE NXT Live: From San Jose 2015
Movie2015
6.8
WWE 24
TV Series2015
7.5
The Resurrection of Jake The Snake
Movie2015
8.5
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9
Movie2015
7.0
Brian and the Boz
Movie2014
7.0
WWE Rivalries
TV Series2014
7.4
Ladies and Gentlemen, My Name Is Paul Heyman
Movie2014
7.4
The Sheik
Movie2014
No Backdrop
5.7
WWE: The Best of Raw - After the Show
Movie2014
8.4
Daniel Bryan: Journey to WrestleMania 30
Movie2014
0.0
Wrestlemania Rewind
TV Series2014
No Backdrop
9.3
Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
Movie2013
7.2
WWE Royal Rumble 2013
Movie2013
8.2
CM Punk: Best in the World
Movie2012
No Backdrop
0.0
WWE Tagged Classics: Austin 3:16 Uncensored / Three Faces Of Foley / Chris Jericho: Break Down The Walls / Kurt Angle: Its True
Movie2012
7.7
The 50 Greatest Finishing Moves in WWE History
Movie2012
8.8
WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak
Movie2012
7.4
WWE Survivor Series 2011
Movie2011
No Backdrop
8.0
WWE: OMG! The Top 50 Incidents in WWE History
Movie2011
5.9
WWE Over The Limit 2011
Movie2011
7.0
WWE Extreme Rules 2011
Movie2011
8.2
The True Story of WrestleMania
Movie2011
6.7
WWE NXT
TV Series2010
No Backdrop
0.0
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVI
Movie2009
No Backdrop
8.0
WWE: Twist of Fate - The Matt and Jeff Hardy Story
Movie2008
10.0
The Most Powerful Families in Wrestling
Movie2007
No Backdrop
8.6
WWE Hall of Fame 2007
Movie2007
7.9
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
Movie2006
6.6
WWE ECW
TV Series2006
6.5
The Self Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior
Movie2005
8.4
Road Warriors: The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History
Movie2005
8.2
WWE: Road Warriors - The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History
Movie2005
7.3
WWE Hall of Fame
TV Series2005
8.2
WWE WrestleMania XX
Movie2004
4.9
The Celebrity Apprentice
TV Series2004
8.0
WWE Unforgiven 2003
Movie2003
7.6
WWE Royal Rumble 2003
Movie2003
5.5
WWE Armageddon 2002
Movie2002
8.6
WWE Survivor Series 2002
Movie2002
7.4
WWE No Mercy 2002
Movie2002
6.9
WWE Unforgiven 2002
Movie2002
8.4
WWE SummerSlam 2002
Movie2002
7.5
WWE Vengeance 2002
Movie2002
No Backdrop
5.6
WWE: Triple H - The Game
Movie2002
7.9
WWE Judgment Day 2002
Movie2002
5.0
WWE Insurrextion 2002
Movie2002
6.7
WWE Royal Rumble 2002
Movie2002
No Backdrop
8.0
Lita - It Just Feels Right
Movie2001
No Backdrop
0.0
Lita: It Just Feels Right
Movie2001
No Backdrop
7.5
WWE Tough Enough
TV Series2001
7.2
Man on the Moon
Movie1999
0.0
WWF: It's Our Time
Movie1999
0.0
Mick Foley: Madman Unmasked
Movie1999
7.3
Beyond the Mat
Movie1999
7.5
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
TV Series1999
8.2
WWF: Three Faces of Foley
Movie1998
5.3
WWE Heat
TV Series1998
8.0
WWE SummerSlam 1997
Movie1997
8.0
WWE Sunny
Movie1997
0.0
German Fan Favorites
Movie1994
No Backdrop
0.0
WWF SummerSlam Spectacular 1994: Sunday Night Slam
Movie1994
0.0
WWE Sunday Night Slam
TV Series1994
0.0
Smoky Mountain Wrestling
TV Series1994
0.0
Bret "Hit Man" Hart: His Greatest Matches
Movie1993
No Backdrop
0.0
WWE SummerSlam Spectacular 1993
Movie1993
0.0
WWE Global Warfare
Movie1993
0.0
WWE Invasion of the Bodyslammers
Movie1993
0.0
WWE Bashed in the USA
Movie1993
0.0
WWE UK Rampage '93
Movie1993
6.8
Raw
TV Series1993
8.0
WCW WrestleWar 1991
Movie1991
No Backdrop
0.0
NWA WrestleWar 1989
Movie1989
6.8
WWF Wrestling Challenge
TV Series1986
7.7
WWF Superstars
TV Series1986
0.0
Power Pro Wrestling
TV Series1986
0.0
NWA World Championship Wrestling
TV Series1985
8.3
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
TV Series1985
0.0
WWE Pay Per View
TV Series1985
0.0
Mid-South Wrestling
TV Series1981
0.0
WWE Old School
TV Series1973
No Backdrop
0.0
OMG! Top 50 Incidents in WWE History
MovieN/A