Hulk Hogan’s roles such as film star, Media Crusader and Maga Hypeman had a big impact outside the ring

Hulk Hogan, who died on Thursday at the age of 71, will be remembered as a real icon of professional wrestling. His extraordinary star power helped to convert the wrestling industry into a global phenomenon that has traditional sports in reach, income and cultural impact.

However, as important as his wrestling legacy is, the man born in Terry Gene Bollea has also left a stamp in other ways. These are some of the most memorable roles that he played outside the ring.

TV and movie star

Hogan’s more than the living tough guy persona seemed like a perfect fit for the Hyper-Machoura that defined action movies in the 1980s and 90s. His first acting performance was perhaps his most successful, when he played a wrestler in 1982 known as Thunderlips Rocky III. He got his first leading role seven years later, again playing a character inspired by his wrestling persona, in No holds blocked. The film was a commercial failure and was absolutely destroyed by critics. His next two films, Suburban Command And Mr. Nanny, Receive similar receptions. Hogan was also not very lucky on TV. His show Thunder in Paradisewho debuted in 1994 was canceled after one season.

Although his attempts to be a leading man failed, Hogan had a long list of memorable guest spaces and cameos in a wide range of projects in the course of the decades, including Suddenly Susan” Muppets in space And The Goldbergs.

Reality star

Hogan had much more success on the screen when he did not play a character at all. In 2005, VH1 was broadcast the first episode of broadcasted Hogan knows the bestThat his daily life described with his wife and two children, Brooke and Nick. The show was a big hit and brought the largest audience on the network ever for a premiere episode at that time. The show lasted four seasons before being abruptly canceled in the midst of a series of scandals within the family, including a car accident in which Nick Hogan was involved in which his friend was seriously injured.

Hogan knows the best Helps Brooke achieve modest success as a recording artist and as the star of her own reality show, Brooke knows the best.

Crusader

Hogan was central to one of the most important legal fights of the media in recent history. In 2012, the popular gossip and news site Gawker published parts of a video with Hogan with sex with the alienated woman of a friend. With the financial support of right -wing technical billionaire Peter Thiel, Hogan sued on the basis of the fact that Gawker had violated his privacy and caused him emotional damage. A jury ruled in his favor and admitted $ 140 million to total damage.

The case drove Gawker Media, one of the determining media brands of his time, in bankruptcy. The flagship location was closed in 2016. Some of his other properties – including Deadspin, Gizmodo and Izebel – remained in operation under new ownership, but never came close to reaching the heights they reached while they were under the Gawker -Paraplu.

Maga Hypeman

Hogan’s wrestling person was emphatically pro-American, but politics was not an important part of his personal brand to the presidential race of 2024. Last year he became one of the most vocal famous supporters of President Trump. He praised “Trumpamania” during some Trump in July called an “absolutely electric speech” on the Republican National Convention, in which Hogan brought his characteristic movement of his shirt to fragments to fragments. He set up a similar show during a Trump rally in New York a few weeks before the election day.

“In politics, the approval of celebrities rarely becomes viral. But by thinking big – and retro … Trump’s team may have succeeded exactly,” wrote Yahoo’s Andrew Romano na Hogan’s Convention Speech.