Joe Laurinaitis

Joe Laurinaitis

Known for
Acting
Born
January 26, 1960
Died
September 22, 2020 (aged 60)
Birthplace
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

Photos

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Filmography

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RFVideo Face Off Vol. 17: Behind The Paint

RFVideo Face Off Vol. 17: Behind The Paint

Movie · as Himself

2022
WWE This Is Awesome poster

WWE This Is Awesome

TV · as Road Warrior Animal (archive footage) · 1 ep

2019
Trish & Lita – Best Friends, Better Rivals poster

Trish & Lita – Best Friends, Better Rivals

Movie · as Animal (archive footage)

2019
Headstrong poster

Headstrong

Movie · as Self

2019
Dark Side of the Ring poster

Dark Side of the Ring

TV · 1 ep

2018
All In poster

All In

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal (Appearance)

2018
NWA 70th Anniversary Show poster

NWA 70th Anniversary Show

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

2017
Nature Boy poster

Nature Boy

Movie · as Self

2016
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 3 Unreleased poster

WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 3 Unreleased

Movie

2014
WCW'S Greatest Pay-Per-View Matches Volume 1 poster

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

Movie · as Animal

2014
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2 poster

WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2

Movie · as Animal

2014
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1

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

Movie · as Animal

2014
WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash poster

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

Movie · as Animal

2013
WCW War Games: WCW's Most Notorious Matches poster

WCW War Games: WCW's Most Notorious Matches

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

2013
Legends of Mid-South Wrestling poster

Legends of Mid-South Wrestling

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

2013
WWE: The Best Of In Your House poster

WWE: The Best Of In Your House

Movie · as Animal

2013
The Very Best of Monday Nitro: Volume 2 poster

The Very Best of Monday Nitro: Volume 2

Movie · as Animal

2012
WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches

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

Movie

2012
The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions poster

The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions

Movie · as Animal

2012
WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection poster

WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection

Movie · as Animal

2011
WWE Hall of Fame 2011 poster

WWE Hall of Fame 2011

Movie

2011
The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.1 poster

The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.1

Movie · as Animal

2010
Chris Benoit: The Aftermath poster

Chris Benoit: The Aftermath

Movie · as Himself

2009
Jeff Jarrett: King of the Mountain poster

Jeff Jarrett: King of the Mountain

Movie · as Animal

2007
TNA Slammiversary 2007 poster

TNA Slammiversary 2007

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

2006
WWE Royal Rumble 2006 poster

WWE Royal Rumble 2006

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

2006
TNA: The 50 Greatest Moments poster

TNA: The 50 Greatest Moments

Movie · as Animal

2006
Legends Never Die

Legends Never Die

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

2005
WWE The Great American Bash 2005 poster

WWE The Great American Bash 2005

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

2005
WWE No Mercy 2005 poster

WWE No Mercy 2005

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

2005
Road Warriors: The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History poster

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

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

2005
WWE: Road Warriors - The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History poster

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

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

2004
The Monday Night War - WWE Raw vs. WCW Nitro poster

The Monday Night War - WWE Raw vs. WCW Nitro

Movie · as Animal

2001
WCW Sin poster

WCW Sin

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1999
WWE Friday Night SmackDown poster

WWE Friday Night SmackDown

TV · 39 eps

1998
Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows poster

Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1998
WWE Royal Rumble 1998 poster

WWE Royal Rumble 1998

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1998
WWE Judgment Day: In Your House poster

WWE Judgment Day: In Your House

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1998
WWE Capital Carnage poster

WWE Capital Carnage

Movie · as Animal

1998
WWE Mayhem in Manchester poster

WWE Mayhem in Manchester

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1998
WWE Fully Loaded: In Your House poster

WWE Fully Loaded: In Your House

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1998
WWE Over the Edge: In Your House poster

WWE Over the Edge: In Your House

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1998
WWE Unforgiven: In Your House poster

WWE Unforgiven: In Your House

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1998
WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House poster

WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal (Appearance)

1998
Battlarts Battle Fiction

Battlarts Battle Fiction

Movie · as Animal Warrior

1998
WWE WrestleMania XIV poster

WWE WrestleMania XIV

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1998
WCW Thunder poster

WCW Thunder

TV · as Road Warrior Animal · 1 ep

1998
WWE Heat poster

WWE Heat

TV · as Animal · 2 eps

1997
WWE WrestleMania 13 poster

WWE WrestleMania 13

Movie · as Animal

1997
WWE Badd Blood: In Your House poster

WWE Badd Blood: In Your House

Movie · as Animal

1997
WWE In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker poster

WWE In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker

Movie · as Animal

1997
WWE King of the Ring 1997 poster

WWE King of the Ring 1997

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1997
WWE SummerSlam 1997 poster

WWE SummerSlam 1997

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1997
WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede poster

WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1997
WWE Survivor Series 1997 poster

WWE Survivor Series 1997

Movie · as Animal

1997
WWE D-Generation X: In Your House poster

WWE D-Generation X: In Your House

Movie · as Animal

1997
WWE Ground Zero: In Your House poster

WWE Ground Zero: In Your House

Movie · as Animal

1997
WWE One Night Only poster

WWE One Night Only

Movie · as Animal

1997
Best Of Raw • Volume Four poster

Best Of Raw • Volume Four

Movie

1996
WCW SuperBrawl VI poster

WCW SuperBrawl VI

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1996
WCW Uncensored 1996 poster

WCW Uncensored 1996

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1996
WCW Slamboree 1996 poster

WCW Slamboree 1996

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1996
NJPW Battle Formation '96 poster

NJPW Battle Formation '96

Movie · as Animal Warrior

1993
WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV poster

WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal (Cornerman)

1993
WWE Bashed in the USA poster

WWE Bashed in the USA

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1993
Raw poster

Raw

TV · as Road Warrior Animal, The Legion Of Doom · 43 eps

1992
WWE WrestleFest '92 poster

WWE WrestleFest '92

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1992
WWE SuperTape: Volume 5 poster

WWE SuperTape: Volume 5

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1992
WWE Invasion '92 poster

WWE Invasion '92

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1992
WWE Rampage '92 poster

WWE Rampage '92

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1992
WWE SummerSlam 1992 poster

WWE SummerSlam 1992

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1992
WWE Royal Rumble 1992 poster

WWE Royal Rumble 1992

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1992
WWE WrestleMania VIII poster

WWE WrestleMania VIII

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal (Interview)

1992
WWE UK Rampage poster

WWE UK Rampage

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1992
WWE UK Rampage '92 poster

WWE UK Rampage '92

Movie · as Road Warrior Animals

1991
2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars poster

2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1991
WWE WrestleFest '91 poster

WWE WrestleFest '91

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1991
WWE SuperTape: Volume 3 poster

WWE SuperTape: Volume 3

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1991
WWE SuperTape: Volume 4 poster

WWE SuperTape: Volume 4

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1991
WWE Rampage '91 poster

WWE Rampage '91

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1991
WWE WrestleMania VII poster

WWE WrestleMania VII

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1991
WWE Royal Rumble 1991 poster

WWE Royal Rumble 1991

Movie · as Animal

1991
WWE SummerSlam 1991 poster

WWE SummerSlam 1991

Movie · as Animal

1991
WWF The Main Event V poster

WWF The Main Event V

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1991
WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall poster

WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1991
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991

WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1991
WWE Survivor Series 1991 poster

WWE Survivor Series 1991

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1991
SWS WrestleFest poster

SWS WrestleFest

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1990
WWE Survivor Series 1990 poster

WWE Survivor Series 1990

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1990
WCW Capital Combat: Return of RoboCop poster

WCW Capital Combat: Return of RoboCop

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1990
NWA Clash of The Champions X: Texas Shootout poster

NWA Clash of The Champions X: Texas Shootout

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1990
WCW WrestleWar 1990 poster

WCW WrestleWar 1990

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1990
WWE SummerSlam 1990 poster

WWE SummerSlam 1990

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal (Ringside)

1990
WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90

WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal (Appearance)

1989
NWA The Great American Bash 1989 poster

NWA The Great American Bash 1989

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1989
NWA Chi-Town Rumble poster

NWA Chi-Town Rumble

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1989
WCW Starrcade 1989 poster

WCW Starrcade 1989

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1989
WCW Halloween Havoc 1989 poster

WCW Halloween Havoc 1989

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1989
NWA Live: March 18, 1989

NWA Live: March 18, 1989

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1989
NWA Clash of The Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun poster

NWA Clash of The Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1989
NWA Clash of The Champions V: St. Valentine's Massacre poster

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

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1989
NWA Clash of The Champions VIII: Fall Brawl '89 poster

NWA Clash of The Champions VIII: Fall Brawl '89

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1989
NWA Clash of The Champions IX: New York Knockout poster

NWA Clash of The Champions IX: New York Knockout

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1989
WCW WrestleWar 1989 poster

WCW WrestleWar 1989

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1988
NWA The Great American Bash 1988 poster

NWA The Great American Bash 1988

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1988
NWA Bunkhouse Stampede poster

NWA Bunkhouse Stampede

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1988
NWA Starrcade 1988 poster

NWA Starrcade 1988

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1988
The Third Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament

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

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1988
NWA Clash of the Champions poster

NWA Clash of the Champions

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1988
NWA Clash of The Champions IV: Season's Beatings poster

NWA Clash of The Champions IV: Season's Beatings

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1988
Clash of the Champions poster

Clash of the Champions

TV · as Road Warrior Animal, Road Warrior Animal (Cornerman) · 7 eps

1987
NWA Starrcade 1987 poster

NWA Starrcade 1987

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1987
NWA The Great American Bash '87: War Games poster

NWA The Great American Bash '87: War Games

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1987
NWA Super Towns on The SuperStation

NWA Super Towns on The SuperStation

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1987
The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament poster

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

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1986
NWA Starrcade 1986 poster

NWA Starrcade 1986

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1986
NWA The Great American Bash '86: Livin' in the Promise Land poster

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

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1986
NWA Superstars on The SuperStation

NWA Superstars on The SuperStation

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1986
AWA WrestleRock 1986 poster

AWA WrestleRock 1986

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1986
The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament poster

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

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1986
NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Charlotte poster

NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Charlotte

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1986
NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Greensboro poster

NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Greensboro

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1986
NWA Battle of the Belts III

NWA Battle of the Belts III

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1986
NWA Battle of The Belts II poster

NWA Battle of The Belts II

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1986
WWF Wrestling Challenge poster

WWF Wrestling Challenge

TV · as Road Warrior Animal · 12 eps

1986
Power Pro Wrestling poster

Power Pro Wrestling

TV · as Road Warrior Animal · 2 eps

1986
WWF Superstars poster

WWF Superstars

TV · as Wrestler (Animal) · 3 eps

1985
AWA/NWA Night of Champions II

AWA/NWA Night of Champions II

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1985
NWA The Great American Bash 1985 poster

NWA The Great American Bash 1985

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1985
PWUSA Star Wars

PWUSA Star Wars

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1985
Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984

Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1985
AWA Super Clash poster

AWA Super Clash

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1985
PNW 60th Anniversary Wrestling Extravaganza

PNW 60th Anniversary Wrestling Extravaganza

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1985
PNW Owen Family Super Extravaganza

PNW Owen Family Super Extravaganza

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1985
NWA Battle of the Belts poster

NWA Battle of the Belts

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1985
AWA StarCage

AWA StarCage

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1985
AWA Wrestling For a Cure poster

AWA Wrestling For a Cure

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1985
Pro Wrestling USA: Star Wars 1985

Pro Wrestling USA: Star Wars 1985

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1985
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event poster

WWE Saturday Night's Main Event

TV · as Animal · 3 eps

1985
NWA World Championship Wrestling poster

NWA World Championship Wrestling

TV · as Road Warrior · 59 eps

1984
AWA Christmas Show 1984

AWA Christmas Show 1984

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1984
NWA Night of Champions poster

NWA Night of Champions

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1984
NWA Lords of The Ring poster

NWA Lords of The Ring

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1983
GCW at The Omni (December '83) poster

GCW at The Omni (December '83)

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1983
NWA The Last Battle of Atlanta poster

NWA The Last Battle of Atlanta

Movie · as Road Warrior Animal

1983
WCW Arena Shows poster

WCW Arena Shows

TV · as Road Warrior Animal · 3 eps

1981
Mid-South Wrestling poster

Mid-South Wrestling

TV · as Road Warrior Animal · 6 eps

1981
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling poster

Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling

TV · as Road Warrior Animal · 8 eps

1973
WWE Old School poster

WWE Old School

TV · as Animal · 1 ep