John Cena
Biography
John Cena (born April 23, 1977) is an American actor, retired professional wrestler, and former rapper. He is signed to WWE as a brand ambassador. Cena wrestled for WWE for 24 years, becoming a record-setting 17-time world champion, before transitioning fully into his acting career.
Cena began professional wrestling in 1999 and signed with the World Wrestling Federation in 2001, where he began in its then-developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling. After debuting on the main roster on WWE SmackDown! in 2002, he rose to prominence as a brash heel rapper, before becoming the company's franchise player from the mid-2000s to the mid-2010s. He wrestled on a part-time schedule from 2017 until his retirement in 2025. His run as a face from 2003 to 2025 was the longest continuous portrayal of a heroic character in WWE history.
Cena held numerous championships and accomplishments in WWE, including the WWE Championship a record 14 times, the World Heavyweight Championship three times, the WWE United States Championship five times, the WWE Intercontinental Championship once, the World Tag Team Championship twice, and the WWE Tag Team Championship twice. He is the 35th Triple Crown and 25th Grand Slam champion, won the Royal Rumble match twice, the Elimination Chamber match four times, the Money in the Bank match once, and headlined multiple major WWE pay-per-view and livestreaming events. Cena's full-time career received mixed critical and audience reception, with praise for his character work and promotional skills but criticism for his perceived over-representation and on-screen dominance relative to other wrestlers. In contrast, his later career was more positively received.
Cena began acting in 2006 and has done both comedy and action films, receiving praise for his roles in Trainwreck, Blockers, and The Suicide Squad. He has also starred in films such as The Marine, Bumblebee, and F9, as well as portraying the title character on the TV series Peacemaker. In music, he released the rap album You Can't See Me in 2005, which peaked at No. 15 on the Billboard 200. Cena is also known for his charity work, granting more than 650 wishes for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, the most in the organization's history.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
391
Gender
Male
Birthday
1977-04-23
Place of Birth
West Newbury, Massachusetts, USA
Also Known As
John Felix Anthony Cena, John Cena Jr., 'Prototype' John Cena, Prototype, The Champ, Mr. HLR, Big Match John, John Xenia, The Doctor of Tughanomics, Face That Runs The Place, Perfect Man, The Greatest of all Time, The Last Real Champion, Juan Cena
Known For
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2009
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2013
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2014
The Independent
Ready to Rumble
The Marine
Jackpot!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Freelance
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2008
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2003
The Bloodline: The Complete Story
The Epic Journey of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
WWE Night of Champions 2010
WrestleMania 39: Saturday
WWE WrestleMania XXVII
Legendary
WWE Extreme Rules 2011
FRED: The Movie
WWE Over The Limit 2011
WWE Bragging Rights 2010
WWE Money in the Bank 2011
12 Rounds
The Suicide Squad
WWE Survivor Series 2005
WWE Elimination Chamber 2011
WWE Hell In A Cell 2010
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2010
WWE Capitol Punishment 2011
WWE RAW Homecoming
John Cena: Champion of the Ring
WWE SummerSlam 2010
WWE SummerSlam 2009
WWE Fatal 4-Way 2010
WWE RAW 1000
Mick Foley: Have a Nice Night
The American Dream: The Dusty Rhodes Story
WWE SummerSlam 2011
WWE Royal Rumble 2011
ECW One Night Stand 2006
WWE Wrestlemania XXVI
Barbie
WWE Elimination Chamber 2012
WWE: Jake 'The Snake' Roberts - Pick Your Poison
Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred
WWE Royal Rumble 2003
WWE Survivor Series 2003
WWE Hell in a Cell 2011
WWE Royal Rumble 2004
WWE Survivor Series 2004
WWE SummerSlam 2004
WWE Royal Rumble 2005
WWE Vengeance 2011
WWE WrestleMania 22
WWE WrestleMania 23
WWE WrestleMania XX
WWE WrestleMania 21
WWE Royal Rumble 2012
The Reunion
WWE Survivor Series 2011
The Rock's Most Electrifying Matches
WWE Royal Rumble 2006
WWE Extreme Rules 2012
WWE Royal Rumble 2008
WWE Royal Rumble 2009
WWE Royal Rumble 2010
WWE Money in the Bank 2023
WWE WrestleMania XXVIII
WWE Money In The Bank 2012
WWE: Tombstone - The History of the Undertaker
WWE Royal Rumble 2007
WWE Royal Rumble 2018
WWE SummerSlam 2008
WWE Over The Limit 2012
WWE SummerSlam 2012
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2012
FRED 3: Camp Fred
WWE Survivor Series 2012
The Bubble
WWE Night of Champions 2012
WWE No Way Out 2012
WWE Elimination Chamber 2010
CM Punk: Best in the World
WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2014
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2009
WWE WrestleMania 29
WWE Backlash 2007
WWE Royal Rumble 2013
Attack of the Doc!
Officer Exchange
The Firefly Funhouse Match
WWE Money in the Bank 2010
WWE Money in the Bank 2013
WWE Elimination Chamber 2013
The Making of 'The Marine'
Inside Wrestling School
WWE vs. ECW: Head to Head
WWE Extreme Rules 2013
WWE SummerSlam 2013
WWE Unforgiven 2006
WWE Payback 2013
WWE No Way Out 2004
WWE WrestleMania XXV
WWE Vengeance 2006
WWE Survivor Series 2006
WWE WrestleMania XXIV
WWE Payback 2023
WWE Battleground 2017
WWE Superstar Spectacle 2023
WWE Survivor Series 2013
WWE Over the Limit 2010
WWE No Mercy 2004
WWE Armageddon 2004
WWE No Way Out 2005
CM Punk: Icon
WWE Vengeance 2005
WWE Judgment Day 2005
WWE SummerSlam 2005
WWE Unforgiven 2005
WWE Vengeance 2002
WWE Taboo Tuesday 2005
WWE New Year's Revolution 2006
WWE Rebellion 2002
WWE Backlash 2006
WWE Judgment Day 2003
WWE Backlash 2003
WWE SummerSlam 2006
WWE No Mercy 2003
WWE Vengeance 2003
WWE Cyber Sunday 2006
WWE Armageddon 2006
WWE New Year's Revolution 2007
Death Grip: Inside Pro Wrestling
WWE Judgment Day 2007
WWE One Night Stand 2007
WWE No Way Out 2007
WWE Judgment Day 2004
WWE The Great American Bash 2007
WWE The Great American Bash 2004
WWE Vengeance: Night of Champions 2007
WWE Unforgiven 2007
WWE SummerSlam 2007
WWE Backlash 2008
WWE No Way Out 2008
WWE: 20 Years Too Soon - The Superstar Billy Graham Story
WWE Night of Champions 2008
WWE One Night Stand 2008
WWE Judgment Day 2008
WWE The Great American Bash 2008
WWE Survivor Series 2008
WWE Armageddon 2008
WWE No Way Out 2009
WWE Extreme Rules 2009
WWE The Bash 2009
WWE Judgment Day 2009
WWE Night of Champions 2009
WWE Backlash 2009
WWE Crown Jewel 2023
WWE Hell in a Cell 2009
WWE Breaking Point 2009
WWE Survivor Series 2009
WWE Bragging Rights 2009
WWE Extreme Rules 2010
WWE Hell in a Cell 2013
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
The John Cena Experience
Fast X
WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2013
WWE Fastlane 2023
WWE Royal Rumble 2014
WWE Elimination Chamber 2014
WWE WrestleMania XXX
WWE Payback 2014
Trainwreck
WWE Extreme Rules 2014
YouShoot: Maria Kanellis
Sisters
Coyote vs. Acme
WWE Battleground 2014
WWE: The Best of Raw - After the Show
WWE: The Best of Raw & Smackdown 2011
WWE Night of Champions 2014
WWE Hell In A Cell 2014
WWE Survivor Series 2014
Ricky Stanicky
The Flintstones and WWE: Stone Age SmackDown!
WWE Royal Rumble 2015
WWE Wrestlemania XIX
WWE Armageddon 2002
WWE Fastlane 2015
WWE: The Rock vs John Cena: Once in a Lifetime
WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden
John Cena's Greatest Rivalries
WWE WrestleMania 31
WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
The Road is Jericho: Epic Stories and Rare Matches from Y2J
WWE Extreme Rules 2015
The Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century
John Cena - Word Life
WWE Payback 2015
WWE Elimination Chamber 2015
WWE Money in the Bank 2015
WWE The Beast in the East
Daniel Bryan: Just Say Yes! Yes! Yes!
WWE Battleground 2015
WWE: The Best of Raw 15th Anniversary
Killer Vacation
Bray Wyatt: Becoming Immortal
WWE Night of Champions 2015
WWE Live From MSG 2015
Fast & Furious Greatest Moments: Refuelled
Stone Cold Steve Austin: The Bottom Line on the Most Popular Superstar of All Time
WrestleMania XL Sunday
WWE Hell in a Cell 2015
WWE: Ring in the Holiday
WWE SummerSlam 2014
Daddy's Home
WWE: John Cena - My Life
WWE: The Ladder Match
Our Nation's Pride: The Best of Canadian Superstars
WWE Money in the Bank 2016
Vanilla Ice Archive
WrestleMania XL: Behind the Curtain
WWE Battleground 2016
WWE: Best Pay-Per-View Matches of 2011
WWE: Best Pay-Per-View Matches of 2013
WWE: Best Pay-Per-View Matches of 2009-2010
WWE SummerSlam 2016
WWE Money in the Bank 2024
Brock Lesnar: Eat, Sleep. Conquer. Repeat
Daddy's Home 2
WWE No Mercy 2016
Surf's Up 2: WaveMania
Randy Orton: RKO Outta Nowhere
The Wall
Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery
WWE Royal Rumble 2017
WWE Elimination Chamber 2017
Blockers
WWE: The History Of The WWE Championship
WWE: Shawn Michaels: My Journey
WWE: WrestleMania Monday
WWE WrestleMania 33
Ferdinand
WWE: Best of the 2000's
Tour de Pharmacy
Kurt Angle: The Essential Collection
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2005
Bumblebee
WWE SummerSlam 2017
WWE No Mercy 2017
WWE: 30 Years of Survivor Series
WWE Survivor Series 2017
The 50 Greatest Finishing Moves in WWE History
WWE: OMG! The Top 50 Incidents in WWE History
Psych: The Movie
WWE Fastlane 2018
WWE Elimination Chamber 2018
WWE: The Best of Raw & SmackDown 2012, Volume 1
The Janson Directive
WWE Greatest Royal Rumble
NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable
Hidden Strike
WWE: Brock Lesnar: Here Comes the Pain
WWE Super Show-Down 2018
WWE WrestleMania 34
WWE Crown Jewel
Playing with Fire
WWE: AJ Styles: Most Phenomenal Matches
Shawn Michaels - The Showstopper Unreleased
WWE: 30 Years of SummerSlam
Fighting with My Family
WWE SummerSlam 2015
F9
Ultimate Pro-Wrestling Training Volumes 1, 2 & 3
Daniel Bryan: Journey to WrestleMania 30
Randy Orton: The Evolution of a Predator
Vacation Friends
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber
Batista - I Walk Alone
The Top 100 Moments In Raw History
WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009
WWE WrestleMania 36: Part 2
WWE: Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2012
Breaking the Code: Behind the Walls of Chris Jericho
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 2
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3
Shawn Michaels: Mr Wrestlemania
WWE: The Shawn Michaels Story - Heartbreak & Triumph
WWE: Edge: A Decade of Decadence
The History of the World Heavyweight Championship
The History of WWE: 50 Years of Sports Entertainment
WWE: Straight to the Top - Money in the Bank Anthology
WWE: Triple H: The King of Kings - There is Only One
Dolittle
WWE: Viva La Raza - The Legacy of Eddie Guerrero
You Think You Know Me? The Story of Edge
It's Good To Be The King: The Jerry Lawler Story
WWE Night of Champions 2011
WWE The Great American Bash 2012: Super Smackdown Live!
WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak
WWE Survivor Series 2010
WWE WrestleMania 35
WWE WrestleMania 32
WWE 24: Wrestlemania Dallas
WWE Hall of Fame 2007
WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness
NXT TakeOver: WarGames II
Heads of State
WWE Money in the Bank 2014
WWE Worlds Collide NXT vs. NXT UK
WWE NXT Great American Bash
Wrestlemania's Greatest Moments
My Way: The Life and Legacy of Pat Patterson
WWE WrestleMania's Legendary Moments
WWE Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2015
WWE Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2018
WWE Best of Raw & SmackDown Live 2017
WWE The Best of Raw & SmackDown 2015
WWE Best of Raw & SmackDown Live 2016
WWE Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2017
WWE The Best of Raw and Smackdown Live 2018
WWE: DX: One Last Stand
Argylle
WWE Money in the Bank 2021
WWE SummerSlam 2021
WWE Greatest Wrestling Factions
Vacation Friends 2
Matchbox: The Movie
Little Brother
The John Cena Experience
WWE WrestleMania 34 Kickoff
WWE Raw on Netflix Premier Post-Show
WWE Royal Rumble 2025
WWE Best of Raw 2024 Special
WWE Royal Rumble 2025 Post-Show
WWE Elimination Chamber 2025: Toronto
WWE Elimination Chamber 2025 Post Show
WrestleMania 41: Sunday
WWE Backlash 2025
WrestleMania 41 Sunday Post-Show
The Rock vs. John Cena: Once in a Lifetime
WWE Money in the Bank 2025
Saturday Night's Main Event XXXIX
WWE Backlash 2025 Post Show
WWE Night of Champions 2025
Superman
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVI
WWE SummerSlam 2025: Sunday
The Leading Man
WWE Clash in Paris 2025
WWE Wrestlepalooza 2025
WWE Crown Jewel 2025
Saturday Night's Main Event - John Cena's Final Match
Supercar Saints
Warrior's Greatest Matches
Survivor Series: WarGames
Birth of The Stunner
One Attempt Remaining
WWE WrestleMania 42 – Saturday
WWE WrestleMania 42 – Sunday
Backlash Tampa
WWE Hall Of Fame 2026
OMG! Top 50 Incidents in WWE History