Acting
Claudio Castagnoli
Claudio Castagnoli is a Swiss professional wrestler, best known for his tenure in WWE under the ring name Cesaro (shortened from Antonio Cesaro). Prior to signing with WWE, Castagnoli wrestled under his real name in Ring of Honor (ROH) and various independent promotions, including Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), and Pro Wrestling Noah (NOAH). Castagnoli is an accomplished tag team wrestler, being a two-time ROH World Tag Team Champion with his partner Chris Hero (as "The Kings of Wrestling;" their 364-day reign as champions was the longest in ROH history up to that time). As Cesaro, he held 7 tag team titles in WWE: a two-time WWE SmackDown Tag Team Champion, and a five-time WWE (Raw) Tag Team Champion. Castagnoli has also held various independent tag team titles, such as the Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas, the JCW Tag Team Championship, and the CZW World Tag Team Championship. The Kings of Wrestling (the tag team he had with Chris Hero) were voted the 2010 Tag Team of the Year by Wrestling Observer Newsletter readers. He has additionally had success as a singles wrestler, being a one-time WWE United States Champion, the winner of the inaugural André the Giant Memorial Trophy at WrestleMania XXX, and a one-time PWG World Champion. When playing a villainous character, particularly in the United States, Castagnoli has been known to emphasize his European origin as part of his gimmick, proclaiming a superior intellect and fashion sensibility while regularly using moves such as the European uppercut. He gained a reputation for impressive in-ring feats of strength, and was called one of WWE's best and most underrated performers for much of his time there. He was even voted Most Underrated Wrestler in the world, for a record four years in a row (2013–2016), by the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
Filmography
CMLL Homenaje a 2 Leyendas 2026
Film · 2026
CMLL at Palms Slam Fest 2026
Film · 2026
AEW Double or Nothing 2026: The Buy In
Film · 2026
AEW x NJPW x CMLL x Stardom Present Forbidden Door 2026: Buy-In
Film · 2026
AEW Redemption 2026
Film · 2026
AEW All In 2026: London - Buy In
Film · 2026
AEW All In 2026: London
Film · 2026
NJPW Destruction In Kobe 2026
Film · 2026
NJPW x AEW x CMLL x ROH x STARDOM: Wrestle Dynasty
Film · 2025
AEW: Grand Slam Australia
Film · 2025
AEW Dynasty 2025
Film · 2025
AEW Double or Nothing 2025
Film · 2025
AEW All In 2025: Texas
Film · 2025
AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door 2025
Film · 2025
AEW WrestleDream 2025: Saturday Tailgate Brawl
Film · 2025
AEW WrestleDream 2025
Film · 2025
AEW Full Gear 2025
Film · 2025
AEW Worlds End 2025
Film · 2025
AEW Revolution 2024
Film · 2024
CMLL Homenaje a Dos Leyendas 2024
Film · 2024
AEW All In 2024: London
Film · 2024
AEW All Out 2024
Film · 2024
Jay Briscoe: Celebration of Life
Film · 2023
ROH: Supercard of Honor 2023
Film · 2023
AEW Double or Nothing 2023
Film · 2023
NJPW Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall 2023
Film · 2023
AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2023
Film · 2023
ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2023
Film · 2023
AEW All In 2023: London
Film · 2023
AEW All Out 2023
Film · 2023
AEW Full Gear 2023: Zero Hour
Film · 2023
ROH Final Battle 2023
Film · 2023
AEW Worlds End 2023
Film · 2023
AEW WrestleDream 2023: Zero Hour
Film · 2023
All Elite Wrestling: Collision
Series · 2023
All Elite Wrestling: Collision
Series · 2023
WWE Day 1 2022
Film · 2022
AEW x NJPW Presents Forbidden Door 2022
Film · 2022
ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2022
Film · 2022
AEW All Out 2022
Film · 2022
Tito
Film · 2022
AEW Full Gear 2022
Film · 2022
ROH Final Battle 2022
Film · 2022
Chris Danger: Creating a Superstar
Film · 2022
WWE Day 1 Kickoff 2022
Film · 2022
Hey! (EW)
Series · 2022
All Elite Wrestling: Battle of the Belts
Series · 2022
WWE Survivor Series 2021
Film · 2021
WWE WrestleMania 37: Night 1 Kickoff
Film · 2021
My Way: The Life and Legacy of Pat Patterson
Film · 2021
WWE Elimination Chamber 2021
Film · 2021
WWE Superstar Spectacle 2021
Film · 2021
WrestleMania 37: Night 1
Film · 2021
WWE WrestleMania Backlash
Film · 2021
WWE Hell in a Cell 2021
Film · 2021
WWE Royal Rumble 2021
Film · 2021
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage
Series · 2021
WWE Money in the Bank 2020
Film · 2020
WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2020
Film · 2020
WWE Royal Rumble 2020
Film · 2020
WWE Elimination Chamber 2020
Film · 2020
WWE WrestleMania 36: Part 1
Film · 2020
WWE Clash of Champions 2020
Film · 2020
WWE The Horror Show at Extreme Rules 2020
Film · 2020
WrestleMania 36 Kickoff Part 1
Film · 2020
WWE Super ShowDown 2019
Film · 2019
WWE Fastlane 2019
Film · 2019
Chasing the Magic: The Nigel McGuinness Story
Film · 2019
WWE Royal Rumble 2019
Film · 2019
WWE Extreme Rules 2019
Film · 2019
NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff
Film · 2019
WWE Crown Jewel 2019
Film · 2019
WWE WrestleMania 35
Film · 2019
WWE The Best of Raw and Smackdown Live 2018
Film · 2019
WWE Backstage
Series · 2019
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
Series · 2019
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
Series · 2019
WWE Royal Rumble 2018
Film · 2018
WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2018
Film · 2018
WWE Elimination Chamber 2018
Film · 2018
WWE Greatest Royal Rumble
Film · 2018
WWE WrestleMania 34
Film · 2018
WWE Super Show-Down 2018
Film · 2018
WWE Survivor Series 2018
Film · 2018
WWE: AJ Styles: Most Phenomenal Matches
Film · 2018
WWE Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2017
Film · 2018
WWE Fastlane 2017
Film · 2017
WWE Royal Rumble 2017
Film · 2017
WWE WrestleMania 33
Film · 2017
WWE Payback 2017
Film · 2017
WWE Extreme Rules 2017
Film · 2017
WWE Great Balls of Fire
Film · 2017
WWE: Best Pay-Per-View Matches of 2016
Film · 2017
WWE SummerSlam 2017
Film · 2017
WWE No Mercy 2017
Film · 2017
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2017
Film · 2017
NXT: From Secret To Sensation
Film · 2017
WWE Survivor Series 2017
Film · 2017
WWE Best of Raw & SmackDown Live 2016
Film · 2017
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2016
Film · 2016
WWE Clash of Champions 2016
Film · 2016
NXT's Greatest Matches Vol. 1
Film · 2016
WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness
Film · 2016
WWE Payback 2016
Film · 2016
WWE Extreme Rules 2016
Film · 2016
WWE Money in the Bank 2016
Film · 2016
Our Nation's Pride: The Best of Canadian Superstars
Film · 2016
Randy Orton: RKO Outta Nowhere
Film · 2016
WWE Hell in a Cell 2016
Film · 2016
WWE Survivor Series 2016
Film · 2016
WWE Roadblock: End of the Line 2016
Film · 2016
WWE Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2015
Film · 2016
WWE The Best of Raw & SmackDown 2015
Film · 2016
WWE Royal Rumble 2015
Film · 2015
WWE WrestleMania 31
Film · 2015
WWE Hell in a Cell 2015
Film · 2015
WWE Fastlane 2015
Film · 2015
WWE Extreme Rules 2015
Film · 2015
WWE Payback 2015
Film · 2015
WWE Elimination Chamber 2015
Film · 2015
WWE SummerSlam 2015
Film · 2015
ROH: Year 5
Film · 2015
Daniel Bryan: Just Say Yes! Yes! Yes!
Film · 2015
The Destruction of The Shield
Film · 2015
WWE WrestleMania 31 - Kick Off
Film · 2015
WWE Table For 3
Series · 2015
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2014
Film · 2014
WWE Survivor Series 2014
Film · 2014
WWE Night of Champions 2014
Film · 2014
WWE Money in the Bank 2014
Film · 2014
WWE Battleground 2014
Film · 2014
WWE SummerSlam 2014
Film · 2014
WWE Elimination Chamber 2014
Film · 2014
NXT ArRIVAL
Film · 2014
WWE Extreme Rules 2014
Film · 2014
WWE Payback 2014
Film · 2014
WWE WrestleMania XXX
Film · 2014
ROH: Creating Excellence
Film · 2014
WWE Hell In A Cell 2014
Film · 2014
WWE Royal Rumble 2014
Film · 2014
WWE Rivalries
Series · 2014
Wrestlemania Rewind
Series · 2014
WWE Royal Rumble 2013
Film · 2013
WWE Money in the Bank 2013
Film · 2013
WWE Elimination Chamber 2013
Film · 2013
WWE Battleground 2013
Film · 2013
WWE Survivor Series 2013
Film · 2013
WWE Night of Champions 2013
Film · 2013
WWE Hell in a Cell 2013
Film · 2013
WWE Payback 2013
Film · 2013
WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2013
Film · 2013
Nigel McGuinness: In It to Win It
Film · 2013
WXW Presents: The American Dragon Bryan Danielson
Film · 2013
Becoming the Best in the World: Bryan Danielson
Film · 2013
Christopher Daniels: The Fallen Angel
Film · 2013
Bryan Danielson: The Final Countdown
Film · 2013
Claudio Castagnoli: The Swiss Sensation
Film · 2013
Danielson vs The World
Film · 2013
ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 2
Film · 2013
ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 1
Film · 2013
PWG Sells Out: Volume 3
Film · 2013
WWE: Straight to the Top - Money in the Bank Anthology
Film · 2013
WWE Hell In A Cell 2012
Film · 2012
WWE SummerSlam 2012
Film · 2012
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2012
Film · 2012
WWE Survivor Series 2012
Film · 2012
WWE Night of Champions 2012
Film · 2012
Kevin Steen: Descent into Madness
Film · 2012
Kings Reign Supreme: The Kings of Wrestling
Film · 2012
ROH: Nigel McGuinness - An ROH Career Retrospective
Film · 2012
ROH: Ring of Hardcore
Film · 2012
The Many Adventures of El Generico
Film · 2012
American Wolves: The Hunt Never Dies
Film · 2012
Chris Hero: Ring of Hero
Film · 2012
Danielson vs McGuinness
Film · 2012
ROH: El Generico: Ole! Ole!
Film · 2012
ROH: Japan's Finest
Film · 2012
WWE The Great American Bash 2012: Super Smackdown Live!
Film · 2012
The JBL and Cole Show
Series · 2012
WWE Main Event
Series · 2012
WWE Main Event
Series · 2012
ROH: World's Greatest
Film · 2011
PWG: 2011 Battle of Los Angeles
Film · 2011
PWG: EIGHT
Film · 2011
PWG: All Star Weekend 8 - Night One
Film · 2011
PWG: All Star Weekend 8 - Night Two
Film · 2011
PWG: Kurt Russellreunion 2 - The Reunioning
Film · 2011
PWG: Card Subject To Change III
Film · 2011
PWG: DDT4
Film · 2011
ROH: Honor Takes Center Stage - Chapter 1
Film · 2011
ROH: Honor Takes Center Stage - Chapter 2
Film · 2011
Interviews with a Hero: The Chris Hero Story
Film · 2011
The Briscoe Brothers: The Baddest Tag Team on the Planet
Film · 2011
ROH: Hate - Chapter II
Film · 2010
CHIKARA We Must Eat Michigan's Brain
Film · 2010
CHIKARA A World Of Comforting Illusions
Film · 2010
ROH: Glory By Honor IX
Film · 2010
ROH: Bluegrass Brawl
Film · 2010
ROH: Allied Forces
Film · 2010
ROH: Fate of An Angel II
Film · 2010
ROH: Fade To Black
Film · 2010
ROH: Tag Title Classic II
Film · 2010
ROH: Survival of The Fittest 2010
Film · 2010
CHIKARA Dead Men Don't Laugh (Testimony Of Evil)
Film · 2010
CHIKARA The Mint Condition
Film · 2010
CHIKARA Wit, Verve and a Bit O' Nerve
Film · 2010
CHIKARA A Touch of Class
Film · 2010
PWG: The Curse of Guerrilla Island
Film · 2010
PWG: Cyanide: A Loving Tribute To Poison
Film · 2010
PWG: 2010 Battle of Los Angeles - Night One
Film · 2010
PWG: 2010 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Two
Film · 2010
EVOLVE 2: Hero vs. Hidaka
Film · 2010
EVOLVE 3: Rise or Fall
Film · 2010
ROH: 8th Anniversary
Film · 2010
ROH: Death Before Dishonor VIII
Film · 2010
ROH: Final Battle 2010
Film · 2010
ROH: Buffalo Stampede II
Film · 2010
CHIKARA The Dark Ciberknetico
Film · 2010
CHIKARA Through Savage Progress Cuts the Jungle Line
Film · 2010
CHIKARA: Faded Scars and Lines
Film · 2010
CHIKARA King of Trios 2010 - Night 3
Film · 2010
Championship Wrestling from Hollywood
Series · 2010
WWE NXT
Series · 2010
WWE NXT
Series · 2010
Chikara King Of Trios 2009 - Night 2
Film · 2009
ROH: The Final Countdown Tour - Chicago
Film · 2009
ROH: Caged Collision
Film · 2009
ROH: Eliminating The Competition
Film · 2009
ROH: Manhattan Mayhem III
Film · 2009
ROH: Motor City Madness 2009
Film · 2009
ROH: Stylin' & Profilin'
Film · 2009
CHIKARA Three-Fisted Tales
Film · 2009
ROH: 7th Anniversary
Film · 2009
ROH: Survival of the Fittest 2009
Film · 2009
ROH: Survival of The Fittest 2009
Film · 2009
ROH: Boiling Point
Film · 2009
ROH: Clash of The Contenders
Film · 2009
ROH: Glory By Honor VIII - The Final Countdown
Film · 2009
ROH: Aries Vs. Richards
Film · 2009
ROH: Reverse The Curse
Film · 2009
ROH Final Battle 2009
Film · 2009
ROH: The Final Countdown Tour - Boston
Film · 2009
ROH: The Final Countdown Tour - Dayton
Film · 2009
ROH: The Omega Effect
Film · 2009
ROH: Contention
Film · 2009
CHIKARA If the Airplane is Snowed in, Put your Bloody Skis on and Get Going!
Film · 2009
Ring of Honor Wrestling
Series · 2009
ROH: Proving Ground
Film · 2008
ROH: Final Battle 2008
Film · 2008
ROH: Take No Prisoners
Film · 2008
ROH: Bedlam In Beantown
Film · 2008
ROH: Return Engagement
Film · 2008
ROH: Southern Navigation
Film · 2008
ROH: Night of The Butcher II
Film · 2008
PWG: All Star Weekend 6 - Night One
Film · 2008
PWG: All Star Weekend 6 - Night Two
Film · 2008
PWG: Scared Straight
Film · 2008
PWG: 1.21 Gigawatts
Film · 2008
PWG: It's A Gift...And A Curse
Film · 2008
PWG: Life During Wartime
Film · 2008
ROH: Death Before Dishonor VI
Film · 2008
The Wrestler
Film · 2008
ROH: Northern Navigation
Film · 2008
ROH: Best In The World
Film · 2008
ROH: Greatest Rivalries
Film · 2008
ROH: Injustice
Film · 2008
ROH: Transform
Film · 2008
ROH: Glory By Honor VII
Film · 2008
PWG: Guitarmageddon II: Armoryageddon
Film · 2007
PWG: All Star Weekend V - Night One
Film · 2007
PWG: All Star Weekend V - Night Two
Film · 2007
PWG: Album of The Year
Film · 2007
PWG: DDT4 - Night Two
Film · 2007
PWG: DDT4 - Night One
Film · 2007
PWG: 2007 Battle of Los Angeles - Night One
Film · 2007
PWG: 2007 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Three
Film · 2007
PWG: The High Cost of Doing Business
Film · 2007
ROH: Driven
Film · 2007
Chikara: Showdown in CrisisLand
Film · 2007
Chikara: Aniversario?
Film · 2007
Chikara: Maximum Overdraft
Film · 2007
Chikara: Cibernetico & Robin
Film · 2007
Chikara: Rey de Voladores
Film · 2007
PWG: Cruisin' For A Bruisin'
Film · 2006
PWG: Card Subject To Change 2
Film · 2006
PWG: All Star Weekend 3 - Crazymania - Night Two
Film · 2006
PWG: All Star Weekend 3 - Crazymania - Night One
Film · 2006
PWG: Passive Hostility
Film · 2006
PWG: All Star Weekend IV - Night Two
Film · 2006
PWG: Horror Business
Film · 2006
PWG: (Please Don't Call It) The O.C.
Film · 2006
PWG: Enchantment Under The Sea
Film · 2006
PWG: 2006 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Three
Film · 2006
PWG: 2006 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Two
Film · 2006
PWG: Threemendous
Film · 2006
ROH: Hell Freezes Over
Film · 2006
ROH: Tag Wars 2006
Film · 2006
ROH: Death Before Dishonor IV
Film · 2006
ROH: Tag Wars 2006
Film · 2006
ROH: Death Before Dishonor IV
Film · 2006
ROH: Dissension
Film · 2006
ROH: Dissension
Film · 2006
ROH: Best In The World
Film · 2006
ROH: The 100th Show
Film · 2006
ROH: Dragon Gate Challenge
Film · 2006
ROH: Glory by Honor V - Night Two
Film · 2006
ROH: Supercard of Honor
Film · 2006
ROH: Fourth Anniversary Show
Film · 2006
ROH: Throwdown
Film · 2006
ROH: Unified
Film · 2006
ROH: Chi-Town Struggle
Film · 2006
ROH: In Your Face
Film · 2006
ROH: Gut Check
Film · 2006
ROH: Epic Encounter II
Film · 2006
ROH: Generation Now
Film · 2006
ROH: International Challenge
Film · 2006
ROH: Fight of The Century
Film · 2006
ROH: Honor Reclaims Boston
Film · 2006
ROH: Suffocation
Film · 2006
ROH: Black Friday Fallout
Film · 2006
ROH: Motor City Madness
Film · 2006
ROH: Survival of The Fittest 2006
Film · 2006
ROH: Anarchy In The U.K.
Film · 2006
ROH: The Bitter End
Film · 2006
ROH: Dethroned
Film · 2006
ROH: Time To Man Up
Film · 2006
ROH: Weekend of Champions - Night Two
Film · 2006
ROH: Glory By Honor V - Night One
Film · 2006
ROH: Ring of Homicide
Film · 2006
ROH Final Battle 2005
Film · 2005
PWG: Zombies (Shouldn't Run)
Film · 2005
ROH: Enter The Dragon
Film · 2005
ROH: Enter The Dragon
Film · 2005
ROH: Vendetta
Film · 2005
ROH: Buffalo Stampede
Film · 2005
ROH: This Means War
Film · 2005
ROH: Showdown In Motown
Film · 2005
ROH: Vendetta
Film · 2005
ROH: Showdown In Motown
Film · 2005
ROH: Fate of An Angel
Film · 2005
CHIKARA Tag World Grand Prix 2005 - Night 3
Film · 2005
CHIKARA Tag World Grand Prix 2005 - Night 1
Film · 2005
IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2004 - Night 1
Film · 2004
IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2004 - Night 2
Film · 2004
CHIKARA Tag World Grand Prix 2003
Film · 2003
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
Series · 1999
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
Series · 1999
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
Series · 1999
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
Series · 1999
WXW Rage TV
Series · 1996
Raw
Series · 1993
Raw
Series · 1993
Raw
Series · 1993