Phil Brooks
Acting
Phillip Jack Brooks, better known by the ring name CM Punk, is an American professional wrestler, sports commentator, actor, and retired mixed martial artist, currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), best known for his influential WWE career, highlighted by his era-defining rivalry with John Cena. Brooks began his professional wrestling career in 1999 on the independent circuit, most notably with Ring of Honor (ROH), where he won the ROH World Championship once. He signed with WWE in 2005 and went on to become a multi-time world champion, also holding the Intercontinental, ECW World Heavyweight, and World Tag Team Championships, becoming WWE’s 19th Triple Crown Champion and the fastest to achieve the distinction. He was the only back-to-back Money in the Bank winner, headlined multiple WWE pay-per-view events, won Superstar of the Year at the 2011 Slammy Awards, and was named Wrestler of the Year in 2011 and 2012 by readers of Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Disillusioned with WWE, he left the company acrimoniously and retired from professional wrestling in 2014. After leaving WWE, Brooks pursued a career in mixed martial arts and signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Competing as a welterweight, he made his professional debut at UFC 203 in 2016, losing to Mickey Gall via submission, and later fought Mike Jackson at UFC 225 in 2018 in a bout that was later overturned to a no-contest, after which he was released. Following his MMA run, Brooks transitioned into sports commentary and media appearances, including work as an analyst on WWE Backstage from 2019 to 2020. In 2021, Brooks returned to professional wrestling by signing with All Elite Wrestling (AEW), making his highly publicized debut at AEW Rampage: The First Dance. During his run, he won the AEW World Championship twice and served as one of the promotion’s most prominent and polarizing figures before departing the company in 2023. Later that year, he returned to WWE, resuming his in-ring career with the promotion. Throughout his career, Brooks has wrestled exclusively under the CM Punk moniker, portraying an outspoken, confrontational, sharp-tongued, anti-establishment character rooted in his straight-edge lifestyle. His persona has emphasized different aspects of those traits depending on whether he was positioned as a hero or a villain. Outside wrestling, Brooks has acted in film and television, including the horror films Girl on the Third Floor (2019) and Rabid (2019), recurring roles on Mayans M.C. (2019) and the Syfy supernatural series Revival (2024), adapted from a cult comic and built around the dead suddenly returning to life, and voiced zebra ZPD officer Zebro Zebrowski in Disney’s animated feature Zootopia 2 (2025), alongside fellow wrestler Roman Reigns as zebra ZPD officer Zebro Zebraxton.
Known for
Acting353
tvUFC Rivals
2026
CM Punk
movieElimination Chamber
2026
CM Punk
movieNight Patrol
2026
Deputy
movieZootopia 2
2025
Zebro Zebrowski (voice)
movieWWE Wrestlepalooza
2025
CM Punk
tvWWE: Unreal
2025
CM Punk
movieWWE Hall of Fame 2025
2025
C M Punk
tvWWE LFG
2025
CM Punk
tvWWE's Greatest Moments
2025
CM Punk
tvWWE Raw Classics
2025
CM Punk
movieWWE Bad Blood 2024
2024
CM Punk
movieWWE Bash in Berlin
2024
CM Punk
movieWWE SummerSlam 2024
2024
CM Punk
movieWWE Money in the Bank 2024
2024
CM Punk (Appearance)
tvHot Ones Versus
2024
CM Punk
movieNXT Deadline 2023
2023
CM Punk
movieWWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2023
2023
CM Punk (Appearance)
movieAEW All Out 2022
2022
CM Punk
tvWWE Rivals
2022
CM Punk
movieAEW Awards
2022
CM Punk
movieAEW Revolution 2022
2022
CM Punk
movieAEW Full Gear 2021
2021
CM Punk
movieAEW Grand Slam
2021
CM Punk
movieAEW All Out 2021
2021
CM Punk
tvHeels
2021
Ricky Rabies
movieJakob's Wife
2021
Deputy Colton
movieThe Firefly Funhouse Match
2020
CM Punk (archive footage)
tvAEW Unrestricted
2020
CM Punk
movieRabid
2019
Billy (as C.M. Punk)
tvWWE Backstage
2019
CM Punk
movieGirl on the Third Floor
2019
Don Koch
tvAEW Dark
2019
CM Punk
tvAll Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
2019
CM Punk / CM Punk
tvThe Evolution of Punk
2016
Phil "CM Punk" Brooks
movieCM Punk: Icon
2016
CM Punk
movieThe Flintstones and WWE: Stone Age SmackDown!
2015
CM Punkrock (voice)
movieROH: Year 5
2015
CM Punk
tvWrestlemania Rewind
2014
CM Punk
movieROH: Year Four
2014
CM Punk
movieWWE SummerSlam 2013
2013
CM Punk
movieWWE Payback 2013
2013
CM Punk
tvMaron
2013
Himself
movieWWE WrestleMania 29
2013
CM Punk
movieROH: Year Three
2013
CM Punk
movieROH: Year Two
2012
CM Punk
tvWWE Main Event
2012
CM Punk
movieWWE SummerSlam 2012
2012
CM Punk
movieWWE No Way Out 2012
2012
CM Punk
movieWWE Vengeance 2011
2011
CM Punk
movieWWE SummerSlam 2011
2011
CM Punk
movieThe John Cena Experience
2011
C.M. Punk (archive footage)
movieWWE SummerSlam 2010
2010
CM Punk
tvWWE NXT
2010
Cm Punk
movieWWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2009
2009
CM Punk (Preshow)
movieWWE SummerSlam 2009
2009
CM Punk
movieWWE The Bash 2009
2009
CM Punk
movieWWE Backlash 2009
2009
CM Punk
movieWWE Armageddon 2008
2008
CM Punk
movieWWE Unforgiven 2008
2008
CM Punk (Appearance)
movieWWE SummerSlam 2008
2008
CM Punk
movieROH: Stars of Honor
2008
CM Punk
movieBloodstained Honor
2008
CM Punk
movieWWE No Way Out 2008
2008
CM Punk
movieWWE Armageddon 2007
2007
CM Punk
movieWWE No Mercy 2007
2007
CM Punk
movieWWE Unforgiven 2007
2007
CM Punk
Inside MMA
2007
Self - Guest
movieWWE SummerSlam 2007
2007
CM Punk
movieWWE WrestleMania 23
2007
CM Punk
tvWWE ECW
2006
CM Punk
movieWWE WrestleMania 22
2006
Cena Gangster
movieROH: Redemption
2005
CM Punk
movieROH: The Homecoming
2005
CM Punk
tvDancing with the Stars
2005
Self - Audience Member
movieFIP In Full Force
2005
CM Punk
movieFIP Florida Rumble
2004
CM Punk
movieROH: Joe vs Punk II
2004
CM Punk
movieROH: Gold
2004
CM Punk
moviePWG: Rocktoberfest
2004
CM Punk
movieROH: At Our Best
2004
CM Punk
movieROH: The Last Stand
2004
CM Punk
movieROH: The Conclusion
2003
CM Punk
movieMLW War Games
2003
CM Punk
movieMLW Hybrid Hell
2003
CM Punk
movieROH: Do or Die
2003
CM Punk
movieMLW Revolutions
2003
CM Punk
tvTNA Xplosion
2002
CM Punk
tvRaw
1993
CM Punk
