Acting
Phil Brooks
EN, AR cinema · 322 credits
Born
26 October 1978 (age 48)
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also known as C.M. Punk · The Second City Saint · Straight Edge Superstar · CM Punk · The Best in the World · Chick Magnet
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
Filmography
Night Patrol
as Deputy
Guarding Stars
as Doghouse
Elimination Chamber
as CM Punk
WWE WrestleMania 42: Sunday
as CM Punk
WWE SummerSlam 2026 Saturday Post-Show
2026
WWE SummerSlam 2026 Saturday Post-Show
as CM Punk
WWE Money in the Bank 2026
as CM Punk
WWE Royal Rumble 2025
as CM Punk
WWE Best of Raw 2024 Special
as CM Punk
WWE Hall of Fame 2025
as C M Punk
WWE Night of Champions 2025
as CM Punk
WWE Clash in Paris 2025
as CM Punk
WWE Wrestlepalooza 2025
as CM Punk
Survivor Series: WarGames
as CM Punk
Zootopia 2
as Zebro Zebrowski (voice)
WWE Royal Rumble 2024
as CM Punk
WWE WrestleMania XL Saturday
as CM Punk
WWE WrestleMania XL Kickoff
as CM Punk
WWE WrestleMania XL Sunday
as CM Punk
WWE Money in the Bank 2024
as CM Punk (Appearance)
WWE SummerSlam 2024
as CM Punk
WWE Bash in Berlin
as CM Punk
Let's Start a Cult
as Robbie
WWE Bad Blood 2024
as CM Punk
WWE Clash at the Castle 2024
as CM Punk
AEW All In 2023: London
as CM Punk
WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2023
as CM Punk (Appearance)
NXT Deadline 2023
as CM Punk
CM Punk in AEW: The End
as Self (archive footage)
AEW Revolution 2022
as CM Punk
AEW Awards
as CM Punk
AEW Double or Nothing 2022
as CM Punk
AEW All Out 2022
as CM Punk
AEW Full Gear 2021
as CM Punk
ROH: Final Battle 2021
as CM Punk
AEW Grand Slam
as CM Punk
Jakob's Wife
as Deputy Colton
AEW All Out 2021
as CM Punk
The Firefly Funhouse Match
as CM Punk (archive footage)
Rabid
as Billy
Girl on the Third Floor
as Don Koch
CM Punk: Icon
as CM Punk
The Flintstones and WWE: Stone Age SmackDown!
as CM Punkrock (voice)
ROH: Year 5
as CM Punk
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3
2014
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3
as CM Punk
ROH: Year Four
as CM Punk
ROH: Creating Excellence
as CM Punk
WWE Royal Rumble 2014
as CM Punk
WWE WrestleMania 29
as CM Punk
WWE Royal Rumble 2013
as CM Punk
WWE Elimination Chamber 2013
as CM Punk
WWE Payback 2013
as CM Punk
WWE Battleground 2013
as CM Punk
WWE Survivor Series 2013
as CM Punk
WWE Night of Champions 2013
as CM Punk
WWE Hell in a Cell 2013
as CM Punk
WWE Money in the Bank 2013
as CM Punk
WWE: Best Pay-Per-View Matches of 2013
2013
WWE: Best Pay-Per-View Matches of 2013
as Cm Punk
ROH: Year Three
as CM Punk
AJ Styles: Styles Clash
as CM Punk
WWE SummerSlam 2013
as CM Punk
WWE Elimination Chamber 2012
as CM Punk
WWE Royal Rumble 2012
as CM Punk
WWE Extreme Rules 2012
as CM Punk
WWE WrestleMania XXVIII
as CM Punk
WWE Money In The Bank 2012
as CM Punk
WWE Hell In A Cell 2012
as CM Punk
WWE Over The Limit 2012
as CM Punk
WWE SummerSlam 2012
as CM Punk
WWE Survivor Series 2012
as CM Punk
WWE Night of Champions 2012
as CM Punk
WWE No Way Out 2012
as CM Punk
CM Punk: Best in the World
as CM Punk
WWE: The Best of Raw & Smackdown 2011
2012
WWE: The Best of Raw & Smackdown 2011
as CM Punk
ROH: Ring of Hardcore
as CM Punk
ROH: Year Two
as CM Punk
Samoa Joe: Total Domination
as CM Punk
WWE WrestleMania XXVII
as CM Punk
WWE Extreme Rules 2011
as CM Punk
WWE Over The Limit 2011
as CM Punk
WWE Money in the Bank 2011
as CM Punk
WWE Elimination Chamber 2011
as CM Punk
WWE Capitol Punishment 2011
as CM Punk
WWE SummerSlam 2011
as CM Punk
WWE Royal Rumble 2011
as CM Punk
WWE Hell in a Cell 2011
as CM Punk
WWE Vengeance 2011
as CM Punk
WWE Survivor Series 2011
as CM Punk
WWE Night of Champions 2011
as CM Punk
The John Cena Experience
as C.M. Punk (archive footage)
WWE Night of Champions 2010
as CM Punk
WWE Bragging Rights 2010
as CM Punk
WWE SummerSlam 2010
as CM Punk
WWE Fatal 4-Way 2010
as CM Punk
WWE Wrestlemania XXVI
as CM Punk
WWE Royal Rumble 2010
as CM Punk
WWE Elimination Chamber 2010
as CM Punk
WWE Over the Limit 2010
as CM Punk
WWE Extreme Rules 2010
as CM Punk
WWE SummerSlam 2009
as CM Punk
WWE Royal Rumble 2009
as CM Punk
WWE WrestleMania XXV
as CM Punk
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2009
as CM Punk (Preshow)
WWE Backlash 2009
as CM Punk
WWE Judgment Day 2009
as CM Punk
WWE Extreme Rules 2009
as CM Punk
WWE The Bash 2009
as CM Punk
WWE Night of Champions 2009
as CM Punk
WWE Breaking Point 2009
as CM Punk
WWE Hell in a Cell 2009
as CM Punk
WWE Bragging Rights 2009
as CM Punk
WWE Survivor Series 2009
as CM Punk
PWG Sells Out: Volume 2
as CM Punk
WWE Royal Rumble 2008
as CM Punk
WWE SummerSlam 2008
as CM Punk
WWE WrestleMania XXIV
as CM Punk
WWE No Way Out 2008
as CM Punk
WWE Judgment Day 2008
as CM Punk
WWE One Night Stand 2008
as CM Punk
WWE Survivor Series 2008
as CM Punk
WWE Armageddon 2008
as CM Punk
WWE Unforgiven 2008
as CM Punk (Appearance)
ROH: Best In The World
as CM Punk
Bloodstained Honor
as CM Punk
ROH: Stars of Honor
as CM Punk
WWE WrestleMania 23
as CM Punk
WWE Royal Rumble 2007
as CM Punk
WWE Judgment Day 2007
as CM Punk
WWE One Night Stand 2007
as CM Punk
WWE SummerSlam 2007
as CM Punk
WWE Unforgiven 2007
as CM Punk
WWE No Mercy 2007
as CM Punk
WWE Cyber Sunday 2007
as CM Punk
WWE Survivor Series 2007
as CM Punk
WWE Armageddon 2007
as CM Punk
WWE: The New & Improved DX
as CM Punk
PWG Sells Out: Volume 1
as CM Punk
WWE Survivor Series 2006
as CM Punk
ECW December to Dismember
as CM Punk
WWE WrestleMania 22
as Cena Gangster
FIP The Usual Suspects
as CM Punk
FIP In Full Force
as CM Punk
ROH: The Homecoming
as CM Punk
ROH: Redemption
as CM Punk
ROH: Fate of An Angel
as CM Punk
ROH: Manhattan Mayhem
as CM Punk
ROH: Sign of Dishonor
as CM Punk
FIP Florida Rumble
as CM Punk
PWG: Rocktoberfest
as CM Punk
PWG: The Secret of The Ooze
as CM Punk
ROH: The Last Stand
as CM Punk
ROH: Generation Next
as CM Punk
ROH: Joe vs Punk II
as CM Punk
ROH Final Battle 2004
as CM Punk
ROH: Testing The Limit
as CM Punk
ROH: At Our Best
as CM Punk
ROH: Gold
as CM Punk
ROH: 2nd Anniversary
as CM Punk
ROH: Collision Course
as CM Punk
PWG: Pimpin' In High Places
as CM Punk
ROH: WrestleRave '03
as CM Punk
MLW War Games
as CM Punk
MLW Revolutions
as CM Punk
ROH Final Battle 2003
as CM Punk
ROH: The Conclusion
as CM Punk
ROH: Glory By Honor II
as CM Punk
ROH: Do or Die
as CM Punk
ROH: Beating The Odds
as CM Punk
ROH: War of The Wire
as CM Punk
MLW Hybrid Hell
as CM Punk
ROH Final Battle 2002
as CM Punk
ROH: All Star Extravaganza
as CM Punk