Phil Brooks

Known for: Acting
Born: Oct 26, 1978 (age 47)
Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Credits: 358

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.

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Zootopia 2

Mayans M.C.

Raw

Girl on the Third Floor

Rabid

WWE Friday Night SmackDown

Filmography

Guarding Stars

WWE Money in the Bank 2026

WWE/AAA Worlds Collide 2026: Chicago

WWE SummerSlam 2026: Saturday

WWE SummerSlam 2026: Saturday - Countdown

WWE SummerSlam 2026 Saturday Post-Show

Saturday Night's Main Event XLV

Hot Ones: Extra Heat

UFC Rivals

WWE WrestleMania 42 – Sunday

R.J. Decker

Elimination Chamber: Post-Show

Elimination Chamber

Countdown to Royal Rumble 2026

Night Patrol

Saturday Night's Main Event - John Cena's Final Match

Survivor Series: WarGames

Zootopia 2

Saturday Night's Main Event XLI

WWE Wrestlepalooza 2025

WWE Clash in Paris 2025

WWE SummerSlam 2025: Saturday

WWE: Unreal

WWE Night of Champions 2025

WWE Night of Champions 2025 Kickoff

Saturday Night's Main Event XXXIX

WrestleMania 41: Saturday

WrestleMania 41 Saturday Post-Show

WWE Hall of Fame 2025

Stephanie's Places

WWE Elimination Chamber 2025: Toronto

Countdown to Elimination Chamber 2025

WWE Elimination Chamber 2025: Toronto - Kickoff

WWE LFG

WWE's Greatest Moments

WWE Royal Rumble 2025

WWE Countdown to Royal Rumble 2025

WWE Royal Rumble 2025 Kickoff

WWE Raw on Netflix Premier Post-Show

WWE Best of Raw 2024 Special

WWE Raw Classics

Raw on Netflix Kickoff

WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2024

WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2024 Post-Show

Cm punk AEW story

Let's Start a Cult

WWE Bad Blood 2024

WWE Bash in Berlin

Countdown to WWE Bash in Berlin

Bash in Berlin Kickoff 2024

WWE SummerSlam 2024

WWE SummerSlam 2024: Cleveland Kickoff

WWE Money in the Bank 2024

WWE Clash at the Castle: Scotland Post Show

WWE Clash at the Castle 2024

Countdown to WWE Backlash France 2024

WrestleMania XL Sunday

WrestleMania XL Saturday

WWE Countdown to WrestleMania XL Saturday

WWE WrestleMania XL Kickoff

WWE WrestleMania XL Kickoff Press Event

Hot Ones Versus

WWE Royal Rumble 2024

NXT Deadline 2023

WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2023

CM Punk in AEW: The End

AEW All In 2023: London

AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2023

All Elite Wrestling: Collision

AEW All Out 2022

WWE Rivals