- Hulk Hogan
Terrence Gene Bollea (born on August 11, 1953) is an American actor and semi-retired professional wrestler better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan. He currently stars on the VH1 reality show "Hogan Knows Best".
- Gina Carano
Gina Joy Carano (born April 16, 1982) is an American Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter. She was born in Dallas County, Texas on April 16, 1982 the daughter of Glenn Thomas Carano and Dana Joy Cason. She is a former psychology student at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Her specialty is Muay Thai Boxing. After racking up a Muay Thai record of 12-1-1, Gina received an offer to participate in the first ever female sanctioned MMA bout in Nevada.
- Laila Ali
Laila Ali (born December 30, 1977 in Miami Beach) is the daughter of Muhammad Ali and his third wife Veronica Porsche Ali. She was their second child and is the most famous of the nine children born to Muhammad Ali. Laila has a degree in business from Santa Monica College and previously owned a nail salon in California before becoming a boxer.
- Mike Adamle
Michael David Adamle (born October 4, 1949, in Euclid, Ohio) is a sports reporter and announcer. He is currently a freelance anchor and reporter for WMAQ-TV in Chicago, Illinois. Previously, he was the sports anchor at WBBM-TV from 2001 to 2004. Prior to that, he was the main sports anchor at WMAQ from 1998 to 2001 and at WLS-TV from 1983 to 1988. Adamle has over 30 years of experience in sports television. Much of it was spent at NBC Sports, …
- Robin Coleman
Robin Coleman is a figure competitor, rower, professional strongwoman, and former female bodybuilding. In 1997, after 1 1/2 years of serious training, she competed in her first bodybuilding competition, California's Border States, placing first in the novice and second in the open heavyweight division. Robin competed in the inaugural World's Strongest Woman in Zambia, Africa in 2001, where she placed third.
- Raye Hollitt
Raye Hollitt (born April 17, 1964) is an American actress and female bodybuilder, also known by her stage name Zap, one of the original cast members of "American Gladiators". She was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
- Shelley Beattie
Shelley Beattie (born August 24, 1968 in California, USA) is a former professional female bodybuilder and actress. Beattie gradually lost her hearing following an aspirin overdose at age three. She was raised in California until age 11, when she moved to Oregon. She was a standout heptathlete and cross country runner in high school. She attended Western Oregon State College in Monmouth, earning a degree in psychology and special education.
- Lisa Malosky
Lisa Malosky is sports reporter based in Houston, Texas. Over her career, she has covered the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA), Houston Comets of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), and the University of Houston Cougars men's basketball contests. She came to Houston in 1991 working for KPRC-TV. Since that time, she has also covered the NBA and WNBA for NBC, and TNT/WTBS.
- Lee Reherman
Lee Reherman was born July 4, 1966 in Louisville, Kentucky. He was a former football player for Cornell University in college and then played professional with the Miami Dolphins. After his pro football career ended, Lee received an MBA in Finance from UCLA as well as a Ph.D. in Economics. During the time he was attending college, some of his classmates dared him to audition on the American television program "American Gladiators".
- Billy Wirth
Billy Wirth (born June 23, 1962) is an American actor, film producer, and artist, perhaps best-known for his role in the 1987 film, "The Lost Boys". Wirth was born in New York City to a Jewish American father and a Native American mother. He attended Brown University. There, he was discovered by the noted photographer Bruce Weber, and began a modeling career in New York. He moved to California in the 1980s to pursue an acting career, …
- Terry Crews
Terry Alan Crews (born July 30, 1968) is an American actor and former football player. Crews was born in Flint, Michigan. Crews earned an Art Excellence Scholarship to attend the Interlochen Center for the Arts and then Western Michigan University. While completing his studies as an Art major, Terry was a key member of the WMU football team, where he earned all-conference honors as a defensive end.
- Renny Harlin
Renny Harlin is a film director and producer mostly known for action movies. Harlin moved to the U.S. in the mid 1980s and initially started directing low-budget films. Harlin gained attention after directing "A Nightmare on Elm Street 4", which proved to be a success. His next film, the Andrew Dice Clay film "The Adventures of Ford Fairlane" failed at the box office, but Harlin achieved financial success with "Die Hard 2".
- Danny Lee Clark
Danny Lee Clark was born on May 21, 1964 in Zama, Japan. He was a standout defensive lineman at San Jose State University. He starred as Nitro on the American television program American Gladiators. He was a Gladiator on the show from 1989 to 1992 and from 1994 to 1995, and then a co-host from 1995 through 1996. He played briefly with the NFL and spent two years playing in Europe.
- Debbe Dunning
Debbe Dunning, sometimes credited as Debra Dunning, (born July 11, 1966 in Burbank, California) is an American actress. She graduated from John Burroughs High School, the same school her parents graduated from exactly twenty years earlier. She was a cheerleader and her school's Homecoming Queen, also winning the title of "Miss Burbank 1984". Her modeling career began with numerous Miller Beer advertisements, …
- John Harlan
John Harlan (born in USA) is an American television announcer who has worked on numerous television projects for over 40 years, particularly game and variety shows. He is considered the "prince of announcers" by some critics and fans, for his highly-inflected nasal tones. Perhaps his best-known work was for the Bob Hope specials aired on NBC during the 1960s through the 1980s.
- Scott Ferrall
Scott Ferrall is a sports talk radio host who currently broadcasts for Sirius Satellite Radio on Howard 101. Ferrall is easily recognizable by his crackling, raspy voice and his fast, sometimes nonsensical style. Ferrall's career began as a standard sports news reader on all-news KQV radio in his home town of Pittsburgh. When he left KQV, he drifted to Florida and found part-time radio work in the Tampa area.
- Tony Halme
Tony Christian Halme (born January 6, 1963) is a former member of the Finnish Parliament, representing the True Finns party. He is also known by the pseudonym "Viikinki" he used to appear in the Finnish version of the TV game show "American Gladiators" in the 1990s. He has also been a professional wrestler as Ludvig Borga and professional boxer who held the Finnish heavyweight championship.
- Lynn "red" Williams
Lynn "Red" Williams is an American actor. He is known for playing Jax in the second movie "Mortal Kombat: Annihilation". He appeared as "Sabre" in the television show "American Gladiators" from 1992 to 1996, and also appeared as a contestant on the comedy game show "Street Smarts".
- Bill Conti
His recording of "Gonna Fly Now (Theme from 'Rocky')" reached #1 in July of 1977. Majored in piano and composition at Louisiana State University and earned a master's degree at Juilliard School of Music in New York. In 1995, Conti was awarded the Golden Soundtrack Award for his lifetime achievements by ASCAP.
- Lee Toft
- Ron Ziskin
- Deron Michael McBee
Toured three years on the professional racquetball circuit. Former American Gladiator (Malibu)
- Daniel Lee
Dan Clark began his career as an athlete, playing football for San Jose State, going on to play for the Los Angeles Rams and in the Professional European League. From 1989-1996, Clark starred as "Nitro" on seven seasons of the smash hit game show American Gladiators. The series aired in over 40 countries, with reruns on USA Network, TNT, and Spike. It is currently (2007) airing on ESPN Classic. Dan then turned to acting, appearing in such motion pictures as Death Becomes Her, with Meryl...
- Michael M Horton
Was a contestant on "Press Your Luck" in 1985.
- John Harlan
First husband of Frances Rafferty.
- Larry Thompson
Before joining the cast of American Gladiators, he was an assistant Principal at Los Alamitos High School in Orange County, California.
- Red Williams
Fifth-round draft pick, L.A. Rams; also formerly with San Diego Chargers. Attended Kansas University, where he played football. Was a former high school assistant football coach at Palos Verdes Chadwick.
- Ariane Fleiderman
- Lee De Carlo
- Joann Kamay
- Doug Nelson
- Teresa Pfiffner-Krebsbach
- David Basinski
- Susan Racho
- John Latushko
- Randy Gomez
- Jeffrey M Engel
- J Brian Gadinsky
- Booey Kober
- Eytan Keller