Robert Maillet

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Robert Maillet

Maillet at the gala premiere for Monster Brawl at the 2011 Toronto After Dark film festival
Ring name(s) Kurgan
Kurrgan
The Interrogator
Acadian Giant
Goliath El Gigante
Height 210 cm (6 ft 11 in)
Weight 149 kg (330 lb)
Billed height 213cm (7 ft 0 in)
Billed weight 158 kg (350 lb)
Born October 26, 1969 (1969-10-26) (age 42)
Ste-Marie-de-Kent, New Brunswick, Canada
Trained by Stephen Petitpas
Bret Hart
Leo Burke
Debut 1989

Robert Maillet (born October 26, 1969) is a Canadian professional wrestler and actor. He is known for his tenure in the World Wrestling Federation, as a member of the Truth Commission and the Oddities, wrestling under the name Kurrgan.

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[edit] Wrestling Career

Maillet spent some time in Japan working for the W*ING promotion as Goliath El Gigante. Maillet signed for the WWF in 1997 alongside The Jackyl as a member of The Truth Commission, billed as "The Interrogator". The group was sent to the United States Wrestling Association before being called up to the main WWF roster, where Maillet's ring name evolved into "Kurrgan The Interrogator". After The Truth Commission disbanded, Maillet – now billed simply as "Kurrgan" – went on to be part of the Oddities.

He later worked for Jacques Rougeau's wrestling events as Kurgan. On July 8, 2005, he wrestled "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan during half-time of a Canadian Football League game in Montreal.

Using the name Giant Kurgan, Maillet worked for Emile Dupree's Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling (GPW), and St.John's based Legend City Wrestling (LCW).

[edit] Film Career

Maillet appeared in the movie 300, released in 2007, an adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel of the same name. He played the part of the "Über-Immortal" a savage, gigantic berserker, member of the enemy's imperial guard.[1]

In late November 2008, Maillet was filming a fight scene for the new movie Sherlock Holmes and accidentally punched Robert Downey, Jr. in the face, causing Downey to be bloodied and knocked down.[2] Downey stated on the December 16, 2009 Late Show with David Letterman that Maillet was "10 times more upset about it" than Downey was.

Maillet played a Russian professional boxer who took a dive in the 2011 film The Big Bang.

In 2011, Maillet appeared in the Canadian movie Monster Brawl playing Frankenstein in a wrestling tournament of eight classic monsters that fight to the death.[3]

[edit] Personal life

Maillet was reported in January 2012 to be married, with step-daughters as well as a daughter adopted from Ethiopia. He was also noted as being able to converse in French.[4]

[edit] Filmography

Film
Year Film Role Notes
2001 Lexx Leroy TV Series: 1 Episode
2003 Liocracy Behemoth Jones TV Series: 1 Episode
2006 300 Uber Immortal (Giant)
2009 Sherlock Holmes Dredger MTV Movie Award for Best Fight
2011 The Big Bang Anton 'The Pro' Protopov
Monster Brawl Frankenstein
The Adventures of Merlin Darien - Queen Annis' Champion TV Series: 1 Episode
Immortals Minotaur
Once Upon a Time ? TV Series: 1 Episode
2012 A Little Bit Zombie Terry
2013 Pacific Rim[4]

[edit] In wrestling

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

  • Legend City Wrestling
  • Real Action Wrestling
    • RAW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

[edit] References

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