Actor

David Stephen Finlay III

Acting

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Acting credits

327

Prolific

Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

0.9

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Movies: 321Series: 6

TMDB ID: 1497848

IMDb ID: nm8581245

Known for: Acting

Born: May 16, 1993

Age: 33

Place of birth: Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1972 - 2026

Years active: 55

Average TMDB rating: 7.55

Wikidata: Q27999454

Also known as

David Finlay • Dave Finlay • David Finlay Jr.

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Biography

David Finlay is a German-born American professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), joining the promotion in March 2026 after leaving New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he competed from 2015 to 2026. In NJPW, Finlay led Bullet Club from 2023 until the faction’s disbandment in early 2026 and became a two-time and longest-reigning IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion, with a record 245-day second reign. He also won the New Japan Cup in 2025 and, alongside Juice Robinson as FinJuice, they won the World Tag League in 2019 and became one-time IWGP Tag Team Champions, while Finlay is also a one-time NEVER Openweight Champion and a one-time NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion with Ricochet and Satoshi Kojima. Outside NJPW, he is a one-time TNA World Tag Team Champion with Robinson and one-time POW Junior Champion. He is the son of retired Irish professional wrestler David Finlay Jr., best known for his tenures in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) from 1996 to 2000 under the ring name Fit Finlay and in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) from 2005 to 2010 under the mononymous name Finlay.