Phil Brooks
Acting
Born: October 26, 1978 (age 47) · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Highest Rated
Biography
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
Zootopia 2
2025
Mayans M.C.
2018
Girl on the Third Floor
2019
Rabid
2019
Heels
2021
Jakob's Wife
2021
The Flintstones and WWE: Stone Age SmackDown!
2015
WWE WrestleMania XXVIII
2012
WWE WrestleMania XXV
2009
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
2019
WWE WrestleMania 29
2013
Night Patrol
2026
Photos (3)
Movies (284)
Zootopia 2
Zebro Zebrowski (voice)
WWE Money in the Bank 2026
CM Punk
Night Patrol
Deputy
Rabid
Billy
WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden
CM Punk
WWE Money in the Bank 2011
CM Punk
The Flintstones and WWE: Stone Age SmackDown!
CM Punkrock (voice)
WWE WrestleMania 42 – Sunday
CM Punk
WWE SummerSlam 2011
CM Punk
WWE/AAA Worlds Collide 2026: Chicago
CM Punk
Elimination Chamber
CM Punk
WWE Survivor Series 2009
CM Punk
Jakob's Wife
Deputy Colton
WWE Royal Rumble 2010
CM Punk
Girl on the Third Floor
Don Koch
WrestleMania XL Sunday
CM Punk
WWE Judgment Day 2007
CM Punk
WWE Elimination Chamber 2013
CM Punk
WWE Over The Limit 2012
CM Punk
WWE Elimination Chamber 2025: Toronto
CM Punk
WWE Hell in a Cell 2009
CM Punk
WWE Elimination Chamber 2011
CM Punk
AEW All Out 2022
CM Punk
WWE SummerSlam 2026: Saturday
CM Punk
WWE Night of Champions 2025
CM Punk
WWE Survivor Series 2006
CM Punk
WWE SummerSlam 2024
CM Punk
WWE Best of Raw 2024 Special
CM Punk
AEW Revolution 2022
CM Punk
WWE Breaking Point 2009
CM Punk
WWE Night of Champions 2010
CM Punk
WWE No Way Out 2012
CM Punk
WWE Fatal 4-Way 2010
CM Punk
WWE WrestleMania 23
CM Punk
WWE WrestleMania 29
CM Punk
WWE Extreme Rules 2010
CM Punk
WWE Royal Rumble 2008
CM Punk
WWE Extreme Rules 2009
CM Punk
WWE WrestleMania XXIV
CM Punk
WWE Money In The Bank 2012
CM Punk
The History of WWE: 50 Years of Sports Entertainment
CM Punk
WWE Judgment Day 2009
CM Punk
WWE Wrestlepalooza 2025
CM Punk
WWE WrestleMania 22
Cena Gangster
Let's Start a Cult
Robbie
AEW Full Gear 2021
CM Punk
WWE SummerSlam 2013
CM Punk
WWE Royal Rumble 2011
CM Punk
WWE Royal Rumble 2009
CM Punk
WWE SummerSlam 2012
CM Punk
WWE Royal Rumble 2025
CM Punk
WWE One Night Stand 2008
CM Punk
WWE Extreme Rules 2012
CM Punk
WWE Over The Limit 2011
CM Punk
John Cena's Greatest Rivalries
CM Punk
The John Cena Experience
C.M. Punk (archive footage)
WWE Clash in Paris 2025
CM Punk
The Ladder Match 2: Crash & Burn
CM Punk
WWE Survivor Series 2011
CM Punk
WWE Survivor Series 2007
CM Punk
WWE Royal Rumble 2007
CM Punk
WWE Royal Rumble 2024
CM Punk
WWE The Bash 2009
CM Punk
WWE Vengeance 2011
CM Punk
WWE The Great American Bash 2007
CM Punk
The True Story of WrestleMania
CM Punk
WWE Over the Limit 2010
CM Punk
WWE Hell in a Cell 2013
CM Punk
WWE Battleground 2013
CM Punk
WWE Royal Rumble 2014
CM Punk
WWE WrestleMania XXVII
CM Punk
WWE Bad Blood 2024
CM Punk
WWE No Way Out 2008
CM Punk
The Firefly Funhouse Match
CM Punk (archive footage)
WWE Bragging Rights 2009
CM Punk
WWE SummerSlam 2007
CM Punk
WWE Cyber Sunday 2007
CM Punk
WWE Money in the Bank 2024
CM Punk (Appearance)
ROH: Final Battle 2021
CM Punk
AEW All In 2023: London
CM Punk
WWE Survivor Series 2008
CM Punk
WrestleMania XL Saturday
CM Punk
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2011
CM Punk
WWE Payback 2013
CM Punk
WWE Elimination Chamber 2010
CM Punk
WWE WrestleMania XL Kickoff Press Event
CM Punk
WWE Vengeance: Night of Champions 2007
CM Punk
Saturday Night's Main Event - John Cena's Final Match
CM Punk
WWE Capitol Punishment 2011
CM Punk
WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2023
CM Punk (Appearance)
WWE Survivor Series 2013
CM Punk
WWE Wrestlemania XXVI
CM Punk
WWE Hall of Fame 2025
C M Punk
WWE Money in the Bank 2013
CM Punk
WWE Night of Champions 2013
CM Punk
WWE Judgment Day 2008
CM Punk
AEW Double or Nothing 2022
CM Punk
WWE Backlash 2009
CM Punk
WWE One Night Stand 2007
CM Punk
WWE Extreme Rules 2011
CM Punk
The Rock vs. John Cena: Once in a Lifetime
CM Punk
WWE Elimination Chamber 2012
CM Punk
WWE Royal Rumble 2013
CM Punk
WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber
CM Punk
WWE Clash at the Castle 2024
CM Punk
WWE Night of Champions 2012
CM Punk
WWE Unforgiven 2008
CM Punk (Appearance)
WWE Night of Champions 2011
CM Punk
WWE SummerSlam 2009
CM Punk
WWE SummerSlam 2025: Saturday
CM Punk
WWE Survivor Series 2012
CM Punk
WWE SummerSlam 2026: Saturday - Countdown
CM Punk
WWE No Mercy 2007
CM Punk
WWE Unforgiven 2007
CM Punk
The True Story of the Royal Rumble
CM Punk
WWE Royal Rumble 2012
CM Punk
CM Punk: Best in the World
CM Punk
WWE Hell in a Cell 2011
CM Punk
WWE The Great American Bash 2008
CM Punk
ECW December to Dismember
CM Punk
WWE Armageddon 2008
CM Punk
Daniel Bryan: Journey to WrestleMania 30
CM Punk
WWE WrestleMania XXV
CM Punk
PWG: An Inch Longer Than Average
CM Punk
ROH: Midnight Express Reunion
CM Punk
Daniel Bryan: Just Say Yes! Yes! Yes!
CM Punk
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2009
CM Punk (Preshow)
WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2013
CM Punk
WWE Hell In A Cell 2012
CM Punk
WrestleMania 41: Saturday
CM Punk
ROH: Stars of Honor
CM Punk
AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2023
CM Punk
WWE WrestleMania XXVIII
CM Punk
Saturday Night's Main Event XLV
CM Punk
WWE The Great American Bash 2012: Super Smackdown Live!
CM Punk
WrestleMania 41 Saturday Post-Show
CM Punk
WWE SummerSlam 2024: Cleveland Kickoff
CM Punk
WWE: 30 Years of Survivor Series
2017
Brock Lesnar: Eat, Sleep. Conquer. Repeat
CM Punk
WWE Countdown to Royal Rumble 2025
CM Punk
WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2024
CM Punk
ROH: The Battle Lines Are Drawn
CM Punk
Samoa Joe: A Championship Legacy
CM Punk
WWE Bragging Rights 2010
CM Punk
ROH: Retribution - Round Robin Challenge II
CM Punk
WWE Royal Rumble 2025 Kickoff
CM Punk
WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Life of a Masked Man
CM Punk
WWE: The Big Show - A Giant's World
CM Punk
ROH: Sign of Dishonor
CM Punk
ROH: Night of Champions
CM Punk
Survivor Series: WarGames
CM Punk
ROH: Weekend of Thunder - Night 1
CM Punk
WWE: Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2012
CM Punk
ROH: Fate of An Angel
CM Punk
Countdown to Elimination Chamber 2025
CM Punk
IWA-MS When Hero Met Punk
CM Punk
ROH: War of The Wire
CM Punk
WWE: The Best of Raw & SmackDown 2012, Volume 1
CM Punk
Becoming the Best in the World: Bryan Danielson
CM Punk
Countdown to WWE Bash in Berlin
CM Punk
PWG: Tango & Cash Invitational - Night One
CM Punk
ROH: Reborn - Stage Two
CM Punk
WWE WrestleMania XL Kickoff
CM Punk
ROH Final Battle 2003
CM Punk
WWE SummerSlam 2008
CM Punk
ROH: Glory By Honor II
CM Punk
ROH: Weekend of Thunder - Night 2
CM Punk
PWG: The Reason For The Season
CM Punk
WWE Bash in Berlin
CM Punk
Bash in Berlin Kickoff 2024
CM Punk
The Road is Jericho: Epic Stories and Rare Matches from Y2J
CM Punk
ROH: Beating The Odds
CM Punk
ROH Final Battle 2004
CM Punk
Samoa Joe: Total Domination
CM Punk
Saturday Night's Main Event XLI
CM Punk
ROH: Night of The Butcher
CM Punk
ROH: The Final Showdown
CM Punk
WWE: The New & Improved DX
CM Punk
ROH: World Title Classic
CM Punk
NXT's Greatest Matches Vol. 1
CM Punk
WWE: Straight to the Top - Money in the Bank Anthology
CM Punk
Countdown to Royal Rumble 2026
2026
AEW Awards
CM Punk
AEW All Out 2021
CM Punk
WWE Armageddon 2007
CM Punk
ROH: Main Event Spectacles
CM Punk
WWE RAW 1000
2012
ROH: Expect The Unexpected
CM Punk
AEW Grand Slam
CM Punk
ROH: Best In The World
CM Punk
PWG: 2nd Annual Bicentennial Birthday Extravaganza - Night Two
CM Punk
ROH: Joe vs Punk II
CM Punk
WWE SummerSlam 2010
CM Punk
ROH: At Our Best
CM Punk
Randy Orton: RKO Outta Nowhere
CM Punk
PWG: Pimpin' In High Places
CM Punk
ROH: The Epic Encounter
CM Punk
NXT Deadline 2023
CM Punk
ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2 - Part Two
CM Punk
WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2024 Post-Show
CM Punk
WWE Clash at the Castle: Scotland Post Show
CM Punk
ROH: Escape From New York
CM Punk
MLW Revolutions
CM Punk
ROH: Bitter Friends, Stiffer Enemies
CM Punk
Alex Shelley: Made in Detroit
CM Punk
ROH: Glory By Honor III
CM Punk
ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2 - Part One
CM Punk
MLW Rise of The Renegades
CM Punk
ROH: Punk - The Final Chapter
CM Punk
Chikara: The Renaissance Dawns
CM Punk
ROH: Death Before Dishonor
CM Punk
ROH Final Battle 2002
CM Punk
CM Punk: The Second City Saint
CM Punk
ROH: Testing The Limit
CM Punk
ROH: Do or Die
CM Punk
ROH: Ring of Hardcore
CM Punk
AJ Styles: Styles Clash
CM Punk
Jeff Hardy: My Life, My Rules
CM Punk
ROH: Bryan Danielson - The American Dragon
CM Punk
Elimination Chamber: Post-Show
CM Punk
WWE Elimination Chamber 2025: Toronto - Kickoff
CM Punk
ROH: Revenge on the Prophecy
CM Punk
ROH: Samoa Joe vs. CM Punk
CM Punk
ROH: Empire State Showdown
CM Punk
ROH: The Summer of Punk
CM Punk
Countdown to WWE Backlash France 2024
CM Punk
ROH: Year Two
CM Punk
FIP In Full Force
CM Punk
ROH: One Year Anniversary Show
CM Punk
Saturday Night's Main Event XXXIX
CM Punk
PWG Sells Out: Volume 1
CM Punk
WWE Night of Champions 2009
CM Punk
GCW The Indie Wrestling Hall of Fame
CM Punk
ROH: Survival of The Fittest
CM Punk
ROH: Reborn - Stage One
CM Punk
MLW War Games
CM Punk
PWG Sells Out: Volume 2
CM Punk
CM Punk: Icon
CM Punk
ROH: 2nd Anniversary
CM Punk
PWG: Rocktoberfest
CM Punk
ROH: Year Four
CM Punk
ROH: Death Before Dishonor III
CM Punk
IWA-MS House of Hardcore 2nd Anniversary
CM Punk
TNA: Best of the Asylum Years, Vol 1
CM Punk
PWG: The Secret of The Ooze
CM Punk
Interviews with a Hero: The Chris Hero Story
CM Punk
TNA: Best of the Asylum Years, Vol 2
CM Punk
ROH: The Rise of Generation Next
CM Punk
WWE Countdown to WrestleMania XL Saturday
CM Punk
ROH: Reborn - Completion
CM Punk
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVI
CM Punk
The Essential AJ Styles Collection
CM Punk
Bloodstained Honor
CM Punk
ROH: Year 5
CM Punk
FIP The Usual Suspects
CM Punk
ROH: All Star Extravaganza
CM Punk
ROH: All Star Extravaganza 2
CM Punk
PWG: Tango & Cash Invitational - Night Two
CM Punk
Colt Cabana: Chicago's Favorite Son
CM Punk
ROH: Scramble Cage Melee
CM Punk
ROH: Collision Course
CM Punk
ROH: The Best of CM Punk Vol. 3 - The Legacy Continues
CM Punk
ROH: The Last Stand
CM Punk
ROH: Night of The Grudges
CM Punk
ROH: The Homecoming
CM Punk
ROH: Generation Next
CM Punk
ROH: Greatest Rivalries
CM Punk
Straight Shootin' Series with Samoa Joe & CM Punk
CM Punk
MLW Hybrid Hell
CM Punk
ROH: Year Three
CM Punk
STARRCAST III: Best In The World - CM Punk
CM Punk
ROH: Redemption
CM Punk
ROH: Round Robin Challenge III
CM Punk
ROH: The Best of CM Punk Vol. 2 - Straight Edge
CM Punk
ROH: The Best of CM Punk Vol. 1 - Better Than You
CM Punk
ROH: Creating Excellence
CM Punk
FIP Florida Rumble
CM Punk
WWE Night of Champions 2025 Kickoff
CM Punk
Hard Knocks
2009
ROH: Gold
CM Punk
ROH: Tradition Continues
CM Punk
ROH: Manhattan Mayhem
CM Punk
ROH: WrestleRave '03
CM Punk
ROH: The Conclusion
CM Punk
TV Shows (35)
Raw
CM Punk · 65 eps
Raw
135 eps
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
CM Punk · 41 eps
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
CM Punk · 1 eps
WWE NXT
6 eps
WWE NXT
Cm Punk · 2 eps
WWE NXT
CM Punk · 3 eps
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
CM Punk · 99 eps
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
48 eps
WWE Main Event
CM Punk · 1 eps
AEW Dark
CM Punk · 1 eps
R.J. Decker
Mike Haskins · 1 eps
All Elite Wrestling: Collision
CM Punk · 8 eps
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage
CM Punk · 12 eps
Mayans M.C.
Paul · 4 eps
Hot Ones Versus
CM Punk · 1 eps
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
CM Punk · 3 eps
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
1 eps
WWE: Unreal
CM Punk · 4 eps
WWE: Unreal
1 eps
WWE ECW
CM Punk · 34 eps
Dark Side of the Ring
1 eps
WWE Rivals
CM Punk · 1 eps
AEW Unrestricted
CM Punk · 1 eps
TNA Xplosion
CM Punk · 1 eps
Heels
Ricky Rabies · 1 eps
Wrestlemania Rewind
CM Punk · 11 eps
WWE's Greatest Moments
CM Punk · 2 eps
WWE Backstage
CM Punk · 38 eps
WWE LFG
CM Punk · 2 eps
WWE Raw Classics
CM Punk · 1 eps
All Elite Wrestling: Battle of the Belts
CM Punk · 1 eps
UFC Rivals
CM Punk · 2 eps
The Challenge: Champs vs. Pros
6 eps
The Evolution of Punk
Phil "CM Punk" Brooks · 4 eps
Self / Appearances (12)
Dancing with the Stars
Self - Audience Member · 1 eps
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Self · 1 eps
Talking Dead
Self · 1 eps
WWE: Unreal
Self · 4 eps
Maron
Himself · 2 eps
WWE Rivalries
Self · 1 eps
Hot Ones: Extra Heat
Self · 1 eps
Stephanie's Places
Self · 1 eps
Ladies and Gentlemen, My Name Is Paul Heyman
Himself
UFC 203: Miocic vs. Overeem
Self
UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2
Self
CM Punk in AEW: The End
Self (archive footage)
