Glenn Thomas Jacobs (born April 26, 1967) is an American politician, actor, and professional wrestler. As a Republican, he is the Mayor of Knox County, Tennessee since 2018. He is currently signed to WWE, where he works under the ring name Kane.
He began his professional wrestling career on the independent circuit in 1992, wrestling in promotions such as Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW) and the United States Wrestling Association (USWA), before joining the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in 1995. Jacobs played various characters until 1997, when he was repackaged as Kane, the younger half-brother of The Undertaker, with whom Jacobs would alternatively feud or team as The Brothers of Destruction.
Following his WWF debut, Kane remained a pivotal component of the company's "Attitude Era" of the late 1990s and early 2000s, defeating the era's "poster boy" Stone Cold Steve Austin for the WWF Championship in his first pay-per-view (PPV) main event at King of the Ring in June 1998. He continued to headline PPV cards through 2018's Crown Jewel, and has appeared in more of such events than any other performer in WWF/WWE history.
Within WWE, Kane is a three-time world champion (having held the WWF Championship, ECW Championship and World Heavyweight Championship once each) and a 12-time world tag team champion (having held the World Tag Team Championship, WCW Tag Team Championship and WWE Tag Team Championships with various partners). He is also a two-time Intercontinental Champion and a Money in the Bank winner, as well as the third man to complete WWE's Grand Slam. The last title Kane won was the 24/7 Championship on September 16, 2019, the only title won under his real name. Veteran wrestler Ric Flair described Kane as "the best in the world", while Big Show dubbed him "the best big man ever". Kane holds the record for the most appearances in a Royal Rumble match at 20 as well as the highest cumulative total eliminations at 46. He headlined the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2021.
Outside of professional wrestling, Jacobs has made numerous guest appearances in film and on television, including the lead role in the 2006 WWE Studios production See No Evil and its 2014 sequel. He is also a longtime supporter of libertarian political causes. In March 2017, Jacobs announced that he was running for the mayoral seat of Knox County, Tennessee as a Republican. He went on to win the Republican primary election on May 1, 2018 and the general election on August 2, 2018.
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Known For
MacGruber
(2010)
Tanker Lutz
Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery
(2014)
Kane (voice)
Countdown
(2016)
Lieutenant Cronin
WWE WrestleMania 22
(2006)
Kane
See No Evil
(2006)
Jacob Goodnight
WWE WrestleMania 31
(2015)
Kane
WWE WrestleMania 32
(2016)
Kane
See No Evil 2
(2014)
Jacob Goodnight
WWE WrestleMania XX
(2004)
Kane
WWE WrestleMania 29
(2013)
Kane
WWE WrestleMania XXVIII
(2012)
Kane
WWE WrestleMania XXIV
(2008)
Kane
WWE WrestleMania 21
(2005)
Kane
WWE Royal Rumble 2007
(2007)
Kane
WWE WrestleMania XXX
(2014)
Kane
WWE No Mercy 2008
(2008)
Kane
Full Filmography
Acting
WWE SummerSlam 1995
(1995)
Dr. Isaac Yankem D.D.S.
WWE Survivor Series 1995
(1995)
Isaac Yankem D.D.S.
SMW Super Bowl of Wrestling
(1995)
Unabomb
WWE In Your House 12: It's Time
(1996)
Diesel
WWE Survivor Series 1996
(1996)
Diesel
WWE Royal Rumble 1996
(1996)
Dr. Isaac Yankem D.D.S.
WWE Most Amazing Matches!
(1996)
Isaac Yankem, D.D.S.
WWE Royal Rumble 1997
(1997)
Diesel
WWE Badd Blood: In Your House
(1997)
Kane
WWE Survivor Series 1997
(1997)
Kane
WWE Royal Rumble 1998
(1998)
Kane
WWE WrestleMania XIV
(1998)
Kane
WWE Judgment Day: In Your House
(1998)
Kane
WWE Survivor Series 1998
(1998)
Kane
WWE King of the Ring 1998
(1998)
Kane
WWE Mayhem in Manchester
(1998)
Kane
WWE Fully Loaded: In Your House
(1998)
Kane
WWE Over the Edge: In Your House
(1998)
Kane
WWE Unforgiven: In Your House
(1998)
Kane
WWE SummerSlam 1998
(1998)
Kane
WWE Breakdown: In Your House
(1998)
Kane
WWE Capital Carnage
(1998)
Kane
WWF: Undertaker The Phenom
(1998)
Himself
WWF: The Rock - Know Your Role
(1998)
Himself
WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
(1998)
Kane
WWE Royal Rumble 1999
(1999)
Kane
WWE Unforgiven 1999
(1999)
Kane
WWE WrestleMania XV
(1999)
Kane
WWE Survivor Series 1999
(1999)
Kane
WWE Over the Edge
(1999)
Kane
WWE No Mercy (UK) 1999
(1999)
Kane
WWE St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House
(1999)
Kane
WWE Fully Loaded 1999
(1999)
Kane
WWE King of the Ring 1999
(1999)
Kane
WWE SummerSlam 1999
(1999)
Kane
WWE No Mercy 1999
(1999)
Kane
WWE Rebellion 1999
(1999)
Kane
WWE Armageddon 1999
(1999)
Kane
WWE Backlash: In Your House
(1999)
Kane (Appearance)
WWE Unforgiven 2000
(2000)
Kane
WWE No Way Out 2000
(2000)
Kane
WWE SummerSlam 2000
(2000)
Kane
WWE Insurrextion 2000
(2000)
Kane
WWE Rebellion 2000
(2000)
Kane
WWE Armageddon 2000
(2000)
Kane
WWE King of the Ring 2000
(2000)
Kane
WWE Survivor Series 2000
(2000)
Kane
WWE Royal Rumble 2000
(2000)
Kane
WWE Survivor Series 2001
(2001)
Kane
WWE Royal Rumble 2001
(2001)
Kane
WWE No Way Out 2001
(2001)
Kane
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
(2001)
Kane
WWE Unforgiven 2001
(2001)
Kane
WWE Backlash 2001
(2001)
Kane
WWE No Mercy 2001
(2001)
Kane
WWE King of the Ring 2001
(2001)
Kane
WWE SummerSlam 2001
(2001)
Kane
WWE Judgment Day 2001
(2001)
Kane
WWE InVasion
(2001)
Kane
WWE Vengeance 2001
(2001)
Kane
WWF: Best of Raw - Vol. 1&2
(2001)
Kane
OVW Christmas Chaos
(2001)
Kane
WWE Survivor Series 2002
(2002)
Kane
WWE Wrestlemania X8
(2002)
Kane
WWE Royal Rumble 2002
(2002)
Kane
WWE Unforgiven 2002
(2002)
Kane
WWE No Mercy 2002
(2002)
Kane
WWE Armageddon 2002
(2002)
Kane
WWE: The Videos Ramped Up Vol. 1
(2002)
Himself
WWE Super Tuesday
(2002)
Kane
WWE Royal Rumble 2003
(2003)
Kane
WWE SummerSlam 2003
(2003)
Kane
WWE Survivor Series 2003
(2003)
Kane
WWE Bad Blood 2003
(2003)
Kane
WWE No Way Out 2003
(2003)
Kane
WWE Armageddon 2003
(2003)
Kane
WWE Backlash 2003
(2003)
Kane
WWE Unforgiven 2003
(2003)
Kane
WWE Judgment Day 2003
(2003)
Kane
WWE Insurrextion 2003
(2003)
Kane
WWE: Raw 10th Anniversary
(2003)
Kane
WWE SummerSlam 2004
(2004)
Kane
WWE Royal Rumble 2004
(2004)
Kane
WWE WrestleMania XX
(2004)
Kane
WWE Backlash 2004
(2004)
Kane
WWE Bad Blood 2004
(2004)
Kane
WWE Vengeance 2004
(2004)
Kane
WWE Unforgiven 2004
(2004)
Kane
WWE Taboo Tuesday 2004
(2004)
Kane
WWE Survivor Series 2005
(2005)
Kane
WWE Royal Rumble 2005
(2005)
Kane
WWE WrestleMania 21
(2005)
Kane
WWE New Year's Revolution 2005
(2005)
Kane
WWE Vengeance 2005
(2005)
Kane
WWE Taboo Tuesday 2005
(2005)
Kane
WWE Armageddon 2005
(2005)
Kane
WWE Backlash 2005
(2005)
Kane
WWE: Tombstone - The History of the Undertaker
(2005)
Kane
See No Evil
(2006)
Jacob Goodnight
WWE WrestleMania 22
(2006)
Kane
WWE Royal Rumble 2006
(2006)
Kane
WWE Unforgiven 2006
(2006)
Kane
WWE Vengeance 2006
(2006)
Kane
WWE Survivor Series 2006
(2006)
Kane
WWE New Year's Revolution 2006
(2006)
Kane
WWE Backlash 2006
(2006)
Kane
WWE Cyber Sunday 2006
(2006)
Kane
WWE Armageddon 2006
(2006)
Kane
WWE The Great American Bash 2006
(2006)
Kane
WWE WrestleMania 23
(2007)
Kane
WWE Royal Rumble 2007
(2007)
Kane
WWE Survivor Series 2007
(2007)
Kane
WWE No Way Out 2007
(2007)
Kane
WWE One Night Stand 2007
(2007)
Kane
WWE Cyber Sunday 2007
(2007)
Kane
WWE The Great American Bash 2007
(2007)
Kane
WWE SummerSlam 2007
(2007)
Kane
WWE Armageddon 2007
(2007)
Kane
WWE: The Ladder Match
(2007)
Kane
WWE: The Best of Raw 15th Anniversary
(2007)
Kane
WWE: The Twisted, Disturbed Life of Kane
(2008)
Kane
WWE Royal Rumble 2008
(2008)
Kane
WWE WrestleMania XXIV
(2008)
Kane
WWE Backlash 2008
(2008)
Kane
WWE Judgment Day 2008
(2008)
Kane
WWE No Mercy 2008
(2008)
Kane
WWE Night of Champions 2008
(2008)
Kane
WWE Unforgiven 2008
(2008)
Kane
WWE Cyber Sunday 2008
(2008)
Kane
WWE Survivor Series 2008
(2008)
Kane
WWE: The Rock: The Most Electrifying Man in Sports Entertainment
(2008)
Kane
WWE: The Legacy of Stone Cold Steve Austin
(2008)
Kane
WWE: Hell in a Cell - The Greatest Hell in a Cell Matches of All Time
(2008)
Kane
WWE: Edge: A Decade of Decadence
(2008)
Kane
WWE: Twist of Fate - The Matt & Jeff Hardy Story
(2008)
Kane
WWE SummerSlam 2009
(2009)
Kane
WWE Royal Rumble 2009
(2009)
Kane
WWE Backlash 2009
(2009)
Kane
WWE Breaking Point 2009
(2009)
Kane
WWE No Way Out 2009
(2009)
Kane
WWE Bragging Rights 2009
(2009)
Kane
WWE WrestleMania XXV
(2009)
Kane
WWE Night of Champions 2010
(2010)
Kane
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2010
(2010)
Kane
WWE Survivor Series 2010
(2010)
Kane
WWE Hell In A Cell 2010
(2010)
Kane
WWE Bragging Rights 2010
(2010)
Kane
WWE SummerSlam 2010
(2010)
Kane
WWE Wrestlemania XXVI
(2010)
Kane
WWE Royal Rumble 2010
(2010)
Kane
WWE Elimination Chamber 2010
(2010)
Kane
WWE Money in the Bank 2010
(2010)
Kane
WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
(2010)
Kane
MacGruber
(2010)
Tanker Lutz
WWE: The Undertaker's Deadliest Matches
(2010)
Kane
WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber
(2010)
Kane
WWE Over the Limit 2010
(2010)
Kane (Appearance)
WWE Fatal 4-Way 2010
(2010)
Kane (Appearance)
WWE WrestleMania XXVII
(2011)
Kane
WWE Extreme Rules 2011
(2011)
Kane
WWE Over The Limit 2011
(2011)
Kane
WWE Money in the Bank 2011
(2011)
Kane
WWE Elimination Chamber 2011
(2011)
Kane
WWE Royal Rumble 2011
(2011)
Kane
WWE: Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century
(2011)
Kane
WWE: The Big Show - A Giant's World
(2011)
Kane
The Ladder Match 2: Crash & Burn
(2011)
Kane
WWE Elimination Chamber 2012
(2012)
Kane
WWE Royal Rumble 2012
(2012)
Kane
WWE WrestleMania XXVIII
(2012)
Kane
WWE Money In The Bank 2012
(2012)
Kane
WWE Extreme Rules 2012
(2012)
Kane
WWE Hell In A Cell 2012
(2012)
Kane
WWE Over The Limit 2012
(2012)
Kane
WWE SummerSlam 2012
(2012)
Kane
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2012
(2012)
Kane
WWE Survivor Series 2012
(2012)
Kane
WWE Night of Champions 2012
(2012)
Kane
WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches
(2012)
The Top 100 Moments In Raw History
(2012)
Kane
WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009
(2012)
Kane (archive footage)
WWE: Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2012
(2012)
Kane
WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Life of a Masked Man
(2012)
Kane
You Think You Know Me? The Story of Edge
(2012)
Kane
WWE Great American Bash 2012: Super Smackdown Live!
(2012)
Kane
WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak
(2012)
Kane (archive footage)
WWE No Way Out 2012
(2012)
Kane
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2012
(2012)
Kane
WWE RAW 1000
(2012)
WWE WrestleMania 29
(2013)
Kane
WWE Royal Rumble 2013
(2013)
Kane
WWE Elimination Chamber 2013
(2013)
Kane
WWE Extreme Rules 2013
(2013)
Kane
WWE SummerSlam 2013
(2013)
Kane
WWE Payback 2013
(2013)
Kane
WWE: The Best of Raw & SmackDown 2012, Volume 1
(2013)
Kane
WWE: The Best Of In Your House
(2013)
Kane
For All Mankind - The Life and Career of Mick Foley
(2013)
Kane
The History of WWE: 50 Years of Sports Entertainment
(2013)
Kane
WWE: Straight to the Top - Money in the Bank Anthology
(2013)
Kane
WWE: Triple H: Thy Kingdom Come
(2013)
Kane
WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden
(2013)
Kane
WWE Hell in a Cell 2013
(2013)
Kane (Return)
WWE Survivor Series 2013
(2013)
Kane (Appearance)
See No Evil 2
(2014)
Jacob Goodnight
WWE WrestleMania XXX
(2014)
Kane
Undertaker: The Streak 21-1
(2014)
Kane
WWE Extreme Rules 2014
(2014)
Kane
WWE: Brothers of Destruction
(2014)
Kane
Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery
(2014)
Kane (voice)
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2
(2014)
Kane
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
(2014)
Kane
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3
(2014)
Kane
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 2
(2014)
Kane
WWE Greatest Wrestling Factions
(2014)
Kane
WWE Money in the Bank 2014
(2014)
Kane
WWE Battleground 2014
(2014)
Kane
WWE Royal Rumble 2014
(2014)
Kane
WWE Survivor Series 2014
(2014)
Kane
WWE Elimination Chamber 2014
(2014)
Kane (Appearance)
WWE Payback 2014
(2014)
Kane (Appearance)
WWE SummerSlam 2014
(2014)
Kane (Lumberjack)
WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2014
(2014)
Kane
Superstar Collection: Daniel Bryan
(2014)
Kane
WWE Fastlane 2015
(2015)
Kane
The Road is Jericho: Epic Stories and Rare Matches from Y2J
(2015)
Kane
WWE Money in the Bank 2015
(2015)
Kane
WWE The Beast in the East
(2015)
Kane
WWE Hell in a Cell 2015
(2015)
Kane
WWE Survivor Series 2015
(2015)
Kane
Daniel Bryan: Just Say Yes! Yes! Yes!
(2015)
Kane
The Destruction of The Shield
(2015)
Kane
WWE Royal Rumble 2015
(2015)
Kane
WWE WrestleMania 31
(2015)
Kane
WWE Extreme Rules 2015
(2015)
Kane (Gatekeeper)
WWE Payback 2015
(2015)
Kane (Appearance)
WWE Elimination Chamber 2015
(2015)
Kane (Ringside)
WWE Night of Champions 2015
(2015)
Kane (Appearance)
WWE Royal Rumble 2016
(2016)
Kane
WWE Fastlane 2016
(2016)
Kane
Countdown
(2016)
Lieutenant Cronin
The History of The WWE Hardcore Championship
(2016)
WWE Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2015
(2016)
Kane
WWE The Best of Raw & SmackDown 2015
(2016)
Kane
WWE WrestleMania 32
(2016)
Kane
1997: Dawn of the Attitude
(2017)
Kane
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2017
(2017)
Kane
TrailBlayzer: The Alundra Blayze Story
(2017)
Kane
WWE Extreme Rules 2018
(2018)
Kane
WWE Crown Jewel 2018
(2018)
Kane
WWE Royal Rumble 2018
(2018)
Kane
Trish & Lita – Best Friends, Better Rivals
(2019)
Kane
WWE Survivor Series 2020
(2020)
Kane
WWE Hall Of Fame 2021
(2021)
Kane
WWE Royal Rumble 2021
(2021)
Kane
Never Forget: WWE Returns After 9/11
(2021)
Kane
WWE WrestleMania 37: Night 2
(2021)
Kane
WWE SummerSlam 2022
(2022)
Glenn Jacobs
Big Time Wrestling - Return of The Dragon
(2022)
Kane
Biography: Kane
(2023)
Self / Kane