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Andre the Giant

French professional wrestler and actor
Also known as: André René Roussimoff

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  • Shepard Fairey: “Hope” poster
    In Shepard Fairey

    …of André René Roussimoff, captioned Andre the Giant Has a Posse. He gained national attention and sold more than one million copies of another sticker with a refined version of the portrait and the single word Obey. A documentary short, André the Giant Has a Posse (1997; directed by Helen…

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role in “The Princess Bride”

  • The Princess Bride
    In The Princess Bride: Summary

    …René Roussimoff, also known as Andre the Giant); and Inigo Montoya (Mandy Patinkin), a master swordsman from Spain who seeks revenge on the six-fingered man who killed his father when Inigo was a young boy. The three, along with Buttercup as their prisoner, flee, though they are pursued by a…

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