Acting credits
128
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Virgil Runnels
Acting
Career Snapshot
ExplainedThese indicators come from TMDB. They are relative signals, not review ratings.
TMDB popularity
0.8
Low visibility
TMDB internal trend index. Higher usually means more searches and page activity now.
Movies: 195Series: 22Crew credits: 125
TMDB ID: 1155264
IMDb ID: nm0722416
Known for: Acting
Born: October 12, 1945
Died: June 11, 2015
Age: 69
Place of birth: Austin, Texas, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1973 - 2023
Years active: 51
Average TMDB rating: 7.55
Wikidata: Q361235
Also known as
The American Dream • The Midnight Rider • Virgil Runnels • The American Dream 'Dusty Rhodes' • Dusty Rhodes
Other jobs
Writer (121)Producer (2)Executive Consultant (1)Producer's Assistant (1)
Biography
Virgil Riley Runnels, Jr., better known as "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, was an American professional wrestler, booker/writer, and trainer who most notably worked for the National Wrestling Alliance, NWA Championship Wrestling from Florida, Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP), and WWE. Rhodes is considered one of the greatest wrestlers and talkers in the history of professional wrestling. Rhodes was a three-time NWA World's Heavyweight Champion, and during his time in Jim Crockett Promotions' Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling, later known as World Championship Wrestling (WCW), he was a NWA United States Heavyweight Champion, and multi-time NWA World Television, NWA Tag Team and NWA World 6-Man Tag Team Champion. He also won many regional championships, and is one of seven men inducted into each of the WWE, WCW, Professional Wrestling, and Wrestling Observer Newsletter Halls of Fame. His sons, Dustin and Cody, both pursued careers in professional wrestling, performing for WWE and AEW. Following his retirement from wrestling, he made occasional on-air appearances on WWE television and pay-per-views and worked as a backstage booker/writer and producer in WWE's NXT developmental territory. Billed as "the son of a plumber", Rhodes did not have a typical wrestler's physique; his character was that of the "common man", known for the personality exhibited in his interviews. WWE chairman Vince McMahon remarked that no wrestler "personified the essence of charisma quite like Dusty Rhodes".
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Virgil Runnels.
7.8
American Nightmare: Becoming Cody Rhodes
as Self (Archival Footage)
2023 Movie
6.7
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
as Self (archive footage)
2020 Movie
7.7
A Future WWE: The FCW Story
as Himself
2020 Movie
10.0
Randy Savage Unreleased: The Unseen Matches of The Macho Man
2018 Movie
7.2
Nature Boy
as Self (archive footage)
2017 Movie
10.0
WWE Unreleased: 1986-1995
2017 Movie
7.6
Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon
as Dusty Rhodes (voice)
2016 Movie
10.0
TNA: Best of the Asylum Years, Vol 2
as Dusty Rhodes
2016 Movie
9.2
WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness
as Dusty Rhodes (archive footage)
2016 Movie
7.3
Sting: Into the Light
as Dusty Rhodes
2015 Movie
7.0
Dusty Rhodes: Celebrating the Dream
2015 Movie
9.2
ECW - Unreleased Vol. 3
as Dusty Rhodes
2015 Movie
10.0
WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash
as Dusty Rhodes
2014 Movie
WCW'S Greatest Pay-Per-View Matches Volume 1
as Dusty Rhodes
2014 Movie
7.2
WWE Battleground 2013
as Dusty Rhodes (Ringside)
2013 Movie
9.3
Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
as Dusty Rhodes
2013 Movie
10.0
WCW War Games: WCW's Most Notorious Matches
as Dusty Rhodes
2013 Movie
8.5
WWE: The Attitude Era
as Dusty
2012 Movie
7.2
nWo: The Revolution
2012 Movie
7.5
The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions
as Dusty Rhodes
2012 Movie
WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection
as Dusty Rhodes
2012 Movie
10.0
ROH: Ring of Hardcore
as Dusty Rhodes
2012 Movie
8.3
WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
as "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes
2010 Movie
7.2
The Rise & Fall of WCW
as Dusty Rhodes
2009 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Virgil Runnels.
7.3
WWE Rivals
as Dusty Rhodes • 1 eps
2022 Series
6.8
Biography: WWE Legends
1 eps
2021 Series
7.0
WWE Rivalries
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
Wrestlemania Rewind
as Dusty Rhodes • 1 eps
2014 Series
6.8
WWE NXT
25 eps
2010 Series
7.3
WWE Hall of Fame
as Self • 2 eps
2005 Series
7.1
TNA iMPACT!
107 eps
2004 Series
8.9
ECW on TNN
as Dusty Rhodes • 59 eps
1999 Series
7.6
WCW Thunder
as Dusty Rhodes • 3 eps
1998 Series
8.3
WCW Monday Nitro
262 eps
1995 Series
6.7
Burke's Law
as Archie 'Mad Dog' McCray • 1 eps
1994 Series
7.3
ECW Hardcore TV
364 eps
1993 Series
6.8
Raw
as Dusty Rhodes • 7 eps
1993 Series
Clash of the Champions
as Dusty Rhodes • 5 eps
1988 Series
6.8
WWF Wrestling Challenge
as Dusty Rhodes • 24 eps
1986 Series
NWA World Championship Wrestling
as "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes • 90 eps
1985 Series
8.4
Saturday Night's Main Event
4 eps
1985 Series
WCW Arena Shows
as Dusty Rhodes • 3 eps
1983 Series
Mid-South Wrestling
as Dusty Rhodes • 6 eps
1981 Series
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
as Dusty Rhodes • 30 eps
1981 Series
WWF All-Star Wrestling
as Dusty Rhodes • 4 eps
1975 Series
WWE Old School
as Dusty Rhodes • 6 eps
1973 Series