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Tyler Mane More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth
8 December 1966, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Birth Name
Daryl Karolat

Height
6' 9" (2.06 m)

Spouse
Renae Geerlings (3 September 2007 - present)
Jean Goertz (19 September 1988 - 21 August 2003) (divorced) 2 children

Trivia

Was a professional wrestler.

While wrestling in WCW as Big Sky in the early-1990s, he teamed regularly with Vinnie Vegas (Kevin Nash) right before Nash's WWF tenure as "Diesel".

Watched the 1990's X-Men cartoon and looked back at Sabertooth for inspiration. Purchased dozens of Sabertooth Comics to prepare for his role in the movie X-Men.

Trained for his audition for a role in the movie re-make "Rollerball (2002)" (which also starred fellow X-Men alumni Rebecca Romijn in the San Fernando Valley roller rink Moonlight Rollerway for a week, but did not succeed in landing a role.

Watched all of the Halloween films but Halloween 3, to prepare for his role as Michael Myers.



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