---
name: "Bas Rutten"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bas-rutten"
fi1m_id: "bas-rutten"
imdb_id: "nm1008015"
tmdb_id: 89402
wikidata_id: "Q704832"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "24 February 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T19:24:04.864536+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bas Rutten

## Identity

Bas Rutten

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bas-rutten
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bas-rutten
- **IMDb ID:** nm1008015
- **TMDB ID:** 89402
- **Wikidata ID:** Q704832
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bas_Rutten, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q704832, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1008015/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/89402

Actor. Born 24 February 1965 in Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 24 February 1965, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bas_Rutten, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q704832, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1008015/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/89402

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Smashing Machine*](https://film.one/film/the-smashing-machine.md) (70)

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## Biography

Bas Rutten is a Dutch-American actor and retired mixed martial artist. Born Sebastiaan Rutten on 24 February 1965 in Tilburg, Netherlands, he became a naturalised American citizen in the late 1990s.

He is a former UFC Heavyweight Champion and three-time King of Pancrase world champion, retiring on a 22-fight unbeaten streak. Rutten has appeared in films including *Paul Blart: Mall Cop* (2009), *Zookeeper* (2011), *Here Comes the Boom* (2012) and *The Smashing Machine* (2025), in which he plays himself. From 2007 to 2016 he co-hosted the MMA programme *Inside MMA* on AXS TV.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, basrutten.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Smashing Machine* (2025), Fi1m 70, as Bas Rutten — [page](https://film.one/film/the-smashing-machine.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *T Bird* (2025), as Boss the RV
- *The Smashing Machine* (2025), as Bas Rutten — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-smashing-machine.md)
- *The Furry Fortune* (2023), as Bas Rutten
- *The Manson Brothers: Midnight Zombie Massacre* (2021), as Evil Dutch Dekker
- *The River Thief* (2016), as Clyde
- *Kevin Can Wait* (2016), series, as Rootger
- *Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2* (2015), as Henk
- *Mercy Rule* (2014), as Coach
- *Liv and Maddie* (2013), series, as Martucci
- *Here Comes the Boom* (2012), as Niko
- *Zookeeper* (2011), as Sebastian the Wolf (voice)
- *Sinners and Saints* (2010), as Dekker
- *Paul Blart: Mall Cop* (2009), as Drill Instructor
- *Backlash* (2006), as Grazer
- *The Vault* (2005), as General Matos
- *The Eliminator* (2004), Actor
- *Bas Rutten's Lethal Street Fighting* (2003), as Bas Rutten · Director
- *NJPW The Spiral* (2002), Actor
- *Shadow Fury* (2001), as Kismet (Adult)
- *Martial Law* (1998), series, as Roman Van Reit
- *The King of Queens* (1998), series, as Niles
- *Pancrase: Eyes of Beast 1* (1995), Actor
- *Pancrase: Pancrash! 1* (1994), Actor
- *Pancrase: Yes, We Are Hybrid Wrestlers 2* (1993), Actor
- *Pancrase: Yes, We Are Hybrid Wrestlers 1* (1993), Actor
- *Shadow of the Dragon* (1992), as Kismet
- *Bas Ruttens MMA Career Complete*, Actor

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