Ethan Suplee plays Randy, the brother of Jason Lee's character, Earl. Randy’s life seems to be as ill fated as Earl’s. While living on his brother’s couch, he accompanies Earl on his karma-cleansing journey.

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Ethan Suplee plays Randy, the brother of Jason Lee's character, Earl. Randy’s life seems to be as ill fated as Earl’s. While living on his brother’s couch, he accompanies Earl on his karma-cleansing journey.

Suplee has amassed a diverse and eclectic body of work over the past decade, ranging from comedic performances in films such as "Mallrats" and "Without a Paddle," to hauntingly dramatic pieces such as "American History X,” "Blow" and "Cold Mountain." His breakthrough performance as a young football player in Disney's "Remember The Titans" with Denzel Washington garnered him critical acclaim and led to another role opposite Washington in director Nick Cassavetes' thriller "John Q."

For the big screen, Suplee will next be seen starring in "Art School Confidential," for director Terry Zwigoff ("Ghost World"), and he also completed work for director Darren Aronofsky on the film, "The Fountain," with Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz.

Suplee has most recently wrapped production on "Mr. Woodcock," due out Spring 2006, and co-starring Sean William Scott, Susan Sarandon and Billy Bob Thornton.

Suplee made his feature film debut in 1995 (alongside "Earl" co-star Jason Lee) in writer/director Kevin Smith's "Mallrats," where he played the memorable William Black, a young man determined to crack the mystery behind the mall's magic eye poster. Smith went on to cast Suplee in "Chasing Amy" and as the voice of Norman the Golgothan in "Dogma." More recent comedy credits include "Without A Paddle" with Matthew Lillard and Seth Green, director Todd Phillip's "Roadtrip" and "Evolution," for director Ivan Reitman.

Suplee showcased his impressive acting chops with a powerful and compelling performance in 1998 in director Tony Kaye's "American History X." He played a carelessly violent racist skinhead who tries to convince his friend (Edward Furlong) to "come back to his roots" in their gang of white supremacists.

His role of high school football lineman, Lewis, in Disney's "Remember the Titans" exposed Suplee to a larger audience, and he was singled out by many critics as a fresh and welcomed screen presence, with the Hollywood Reporter calling his performance "scene-stealing."

With Ted Demme's 1970s drug-cartel drama "Blow," Suplee continued to raise his profile, playing Tuna, the best friend of Johnny Depp's newly turned drug dealer George Jung.

More recently, Suplee played a pivotal role of a young soldier in Anthony Minghella's period piece "Cold Mountain," with Jude Law and Nicole Kidman. He also co-starred with Ashton Kutcher in New Line's "The Butterfly Effect."

Born in New York and raised in Los Angeles, Suplee landed his first role at the age of sixteen on the popular television series, "Boy Meets World." He recurred as the reluctant bully Frankie for three seasons. Most recently for television, Suplee made a powerful guest-starring appearance on NBC's "Third Watch," where he played a disturbed young man who filmed a video journal about his obsession with a girl.

Suplee resides in Los Angeles with his fiancée Brandy and their newborn daughter, Francis Clementine. His birthday is May 25.

John Layfield was trained initially by Brad Rheingans, and started wrestling in the now-defunct Global Wrestling Federation in Texas in 1992. His first gimmick was Johnny Hawk. He was billed as the cousin of the famous Windham brothers. Though...
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John Layfield was trained initially by Brad Rheingans, and started wrestling in the now-defunct Global Wrestling Federation in Texas in 1992. His first gimmick was Johnny Hawk. He was billed as the cousin of the famous Windham brothers. Though they are also from Sweetwater, he is not actually related to them in real life. He formed the "Texas Mustangs" with the late Bobby Duncum, Jr. and they quickly won the tag team titles. They dropped the Tag titles to Ian & Axl Rotten (Bad Breed). Layfield also won the NWA North American title, defeating Kevin Von Erich. Two months later, he lost the NWA North American title to Greg "The Hammer" Valentine.

Then, after three and a half years touring the independent circuit in various forgettable guises, Layfield first appeared in the WWF (now WWE) as Justin "Hawk" Bradshaw in late 1995. His initial gimmick was that of a sadistic cowboy/mountain man, similar in tone to Stan Hansen. Managed by Dutch Mantell, the character fizzled out by the end of the year, perhaps remembered only for a feud with Savio Vega. Layfield then quickly paired up with his pretend cousin, Barry Windham, to form "The New Blackjacks", complete with the traditional 'Blackjack' gimmicks of handlebar moustaches and short, jet black hair.

After WCW was purchased by the WWF in March 2001, Moore signed a contract with the WWF and was assigned to the Heartland Wrestling Association, an Ohio-based WWF developmental territory. He teamed with Karagias in HWA until Karagias was released...
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After WCW was purchased by the WWF in March 2001, Moore signed a contract with the WWF and was assigned to the Heartland Wrestling Association, an Ohio-based WWF developmental territory. He teamed with Karagias in HWA until Karagias was released by the WWF. In July 2002, Moore was promoted to the primary WWE roster and assigned to the SmackDown! brand.

Moore competed in the cruiserweight division for several months before becoming an acolyte of Matt Hardy Version 1.0, then proselytizing a philosophy known as "Mattitude". Moore became a "Mattitude Follower" (abbreviated to "MF'er"), and began dressing like Hardy and accompanying him to ringside. Moore would often unsuccessfully attempt to help Hardy win matches, resulting in Hardy attacking Moore in order to vent his frustrations, or would lose to a more physically dominant opponent, with Hardy again assaulting Moore as a result, claiming that he had failed to comprehend Hardy's coaching. Moore also assisted Hardy in his bid to win the 2003 Royal Rumble, again unsuccessfully, and helped Hardy lose several pounds in order to qualify for a WWE Cruiserweight Championship title shot. On February 23, 2003 at No Way Out, Moore distracted Crusierweight Champion Billy Kidman, enabling Hardy to pin him and win the title.

On April 24, 2003, Crash also became an MF'er, and was also referred to as being a "Moore-on". The stable was short-lived, as Crash was released from WWE on June 30.

Moore and Hardy continued to work together until November 17, when Hardy left SmackDown! and joined the RAW brand. As a result, Paul Heyman (the SmackDown! general manager) decided to punish Hardy for leaving his show vicariously by forcing Moore to face a series of much larger opponents. In successsive weeks, Moore was squashed by Matt Morgan, Nathan Jones and The Big Show before unexpectedly defeating A-Train in an upset victory on the December 11, 2003, episode of SmackDown!. The following week, WWE Champion Brock Lesnar was scheduled to defend his title against a random wrestler, with the name of his opponent selected arbitrarily by a lottery machine. Moore was selected as Lesnar's opponent, and Lesnar defeated him with ease, then revealed that all the balls had borne Moore's named, with Lesnar having rigged the process in order to ensure that he would have a much smaller opponent. Immediately after the match, Moore and Hardcore Holly were scheduled to face A-Train and Matt Morgan in a tag team match, with Holly gaining a title shot if he won and being fired if he lost. Despite Moore being incapacitated, he and Holly were able to win the match.

At WrestleMania XX on March 14, 2004, Moore took part in a battle royal for the Cruiserweight Championship, but was eliminated by Jamie Noble. His next high profile appearance was on the July 8, 2004, episode of SmackDown!, which saw Moore wrestle under a mask as El Gran Luchadore. Moore faced John "Bradshaw" Layfield in the match for the WWE Championship, and was initially dominated by his much larger opponent. However, a second Luchadore (the disguised Eddie Guerrero) took Moore's place, prompting Layfield to run away, thus giving Moore the victory by count-out.

Moore competed in the cruiserweight division and as a jobber for the remainder of 2004 and the first half of 2005. In early 2005 he adopted the gimmick of "The Prince of Punk", and began wearing punk clothing to the ring. On March 21, 2005, he was concussed and suffered Whiplash after his hummer was involved in a head-on collision with a vehicle driven by an inebriated United States Army Sergeant in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He quickly recovered from his injuries, but was fired by WWE on July 5, 2005.

Moore returned to the independent circuit soon thereafter, although the no-compete clause in his contract (which prohibits WWE employees who are fired or who negotiate a contract release from appearing on television within a given time period) did not expire until November 1 of that year. He also opened a professional wrestling school known as the "School of Punk".

Matt (then 19) and Jeff (then just 16) joined the WWF in 1993 and were initially used in singles matches as jobbers to bigger names. It wasn't until 1998 that the brothers were given a full-time WWF contract.

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Matt (then 19) and Jeff (then just 16) joined the WWF in 1993 and were initially used in singles matches as jobbers to bigger names. It wasn't until 1998 that the brothers were given a full-time WWF contract.

Michael Hayes became their manager and the team won their first WWF Tag Team Titles in 1999. A few months later, however, they ditched Hayes and joined with Gangrel's stable, The New Brood. They would enter a feud with Gangrel's former proteges, Edge and Christian. This feud would continue even after the Hardyz dropped Gangrel, and the two teams engaged in the Terri Invitational Tournament. The Hardyz won, and gained Terri Runnels as their manager. Terri turned on the team in 2000.

Matt and Jeff soon found a new manager in their real-life friend Amy Dumas, known in the WWF as Lita. The three together became known as "Team Xtreme". During this run, Matt and Amy became an off-screen (and later on-screen) couple.

On the August 12, 2002 episode of RAW, Matt turned against Jeff, pitting him in a match against Rob Van Dam. A short time later he joined the SmackDown! roster. On the October 3, 2002 edition of the show, Matt used outside interference from Brock Lesnar to defeat The Undertaker.

Now dubbed "Matt Hardy - Version 1.0," and with his MF'er (Mattitude Follower) Shannon Moore in his corner, Matt defeated Billy Kidman at the 2003 No Way Out in Montreal, Quebec to claim the WWE Cruiserweight Championship and, at WrestleMania XIX in Seattle, defended it against Rey Mysterio. The Mattitude stable also included the late Crash Holly as Shannon Moore's "Moore-on." Matt later disbanded the stable and returned to RAW in order to be able to travel and work with then-girlfriend, Lita. He would later turn face once more by engaging in a rivalry with then heel, Kane.

Hardy and Lita were an off-screen couple for six years, and used to share a home in North Carolina. Their romance came to an end in late February 2005 (according to Matt's official website) due to Lita's affair with fellow WWE superstar Edge.