Jesse Ventura

Jesse Ventura

James George Janos a.k.a. Jesse Ventura is a politican, actor, veteran, and former professional wrestler who served as the 38th Governor of Minnesota from 1999-2003. Ventura served as a U.S. Navy Underwater Demolition Team member during the Vietnam War. After leaving the military he embarked on a professional wrestling career from 1975-1986 taking the stage name Jesse "The Body" Ventura. Ventura first entered politics as a mayor of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota from 1991 to 1995. Ventura left politics in 2003 and became a visiting fellow at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government in 2004. He has since hosted a number of TV shows and has written several political books.