Tom Howard | |
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Birth name | Thomas Merrett Howard |
Born | Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. | December 26, 1969
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Zuma KGB The Big Time Green Beret Tom Howard |
Billed height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) |
Billed weight | 255 lb (116 kg) |
Trained by | Jesse Hernandez Bill Anderson |
Debut | 1994 |
Retired | 2006 |
Thomas Merrett Howard (born December 26, 1969) is an American professional wrestler, and actor. He is best known for his Green Beret role in K-1 and Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX in Japan. As a veteran competitor and instructor, Howard has worked for World Wrestling Federation (wrestler-instructor), World Championship Wrestling (wrestler), Pro Wrestling Zero-One (wrestler-instructor), Universal Fighting-Arts Organization (wrestler-instructor), K-1 (fighter – MMA, kickboxing), Cage Rage (fighter), IFL (fighter), All Japan Pro Wrestling (wrestler), Pro Wrestling Noah (wrestler), Inoki Genome Federation (wrestler), HUSTLE (wrestler), Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion (wrestler) and Ultimate Pro Wrestling (wrestler-instructor).
In 2006, Howard retired from competition and began working in the entertainment industry (film, television and commercial). He has numerous US and International credits as an actor, stuntman, producer, technical producer, action coordinator, and fight scene choreographer. Howard is also co-owner of The Fight Pros,[1] a company specializing in providing consulting, casting and production for the Film/TV & Commercial industries, and Rebirth Productions, a production company specializing in creating and developing unscripted television properties.