Steve Austin (born Steven Anderson on December 18, 1964, later and formerly Steven Williams), better known by his ring name "Stone Cold" Steve Austin is an American film and television actor and retired professional wrestler (Professional wrestling). Austin wrestled for several well-known wrestling promotions (Professional wrestling promotion) such as World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and most famously, the World Wrestling Federation (World Wrestling Entertainment) (WWF), which later became World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 2002. Cited by WWE.com and owner Vince McMahon as the most popular wrestler in the companys history, Austin gained significant mainstream popularity in the WWF during the mid-to-late 1990s as "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, a disrespectful, beer-drinking antihero who routinely defied McMahon, his boss. This defiance was often shown by Austin flipping McMahon off and incapacitating him with the Stone Cold Stunner (Stunner (professional wrestling)), his finishing move (list of professional wrestling terms#F). McMahon inducted Austin into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2009.

Austin held nineteen championships throughout his professional wrestling career, and is a six-time (List of WWE Champions) WWF Champion (WWE Championship). He was also the winner of the 1996 (King of the Ring#1996) King of the Ring tournament, as well as the 1997 (Royal Rumble (1997)), 1998 (Royal Rumble (1998)) and 2001 (Royal Rumble (2001)) Royal Rumbles. He was forced to retire from in ring competition in early 2003 due to a series of knee and neck injuries sustained throughout his career. Throughout the rest of 2003 and 2004, he was featured as the Co-General Manager (Professional wrestling authority figures#Raw brand authorities) and "Sheriff" of Raw (WWE Raw). Since 2005, he has continued to make part-time appearances, but was removed from the Raw roster in 2009 following his induction into the WWE Hall of Fame. In his most recent appearance, he served as guest host of the March 15, 2010 edition of Raw.

Austin had his first starring film role as Jack Conrad in the 2007 thriller (Thriller (genre)) The Condemned.