ANDRE WAS NO ‘FAIRY’ When Andre was 19, his wrestling name was originally Jean Ferre, and his character — 7-foot-4, 415 pounds — had a backstory as a gentle, giant lumberjack from the ...

André the Giant was a WWF man through and through, wrestling almost his entire career for the company. In the ’70s, André traveled around the world competing in various territories, but he was ...

Andre the Giant bombs the world! From London to L.A., Tokyo to Philly, guerrilla artist Shepard Fairey's ironic, iconic postering blitz featuring the long-dead WWF star has become a global phenomenon.

“Andre the Giant” documentary director Jason Hehir talks with The Post’s Justin Terranova about the difficulties of tracking the larger-than-life figure, the details of his interview with ...

Andre the Giant spent his life balancing the wrestling spotlight with his desire for a normal existence. ... "I couldn't convince him. I guess at that point, it was a little bit late anyway." ...

Outside of the ring, the one area in which Andre the Giant achieved near-legendary status was his gargantuan capacity for booze. At a quarter ton or so, it would take nearly a dozen beers to put ...

The legendary Andre the Giant stood tall, both literally and symbolically, as one of wrestling’s biggest icons. A big part of his legacy is defined by epic matches with the likes of Hulk Hogan ...

Andre the Giant was the biggest and first mainstream star of professional wrestling and one of the first to cross over into Hollywood , culminating with a featured role in The Princess Bride.

Andre the Giant, the legendary pro wrestler and Princess Bride star, made a career out of his colossal stature.And tales of the larger-than-life Frenchman, who died in 1993, keep springing up—in ...

Today is André the Giant’s birthday. If he was still with us, he would have been 69. In honor of the big guy’s big day, we’re going to be looking at a slightly different side of his career.

André Roussimoff, better known as the wrestler André the Giant, wasn’t only a giant in stature: he was living a legend. In the upcoming HBO documentary, “André the Giant,” from Bill ...