Chael Sonnen
Acting • Born 1977-04-03
Biography
Chael Sonnen (born April 3, 1977) is an American submission grappling promoter, mixed martial arts (MMA) analyst, and retired mixed martial artist. Beginning his MMA career in 1997, Sonnen competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he became a top contender in both the light heavyweight and middleweight divisions and challenged for both the UFC Light Heavyweight and UFC Middleweight Championships. Sonnen has also fought in World Extreme Cagefighting, Pancrase, and most recently for Bellator MMA. Sonnen is often considered one of the best mixed martial artists never to have won a major MMA world championship and one of the sport's greatest trash-talkers. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chael Sonnen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
40 credits
UFC 109: Relentless
Movie • 2010
Self
UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie
Movie • 2006
Self
UFC 55: Fury
Movie • 2005
Self
UFC 117: Silva vs. Sonnen
Movie • 2010
Self
Here Comes the Boom
Movie • 2012
Arguing Fighter
UFC 95: Sanchez vs Stevenson
Movie • 2009
Self
UFC 98: Evans vs. Machida
Movie • 2009
Self
WEC 33: Marshall vs. Stann
Movie • 2008
Self
WEC 31: Faber vs. Curran
Movie • 2007
Self
WEC 12: Halloween Fury 3
Movie • 2004
Self
UFC 136: Edgar vs. Maynard III
Movie • 2011
Self
UFC on Fox 2: Evans vs. Davis
Movie • 2012
Self
Once I Was a Champion
Movie • 2011
Himself
UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen II
Movie • 2012
Self
Meet Dave
Movie • 2008
(uncredited)
UFC 159: Jones vs. Sonnen
Movie • 2013
Self
UFC Fight Night 26: Shogun vs. Sonnen
Movie • 2013
Self
Fighting for a Generation: 20 Years of the UFC
Movie • 2013
Himself
UFC 167: St-Pierre vs. Hendricks
Movie • 2013
Self
Mojave Diamonds
Movie • 2023
Joe Mason
Starrcast V: The Roast of Ric Flair
Movie • 2022
Self
Nature Boy
Movie • 2017
Self
Spaten Fight Night: Silva vs. Sonnen
Movie • 2024
Chael Sonnen
UFC Hall of Fame 2024
Movie • 2024
Inductee
Bellator 170: Ortiz vs. Sonnen
Movie • 2017
Bellator 180: Sonnen vs. Silva
Movie • 2017
Self
Bellator 192: Rampage vs. Sonnen
Movie • 2018
Self
Bellator 208: Fedor vs. Sonnen
Movie • 2018
Self
Bellator 222: MacDonald vs. Gracie
Movie • 2019
WEC 36: Faber vs. Brown
Movie • 2008
Self
Pancrase: Hybrid 2
Movie • 2003
Himself
UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun
Movie • 2009
Self
UFC Fight Night 4: Bonnar vs Jardine
Movie • 2006
Self
AEW: Dynamite Awards
Movie • 2021
Himself
Craig Jones Invitational 2: Day 2
Movie • 2025
Grudge Match
Movie • 2013
Himself
The Ultimate Fighter
TV • 2005
Head Coach
World Extreme Cagefighting
TV • 2007
The Ultimate Fighter: Brasil
TV • 2012
Head Coach
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Jimbo Duncan