Cast & creator
Maxwell Jacob Friedman
Best known for All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite, AEW Dark, All Elite Wrestling: Collision
Maxwell Tyler Friedman, better known by the ring name Maxwell Jacob Friedman (often shortened to the initials MJF), is an American professional wrestler who made his professional wrestling debut in 2015 for Create A Pro Wrestling. He signed with All Elite Wrestling (AEW) in 2019 and is a three-time AEW World Champion, including a record-setting first reign of 406 days, and is also a one-time AEW International Champion. In addition to wrestling, Friedman has pursued acting roles, appearing in The Iron Claw (2023), where he portrayed Lance Von Erich, and in Happy Gilmore 2 (2025) alongside Adam Sandler. He was also featured on Impractical Jokers, a hidden-camera comedy series centered on four lifelong friends who challenge one another to complete embarrassing public dares. Friedman previously worked for Major League Wrestling (MLW), where he became a one-time MLW World Tag Team Champion and the inaugural MLW World Middleweight Champion. He has also competed on the American independent circuit, including Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), where he became a one-time CZW World Heavyweight Champion and a one-time CZW Wired Champion. Ranked No. 1 in the Pro Wrestling Illustrated PWI 500 in 2026, Friedman won Feud of the Year in back-to-back years for his rivalries with Chris Jericho in 2021 and CM Punk in 2022, while also being voted Most Hated Wrestler of the Year in both years. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter named him Best on Interviews in 2021 and 2022 and Most Charismatic in 2020, 2022, and 2023.
Also known as: Pete Lighting, Maxwell J. Feinstein, MJF, Max Friedman, Maxwell Jacob Feinstein
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film credits
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television credits
105
2016–2026 · acting roles
7.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (106)
Showing 106 of 106 credits
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
MJF
2019
AEW Dark
MJF
2019
All Elite Wrestling: Collision
MJF
2023
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Self
2017
The Iron Claw
Lance
2023The Iron Claw
Executive Producer
2023
Hey! (EW)
MJF
2022
Happy Gilmore 2
Gordie
2025
Stranglehold
Daryl
2026
MLW Fusion
Maxwell Jacob Friedman
2018MLW Fusion
2018
Hollywood Demons
Self - Professional Wrestler
2025
Violent Night 2
2026
Catalyst Wrestling
2017
AEW Dynasty
MJF
2026
AEW All In 2026: London
MJF
2026
Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen, Part Two
Killer Croc (voice)
2023
AEW Fight for the Fallen 2019
MJF
2019
AEW Double or Nothing 2020
MJF
2020
AEW Winter is Coming 2020
MJF
2020
AEW Revolution 2026
MJF
2026
AEW Revolution 2020
MJF
2020
AEW Double or Nothing 2021
MJF
2021
AEW Double or Nothing 2025
MJF
2025
AEW The House Always Wins
MJF
2021
AEW Revolution 2021
MJF
2021
AEW All Out 2022
MJF
2022
AEW Dynasty 2025
MJF
2025
AEW All In 2024: London
MJF
2024
AEW Double or Nothing 2026
MJF
2026
AEW All Out 2025
MJF
2025
AEW Full Gear 2021
MJF
2021
AEW All In 2023: London
MJF
2023
AEW Double or Nothing 2023
MJF
2023
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
Self
2020
AEW All In 2025: Texas
MJF
2025
AEW Grand Slam Australia 2026
MJF
2026
AEW All Out 2020
MJF
2020
AEW Revolution 2022
MJF
2022
AEW Bash at the Beach
MJF
2020
AEW Worlds End 2024
MJF
2024
AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2024
MJF
2024
AEW Full Gear 2020
MJF
2020
AEW Worlds End 2025
MJF
2025
AEW All Out 2023
MJF
2023
MLW War Games 2018
MJF
2018
AEW x NJPW x CMLL x Stardom Present Forbidden Door 2026
MJF
2026
AEW Worlds End 2023
MJF
2023
The Floaters
Matt
2026
AEW Double or Nothing 2022
MJF
2022
AEW Full Gear 2019
MJF
2019
AEW: WrestleDream 2023
MJF
2023
AEW Full Gear 2022
MJF
2022
AEW All Out 2024
MJF
2024
AEW All In 2023: London - Zero Hour
MJF
2023
AEW Full Gear 2023
MJF
2023
AEW WrestleDream 2024
MJF
2024
AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door 2025
MJF
2025
AEW All Out 2021
MJF
2021
AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2023
MJF
2023
AEW Grand Slam
MJF
2021
AEW Revolution 2023
MJF
2023
GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break 3: Part 2
MJF
2019
AEW Revolution 2025
MJF
2025All Elite Wrestling Double or Nothing 2020
2020
All In
Maxwell Jacob Friedman
2018
AEW Double or Nothing 2019: The Buy In
MJF
2019
RevPro High Stakes 2019
Maxwell Jacob Friedman
2019
AEW Dynamite Anniversary Show
MJF
2020
AEW Full Gear 2024
MJF
2024
AEW: Dynamite Awards
MJF
2021
AEW Fyter Fest
MJF
2020
Chris Jericho's 30th Anniversary Celebration
MJF
2020
AIW Ain't Nothing But A Gangsta Party
2018
AEW Winter Is Coming 2021
MJF
2021All Elite Wrestling Fight for the Fallen 2019
2019
AEW Full Gear 2023: Zero Hour
MJF
2023
GCW Joey Janela's Lost In New York
2018
WrestleCircus The Squared Ring Circus
2017AAW Path Of Redemption 2018
2018
AEW Road Rager
MJF
2021
Beyond Wrestling & WWR Present "Lit Up"
Maxwell Jacob Friedman
2018AEW Beach Break 2022
MJF
2022
NXT Takeover: Brooklyn II
Security Guard
2016
House of Hardcore 39
2018
AEW Beach Break
MJF
2021
AEW Fyter Fest
MJF
2019
CZW: Better Than Our Best
Maxwell Jacob Friedman
2018
CMLL 92nd Anniversary Show
MJF
2025
CZW Proving Grounds 2018
Maxwell Jacob Friedman
2018
AEW Fyter Fest
MJF
2021
MLW Saturday Night SuperFight
MJF
2019
WSU King and Queen of the Ring
Maxwell Jacob Feinstein
2017AIW Slumber Party Massacre
2019Alpha-1 wrestling Presents Another Long Halloween
2018
RevPro Summer Sizzler 2024 - Road To The Anniversary
MJF
2024
Wrestlecon Supershow 2018
Maxwell Jacob Friedman
2018AAW Showdown 2018
2018
MLW Battle Riot
2018
Sorry You're Watching This: MJEFF
MJEFF
2019
Making MJF (Maxwell Jacob Friedman)
Himself
2018
AEW Awards
MJF
2022
GCW 400 Degreez
2019
CZW: Sacrifices
Maxwell Jacob Feinstein
2017
PWG: SIXTEEN
MJF
2019
CZW Nineteen
Maxwell Jacob Friedman
2018