Editing Evander Holyfield (section)

===Celebrity appearances===
Holyfield's popularity has led to numerous television appearances for the boxer. His first television show appearance was the Christmas special of the ''[[Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]'' in 1990, playing himself. Other television appearances over the years included ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]'', ''[[Living Single]]'', ''[[New York Undercover]]'', and ''[[NCIS: Los Angeles]]''.

Holyfield had minor roles in three movies during the 1990s, ''Blood Salvage'' (1990, which he also produced), ''[[Necessary Roughness (film)|Necessary Roughness]]'' (1991), and ''[[Summer of Sam]]'' (1999). He made a guest appearance on [[Nickelodeon]]'s [[game show]] ''[[Nickelodeon Guts]]'' during its third season in 1994.

He appeared once in an episode of children animated series ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]''. In the episode, he is an animated character but the producers wanted to make the most of Holyfield's ear, so his animated character was only given half an ear.

In 2005, Holyfield came in fifth place on ABC's ''[[Dancing with the Stars (U.S. TV series)|Dancing with the Stars]]'' with his partner [[Edyta Sliwinska]]. He also made an appearance on the original BBC [[Strictly Come Dancing]] "Champion of Champions" showdown, which featured the final four teams from the 2005 edition of the British series, plus two celebrities from spinoff versions, paired with British professional dancers, one featuring Holyfield paired with Karen Hardy, and Rachel Hunter paired with Brendan Cole.

On August 13, 2007, Holyfield was confirmed to participate in a boxing match at [[World Wrestling Entertainment]]'s ''[[Saturday Night's Main Event XXXV]]'' against [[Matt Hardy]]. He replaced [[Montel Vontavious Porter]], who had to pull out after being legitimately diagnosed with a heart condition that was not part of a storyline.

Holyfield appeared as himself in the 2011 [[Arthur (2011 film)|remake]] of ''[[Arthur (1981 film)|Arthur]]''.

On January 3, 2014, Holyfield became the 12th housemate to enter the [[Celebrity Big Brother (British series 13)|13th series]] of ''[[Celebrity Big Brother (British TV series)|Celebrity Big Brother (UK)]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Walker |first=Danny |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/who-gone-celebrity-big-brother-2984995 |title=Who has gone into the Celebrity Big Brother house? CBB housemates revealed |publisher=mirror.co.uk |access-date=January 6, 2014}}</ref> On January 6, 2014, he was reprimanded by the show after saying in a conversation with another housemate that gayness is abnormal and can be fixed.<ref>{{cite news|author=Neil Lancefield |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/celebrity-big-brother-evander-holyfield-cautioned-over-gay-aint-normal-remarks-9040932.html |title=Celebrity Big Brother 2014: Evander Holyfield cautioned over 'gay ain't normal' remarks |newspaper=The Independent |access-date=January 6, 2014}}</ref> On January 10, 2014, he became the first housemate to be evicted.

In May 2016, Holyfield entered the Argentine dancing reality show ''[[Bailando 2016]]''.<ref>[http://www.infobae.com/2016/05/30/1815028-las-30-fotos-oficiales-del-bailando-2016 The 30 official pictures of "Bailando 2016"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603180807/http://www.infobae.com/2016/05/30/1815028-las-30-fotos-oficiales-del-bailando-2016 |date=2016-06-03 }} {{in lang|es}}</ref>

In 2019, Holyfield appeared as part of the [[Carolina Hurricanes]] [[National Hockey League|NHL]] team's "Storm Surge" celebration, in which he pretended to knock out Hurricanes player [[Jordan Martinook]] at center ice.<ref>{{cite web |title=Evander Holyfield puts the gloves on to celebrate the Hurricanes' victory |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNleTrmlbyw |website=YouTube |publisher=NHL |access-date=15 November 2024 |date=1 March 2019}}</ref> Recordings of Holyfield supporting the Hurricanes occasionally appeared on the team's scoreboard for the remainder of that season and in subsequent years.