Stu was born in Preston but currently resides in Los Angeles.

In 2010, Stu was signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and wrestled for many years under the ring name Wade Barrett/King Barrett/Bad News Barrett and has been a major part of their brand ever since. He is hugely well known around the world and is the most successful British wrestler of the last decade. Last year, Stu took over commentary duties for the hugely popular NXT on USA Network & BT Sport.

Stu was the UK host of Sylvester Stallone’s Ultimate Beastmaster Season 3 on Netflix. He was also seen on ITV in 2019 as the main face of World of Sport Wrestling which made a hotly anticipated comeback to British Television over the Summer.

Stu made his acting debut in the Colin Farrell & Noomi Rapace film DEAD MAN DOWN.

His film work includes the lead role of Bishop in a new WWE Studios film ELIMINATORS, John Gold in action film I AM VENGEANCE & the sequel I AM VENGEANCE: RETALIATION (Evolutionary Films/Saban Films) alongside Vinnie Jones and horror film FANGED UP. TV includes ALTERNATINO for Comedy Central USA.