In 2007 Indian Bollywood movie producer Firoz Nadiadwala approached Mike Tyson to feature in a promotional video for his film Fool and Final.[4] Reportedly despite his pending legal problems, Tyson was given clearance to go to India on April 20 to participate in the shoot.[5]
In 2011, Tyson made a cameo in the TV series Breaking In where he hired Contra Security to assess his estate's security. He later became involved in a case that involved a cyber teen bully and helped the student become more popular.[6]
Tyson makes a cameo in the critically acclaimed How I Met Your Mother TV series. He appears as himself, helping Robin take care of Baby Marvin in the season 8 episode "Bad Crazy".
Tyson also appeared in a Foot Locker commercial where he apologized to Evander Hollyfield for biting his ear and gives it back to him and they hug in a warm and fuzzy moment
Parodies and satire
The Simpsons character Drederick Tatum, voiced by Hank Azaria, is based entirely on Tyson with a high-pitched lisping voice, a menacing demeanor, a criminal record, financial problems and a tendency to make pseudo-intellectual comments like "I insist that you desist" and "your behavior is unconscionable".
Tyson's well hyped and short bout with Peter McNeeley in 1995 served as obvious inspiration for the parody film of that phase of Tyson's career, The Great White Hype, with a caricature of Tyson played by Damon Wayans and a caricature of Don King played by Samuel L. Jackson.[12]
ESPN.com Page 2 columnist Bill Simmons makes frequent references to "The Tyson Zone" (named after Tyson), which is a status an athlete or celebrity reaches when their behavior becomes so outrageous that one would believe almost any story or anecdote about the person, no matter how seemingly bizarre.[13]
Tyson was the inspiration for the Street Fighter character Mike Bison, but to avoid a lawsuit, several characters names were switched outside Japan, resulting in the boxer Mike Bison being renamed Balrog, the masked claw-user Balrog becoming Vega, and the dictator Vega renamed to M. Bison.
The website www.miketython.com features edited and photoshopped movie posters that make fun of Mike Tyson's lisp, with titles such as "Jurathic Park" and "Ghothbuthterth".
Sports
Two former world champion boxers have the name Tyson in their monikers. One is Joan Guzmán who is called "Little Tyson." The other is Ruslan Chagaev who is nicknamed "White Tyson."
Heavyweight WBC, Ring and Lineal champion boxer Tyson Fury is named after Mike Tyson.
Ottawa Senators goaltender Ray Emery had a picture of Tyson on his goalie mask. He wore it for one game before he was told by Senators management that this was inappropriate due to Tyson's reputation.[14]
Rocky Balboa (2006), Tyson appears as himself in Sylvester Stallone's 2006 movie Rocky Balboa. He can be seen taunting Mason "The Line" Dixon, the current champion in the movie (who because of his arrogance and ability to end fights early, is based on Tyson's early career) at ringside right before the Balboa / Dixon bout begins.[24]
The Hangover (2009), Tyson appears in a supporting role as a caricature of himself. He appears in the protagonists' hotel room, demanding the return of his tiger, which they stole from him while drunk. They later return the animal to Tyson's mansion, where Tyson shows them security footage to help them locate a missing friend. In a 2010 interview, he stated that he appeared in The Hangover in order to fund a drug habit.[25]
The Hangover Part II (2011), Tyson reprises his role as a fictional version of himself. However, he only makes a brief cameo at the end of the film as the wedding singer for Stu's (Ed Helms) wedding.
Scary Movie 5 (2013), Tyson appears as himself in a scene where he complains to Christian Grey (Jerry O'Connell) about neck pain.
In 2015, it was announced that Martin Scorsese was developing a film based on Tyson's life, with Jamie Foxx set to star as the boxer.[29] As of 2019, no further progress has been made, though Foxx maintains that it is still happening[citation needed].
In music
"Second Round K.O." is a single by Canibus which was produced by hip-hop legend Wyclef Jean, from the debut album, Can-I-Bus. It contains Tyson vocals as the hook and he is featured in the music video. It peaked number 28 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 3 on rap singles.[30] It contains lyrics directed at rap genre pioneer LL Cool J who responded to both of them via a diss freestyle[31]
"Myke Ptyson" (2008) is a song by the Portland, Oregon-based band Starfucker, off of their debut album STRFKR.[32][33][34]
"Free Tyson Free" is a 1994 song by the Holy Gang made while Tyson was in prison.[37]
Tyson's loss against Buster Douglas was the inspiration for The Killers' song "Tyson Vs. Douglas". A portion of the comments during the fight can be heard at the beginning.
The Toasters reference Tyson in their song "Rude, Rude Baby" from their 1997 album "D.L.T.B.G.Y.D."
Tyson makes a cameo in the music video for the Eminem song "Godzilla" when he punches Eminem before apologizing profusely and attempting to assist in his recovery at the hospital with Dr. Dre.
Tyson made a guest appearance at WrestleMania XIV on March 29, 1998, as a special outside enforcer for the main event match between Shawn Michaels and Stone Cold Steve Austin. Before the match, Tyson seemingly aligned himself with Michaels and his D-Generation Xstable, due to the fact that he and his entourage had an in-ring brawl with Austin on Monday Night Raw on January 19, 1998 after Austin gave Tyson the middle finger. Tyson would eventually turn on D-X after counting the pinfall for Austin and awarding him the win for the WWF Championship, and after delivered a knockout punch to Michaels.[38] Tyson was paid $3 million for his role in the match at WrestleMania XIV.[39]
Tyson appeared on WWE Monday Night Raw as the guest host on January 11, 2010 and even made his return to the ring in a tag team match with Chris Jericho against D-Generation X. At first, the duo had their way until Tyson revealed a DX T-shirt he was wearing underneath a black shirt he was wearing and knocked out Jericho, which allowed Shawn Michaels to pin Jericho, giving DX the win.
In 2016, Tyson starred in the documentary film Nine Legends where he discussed his time involved in the WWE.[41]
In video games
In 1987, Nintendo released Mike Tyson's Punch Out!!, on the NES, based on the arcade game Punch-Out!!, although there was later a version released in 1990 that replaced Mike Tyson with a fictional character, "Mr. Dream", after Nintendo's license with Tyson expired. Tyson is the final opponent in the 1987 game.
In 1992, a second Nintendo game featuring Mike Tyson entitled Mike Tyson's Intergalactic Power Punch was to be released as a sequel to Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!. However, due to the Desiree Washington case the project was scrapped and the game was eventually released as Power Punch II with Mike Tyson in the game being replaced with a character named Mark Tyler.
Tyson is the base for a character in Capcom's Street Fighter franchise. Called M. Bison in the Japanese versions of the games, he was renamed to Balrog in fear of copyright issues.
Tyson (or more specifically, the version of Tyson from Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!) appears as a boss in I Wanna Be the Guy, released in 2007. During the battle, most of Tyson's body is immune to damage, except for a small weak point which the player must shoot in order to defeat Tyson.
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