 In addition to wrestling, Ventura pursued an acting career, appearing in films such as "Predator" and "The Running Man" (both 1987).Ventura first entered politics in 1991 when he was elected mayor of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, a position he held until 1995.Ventura was the Reform Party candidate in the 1998 Minnesota gubernatorial election, running a low-budget campaign centered on grassroots events and unusual ads that urged citizens not to "vote for politics as usual".