What did Terry Crews do before starting his acting career?
Terry Alan Crews (born July 30, 1968) is an American actor and retired football player who was a defensive end and linebacker in the National Football League. After retiring in 1997, Terry pursued an acting career. A stint as T-Money on Battle Dome (modeled on American Gladiators) followed. He played the beefcake “he-man” in movies such as White Chicks. He also played Damon in Friday After Next, featuring Ice Cube and Mike Epps. Terry has also done commercials with Nike. He now stars in the sitcom Everybody Hates Chris (as Julius) on the CW, and his more modern movie appearances were alongside Adam Sandler in The Longest Yard and Click. Crews also appeared in another Adam Sandler production — The Benchwarmers with Rob Schneider and David Spade (as a person who was bullied by Gus Matthews, despite Terry’s enormous size), as well as the long-delayed Mike Judge film Idiocracy, where he plays President Camacho. Terry lives in Altadena, California with his wife of nineteen years, Rebecca a
While going from football to acting might seem like a jump, Crews was actually heading towards the arts from much earlier on. He earned an art scholarship for the Interlochen Center for the Arts, then pursued an Art major at Western Michigan University. It was here that he caught the eye of the NFL, and was drafted by the Los Angelos Rams in 1991 after playing defensive end for WMU. 6 years later he had played for the Rams, Charges, Redskins and Eagles, and was ready to head into acting. Many of his early roles were typecast, in keeping with his enormous size and athletic abilities. He played on “Battle Dome,” and in “White Chicks.” His range has expanded recently, with appearances in Adam Sandler productions casting him against type (like as a bullied man in “The Benchwarmers.”) He currently stars in the CW sitcom “Everybody Hates Chris,” as Chris Rock’s father. Sources: http://en.wikipedia.
