Lee Reherman
| Lee Reherman | |
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| Born | July 4, 1966 Louisville, Kentucky |
| Occupation | Football player, actor, television host |
Lee Reherman (born July 4, 1966) is a former American football player but a current actor and television host.[1]
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[edit] Personal life
Reherman was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He played football at Cornell University and then played professionally with the Miami Dolphins. While at Cornell University, he was elected to the Sphinx Head Society and was a brother of Chi Psi Fraternity. After his pro football career ended, Lee received an MBA in Finance from UCLA as well as a Ph.D. in Economics. He is related to Louisville's Robert J. Howard family (Louisville, KY) as well as golfer Frank Beard, basketball star Ralph Beard, and football legend Mo Moorman.
[edit] Television
During the time he was attending college, some of his classmates dared him to audition on the American television program American Gladiators. He got the job and became known as the gladiator, Hawk in 1993 through 1996. Lee was one of the show's most popular Gladiators and often interacted with his fans in the audience. After the show ended, he focused his career as an actor and has been seen in such TV programs such as the X-Files, Angel, Charmed and Caroline in the City, worked as color commentator on RollerJam with Ken Resnick (season one) and Rory Markas (seasons two and three) through 2001, and was also the host of the G4 competitive video game show, Arena (which has been on hiatus since the end of 2004) with Kevin Pereira. His favorite events on American Gladiators were Tug O War, Joust and Powerball (more notably Tug-O-War, as he can also be seen playing that game in several episodes of Family Challenge).
Reherman guest-starred in the Disney Channel cable-TV series "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody" episode "Maddie Checks In" as "The Amputator" a professional wrestler, in "Cory in the House" episode "Model Behavior" as "the guy at boot camp", in "Hannah Montana" episode "Got To Get Her Out Of My House" as the housekeeper, and also in "That's So Raven" episode "Spa Day Afternoon" as the "tough body-guard". He also has appeared in several episodes of the show Overhaulin on the Discovery Channel as a helper to the host with the pranks involving those who have had their cars taken to be overhauled by Chip Foose. Currently, he is the host of SPEED Channel's Battle of the Supercars.
Reherman was in episode nine of the first season of Comedy Central's Workaholics.
[edit] Commercials
- Reherman was in a commercial for Ice Breakers gum, playing one of Carmen Electra's bodyguards.
- Reherman also appears in a Capital One commercial where Santa Claus is designing his own credit card. He appears to be a "Security Elf" saying, "Mrs. Claus is a lucky woman, sir."
[edit] References
- ^ Lee Reherman at the Internet Movie Database
