Terry Crews

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Terry Crews
Crews attending an Oscar party, February 2007
Born	Terry Alan Crews July 30, 1968 (1968-07-30) (age 41) Flint, Michigan, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1999–present

Terry Crews

Position(s) Defensive end Linebacker Jersey #(s) 70
Born	July 30, 1968 (1968-07-30) (age 41)
Career information
Year(s)	1991–1995
NFL Draft	1991 / Round: 11 / Pick: 281
College	Western Michigan
Professional teams
Los Angeles Rams (1991) San Diego Chargers (1993) Washington Redskins (1995) Philadelphia Eagles (1996)
Career stats
Games played	32
Tackles	0
Sacks	0
Stats at NFL.com
Stats at DatabaseFootball.com
Career highlights and awards
No notable achievements

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, he is best know for his role as T-Money in Battledome.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Early life

Crews was born in Flint, Michigan^[1] and attended Flint Academy.^[2] He earned an Art Excellence Scholarship to attend the Interlochen Center for the Arts and then Western Michigan University.^[3]

While completing his studies as an Art major, Crews was a key member of the WMU football team, where he earned all-conference honors as a defensive end. Crews was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams of the NFL in the 11th round of the 1991 NFL Draft.^[4] He carved out a career that lasted six seasons, including stints with the Rams, San Diego Chargers, the Washington Redskins and the Philadelphia Eagles.

[edit] Career

After retiring in 1998, Crews 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 last starred 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.

In The Longest Yard, he stars with Chris Rock, but on Everybody Hates Chris, Crews stars as the father, Julius, of a young Chris Rock. Crews has a cameo appearance in blink-182's music video 'Down'. In the video he plays the part of a police officer in pursuit of a criminal. He also appeared in Denzel Washington's 2001 movie Training Day. He also had a cameo in Jamie Kennedy's Rollin' with Saget as the security guard, except just like his role in The Benchwarmers, he acts like a coward after Bob Saget "cold-clocked decked him." He appears in Soul Plane as the bodyguard who tells Elvis Hunkee (Tom Arnold) about his daughters.

He frequently plays buffed-looking characters with a humorous softer side, such as singing along with 80's music or becoming engaged with soap operas. But more recently, he has been able to alternate with more serious projects such as his recent appearances in Harsh Times and Street Kings.

[edit] Personal life

On July 29, 1989, Crews married his wife Rebecca, just one day before his 21st birthday.^[5] Terry and Rebecca have four daughters.^[6] In June 2005, their fifth child and first son was born.

[edit] Filmography

• Battle Dome (1999) — T-Money
• The 6th Day (2000) — Vincent
• Training Day (2001) — Black P. Stones Gang Member
• Serving Sara (2002) — Vernon
• Friday After Next (2002) — Damon
• Deliver Us from Eva (2003) — Big bartender
• Malibu's Most Wanted (2003) — 8 Ball
• BAADASSSSS! (2003) — Big T
• Behind the Smile (2004) — Big James
• Starsky & Hutch (2004) — Porter
• White Chicks (2004) — Latrell Spencer
• Soul Plane (2004) — Bouncer
• The Longest Yard (2005) — Cheeseburger Eddy
• The Boondocks (2006) — Multiple Characters
• The Alibi (2006) — Crazy Eight
• Harsh Times (2006) — Darrell
• The Benchwarmers (2006) — Poker Guy#1 (Steven)
• Puff, Puff, Pass (2006) — Cold Crush
• Click (2006) — Singing Guy in Car
• Idiocracy (2006) — President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho
• Inland Empire (2006) — Street Person #3
• Everybody Hates Chris (2006) — Julius
• Norbit (2007) — Big Black Jack
• How to Rob a Bank (2007) — Officer Degepse
• Who's Your Caddy? (2007) — Tank
• Balls of Fury (2007) — Freddy "Fingers" Wilson
• Street Kings (2008) — Detective Terrence Washington
• Get Smart (2008) — Agent 91
• Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd Out of Control (2008) — Agent 91
• Terminator Salvation (2009) — Captain Jericho
• Gamer (2009) — Hackman
• Middle Men (2009) — James
• The Expendables (2010) — Hale Caesar

[edit] References

Street Kings 2008

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Terry Crews

• Terry Crews Official Website
• Terry Crews at the Internet Movie Database
• Terry Crews at TV.com
• Terry Crews cast bio on The CW
• NFL stats at Databasefootball.com

Persondata
NAME	Crews, Terry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Crews, Terry Alan
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Actor, retired football player
DATE OF BIRTH	July 30, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH	Flint, Michigan, U.S.
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH