Lou Ferrigno Jr.
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Lou Ferrigno, Jr. | |
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Born | Louis Jude Ferrigno, Jr. November 10, 1984 Los Angeles, CA, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Actor, personal trainer |
Years active | 2010–present |
Spouse | |
Children | 0 |
Lou Ferrigno Jr. (born Louis Jude Ferrigno Jr; November 10, 1984) is an American dramatic and commercial actor. He is best known for his role on the CBS television series reboot of ’’S.W.A.T.’’, Stargirl (2019), Rush: Inspired by Battlefield (2016), Nicky Ricky Dicky Dawn (2016), Teen Wolf (2014), and How I Met your Mother (2013). [1]
Early life
Ferrigno Jr. was born in Santa Monica, California, the son of Actor-Bodybuilder Lou Ferrigno, and actress Carla Ferrigno (Green). His father is of Italian descent, his mother if of Swedish and Irish ancestry. In high school, Ferrigno Jr. attended Loyola High School in downtown Los Angeles, eventually transferring to Notre Dame in Sherman Oaks, California.
Lou attended college at the University of Southern California, graduating in 2007 with a B.A. in Communication from the Annenberg School for Communication and a minor in Business Law. After suffering a career-ending knee injury as a walk-on linebacker for the 2007 Rose Bowl Champion USC Trojans, his focus immediately shifted to acting and improvisation. [2]
Ferrigno Jr. began his adult career in entertainment as a fitness model and commercial actor. Intensively studying the Meisner technique of dramatic acting and improvisational comedy at the Improv Olympic (iO West) and Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) in Los Angeles, he soon landed national spots for Comcast (2013), Carl’s Jr (2014) Oscar Mayer (2015) Honda (2015), T-Mobile (2016), Mopar (2016) Navy Federal Credit Union (2016), Subway (2017), and Dr. Pepper (2018) to name a few.
Career
Lou Ferrigno Jr. made his television debut in 2013 on the long-running daytime soap, Days of Our Lives. He has since landed numerous recurring roles on successful shows such as, Stargirl (DC), How I Met Your Mother, Teen Wolf (MTV), The Young and the Restless, Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn, Mutt & Stuff, and the series reboot of S.W.A.T. (CBS) and 9-1-1.
Personal Life
Lou has an older sister named Shanna Ferrigno and a younger brother named Brent Ferrigno.
He is a professional Pop-Surrealist artist and painter.
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- ^ "2006 USC Trojans football team roster".