Terry Crews

Terry Crews
File:Terry Crews by Gage Skidmore 4.jpg Crews at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con International
Born	(1968-07-30) July 30, 1968 Flint, Michigan, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, former NFL player
Years active	1991–1997 (as a football player) 1999–present (acting)
Spouse(s)	Rebecca Crews (1990–present)
Children	5
Website
www.terrycrews.com

Terry Crews

No. 51, 90, 94
Defensive end/Linebacker
Personal information
Date of birth: (1968-07-30) July 30, 1968
Place of birth: Flint, Michigan
High School: American (Fremont, CA)
Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Weight: 245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
College: Western Michigan University
NFL Draft: 1991 / Round: 11 / Pick: 281
Debuted in 1991 for the Los Angeles Rams
Last played in 1995 for the Washington Redskins
Career history
* Los Angeles Rams (1991) San Diego Chargers (1993) Washington Redskins (1995) Philadelphia Eagles (1996)* *Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
N/A
Career NFL statistics as of 1995
Games played	32
Tackles	57
Assists	38
Stats at NFL.com

Terry Alan Crews (born July 30, 1968) is an American actor and former NFL player. He is perhaps best known for playing Julius on the UPN/CW sitcom Everybody Hates Chris and for his appearances in Old Spice commercials, Arrested Development, The Newsroom and for his roles in films like Friday After Next, White Chicks, Idiocracy, Gamer, and The Expendables. He stars as Nick Kingston-Persons in the TBS sitcom Are We There Yet? and as himself in the BET reality series The Family Crews.

Early life

Crews was born in Flint, Michigan, the son of Terry Crews, Sr. and Patricia Crews. Crews grew up in a rather strict Christian household where which the rearing of the children was mainly held down by his mother. He attended The Flint Academy. He earned an Art Excellence Scholarship to attend the Interlochen Center for the Arts and then Western Michigan University. 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. He carved out a career spanning seven years, including stints with the Rams, San Diego Chargers, the Washington Redskins and the Philadelphia Eagles.

Career

After retiring from the NFL in 1997, Crews pursued an acting career and got a role as T-Money on Battle Dome (modeled after American Gladiators). Crews played the beefcake "he-man" in films such as White Chicks. He played Damon Pearly in Friday After Next, starring Ice Cube and Mike Epps. He has also done commercials with Nike. He last starred in the sitcom Everybody Hates Chris as Julius Rock, and his more modern movie appearances were alongside Adam Sandler in The Longest Yard, Click, and The Benchwarmers (as well as the long-delayed Mike Judge film Idiocracy, where Crews played President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho).

Crews has made many cameo appearances. He was in Blink-182's music video of "Down" as a police officer, in Jamie Kennedy's "Rollin' with Saget" as the security guard, and in films such as Training Day and Soul Plane.

Crews usually portrays buff-looking characters with a humorous softer side. But more recently, he has been able to alternate with more serious projects such as his recent appearances in Harsh Times, Street Kings, and The Expendables.

He has been featured in several Old Spice TV commercials for their "Odor Blocker Body Wash", their body sprays, and most recently, their shaving lotion. The ads are directed by Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim.

In the sitcom Are We There Yet?, Crews had a lead role as Nick Kingston-Persons. In the series' first trailer, Ice Cube said that Crews is the perfect person to replace him as Nick, and that his physical comedy is undeniable. The series was picked up for 90 new episodes (approx six seasons) by August 2010, while Crews enjoyed box office success in three movies in August 2010 (Middle Men, The Expendables, Lottery Ticket).

He also stars in his own reality series on BET entitled The Family Crews which is about his everyday life with his family. The show premiered on February 21, 2010.

In 2012 it was announced that he would be joining the cast of the Aaron Sorkin-helmed drama The Newsroom. He will be portraying the bodyguard and life coach of Will McAvoy, the show's protagonist. There was a reference to his football past during his first appearance in the series, but it should however be noted that the football past of his character, Lonny Church, is completely different from his real-life one (his character was a Defensive Tackle who played for the Clemson Tigers in college before being drafted to the Cincinnati Bengals in the eighth round of the NFL Draft and who then got cut five weeks into the training camp, while Crews played a Linebacker in defense for the Western Michigan Broncos in college before being drafted in the eleventh round by the Los Angeles Rams and then played in the league for four seasons). Terry is currently a contestant in a NBC celebrity reality competition series called Stars Earn Stripes.

In July 2013, it was revealed that Crews is to play a real life version of the cartoon character used as the mascot for the group Major Lazer, appearing in the video for their track, "Scare Me".

Personal life

Crews has four daughters and one son, one grandchild (with one being a stepdaughter from his wife's previous relationship) with his wife of 22 years, Rebecca King-Crews, a former beauty queen and gospel recording artist.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	The 6th Day	Vincent Bansworth
2001	Training Day	Bloods member	Uncredited
2002	Serving Sara	Vernon
2002	Friday After Next	Damon Pearly
2003	Deliver Us from Eva	Big bartender
2003	Malibu's Most Wanted	8 Ball
2003	BAADASSSSS!	Big T
2004	Behind the Smile	Big James
2004	Soul Plane	Bouncer
2004	Starsky & Hutch	Porter
2004	White Chicks	Latrell Spencer
2005	The Longest Yard	Cheeseburger Eddy "89"
2006	The Alibi	Crazy Eight
2006	Harsh Times	Darrell
2006	The Benchwarmers	Steven
2006	Puff, Puff, Pass	Cool Crush Ice Killa
2006	Click	Singing guy in car	Uncredited
2006	Idiocracy	President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho
2006	Inland Empire	Street person
2007	Norbit	Big Black Jack Latimore
2007	How to Rob a Bank	Officer Degepse
2007	Who's Your Caddy?	Tank
2007	Balls of Fury	Freddy "Fingers" Wilson
2008	Street Kings	Detective II Terrence Washington
2008	Get Smart	Agent 91
2008	Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control	Agent 91
2009	Terminator Salvation	Captain Jericho
2009	Gamer	Hackman
2010	The Expendables	Hale Caesar
2010	Lottery Ticket	Jimmy
2010	Middle Men	James
2011	Bridesmaids	Boot camp instructor	Cameo
2012	The Expendables 2	Hale Caesar
2013	Scary Movie 5
2013	Aztec Warrior	Juan Claudio
2013	Reach Me
2013	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2	Earl Devereaux
2014	The Expendables 3	Hale Ceasar
2014	Blended		Filming
2014	Draft Day		Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999–2001	Battle Dome	T-Money
2004	CSI: Miami	Craig Waters
2005	My Wife and Kids	Daryl
2005–2009	Everybody Hates Chris	Julius Rock
2006	The Boondocks	Various characters	Voice
2010–present	Are We There Yet?	Nick Kingston-Persons
2010–2011	The Family Crews	Himself	Reality show
2011	BrainSurge	Himself
2012	The Newsroom	Lonny Church
2012	Stars Earn Stripes	Himself	Reality show
2013	Real Husbands of Hollywood	Himself	Reality show
2013	Second Generation Wayans	Himself
2013	Arrested Development	Herbert Love
2013	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Terry Jeffords

Music videos

Year	Artist	Song	Role
2004	Blink-182	"Down"	Police officer
2005	Jamie Kennedy & Stu Stone	"Rollin With Saget"	Bouncer
2013	Major Lazer (feat. Peaches & Timberlee)	"Scare Me"	Major Lazer

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	The Expendables 2	Hale Caesar	Voice
2013	Saints Row IV	Benjamin King	Voice

External links

• Official website
• Terry Crews at the Internet Movie Database
• BET Shows - The Family Crews Website