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Terry Crews

Terrence Alan Crews (born July 30, 1968) is an American actor, comedian, activist, artist, bodybuilder and former professional football player. Crews played Julius Rock on the UPN/CW sitcom Everybody Hates Chris. He hosted the U.S. version of the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and starred in the BET reality series The Family Crews. He appeared in films such as Friday After Next (2002), White Chicks (2004), Idiocracy (2006), Blended (2014), and the Expendables series. Since 2013, he has played NYPD Lieutenant Terry Jeffords in the sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine. He began hosting America's Got Talent in 2019, following his involvement in the same role for the program's spin-off series, America's Got Talent: The Champions. Crews played as a defensive end and linebacker in the National Football League (NFL), for the Los Angeles Rams, San Diego Chargers, and Washington Redskins, as well as in the World League of American Football (WLAF) with the Rhein Fire, and college football at Western Michigan University. Crews, a public advocate for women's rights and activist against sexism, has shared stories of the abuse his family endured at the hands of his violent father. He was included among the group of people named as Time Person of the Year in 2017 for going public with stories of sexual assault.

Filmography

2018
Once Upon a Deadpool

as Bedlam

Movie
2018
Deadpool 2

as Bedlam

Movie
2014
The Expendables 3

as Hale Caesar

Movie
2013
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

as Earl Devereaux (voice)

Movie
2013
Scary Movie 5

as Martin Jacobs

Movie
2012
The Expendables 2

as Hale Caesar

Movie
2010
The Expendables

as Hale Caesar

Movie
2009
Gamer

as Hackman

Movie
2009
Terminator Salvation

as Captain Jericho

Movie
2008
Street Kings

as Detective Terrence Washington

Movie
2006
Idiocracy

as President Camacho

Movie
2005
The Longest Yard

as Cheeseburger Eddy

Movie
2004
White Chicks

as Latrell Spencer

Movie
2000
The 6th Day

as Vincent

Movie
2013
Brooklyn Nine-Nine

as Terry Jeffords

TV Show