Terry Crews

Terry Crews
Crews in 2017
Born
Terrence Alan Crews

(1968-07-30) July 30, 1968
Occupations
  • Actor
  • television host
  • American football player
Years active
  • 1991–1997 (football)
  • 1999–present (acting)
Spouse
Rebecca King
(m. 1989)
Children5
Football career
No. 51, 90, 94, 59
PositionDefensive end
Linebacker
Personal information
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
High schoolFlint Southwestern Academy (Flint, Michigan)[1]
CollegeWestern Michigan
NFL draft1991: 11th round, 281st overall pick
Career history
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career NFL statistics
Games played32
Tackles3
Assists1
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Terrence Alan Crews[2] (born July 30, 1968) is an American actor, television host, and former professional football player. He played Julius Rock in the UPN/CW sitcom Everybody Hates Chris, which aired from 2005 to 2009, and portrayed Terry Jeffords in the Fox and NBC sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013–2021). Crews starred in the BET reality series The Family Crews (2010–2011), and hosted the U.S. version of the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire from 2014 to 2015. He has appeared in films, including Friday After Next (2002), White Chicks (2004), Idiocracy (2006), Blended (2014), The Expendables film series (2010–2014), and Rumble (2021). Crews 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) for the Rhein Fire and college football at Western Michigan University.

A public advocate for women's rights and activist against sexism, Crews has shared stories of the abuse his family endured at the hands of his violent father, and was also included among the group of people named as Time Person of the Year in 2017 for going public with stories of sexual assault during the MeToo movement.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference upbringing was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Terry Crews Goes Undercover on Reddit, YouTube and Twitter. GQ (YouTube). January 9, 2019. Event occurs at 05:34. Archived from the original on October 30, 2021. Retrieved February 7, 2020. I am not a 'Jr.' Terry Crews is my dad, but I have a middle name: I am Terry Alan Crews [highlights spelling "Alan"]. So that technically does not make me a 'Jr.'
  3. ^ Wong, Curtis M. (May 16, 2018). "Terry Crews: Me Too Movement 'Is The Emancipation Proclamation'". Huffington Post. Retrieved June 3, 2018.