Known for movies

Short Info

Net Worth$9 million
Date Of BirthJuly 30, 1968
SpouseRebecca King-Crews
MarkFrequently plays unintelligent or immature characters
FactBecame the body of Old spice ads in 2016.


Terry Crews is an American actor, comedian, activist, and former professional football player. He was born on July 30, 1968, in Flint, Michigan, to parents Julia and Terry Crews Sr. He has four siblings: two brothers and two sisters. Crews was raised in a strict Christian household and was a devout Pentecostal. He attended Flint Southwestern Academy, where he excelled in sports, particularly football and track and field. After graduating high school, he attended Western Michigan University on a football scholarship. He played for the school’s team, the Broncos, for four years before being drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the 11th round of the 1991 NFL Draft.

Crews spent six seasons with the Rams, mostly as a backup linebacker and special teams player. He appeared in Super Bowl XXXVI as a member of the Rams’ losing team. He was released by the Rams in 1997 and spent a brief time with the San Diego Chargers before being cut. His NFL career came to an end after he was released by the Chargers in 1998.

After his football career ended, Crews transitioned into acting. He made his film debut in 1999’s The Sixth Day, which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger. He has since appeared in a number of films and television shows, including Friday Night Lights, Everybody Hates Chris, The Expendables franchise, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and White Chicks. He has also done voice work for a number of animated films and television shows, including Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 and American Dad!.

Crews is also a successful businessman. He has endorsement deals with Old Spice and Nike, and has his own line of fitness equipment with Bowflex. He has an estimated net worth of $20 million.

Crews has been married to Rebecca King-Crews since 1990. The couple has five children: four daughters and one son.

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General Info

Full NameTerry Crews
Net Worth$9 million
Salary$20 million
Date Of BirthJuly 30, 1968
Height1.91 m
Weight111 kg
ProfessionVoice Actor, American football player
EducationWestern Michigan University
NationalityAmerican

Family

SpouseRebecca King-Crews
ChildrenAzriel Crews, Isaiah Crews, Tera Crews, Wynfrey Crews, Naomi Burton-Crews
ParentsTerry Crews, Sr., Patricia Crews

Accomplishments

NominationsNAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series, Teen Choice Award for Choice TV: Parental Unit
MoviesThe Expendables, White Chicks, Idiocracy, The Expendables 3, The Expendables 2, Blended, Friday After Next, The Longest Yard, Norbit, The 6th Day, Street Kings, Get Smart, The Ridiculous 6, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, Lottery Ticket, Bridesmaids, Balls of Fury, Terminator Salvation, Gamer, ...
TV ShowsWorld's Funniest, Are We There Yet?, Everybody Hates Chris, Platinum, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, Ultimate Beastmaster

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Marks

#Marks / Signs
1Muscular physique
2Frequently plays unintelligent or immature characters
3Robot dance
4Flexing his pectorals

Quotes

#Quote
1I am an official slow-roasted honey-baked ham. Ever since I was a kid, my thing is that I love attention.
2What I don't like when I see sports movies is that they usually turn out to be puff pieces. Basball movies are kind of ridiculous. They turn into the magic of the ball and the magic of having a a bat and the magic of walki9ng into a park. It's not that magical.
3What's so cool about 'Draft Day' is it shows the warts, all the problems, the fact that people are treated like commodities and that relationships are hard to keep in the NFL. Your personal relationships suffer. It's a high-profile job that's hard as hell.
4Don't get me wrong, most of the guys out there loved playing football, I loved playing it. But football is not the end for me.
5I think if I had a Tiger Woods lifestyle, I might have a problem with cameras. I knew that something wasn't gonna come out of the woodwork.
6In seven years in the NFL, I played on six different teams.
7If everyone's happy, then I'm the character where when I enter that means there's trouble. In a movie, when I enter, its not a good thing. But I know where I'm at. But, you know, you don't have to call me by my character's name for months on end. Football taught me that, because you can go from being best friends to having to play that person on another team, you have to be able to turn that on and off. You need to find that middle ground.
8I have written scripts, so I look at a part the way a writer would. That is, I look at it and look to see, ok what function do I play in this scene? You have to know what you bring to that scene and what you're about there. And usually, I play the heat, the drama, the heavy.
9A lot of ball players love the Friday movies, they're big fans. I can go now to any team and be known now more for the movies than I was ever when I was playing. A lot of the guys have retired now. But I still get calls, congratulating me and that.
10If you look at the parts Ive played and the movies Ive done...I mean you have to work with the stereotype. The stereotype gets you paid, it gets you in the business.
11I have a background in like graphic design and a little bit of website.
12I told them, everybody expects you to be a little adult. 'When we're on break, go and play.' These are kids. You don't have to retreat to your trailer.
13There's drama in everything. Thats why I love movies. Like Welcome to the Dollhouse, I'm a 350-pound black man, and I could understand what it was like to be a little white girl.
14I was always more of a film guy than an athlete guy. I had an art scholarship at Western. But I actually had a Chrysler scholarship to Interlochen up in Traverse City, Michigan. Then had an art scholarship to Western and I just walked onto the football team. But I'm actually a sci-fi special effects guy.
15You can't do sports for the rest of your life, I don't care how good you are. You can be the best ever, but it's still going to go away. But now that I'm doing what I'm doing? I'm just thankful that I feel like my best days are still ahead of me.
16I never wanted to do acting or anything. But I tell you, my friend and I, his name is Derrick Carr, a guy I was playing football with on the Rams. He and I wrote a script and we put our money together and made a movie out in Detroit in the off-season. It was called Young Boys Incorporated, all about this gang that ran Detroit for a long time. The big thing about them was that they'd get young kids. Because then if the kids were picked up they'd go to juvie, when they were eighteen they'd be released and their slate would be wiped clean and they'd start all over again. So we made that movie. It was terrible. We put all our money together. I was hooked. I had just finished my first season with the Redskins. Wed get kicked out of locations. I loved it. I knew thats what I wanted to do.
17Kids like Tyler come around only once in a generation. I thank God every day for this little kid being on our show because some kids have it, some kids don't. It's not about being a little adult, it's about being a kid and portraying a kid, and I think that America gets it when he does it.
18You have to be willing to put yourself on camera. You have to be willing to not look perfect.
19A guy I knew in high school got my number from my mom, called me up and was like, I cant believe I'm talking to you. I was like, 'it's me, it's Terry, I went to high school with you! What do you mean!?'
20First of all, bring your deodorant, bring your odor-blocker body wash, because there's gonna be a lot of funky men in that theater.
21I'm still steady into Coldplay. With rock 'n' roll, I go backwards with 'Sting' and The Police. I like the older stuff more so than anybody brand new, right now. I like Justin Bieber. Hey, he's produced by Usher Raymond! I dig Justin! That's my man!
22I haven't done a single rep in a long time and its not a strong man type thing. I just work out for reps...work out to stay in shape. I've got a sweet tooth, dude.
23I love working, and I love this business. I love what I do, and I don't think I'm the guy who can do, like, a movie a year and that's it. I don't know what I'd do! Ive already put stuff independently on the internet cause I'm bored! I just want to keep going!

Facts

#Fact
1Is an accomplished flautist.
2Became the body of Old spice ads in 2016.
3His first job was as a sketch artist for local TV news stations in the 1980s. When a courtroom sketch artist called in sick, he began filling in for the previous artist.
4To support himself and his family, he painted portraits of his football teammates.
5Played with the NFL's Los Angeles Rams (1991), San Diego Chargers (1993), and Washington Redskins (1995). Also played with the Rhein Fire (World League of American Football, 1995). Was on the roster of the 1996 Philadelphia Eagles, but did not play.
6First movie he ever saw was The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975).
7Trains in Brasillian Jiu Jistsu under Jiu Jitsu legend Rigan Machado.
8His favorite movies are The Pianist (2002), Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), The Thing (1982), Do the Right Thing (1989), and Aliens (1986). His favorite documentary is Roger & Me (1989), a film that has special significance as he comes from Flint, Michigan.
9He has 5 children, 4 girls and a boy.
10He is the uncle of actress Storm Ascher.

Pictures

Movies

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Sandy Wexler2017post-production
Where's the Money2016post-productionUncle Leon
Aztec Warrior2016completedJuan Claudio
Brooklyn Nine-Nine2013-2016TV SeriesTerry Jeffords
Do You Want to See a Dead Body?2016TV MovieTerry Crews
The Ridiculous 62015Chico
Kendrick Lamar: These Walls2015Video short
M4M: Measure for Measure2015Soldier (uncredited)
Scheer-RL2015TV Mini-SeriesP-Diddy
Reach Me2014Wilson
Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.2014TV SeriesBlade
The Expendables 32014Caesar
VeggieTales: Celery Night Fever2014voice
Drunk History2013-2014TV SeriesJoe Louis / Donald 'Cinque' DeFreeze
Blended2014Nickens
American Dad!2011-2014TV SeriesHeinrich Brown
Draft Day2014/IEarl Jennings
The Single Moms Club2014Branson
Regular Show in Space2013TV SeriesBroc Stettman
Earl Scouts2013ShortEarl Devereaux
Ultimate Spider-Man2013TV SeriesBlade
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 22013Earl Devereaux (voice)
Terry Crews: Magazine Editor/Angry Black Man2013Short
Saints Row IV2013Video GameBenjamin King (voice)
Major Lazer: Scare Me2013Video shortMajor Lazer
Arrested Development2013TV SeriesHerbert Love
Scary Movie 52013Martin Jacobs
Second Generation Wayans2013TV SeriesMike Williams
Real Husbands of Hollywood2013TV SeriesTerry Crews
The Newsroom2012TV SeriesLonny Church
The Expendables 22012Hale Caesar
The Expendables 2 Videogame2012Video GameHale Caesar (voice)
Are We There Yet?2010-2012TV SeriesNick Persons Nick Kingston-Persons Nick ...
Bridesmaids2011/IBoot Camp Instructor
Lottery Ticket2010/IJimmy the Driver
The Expendables2010Hale Caesar
Gamer2009Hackman
Middle Men2009James
Terminator Salvation2009Captain Jericho
Everybody Hates Chris2005-2009TV SeriesJulius
Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd Out of Control2008VideoAgent 91
Get Smart2008Agent 91
Street Kings2008Detective Terrence Washington
The Boondocks2005-2007TV SeriesMan in Parking Lot / The Health Inspector / Defendant / ...
Balls of Fury2007Freddy
Who's Your Caddy?2007Tank
How to Rob a Bank (and 10 Tips to Actually Get Away with It)2007Officer DeGepse
Norbit2007Big Jack Latimore
Inland Empire2006Street Person #3
Idiocracy2006President Camacho (as Terry Alan Crews)
Click2006Singing Driver (uncredited)
Puff, Puff, Pass2006Cold Crush
The Benchwarmers2006Poker Guy #1
Behind the Smile2006Big James
Lies & Alibis2006Crazy Eight
Harsh Times2005Darrell
All of Us2005TV SeriesParker
The Longest Yard2005Cheeseburger Eddy
My Wife and Kids2005TV SeriesDarryl
White Chicks2004Latrell Spencer
Soul Plane2004Thug (Flight Attendant)
CSI: Miami2004TV SeriesCraig Waters
Starsky & Hutch2004Porter
Baadasssss!2003Big T
Platinum2003TV SeriesBaby
Malibu's Most Wanted20038 Ball
Deliver Us from Eva2003Big bartender
The District2002TV SeriesAtticus King
Friday After Next2002Damon
Serving Sara2002Vernon
Training Day2001Gang Member (uncredited)
The 6th Day2000Vincent
Battle Dome1999TV SeriesT-Money

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Blended2014performer: "Welcome To Africa", "Exciting, Amazing, Romantic", "You Suck", "Finally Blending", "Blending & Bonding", "Love Is A Many Splendored Thing", "Endless Love", "Look They're Blending"
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014TV Series performer - 1 episode
Brooklyn Nine-Nine2014TV Series performer - 1 episode
Everybody Hates Chris2006TV Series performer - 1 episode

Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Terry Crews Saves Christmas2016TV Series executive producer pre-production

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The 6th Day: The Future Is Coming2000Video documentary short thanks

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Terry Crews Saves Christmas2016TV Series pre-productionHimself
A Fatherless GenerationDocumentary filmingHimself
Taraji's White Hot Holidays2016TV MovieHimself
Steve Harvey2016TV SeriesHimself
A Little of Your Time with Quinn Marcus2016TV SeriesHimself - Guest
The Late Late Show with James Corden2015-2016TV SeriesHimself
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014-2016TV SeriesHimself
Lip Sync Battle2015-2016TV SeriesHimself / Himself - Competitor
Access Hollywood Live2015-2016TV SeriesHimself - Guest Co-Host / Himself
The $100,000 Pyramid2016TV SeriesHimself - Celebrity Player
The Talk2013-2016TV SeriesHimself / Himself - Guest Co-Host
Young Hollywood2016TV SeriesHimself
American Country Countdown Awards2016TV MovieHimself
The Chew2014-2016TV SeriesHimself / Himself - Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Live with Kelly and Michael2014-2016TV SeriesHimself - Guest / Himself / Himself - Who Wants to Be a Millionair
The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore2015-2016TV SeriesHimself - Panelist
Extra2016TV SeriesHimself
14th Annual VES Awards2016VideoHimself
World's Funniest2015TV SeriesHimself - Host
Made in Hollywood2013-2015TV SeriesHimself
FabLife2015TV SeriesHimself
Jimmy Kimmel Live!2014-2015TV SeriesHimself / Himself - Guest
American Music Awards 20152015TV SpecialHimself
E! Live from the Red Carpet2015TV SeriesHimself
Today2012-2015TV SeriesHimself - Guest
4th Annual Saving Innocence Gala: Live from the SLS Hotel2015TV MovieHimself
Conan2012-2015TV SeriesHimself - Guest
The Real2015TV SeriesHimself
The Soup2015TV SeriesHimself - Guest
Teen Choice Awards 20152015TV SpecialHimself
The 5th Annual Critics' Choice Television Awards2015TV SpecialHimself
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire2014-2015TV SeriesHimself - Host
Celebrity P.O.V.2015TV Series documentaryHimself
2015 TV Land Awards2015TV SpecialHost
Sesame Street2015TV SeriesHimself
Rachael Ray2015TV SeriesHimself
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show2014-2015TV SeriesHimself / Himself - Guest
NBC's New Year's Eve with Carson Daly2014TV MovieHimself - Host
The Making of 'The Expendables 3'2014Video documentaryHimself
The View2014TV SeriesHimself - Guest Co-Host / Himself - Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Good Morning America2014TV SeriesHimself / Himself - Guest
Entertainment Tonight2014TV SeriesHimself / Himself - Host, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Tavis Smiley2014TV SeriesHimself - Guest
BET Awards 20142014TV SpecialHimself
Chelsea Lately2014TV SeriesHimself - Guest
The Queen Latifah Show2013-2014TV SeriesHimself / Himself - Guest
The Wendy Williams Show2009-2014TV SeriesHimself / Himself - Guest
The Arsenio Hall Show2013-2014TV SeriesHimself - Guest
45th NAACP Image Awards2014TV Movie documentaryHimself
Cartoon Network Hall of Game Awards2014TV SpecialHimself
Larry King Now2014TV SeriesHimself - Guest
Real Husbands of Hollywood2013TV SeriesHimself
Good Day L.A.2013TV SeriesHimself
Bethenny2013TV SeriesHimself - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno2013TV SeriesHimself - Guest
Hollywood Game Night2013TV SeriesHimself - Panelist
Fox Fall Preview2013TV MovieHimself
Kris2013TV SeriesHimself - Co-Host
ES.TV HD2012TV SeriesHimself - Guest
Gods of War: Assembling Earth's Mightiest Anti-Heroes2012Video documentary shortHimself
WWE Saturday Morning Slam2012TV SeriesHimself
Stars Earn Stripes2012TV SeriesHimself - Contestant
Reel Junkie2012TV SeriesHimself
Up Close with Carrie Keagan2009-2012TV SeriesHimself
Comic Con 2012 Live2012TV MovieHimself
Action: 'The Expendables'2011Video shortHimself
Lopez Tonight2011TV SeriesHimself - Guest
The Family Crews2010-2011TV SeriesHimself
The Mo'Nique Show2010-2011TV SeriesHimself
42nd NAACP Image Awards2011TV SpecialHimself
Before the Battle: The Making of' 'The Expendables'2010Video documentary shortHimself
The Expendables: Comic Con Panel2010Video documentaryHimself
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'2010TV Movie documentaryHimself
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson2007-2010TV SeriesHimself
Guys Choice2010TV MovieHimself
41st NAACP Image Awards2010TV SpecialHimself
The BET Honors2010TV SpecialHimself
An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Lionel Richie2010TV MovieHimself
Inside the Game: Controlling Gamer2010Video documentaryHimself
Owen Smith: Anonymous2009TV MovieHimself - Host
The Brian McKnight Show2009TV SeriesHimself
11-04-08: The Day of Change2009TV MovieHimself
Fashion News Live2008TV SeriesHimself
Behind the Boondocks: The Making of an American Classic2008Video documentary shortHimself
Late Night with Conan O'Brien2006-2007TV SeriesHimself
BET Awards 20072007TV SpecialHimself
Blowin' Up2006TV Series documentaryHimself
37th NAACP Image Awards2006TV SpecialHimself
The 3rd Annual Vibe Awards2005TV SpecialHimself
Battle Night: The Krump Wars2005Video documentaryHimself
The 2nd Annual BET Comedy Awards2005TV SpecialHimself
On the 6th Day2001Video documentaryHimself / Vincent
The 6th Day: The Future Is Coming2000Video documentary shortHimself / Vincent
1991 NFL Draft1991TV SpecialHimself - 281st Overall Pick

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Mike & Mike2016TV SeriesHimself
Vlogbrothers2012TV Series documentaryHimself

Awards

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2016Image AwardImage AwardsOutstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy SeriesBrooklyn Nine-Nine (2013)
2015Image AwardImage AwardsOutstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy SeriesBrooklyn Nine-Nine (2013)
2015OFTA Television AwardOnline Film & Television AssociationBest Supporting Actor in a Comedy SeriesBrooklyn Nine-Nine (2013)
2015ActorScreen Actors Guild AwardsOutstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy SeriesBrooklyn Nine-Nine (2013)
2014AnnieAnnie AwardsOutstanding Achievement in Voice Acting in an Animated Feature ProductionCloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)
2014BTVA Voice Acting AwardBehind the Voice Actors AwardsBreakthrough Voice Actor of the Year
2014BTVA Feature Film Voice Acting AwardBehind the Voice Actors AwardsBest Male Vocal Performance in a Feature Film in a Supporting RoleCloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)
2014BTVA Feature Film Voice Acting AwardBehind the Voice Actors AwardsBest Vocal Ensemble in a Feature FilmCloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)
2014BTVA Video Game Voice Acting AwardBehind the Voice Actors AwardsBest Vocal Ensemble in a Video GameSaints Row IV (2013)
2012Image AwardImage AwardsOutstanding Actor in a Comedy SeriesAre We There Yet? (2010)
2011Image AwardImage AwardsOutstanding Actor in a Comedy SeriesAre We There Yet? (2010)
2011Vision AwardNAMIC Vision AwardsBest Performance - ComedyAre We There Yet? (2010)
2009Image AwardImage AwardsOutstanding Actor in a Comedy SeriesEverybody Hates Chris (2005)
2008Image AwardImage AwardsOutstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy SeriesEverybody Hates Chris (2005)
2007Image AwardImage AwardsOutstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy SeriesEverybody Hates Chris (2005)
2006Image AwardImage AwardsOutstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy SeriesEverybody Hates Chris (2005)
2006Teen Choice AwardTeen Choice AwardsTV - Choice Parental UnitEverybody Hates Chris (2005)

Source: IMDb, Wikipedia

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