Terry Alan Crews (born July 30, 1968) is an American actor and former NFL defensive end.
Crews was born in Flint, Michigan and attended flint carman ainsworth. 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, Terry was a key member of the WMU football team, where he earned all-conference honors as a defensive end. Crews was drafted by the San Diego Chargers of the NFL in the 11th round of the 1991 NFL Draft . He carved out a career that lasted six seasons, including stints with the Green Bay Packers, San Diego Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles, and the Washington Redskins.
After retiring in 1997, Terry pursued an acting career, playing the beefcake "he-man" in movies such as White Chicks. A stint as T-Money on Battle Dome (modeled on American Gladiators) followed. He played Damon in Friday After Next, featuring Ice Cube and Mike Epps. He now stars in the sitcom Everybody Hates Chris (as Julius) on the CW, and his latest movie appearances were alongside Adam Sandler in The Longest Yard and Click. Crews also recently appeared in another Adam Sandler production — The Benchwarmers with Rob Schneider and David Spade (as a person who was bullied by Gus Matthews, despite Terry's enormous size), as well as the long-delayed Mike Judge film Idiocracy, where he plays President Camacho. Terry lives in Gilroy, California with his wife of seventeen years, Rebecca a former beauty queen and Christian recording artist, and five children.
In The Longest Yard, he stars with Chris Rock, but on Everybody Hates Chris, Crews stars as the father, Julius, of a young Chris Rock. Crews has a cameo appearance in Blink-182's music video 'Down'. In the video he plays the part of a police officer in pursuit of a criminal. He was also featured in Denzel Washington's 2001 movie Training Day. He also had a cameo in Jamie Kennedy's Rollin' with Saget as the security guard, except just like his role in The Benchwarmers, he acts like a coward after Bob Saget "cold-clocked decked him." He appears in Soul Plane as the bodyguard who tells Elvis Hunkee (Tom Arnold) about his daughters.
He frequently plays buffed-looking characters with a humorous softer side, such as singing along with 80's music or becoming engaged with soap operas. But more recently, he has been able to alternate with more serious projects such as his recent appearances in Harsh Times, Inland Empire and Street Kings. He also benches 475 pounds.
A native of Flint, Michigan. Earned an Art Excellence Scholarship to attend Western Michigan University and also earned a full-ride athletic scholarship to play football. Crews was an All-Conference defensive end, and was a major contributor on the 1988 MAC champion WMU Broncos. His college success was rewarded in 1991, when he was Drafted by the NFL's San Diego Chargers. Crews played six years in the NFL with stints at the Green Bay Packers, San Diego Chargers , Rhein Fire (NFL Europe-Germany), Washington Redskins and Philadelphia Eagles. While in the NFL, used his art talent by painting a line of NFL licensed lithographs for Sierra Sun Editions. In 1996, Crews co-wrote and co-produced the independent feature film Young Boys Incorporated. Crews retired from the NFL in 1997 and moved to Los Angeles in to pursue an acting career. Crews' first break came in 1999 when he auditioned for the extreme sports show called "Battle Dome" with other actor-athletes from around the country. Crews was chosen to be a series regular known as the urban warrior, T-Money. In 2000, Crews made his big screen debut in "The 6th Day". Since then he has landed roles in "Serving Sara" (2002), "Friday After Next" (2002), "Deliver Us from Eva" (2003), "Malibu's Most Wanted" (2003), "Starsky & Hutch" (2004), "Soul Plane" (2004), and "White Chicks" (2004).
