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Terry Crews
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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.
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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.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Daily Show
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Late Late Show with James Corden
American Dad!
CSI: Miami
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Early Show
Celebrity Family Feud
Craig of the Creek
Regular Show
Drunk History
After Midnight
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
The Grammys
Arrested Development
Teen Choice Awards
Lip Sync Battle
The Newsroom
MTV Europe Music Awards
The $100,000 Pyramid
Space Force
MasterChef
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
Hollywood Game Night
My Wife and Kids
That's My Jam
Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out
Good Mythical Morning
The Boondocks
Is It Cake? Holiday
Marvel's Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.
Dinner Time Live with David Chang
About Last Night
Tales of the Walking Dead
LEGO Masters
Inland Empire
Click
Training Day
Terminator Salvation
Starsky & Hutch
Malibu's Most Wanted
Once Upon a Deadpool
Deadpool 2
The Benchwarmers
Soul Plane
Bridesmaids
Deliver Us from Eva
Street Kings
Friday After Next
The Longest Yard
The Expendables
PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie
Scary Movie 5
Get Smart
Middle Men
The Expendables 2
The Expendables 3
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
The 6th Day
Sandy Wexler
Gamer
LA Originals
America's Got Talent
America's Got Talent: Fantasy League
White Chicks 2
Sorry to Bother You
Baadasssss!
Who's Your Caddy?
Goodbye Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Idiocracy
The Willoughbys
Olympic Dreams Featuring Jonas Brothers
Blended
White Chicks
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
Rumble
America's Got Talent: All-Stars
Everybody Hates Chris
The Killer's Game
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Norbit
America's Got Talent: The Champions
The Ridiculous 6
Everybody Still Hates Chris
Ultimate Beastmaster
America's Got Talent: Extreme
John Henry
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Terry Crews Saves Christmas
Production Credits
Everybody Still Hates Chris
Cops
Next Friday
Terry Crews Saves Christmas
John Henry
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