Terry Crews

At 56 years old, Terry Crews has this physical status:

Terry Alan Crews (born July 30, 1968) is an American actor, comedian, activist, artist, and former football player.

Crews played Julius Rock on the UPN/CW sitcom Everybody Hates Chris.

He hosted the US 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 is currently 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 from January 2019. 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 with 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 Magazine's Person of the Year in 2017 for going public with stories of sexual assault.

Early life and education

Crews was born on July 30, 1968, in Flint, Michigan, the son of Patricia Ann (Simpson) and Terry Crews. The middle child of three, he grew up in a strict Christian household in Flint and was raised mainly by his mother, who was eighteen when he was born. His father was an alcoholic and abusive to his mother. Crews received a flute from his great aunt, and took lessons for eight years. He spent a summer at Interlochen Arts Academy and entered Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo on an art scholarship. After his freshman year, he tried out for the football team and earned a full athletic scholarship.

Personal life

Crews is a devout Christian. He met Rebecca King when he was a college sophomore; she was the music minister at a local church. They married on July 29, 1989. They have four daughters and a son, Isaiah Crews, also an actor, and one grandchild.

In 2014, Crews released his autobiography, Manhood: How to Be a Better Man or Just Live with One. In the book, Crews detailed his long-standing pornography addiction, which had seriously affected his marriage and his life, but which he overcame around 2009 and 2010 after entering rehabilitation. Since then he has taken an active role in speaking out about the condition and its impact, including posting on Facebook in his Dirty Little Secret Series.

Crews is very keen on personal development and his favorite book is The Master Key System by Charles F. Haanel: "I have read hundreds of personal development books, but this is the one that clearly showed me how to visualize, contemplate, and focus on what I truly wanted. It revealed to me that we only get what we desire most, and to apply myself with a laserlike focus upon a goal, task or project. That in order to 'have', you must 'do', and in order to 'do', you must 'be' - and this process is immediate. [...] I also reread it probably once a month to keep my vision clear".

On March 10, 2021, Crews announced the Ethereum-based cryptocurrency $POWER.

On October 10, 2017, in the wake of numerous Hollywood actresses going public with their stories of sexual harassment and assault by film producer Harvey Weinstein, Crews revealed that a male Hollywood executive groped him at a party in 2016, but he did not report the incident for fear of retaliation. It was later revealed that the "high-level executive" was Adam Venit, head of the motion picture department of the talent company William Morris Endeavor (WME).

For his part in coming forward with the sexual assault allegations, Crews was named as one of the "Silence Breakers" from the Time Person of the Year award in 2017. WME reportedly concluded from an investigation that the incident was isolated. Venit was demoted and returned to work after a one-month suspension. In response, Crews stated, "Someone got a pass". Crews filed a lawsuit against Venit and WME for sexual assault. Some witnesses stated that Venit had gotten intoxicated, dismissed the groping as "horseplay", and apologized to Crews the next day. WME responded to the lawsuit, arguing that their reaction to Crews' claims was "both swift and serious". In March 2018, prosecutors decided not to file any charges against Venit. The city attorney's office announced that the statute of limitations to prosecute Venit had expired, as the alleged incident was in February 2016 and Crews did not report it until November 2017.

After claiming that producer Avi Lerner attempted to silence him on the assault in order to retain his role in The Expendables film series, Crews vowed not to appear in any further installments of the franchise.

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Football career

In the 11th round of the 1991 NFL Draft, the Los Angeles Rams drafted Crews. His career included stints with the Rams (no games), the Green Bay Packers (no games), the San Diego Chargers (10 games), the Washington Redskins (16 games), and the Philadelphia Eagles (no games). During the 1995 season, he also played for the Rhein Fire of American Football (later Football Europe). Crews frequently were cut from rosters, but crews would often supplemented his football pay by receiving portrait commissions from teammates.

Acting career

After being fired from the NFL in 1997, the Crews redirected to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. He had a long-aspired to be in film but had no plans to pursue acting and was simply interested in being involved in some way. Young Boys Incorporated was co-written and co-produced a year ago. The film, which was shot in Detroit with an anti-drug message, was based on his own experiences, as well as those of his acquaintances and family. Despite describing it as a "horrible" film, he attributes it to his curiosity in the film industry.

In 1999, Crews auditioned for a role as a character actor (known as Warriors) in the syndicated game show Battle Dome, which became his first acting role. He played T-Money for two seasons before the company's cancellation in 2001. He realized he wanted to do acting as a career after auditioning and being able to perform in front of an audience. However, he did not succeed in gaining a second acting gig in the ensuing two years.

Appearsances in commercials for items such as Old Spice, films, and music videos followed shortly. Ice Cube, the next starring rapper-turned-actor for whom Crews previously served as on-site security, made his breakthrough role on Friday. He had never taken acting lessons, but instead he asked the audience what they wanted, and he believes this ultimately brought him joy. Despite the physically demanding nature of the occupation, he now believes acting is what he was born to do and would not want to pursue any other career.

Adam Sandler, who appeared in White Chicks (2004), stepped down from his role in The Longest Yard (2005) to Crews, who appeared in the film for the second time. Julius Rock, the father of the UPN/CW sitcom Everybody Hates Chris, earned Crews more public attention, and the series ran for four seasons from 2005 to 2009. Crews has appeared in three seasons since 2010 as husband and father Nick Kingston-Persons and as NYPD Sergeant (and beginning in Season 7, Lieutenant) Terry Jeffords in the Fox/NBC ensemble sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine, which premiered in 2013.

Crews have mostly appeared in comedic roles, including President Camacho in Idocracy, but after being cast in The Expendables series, he also found success in action roles, including Hale Caesar's appearance in a film sequel. Despite his attempts to maintain an athletic physique throughout his career as an actor, Crews has avoided being stereotyped as a muscle-bound action hero and has achieved critical success by combining his intricate character comedy with his physique, even dismissing the stereotype of the gymobsessed bodybuilder. This comparison has also resulted in continued employment as part of several amusing Old Spice television commercials.

He has contributed to animated films like American Dad! A Chance of Meatballs 2. He loved the job and wanted more of it, finding solace in how it brought his spirit into the animation. Crews appeared on BET's own reality show, The Family Crews, from 2010 to 2011. It lasted for two seasons. He appeared on syndicated game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire from 2014 to 2015. He has also appeared on Netflix's Ultimate Beastmaster as the American host.

Terry Jeffords played Brooklyn Nine-Nine for eight seasons. Crews said in an interview with Access Daily that four planned episodes for Season 8 had been cancelled as a result of George Floyd's assassination of George Floyd, prompting the producers to reassess the season's storyline. The series was not renewed for a ninth season. Crews were sad that it would come to an end in early 2021, but they were thrilled to have been a part of something so unique."

As aiding him in navigating between the two professions, crews cite numerous similarities between acting and professional football, including the organization and expectations. Reginald Hubbard is credited with his early involvement in film production.

He appeared in the science fiction comedy film Sorry to Bother You in June 2017. On July 6, 2018, the film was first shown in theaters. He appeared in the superhero film Deadpool 2 in 2018 as Bedlam. Crews appeared on "Pressure" and "Algorithm" by British rock band Muse's music videos.

In addition, crews appeared in Brittany Howard's 2019 hit "Stay High" in which he lip-syncs the vocals.

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