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Brad William Henke (April 10, 1966 – November 29, 2022) was an American actor and National Football League (NFL) and Arena Football League (AFL) player. He was best known for his role as Corrections Officer Desi Piscatella on Orange Is the New Black, for which he won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2016.
Stats at Pro Football Reference. College Football Hall of Fame. John Frederick Dryer (born July 6, 1946) is an American actor, radio host, and former professional football player. He was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 years, participating in 176 games starting in 1969 until his retirement in 1981.
He played a version of himself, and other football players turned actors, in Keenen Ivory Wayans's 1988 comedic film I'm Gonna Git You Sucka. [12] He played high school history teacher Mr. Ryan, in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure , released in 1989.
Carl Weathers, the NFL player-turned-Hollywood action star known for his roles in the "Rocky" movie franchise, "Predator" and "The Mandalorian," has died.He was 76. Weathers' manager, Matt Luber ...
The NFL player-turned-actor was born in Memphis, Tenn. A star athlete in high school, he went on to Tennessee State University as a double major in drama and history. McRae had a brief career as a ...
Carl Weathers, the NFL player-turned-Hollywood action star who died at 76, had ties to Florida. Weathers was most known for his roles in the " Rocky " movie franchise as Apollo Creed.
John Daniel Matuszak (October 25, 1950 – June 17, 1989), nicknamed " Tooz ", was an American football defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) who later became an actor. Matuszak was the first overall pick in the 1973 NFL draft and played most of his career with the Oakland Raiders until he retired after winning his second Super ...
Carl Weathers, a former NFL linebacker who became a Hollywood action movie and comedy star, playing nemesis-turned-ally Apollo Creed in the “Rocky” movies, facing off against Arnold ...