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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.
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.
Terry Crews. Terry Alan Crews[2] (born July 30, 1968) is an American actor, television host, and former football player. He played Julius Rock in the UPN / CW sitcom Everybody Hates Chris, which aired from 2005 to 2009, and portrayed Terry Jeffords in the Fox and NBC sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013–2021).
Pat Studstill, an athlete-turned-actor who played multiple positions in the NFL and had a recurring role on “The Dukes of Hazzard,” died Saturday at age 83. A cause of death has not been ...
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 ...
Alexander George Karras (July 15, 1935 – October 10, 2012) was an American professional football player, professional wrestler, sportscaster, and actor. [1] He was a four-time Pro Bowl selection playing defensive tackle for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL), where he played from 1958 to 1970.
Carl Weathers. Carl Weathers (January 14, 1948 – February 2, 2024) was an American actor, director and a former football player. His prominent roles included boxer Apollo Creed in the first four Rocky films (1976–1985), Colonel Al Dillon in Predator (1987), Chubbs Peterson in Happy Gilmore (1996), and Combat Carl in the Toy Story franchise.
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.