Terrence Alan Crews is an American actor, comedian, activist, artist, bodybuilder, and former professional football player. He has appeared in films such as Friday After Next, White Chicks, Idiocracy, Blended, and the Expendables series. He played as a defensive end and linebacker in the National Football League for the Los Angeles Rams, San Diego Chargers, and Washington Redskins.
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Terrence Alan Crews is an American actor, comedian, activist, artist, bodybuilder, and former professional football player. He has appeared in films such as Friday After Next, White Chicks, Idiocracy, Blended, 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. 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. 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. His role as Julius Rock, the father on the UPNCW sitcom Everybody Hates Chris, brought him wider public recognition and the series aired for four seasons from 2005 to 2009. He also 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 now believes acting is what he was born to do and would not wish to have any other career despite the physically demanding nature of the work. He is a member of the board of directors of the National Organization for Women (NOW) and the National Council of Women (NCW), and has been involved with the organization since its inception in the 1990s. His father was an alcoholic, and was abusive to his mother. He grew up in a strict Christian household in Flint, Michigan. He received his high school diploma from Flint Southwestern, and won the 1988 Mid-American Conference Championship. He played as a defensive end and linebacker in the National Football League for the Los Angeles Rams, San Diego Chargers, and Washington Redskins, as well as in the World League of American Football with the Rhein Fire. He went on to play college football at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and earned All-Conference honors and won a full athletic scholarship.
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