
Terry Crews
Biography
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.
Acting (64 movies)

Idiocracy
2006

Harsh Times
2005

Puff, Puff, Pass
2006

Get Smart
2008

White Chicks
2004

The Longest Yard
2005

Balls of Fury
2007

Norbit
2007

The Benchwarmers
2006

The Expendables
2010

How to Rob a Bank
2007

Baadasssss!
2004

Lottery Ticket
2010

The Alibi
2006

Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd Out of Control
2008

Gamer
2009

Deliver Us from Eva
2003

Bridesmaids
2011

The Expendables 2
2012

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
2013

Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
2010

The Expendables 3
2014

Draft Day
2014

Blended
2014

Reach Me
2014

The Single Moms Club
2014

Middle Men
2009

Goodbye Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2022

Who's Your Caddy?
2007

Halloween in Hollywood
2022

The Ridiculous 6
2015

The Killer's Game
2024

Aztec Warrior
2013

2022 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson
2022

Inland Empire
2006

Friday After Next
2002

Gods of War: Assembling Earth's Mightiest Anti-Heroes
2012

Sandy Wexler
2017

Where's the Money
2017

Starsky & Hutch
2004

Street Kings
2008

Click
2006

Sorry to Bother You
2018

Soul Plane
2004

Training Day
2001

The 6th Day
2000

Deadpool 2
2018

Malibu's Most Wanted
2003

Earl Scouts
2013

The Willoughbys
2020

A Very Terry Christmas: Get Cozy With Terry Crews
2018

Once Upon a Deadpool
2018

Serving Sara
2002

Man Made
2019

Red Nose Day 2019
2019

VeggieTales: Celery Night Fever
2014

Rumble
2021

John Henry
2020

Scary Movie 5
2013

Terminator Salvation
2009

LA Originals
2020

Behind the Smile
2006

PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie
2026

LarryBoy: A VeggieTales Movie
2026
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| John Henry | 2020 | Executive Producer |