terry crews is an american actor television presenter and former american football linebacker
as an actor he played julius rock in the upncw sitcom everybody hates chris which aired from 2005
to 2009 and he also portrayed terry jeffords in the fox and nbc sitcom brooklyn 9-9 from 2013 2020
terry crews starred in the bet reality series the family cruise from 2010 to 2011 and hosted
the us version of the game show who wants to be a millionaire from 2014 to 2015.
he's appeared in films including friday after next in 2002 white chicks in 2004 idiocracy in 2006
blended in 2014. the expendables series from 2010 to and rumble in 2021 terry crews began
hosting america's got talent in 2019 following his involvement in the same role for the program
spinoff series america's got talent the champions a public advocate for women's rights and activists
against sexism terry crews has shared stories about the abuse his family endured at the hands of
his violent father and was also included among the group of people named as time person of the year
in 2017 for going public with stories of sexual assault during the metoo movement terry crews has
an estimated net worth of 26 million u.s dollars terry cruz's early life terry allen cruz was born
on july 30 1968 in flint michigan he's the son of patricia ann simpson and terry crews senior
the middle child of three he grew up in a strict christian household in flint and was raised mainly
by his mother who was 18 when he was born his father was an alcoholic and abusive to his mother
terry crews received a flute from his great aunt and took lessons for eight years he
spent a summer at interlock and 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 terry crews is six feet three inches tall or 1.91 meters tall about terry
crew's personal life terry crews 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 naomi burton cruz
asriel cruz who was born in 1990 tara cruz who was born in 1999 winfrey cruz who was born in 2004
and a son isaiah cruz who was born in 2005. isaiah cruz is also an actor in 2014 terry crews released
his autobiography manhood how to be a better man or just live with one in the book cruz 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's taken an
active role in speaking out about the condition and its impact including posting on facebook and
his dirty little secret series terry crews is a devout christian about terry crew's nfl career
terry crews played as a defensive end and linebacker in the national football league for the
los angeles rams he was drafted by the los angeles rams in the 11th round of the 1991 nfl draft
his career included stints with the rams for six games the green bay packers with no games
the san diego chargers for 10 games the washington redskins for 16 games and the philadelphia eagles
with no games he also played for the rhine fire of the world league of american football later
nfl europa during his 1995 season repeatedly cut from rosters terry crews often supplemented his
football income by receiving portrait commissions from teammates about terry crew's acting career in
1997 after retiring from the nfl terry crews moved to los angeles to pursue an acting career in 1999
he joined the cast of the game show battle dome as a character athlete which became his first acting
part during the next period of his career he primarily appeared in music videos and commercials
his first major role was in friday after next in 2002 starring rapper turned actor ice cube
2004 was a major year for terry crews as he landed a substantial role in the hit comedy white chicks
the added exposure led to appearances in films such as the longest yard for this film adam
sandler altered a character to specifically fit terry crews from 2005 to 2009 he played the role
of julius rock on the sitcom everybody hates chris this helped him reach a newfound level of fame
terry crews followed up with a leading role in the sitcom are we there yet which aired from 2010 to
2013 before being picked up for another season in 2018. during this period he also appeared
in films such as idiocracy in 2006 blended in 2014 and rumble in 2021 he starred in the bet
reality series the family cruise from 2010 to 2011 and hosted the us version of the game show
who wants to be a millionaire from 2014 to 2015. from 2013 to 2021 he portrayed terry jeffords in
the fox and nbc sitcom brooklyn nine-nine in 2019 he began hosting america's got talent following
his involvement in the same role for the program spin-off series america's got talent the champions
although terry crews is best known for his comedic roles he has also appeared in action movies such
as the expendables film franchise and deadpool 2. he's also well known for appearing in a number of
old spice commercials in addition he has become an established voice actor working on animated
projects such as american dad and cloudy with a chance of meatballs too about terry crews house
according to the dirt terry crews picked up a reginald johnson-designed pasadena estate for
5.6 million u.s dollars grabbing a great deal for himself with the asking price originally listed
at 6.9 million us dollars the pasadena house in los angeles was built in the early 1920s and sits
well back from the street on a flat 1.14 acre lot the home features 4 bedrooms 492 square meters of
living space at the back of the house balconies and a number of terraces overlooked a pill-shaped
swimming pool with a diving board surrounded by mature palm trees and green grassy lawns
two patios surround the pool while there's also a two bedroom guest house that's attached
to a three-car garage and at the far end of this property lies a full-size tennis court
nicely completing the sophisticated estate about terry crew's car collection terry crews owns or
has owned a cadillac cts a mercedes-benz g-wagon a mercedes-benz sls amg and a cadillac escalade
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