Terry Crews

Terry Crews

Known for
Acting
Born
July 30, 1968 (age 58)
Birthplace
Flint, Michigan, USA

Biography

Terrence Alan Crews Jr. (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.

Known For

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Filmography

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Inauguration Day

Inauguration Day

Movie · as Anthony

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CREWS CONTROL poster

CREWS CONTROL

Movie · as Himself

2026
PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie poster

PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie

Movie · as Alistair Stonewall (voice)

2026
Untold Mr. T: I Pity the Fool poster

Untold Mr. T: I Pity the Fool

Movie · as Self

2026
100 Cooks poster

100 Cooks

TV · as Host - Self · 9 eps

2026
Battle of the Streaming Stars poster

Battle of the Streaming Stars

TV · as Himself - Host · 1 ep

2024
The Killer's Game poster

The Killer's Game

Movie · as Creighton Lovedahl

2024
America's Got Talent: Fantasy League poster

America's Got Talent: Fantasy League

TV · as Self - Host · 8 eps

2024
Dinner Time Live with David Chang poster

Dinner Time Live with David Chang

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2024
After Midnight poster

After Midnight

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2024
Everybody Still Hates Chris poster

Everybody Still Hates Chris

TV · as Julius (voice) · 20 eps

2024
Is It Cake? Holiday poster

Is It Cake? Holiday

TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep

2023
America's Got Talent: All-Stars poster

America's Got Talent: All-Stars

TV · as Self - Host · 9 eps

2023
The Ultimate Improv Show poster

The Ultimate Improv Show

TV · as Monologist · 1 ep

2022
Goodbye Brooklyn Nine-Nine poster

Goodbye Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Movie · as Self

2022
Halloween in Hollywood poster

Halloween in Hollywood

Movie · as Self

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

2022 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson

Movie · as Self

2022
America's Got Talent: Extreme poster

America's Got Talent: Extreme

TV · as Self - Host · 4 eps

2022
About Last Night poster

About Last Night

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show poster

The Jennifer Hudson Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 5 eps

2022
Sherri poster

Sherri

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2022
Tales of the Walking Dead poster

Tales of the Walking Dead

TV · as Joe · 1 ep

2021
Olympic Dreams Featuring Jonas Brothers

Olympic Dreams Featuring Jonas Brothers

Movie · as Self - Commentator

2021
Rumble poster

Rumble

Movie · as Tentacular (voice)

2021
That's My Jam poster

That's My Jam

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2021
Last Meals poster

Last Meals

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2020
The Willoughbys poster

The Willoughbys

Movie · as Commander Melanoff (voice)

2020
John Henry poster

John Henry

Movie · as John Henry

2020
LA Originals poster

LA Originals

Movie · as Self

2020
Space Force poster

Space Force

TV · as General Neyman Aggroad · 1 ep

2020
Celebrity IOU poster

Celebrity IOU

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2020
LEGO Masters poster

LEGO Masters

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
Man Made poster

Man Made

Movie · as Themself

2019
Red Nose Day 2019 poster

Red Nose Day 2019

Movie · as Host

2019
A Little Late with Lilly Singh poster

A Little Late with Lilly Singh

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
America's Got Talent: The Champions poster

America's Got Talent: The Champions

TV · 7 eps

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2019
Food Fears

Food Fears

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2018
Sorry to Bother You poster

Sorry to Bother You

Movie · as Sergio

2018
Deadpool 2 poster

Deadpool 2

Movie · as Bedlam

2018
A Very Terry Christmas: Get Cozy With Terry Crews poster

A Very Terry Christmas: Get Cozy With Terry Crews

Movie · as Self

2018
Once Upon a Deadpool poster

Once Upon a Deadpool

Movie · as Bedlam

2018
Craig of the Creek poster

Craig of the Creek

TV · as Duane (voice), Duane / Kit's Dad (voice), Duane / Bobby Bodega (voice) · 23 eps

2018
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters poster

GQ Presents: Iconic Characters

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
What the Fit poster

What the Fit

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2017
Sandy Wexler poster

Sandy Wexler

Movie · as 'Bedtime' Bobby Barnes

2017
Where's the Money poster

Where's the Money

Movie · as Leon

2017
Ultimate Beastmaster poster

Ultimate Beastmaster

TV · as Host - US · 10 eps

2017
Do You Want to See a Dead Body? poster

Do You Want to See a Dead Body?

TV · 1 ep

2017
Drop the Mic poster

Drop the Mic

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2017
The Hollywood Puppet Show poster

The Hollywood Puppet Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2017
Steve poster

Steve

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2016
Terry Crews Saves Christmas poster

Terry Crews Saves Christmas

TV · as Self · 5 eps

2016
The $100,000 Pyramid poster

The $100,000 Pyramid

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2016
A Little of Your Time with Quinn Marcus poster

A Little of Your Time with Quinn Marcus

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
The Ridiculous 6 poster

The Ridiculous 6

Movie · as Chico

2015
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson poster

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
CelebriD&D poster

CelebriD&D

TV · as Thodak the Blacksmith · 1 ep

2015
Lip Sync Battle poster

Lip Sync Battle

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden poster

The Late Late Show with James Corden

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2015
Hot Ones poster

Hot Ones

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
Taraji's White Hot Holidays poster

Taraji's White Hot Holidays

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
Celebrity Family Feud poster

Celebrity Family Feud

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
World's Funniest Fails poster

World's Funniest Fails

TV · as Host · 18 eps

2015
Jay Leno's Garage poster

Jay Leno's Garage

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
The Expendables 3 poster

The Expendables 3

Movie · as Hale Caesar

2014
Draft Day poster

Draft Day

Movie · as Earl Jennings

2014
Blended poster

Blended

Movie · as Nickens

2014
Reach Me poster

Reach Me

Movie · as Wilson

2014
The Single Moms Club poster

The Single Moms Club

Movie · as Branson

2014
VeggieTales: Celery Night Fever poster

VeggieTales: Celery Night Fever

Movie · as Bruce Onion / Terry Turnip (Voice)

2014
Running Wild with Bear Grylls poster

Running Wild with Bear Grylls

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 3 eps

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2013
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 poster

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

Movie · as Earl Devereaux (voice)

2013
Aztec Warrior poster

Aztec Warrior

Movie · as Juan Claudio

2013
Earl Scouts poster

Earl Scouts

Movie · as Earl (voice)

2013
Scary Movie 5 poster

Scary Movie 5

Movie · as Martin Jacobs

2013
Brooklyn Nine-Nine poster

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

TV · as Terry Jeffords · 152 eps

2013
Drunk History poster

Drunk History

TV · as Donald 'Cinque' DeFreeze, Joe Louis · 1 ep

2013
Hollywood Game Night poster

Hollywood Game Night

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
Marvel's Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. poster

Marvel's Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.

TV · as Blade (voice) · 1 ep

2012
The Expendables 2 poster

The Expendables 2

Movie · as Hale Caesar

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

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

Movie · as Self

2012
Good Mythical Morning poster

Good Mythical Morning

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
The Newsroom poster

The Newsroom

TV · as Lonny Church · 5 eps

2012
Studio C poster

Studio C

TV · as Self - Special Guest · 1 ep

2011
Bridesmaids poster

Bridesmaids

Movie · as Boot Camp Instructor

2010
The Expendables poster

The Expendables

Movie · as Hale Caesar

2010
Lottery Ticket poster

Lottery Ticket

Movie · as Jimmy the Driver

2010
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables' poster

Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'

Movie · as Self

2010
The Family Crews

The Family Crews

TV · 22 eps

2010
Are We There Yet? poster

Are We There Yet?

TV · as Nick Persons · 100 eps

2010
Regular Show poster

Regular Show

TV · as Broc Stettman (voice) · 1 ep

2010
Conan poster

Conan

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2010
The Talk poster

The Talk

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
Gamer poster

Gamer

Movie · as Hackman

2009
Middle Men poster

Middle Men

Movie · as James

2009
Terminator Salvation poster

Terminator Salvation

Movie · as Captain Jericho

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

2008
Get Smart poster

Get Smart

Movie · as Agent 91

2008
Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd Out of Control poster

Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd Out of Control

Movie · as Agent 91

2008
Street Kings poster

Street Kings

Movie · as Detective Terrence Washington

2007
Balls of Fury poster

Balls of Fury

Movie · as Freddy

2007
Norbit poster

Norbit

Movie · as Big Jack Latimore

2007
How to Rob a Bank poster

How to Rob a Bank

Movie · as Officer DeGepse

2007
Who's Your Caddy? poster

Who's Your Caddy?

Movie · as Tank

2007
Balls Out: The Making of 'Balls of Fury' poster

Balls Out: The Making of 'Balls of Fury'

Movie

2006
Idiocracy poster

Idiocracy

Movie · as President Camacho

2006
Puff, Puff, Pass poster

Puff, Puff, Pass

Movie · as Cold Crush

2006
The Benchwarmers poster

The Benchwarmers

Movie · as Poker Guy #1

2006
The Alibi poster

The Alibi

Movie · as Crazy Eight

2006
Inland Empire poster

Inland Empire

Movie · as Street Person #3

2006
Click poster

Click

Movie · as Singing Driver (uncredited)

2006
Behind the Smile poster

Behind the Smile

Movie · as Big James

2006
Jamie Kennedy's Blowin' Up

Jamie Kennedy's Blowin' Up

TV · 8 eps

2006
America's Got Talent poster

America's Got Talent

TV · as Self - Host · 196 eps

2005
Harsh Times poster

Harsh Times

Movie · as Darrell

2005
The Longest Yard poster

The Longest Yard

Movie · as Cheeseburger Eddy

2005
Everybody Hates Chris poster

Everybody Hates Chris

TV · as Julius · 88 eps

2005
Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out poster

Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out

TV · 1 ep

2005
The Boondocks poster

The Boondocks

TV · as Niggas (voice), The Health Inspector/Defendant (voice), Man in Parking Lot (voice) · 1 ep

2005
American Dad! poster

American Dad!

TV · as Heinrich Brown (voice) · 2 eps

2004
White Chicks poster

White Chicks

Movie · as Latrell Spencer

2004
Baadasssss! poster

Baadasssss!

Movie · as Big T

2004
Starsky & Hutch poster

Starsky & Hutch

Movie · as Porter

2004
Soul Plane poster

Soul Plane

Movie · as Thug (Flight Attendant)

2003
Deliver Us from Eva poster

Deliver Us from Eva

Movie · as Big Bartender

2003
Malibu's Most Wanted poster

Malibu's Most Wanted

Movie · as 8 Ball

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 2 eps

2003
Arrested Development poster

Arrested Development

TV · as Herbert Love · 5 eps

2002
Friday After Next poster

Friday After Next

Movie · as Damon

2002
Serving Sara poster

Serving Sara

Movie · as Vernon

2002
CSI: Miami poster

CSI: Miami

TV · as Craig Waters · 1 ep

2002
The Bachelor poster

The Bachelor

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2001
Training Day poster

Training Day

Movie · as Gang Member (uncredited)

2001
My Wife and Kids poster

My Wife and Kids

TV · 1 ep

2000
The 6th Day poster

The 6th Day

Movie · as Vincent

1999
Battle Dome poster

Battle Dome

TV · as T-Money · 44 eps

1999
The Early Show poster

The Early Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1999
Teen Choice Awards poster

Teen Choice Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1994
MTV Europe Music Awards poster

MTV Europe Music Awards

TV · as Self - Announcer, Self - Presenter · 1 ep

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1992
Casseta & Planeta, Urgente! poster

Casseta & Planeta, Urgente!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1959
The Grammys poster

The Grammys

TV · as Self · 1 ep