Terry Crews

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.

Filmography (137 Appearances)

PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie

Upcoming (2026)

Inauguration Day

TBA

Motion

TBA

Is It Cake? Holiday

2024

Everybody Still Hates Chris

2024

The Killer's Game

2024

Dinner Time Live with David Chang

2024

After Midnight

2024

America's Got Talent: Fantasy League

2024

America's Got Talent: All-Stars

2023

2022 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson

2022

Halloween in Hollywood

2022

The Jennifer Hudson Show

2022

Sherri

2022

Tales of the Walking Dead

2022

Goodbye Brooklyn Nine-Nine

2022

America's Got Talent: Extreme

2022

About Last Night

2022

That's My Jam

2021

Olympic Dreams Featuring Jonas Brothers

2021

Rumble

2021

Space Force

2020

The Willoughbys

2020

Celebrity IOU

2020

LA Originals

2020

LEGO Masters

2020

John Henry

2020

A Little Late with Lilly Singh

2019

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019

Food Fears

2019

Red Nose Day 2019

2019

Man Made

2019

America's Got Talent: The Champions

2019

A Very Terry Christmas: Get Cozy With Terry Crews

2018

Once Upon a Deadpool

2018

Sorry to Bother You

2018

Deadpool 2

2018

Craig of the Creek

2018

GQ Presents: Iconic Characters

2018

What the Fit

2018

Do You Want to See a Dead Body?

2017

Drop the Mic

2017

Where's the Money

2017

The Hollywood Puppet Show

2017

Sandy Wexler

2017

Ultimate Beastmaster

2017

Terry Crews Saves Christmas

2016

A Little of Your Time with Quinn Marcus

2016

The $100,000 Pyramid

2016

The Ridiculous 6

2015

Taraji's White Hot Holidays

2015

CelebriD&D

2015

Jay Leno's Garage

2015

Celebrity Family Feud

2015

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson

2015

Lip Sync Battle

2015

The Late Late Show with James Corden

2015

Hot Ones

2015

World's Funniest Fails

2015

The Expendables 3

2014

VeggieTales: Celery Night Fever

2014

Running Wild with Bear Grylls

2014

Blended

2014

Draft Day

2014

Reach Me

2014

The Single Moms Club

2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

Earl Scouts

2013

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

2013

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

2013

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

2013

Hollywood Game Night

2013

Drunk History

2013

Scary Movie 5

2013

Aztec Warrior

2013

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

2012

Studio C

2012

The Expendables 2

2012

The Newsroom

2012

Good Mythical Morning

2012

Bridesmaids

2011

Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'

2010

Regular Show

2010

Lottery Ticket

2010

The Expendables

2010

Are We There Yet?

2010

The Family Crews

2010

Gamer

2009

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

Terminator Salvation

2009

Middle Men

2009

Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd Out of Control

2008

Get Smart

2008

Street Kings

2008

Balls of Fury

2007

Who's Your Caddy?

2007

Norbit

2007

How to Rob a Bank

2007

Inland Empire

2006

Idiocracy

2006

Click

2006

America's Got Talent

2006

Jamie Kennedy's Blowin' Up

2006

Puff, Puff, Pass

2006

The Benchwarmers

2006

Behind the Smile

2006

The Alibi

2006

The Boondocks

2005

Everybody Hates Chris

2005

Harsh Times

2005

Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out

2005

The Longest Yard

2005

American Dad!

2005

White Chicks

2004

Soul Plane

2004

Baadasssss!

2004

Starsky & Hutch

2004

Arrested Development

2003

Malibu's Most Wanted

2003

Deliver Us from Eva

2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003

Friday After Next

2002

CSI: Miami

2002

Serving Sara

2002

The Bachelor

2002

Training Day

2001

My Wife and Kids

2001

The 6th Day

2000 Debut

The Early Show

1999

Battle Dome

1999

Teen Choice Awards

1999

The View

1997

The Daily Show

1996

MTV Europe Music Awards

1994

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

Casseta & Planeta, Urgente!

1992
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