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My Take
Terry Crews is, to my mind, one of the great second acts in American entertainment. A kid from Flint, Michigan who fought his way through professional football, then reinvented himself as a comedic actor who weaponizes his intimidating physique for tenderness. His Terry Jeffords in Brooklyn Nine-Nine works precisely because the muscles frame a gentle, anxious soul. He paints, he voices animation, he hosts television; the range is genuinely unusual. What I admire most is the openness he brings to everything, a warmth that feels earned rather than performed. Flint toughness turned into generosity is a rare alchemy.
Overview
Terry Alan Crews (born July 30, 1968) is an American actor, television host, and former professional football player. He played Julius Rock in the UPN/CW sitcom Everybody Hates Chris, which aired from 2005 to 2009, and portrayed Terry Jeffords in the Fox and NBC sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013–2021).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Terry Crews
- Name (Japanese)
- テリー・クルーズ
- Reading
- てりー・くるーず
- Born
- July 30, 1968 (age 57)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Monkey
- Origin
- Flint, Michigan, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / voice actor / artist / American football player / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Western Michigan University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.