Terry Crews

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.

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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 58)

Origin

Flint, Michigan, United States

Height

188 cm

Occupation

actor / voice actor / artist / American football player / film actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Monkey

University

Western Michigan University

• Official sitehttps://www.terrycrews.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/terrycrews/
• Xhttps://x.com/terrycrews
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry%20Crews
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q271464

Tags

• Michigan
• actor
• voice actor
• artist

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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