About

Terry Crews is an American actor and former professional athlete known for his roles in television shows like Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Everybody Hates Chris as well as his roles in films including Are We There Yet? and White Chicks. He also was the star of a famous advertising campaign with Old Spice body spray.

History

Crews was born on July 30th, 1968 in Flint, Michigan.^[1] He played defensive end for Western Michigan University, and was later drafted to the NFL by the St. Louis Rams in 1991. He played with the Rams, Chargers, Redskins, and Eagles before leaving football in 1997. He began pursuing a career in film, and eventually got into acting. His breakout role came in the film Friday After Next starring Ice Cube. He began growing in popularity after appearing in the film White Chicks, where he famously was in a scene as a man with a humorous affection for Vanessa Carlton's "A Thousand Miles" (shown below).

Crews played the father on the UPN sitcom Everybody Hates Chris, had a similar role in the TBS sitcom Are We There Yet? and currently plays Sergeant Terry Jeffords in Fox's Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

Adam Venit Sexual Assault Allegation

During the fallout of the Harvey Weinstein Sexual Assault Allegations, Crews alleged a high-level Hollywood executive groped him at a party in 2016, but he did not come forward for fear of retaliation. That person was later revealed to be Adam Venit, head of the motion picture department of the talent company William Morris Endeavor. On December 15th, Crews alleged on Twitter that his family was being tracked and possibly bugged for his claims.^[2]

On June 26th, Crews testified about the sexual assault before the United States Senate. During the testimony, Crews claimed that the producer of the Expendables 4 demanded Crews drop his case against Venit in order to be in the film (shown below).

That day, rapper 50 Cent posted an image macro mocking Crews for freezing during the incident, claiming that they would "have had to take me to jail" (shown below). The post was subsequently deleted. Also on June 26th, Crews told TMZ^[5] reporters that he "loves 50 Cent" and that he "proved that size doesn't matter when it comes to sexual assault."

Related Memes

Terry Crews: Old Spice

Terry Crews: Old Spice refers to a series of television commercials for the Old Spice deodorant brand starring Crews. On March 31st, 2010, Old Spice uploaded the "Odor Blockers" series of commercials to their official YouTube channel (shown below). The videos starred Terry Crews and were directed by Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim from the sketch comedy television series Tim and Eric Awesome Show.

The commercials were later parodied in YouTube Poop videos online (examples shown below).

A Picture of Terry Crews In My Wallet

On September 9th, 2016, Twitter user @MrDanielCabral posted a tweet showing a picture of Crews in his wallet, which he placed there to remind him not to spend money frivolously. His tweet gained over 220,000 retweets and 330,000 likes (shown below).

On September 27th, 2016, Crews acknowledged the viral tweet by posting a picture to Instagram of his own wallet featuring a picture of him placed there for the same reason. His post gained over 104,000 likes (shown below).

Doomfist Voice Speculation

On September 7th, 2016, the Arekkz Gaming YouTube channel released a video speculating that Doomfist may be the next playable Overwatch hero (shown below).

On January 4th, Crews tweeted asking his followers asking if they wanted to hear him voice Doomfist.^[3] This tweet was co-signed by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (shown below).

On February 3rd, 2017, the Yahoo Esports YouTube channel released a video in which actor Terry Crews performs a mock audition for the character (shown below, right). Within five months, the video garnered upwards of 1.2 million views and 2,100 comments. Crews did not end up voicing Doomfist.

Viral Videos

Crews has been the subject of several viral videos online. For example, on March 30th, 2017, he appeared in a video for Business Insider in which he explained why he built his own PC that gained over 1.2 million views (shown below, left). This also led to a Photoshop Battle posted to /r/photoshopbattles^[4] revolving around Crews and his PC. On October 5th, 2017, First We Feast uploaded a Hot Ones episode featuring Crews eating hot foods. The video was very popular, gaining over 7.3 million views (shown below, right).

Search Interest

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