Terry (I) Crews filmography and biography
Date of birth: 30 July 1968, Flint, Michigan, USA
Terry (I) Crews biography
A native of Flint, Michigan. Earned an Art Excellence Scholarship to
attend Western Michigan University and also earned a full-ride athletic
scholarship to play football. Crews was an All-Conference defensive
end, and was a major contributor on the 1988 MAC champion WMU Broncos.
His college success was rewarded in 1991, when he was Drafted by the
NFL's San Diego Chargers.
Crews played six years in the NFL with stints at the L.A. Rams, San
Diego Chargers , Rhein Fire (NFL Europe-Germany), Washington Redskins
and Philadelphia Eagles. While in the NFL, used his art talent by
painting a line of NFL licensed lithographs for Sierra Sun Editions.
In 1996, Crews co-wrote and co-produced the independent feature film
Young Boys Incorporated.
Crews retired from the NFL in 1997 and moved to Los Angeles in to pursue
an acting career. Crews' first break came in 1999 when he auditioned
for the extreme sports show called "Battle Dome" with other
actor-athletes from around the country. Crews was chosen to be a series
regular known as the urban warrior, T-Money.
In 2000, Crews made his big screen debut in "The 6th Day". Since then he
has landed roles in "Serving Sara" (2002), "Friday After Next" (2002),
"Deliver Us from Eva" (2003), "Malibu's Most Wanted" (2003), "Starsky &
Hutch" (2004), "Soul Plane" (2004), "White Chicks" (2004), and the Mike
Judge film, "Idiocracy" (2006).
Terry (I) Crews trivia
- He is the uncle of actress Storm Ascher.
- He has 5 children, 4 girls and a boy.