Terrence Alan Crews Jr. (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

• 100 Cooks — Host - Self
• 2026PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie — Alistair Stonewall (voice)
• Everybody Still Hates Chris — Julius (voice), Producer
• 2024The Killer's Game — Creighton Lovedahl
• The Ultimate Improv Show — Monologist
• Tales of the Walking Dead — Joe
• 2021Rumble — Tentacular (voice)
• 2020John Henry — John Henry, Executive Producer
• Space Force — General Neyman Aggroad
• 2020The Willoughbys — Commander Melanoff (voice)
• America's Got Talent: The Champions
• 2019Man Made — Themself
• 2019Red Nose Day 2019 — Host
• Craig of the Creek — Duane (voice), Duane / Kit's Dad (voice), Duane / Bobby Bodega (voice)
• 2018Deadpool 2 — Bedlam
• 2018Once Upon a Deadpool — Bedlam
• 2018Sorry to Bother You — Sergio
• Do You Want to See a Dead Body?
• 2017Sandy Wexler — 'Bedtime' Bobby Barnes
• Ultimate Beastmaster — Host - US
• 2017Where's the Money — Leon
• Terry Crews Saves Christmas — Self, Executive Producer
• CelebriD&D — Thodak the Blacksmith
• 2015The Ridiculous 6 — Chico
• World's Funniest Fails — Host
• 2014Blended — Nickens
• 2014Draft Day — Earl Jennings
• 2014Reach Me — Wilson
• 2014The Expendables 3 — Hale Caesar
• 2014The Single Moms Club — Branson
• 2014VeggieTales: Celery Night Fever — Bruce Onion / Terry Turnip (Voice)
• 2013Aztec Warrior — Juan Claudio
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine — Terry Jeffords
• 2013Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 — Earl Devereaux (voice)
• Drunk History — Donald 'Cinque' DeFreeze, Joe Louis
• 2013Earl Scouts — Earl (voice)
• Marvel's Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. — Blade (voice)
• 2013Scary Movie 5 — Martin Jacobs
• 2012The Expendables 2 — Hale Caesar
• The Newsroom — Lonny Church
• 2011Bridesmaids — Boot Camp Instructor
• Are We There Yet? — Nick Persons
• 2010Lottery Ticket — Jimmy the Driver
• Regular Show — Broc Stettman (voice)
• 2010The Expendables — Hale Caesar
• The Family Crews
• 2009Gamer — Hackman
• 2009Middle Men — James
• 2009Terminator Salvation — Captain Jericho
• 2008Get Smart — Agent 91
• 2008Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd Out of Control — Agent 91
• 2008Street Kings — Detective Terrence Washington
• 2007Balls Out: The Making of 'Balls of Fury'
• 2007Balls of Fury — Freddy
• 2007How to Rob a Bank — Officer DeGepse
• 2007Norbit — Big Jack Latimore
• 2007Who's Your Caddy? — Tank
• 2006Behind the Smile — Big James
• 2006Click — Singing Driver (uncredited)
• 2006Idiocracy — President Camacho
• 2006Inland Empire — Street Person #3
• Jamie Kennedy's Blowin' Up
• 2006Puff, Puff, Pass — Cold Crush
• 2006The Alibi — Crazy Eight
• 2006The Benchwarmers — Poker Guy #1
• American Dad! — Heinrich Brown (voice)
• Everybody Hates Chris — Julius
• 2005Harsh Times — Darrell
• Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out
• The Boondocks — Niggas (voice), The Health Inspector/Defendant (voice), Man in Parking Lot (voice)
• 2005The Longest Yard — Cheeseburger Eddy
• 2004Baadasssss! — Big T
• 2004Soul Plane — Thug (Flight Attendant)
• 2004Starsky & Hutch — Porter
• 2004White Chicks — Latrell Spencer
• Arrested Development — Herbert Love
• 2003Deliver Us from Eva — Big Bartender
• 2003Malibu's Most Wanted — 8 Ball
• CSI: Miami — Craig Waters
• 2002Friday After Next — Damon
• 2002Serving Sara — Vernon
• My Wife and Kids
• 2001Training Day — Gang Member (uncredited)
• 2000Next Friday — Security
• 2000The 6th Day — Vincent
• Battle Dome — T-Money
• Cops — Executive Producer
• Inauguration Day — Anthony
• Motion

Appearances as themselves (60)

• 2026Untold Mr. T: I Pity the Fool — Self
• After Midnight — Self - Guest
• America's Got Talent: Fantasy League — Self - Host
• Dinner Time Live with David Chang — Self
• Is It Cake? Holiday — Self - Guest Judge
• America's Got Talent: All-Stars — Self - Host
• 20222022 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson — Self
• About Last Night — Self
• America's Got Talent: Extreme — Self - Host
• 2022Goodbye Brooklyn Nine-Nine — Self
• 2022Halloween in Hollywood — Self
• Sherri — Self - Guest
• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self - Guest
• Last Meals — Self
• 2021Olympic Dreams Featuring Jonas Brothers — Self - Commentator
• That's My Jam — Self - Guest
• Celebrity IOU — Self
• 2020LA Originals — Self
• LEGO Masters — Self
• A Little Late with Lilly Singh — Self
• Food Fears — Self - Guest
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• 2018A Very Terry Christmas: Get Cozy With Terry Crews — Self
• GQ Presents: Iconic Characters — Self
• What the Fit — Self
• Drop the Mic — Self
• Steve — Self
• The Hollywood Puppet Show — Self
• A Little of Your Time with Quinn Marcus — Self
• The $100,000 Pyramid — Self
• Celebrity Family Feud — Self
• Hot Ones — Self
• Jay Leno's Garage — Self
• Lip Sync Battle — Self
• StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson — Self
• Taraji's White Hot Holidays — Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self - Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self, Self - Guest
• Running Wild with Bear Grylls — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
• Hollywood Game Night — Self
• 2012Gods of War: Assembling Earth's Mightiest Anti-Heroes — Self
• Good Mythical Morning — Self
• Studio C — Self - Special Guest
• Conan — Self - Guest
• 2010Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables' — Self
• The Talk — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• America's Got Talent — Self - Host
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self, Self - Guest
• The Bachelor — Self
• Teen Choice Awards — Self - Presenter
• The Early Show — Self
• The View — Self
• The Daily Show — Self
• MTV Europe Music Awards — Self - Announcer, Self - Presenter
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• Casseta & Planeta, Urgente! — Self
• The Grammys — Self
• CREWS CONTROL — Himself