John Daniel Tooz Matuszak was an American football defensive lineman in the National Football League and also an actor. Matuszak was born in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. He attended the University of Tampa and played for their football team. Matuszak also played for the Houston Oilers of the NFL and joined the Houston Texans of the World Football League, but never played for them. His first major role as an actor was in the 1979 movie "North Dallas Forty" as a football player. He also appeared in the movies "Caveman", "The Ice Pirates", and "One Crazy Summer" but is known for his role in "The Goonies". He also had guest appearances on popular TV shows "Perfect Strangers", "M*A*S*H", "The Dukes of Hazzard", "Hunter", "Silver Spoons", "The A-Team", "1st & Ten", "Miami Vice" and "Cheers". He died on June 17, 1989 aged 38 due to a heart failure.

Filmography

• 1990Down the Drain — Jed Stewart
• 1989Ghost Writer — Chuck Aaron
• 1989One Man Force — Jake
• Aaron's Way
• Superboy
• 1988The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission — Fred Collins
• The Charmings
• Amen
• 1986Charlie Barnett's Terms of Enrollment — TV Spokesman
• 1986Darlin' Clementine — Mountain Man
• 1986One Crazy Summer — Stain
• 1985Command 5 — Kowalski
• 1985Half Nelson
• Hollywood Beat — George Grinsky
• Tall Tales & Legends — Mountain Man
• 1985The Goonies — Sloth
• Hunter — Lincoln
• Miami Vice — Lascoe
• 1984The Ice Pirates — Killjoy
• The A-Team — Davey Miller
• Silver Spoons — Elmer
• 1981Caveman — Tonda
• 1979North Dallas Forty — O. W. Shaddock
• Trapper John, M.D.
• The World's Strongest Man — Competitor
• M*A*S*H — Hitalski
• Monday Night Football — Defensive Tackle, Defensive end, Defensive End

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 1987The Joe Piscopo Halloween Party — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self