And the Oscar for best performance by a former NFL star in a movie goes to...

[TigerVols]

...who?

Other than Dan Marino in Ace Ventura, what former NFL stars have made good actors?

 

[dooley_womack1]

--Alex Karras in Blazing Saddles.
--OJ Simpson in the Naked Gun movies.
--Brett Favre in Something About Mary.

 

[poindexter]

The Juice, starring in The Glove Don't Fit.

 

[dooley_womack1]

Re: And the Oscar for best performance by a former NFL star in a movie goes to..

**** Butkus in Gus.

 

[21]

 

[Columbo]

John Matuszak in Caveman

 

[markvid]

Re: And the Oscar for best performance by a former NFL star in a movie goes to..

Jim Brown in Dirty Dozen

 

[Songbird]

John Matuszak in Caveman

I think you're right about that. I know that Matuszak was in a movie, just can't remember which one.

 

[Ace]

Fred Williamson.

 

[Freelance Hack]

Re: And the Oscar for best performance by a former NFL star in a movie goes to..

Carl Weathers -- Happy Gilmore.

 

[Songbird]

Carl Weathers -- Happy Gilmore.

and Rocky I, II, III and IV.

 

[Chi City 81]

Jim Brown in Dirty Dozen

Yup. Liked him in He Got Game, too.

 

[Lester Bangs]

Terry Bradshaw was actually pretty good in "Failure to Launch"

 

[The Big Ragu]

Re: And the Oscar for best performance by a former NFL star in a movie goes to..

John Matuszak in Caveman

I think you're right about that. I know that Matuszak was in a movie, just can't remember which one.

North Dallas Forty, also. Good movie if you can suspend belief and accept hefty Nick Nolte as a wide receiver.

 

[shockey]

ditka.



oscar-calibre performance in "kicking & screaming."

 

[Ace]

Re: And the Oscar for best performance by a former NFL star in a movie goes to..

Can Larry Csonka get an Emmy for his performance in The Six Million Dollar Man?

What about **** Butkus? He's always believable as a coach.

 

[Chuck~Taylor]

Jim Brown in Dirty Dozen

Yup. Liked him in He Got Game, too.

Jesus Shuttlesworth
The.Greatest.Name.Of.All.Time

 

[BYH]

UN Jefferson ends this thread.

"After all...you're nerds."

 

[Chi City 81]

UN Jefferson ends this thread.

"After all...you're nerds."

Wasn't he also in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure?

 

[TigerVols]

Carl Weathers -- Happy Gilmore.

and Rocky I, II, III and IV.

And the upcoming The Comebacks, FWIW