Matt Willig
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| Date of birth | January 21, 1969 |
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| Place of birth | La Mirada, California |
| Career information | |
| Position(s) | Offensive tackle |
| College | Southern California |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1992-1995 | New York Jets |
| 1996–1997 | Atlanta Falcons |
| 1998 | Green Bay Packers |
| 1999 | St. Louis Rams |
| 2000–2002 | San Francisco 49ers |
| 2003–2004 | Carolina Panthers |
| 2005 | St. Louis Rams |
| Career stats | |
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Matthew Joseph "Matt" Willig (born January 21, 1969) is an American actor and former American football offensive tackle in the National Football League. He stands 203 cm (6 feet, 8 inches).
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Early life
Willig was born in La Mirada, California. He played football and basketball at St. Paul High School (Santa Fe Springs, California). He played college football at the University of Southern California as a member of the 1989 Rose Bowl winning team. He was a public administration major.
Professional football career
Willig played 14 years for the Carolina Panthers, New York Jets, Atlanta Falcons, Green Bay Packers, St Louis Rams, and San Francisco 49ers. Willig won a Super Bowl ring while playing for the St Louis Rams.[1] He also made Super Bowl XXXVIII with the Carolina Panthers, but this time ended up on the losing side.
Acting career
He was portraying the character Special Agent Simon Cade in season eight of NCIS until the first episode of season nine which was aired on the 20th September 2011. In 2009, he had a supporting role as a brutish caveman tormenting Jack Black and Michael Cera in the motion picture Year One. He appeared as a gang member named Little Chino on the Showtime series, Dexter (2007). He has appeared as a bodyguard named Yuri on the NBC series Chuck, and also has appeared in an episode of My Name is Earl entitled "Bullies". Willig has acted in numerous national commercial campaigns, including a Capital One spot with David Spade, a Bud Light spot, and as an action hero in a Halls commercial. He also appeared in a season 7 episode of Malcolm In the Middle, as Crash, a recovering alcoholic, and had a small role in the 1993 Hong Kong action movie, Full Contact. He appeared in a minor role in iCarly as a truckdriver named "Sledghammer". He made another guest appearance on The Suite Life on Deck as a genie in season 2 episode 22. On Sonny with a Chance in the "Sonny Get Your Goat" episode, he appeared as "Limo", the mode of transportation to Tawni's motel room in a foreign country, and appeared in the Disney XD show Pair of Kings. Willig also had a supporting role in the second episode of Terriers. He played Mike Drake in the critically acclaimed independent thriller The Employer. He also appears in the upcoming film A Resurrection. In 2011, he was on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, as Billy Abbott's bodyguard, "Tank". More recently he played One Eye, a Mexican drug dealer, in We're The Millers and Gregorek in NBC's series Grimm. Willig also played former NFL player Justin Strzelczyk in the film Concussion.
He currently portrays Lash on the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D..
Willig voiced The Juggernaut in the Marvel game Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions.[2]
Personal life
Willig and his wife Chris live in the Walnut Acres neighborhood of Los Angeles.
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- 1969 births
- Living people
- American male voice actors
- American football offensive tackles
- Atlanta Falcons players
- Carolina Panthers players
- Green Bay Packers players
- New York Jets players
- Sportspeople from Los Angeles County, California
- San Francisco 49ers players
- St. Louis Rams players
- USC Trojans football players
- Super Bowl champions
- Players of American football from California
