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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 25, 1950
Died
June 17, 1989
Place of Birth
Oak Creek, Wisconsin, USA
John Matuszak
0.5 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
Credits
Down the Drain
as Jed Stewart
1990
4.0
Ghost Writer
as Chuck Aaron
1989
4.4
One Man Force
as Jake
1989
4.3
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
as Fred Collins
1988
5.2
Superboy
1988
6.4
🎬
Aaron's Way
1988
5.0
The Joe Piscopo Halloween Party
as Self
1987
0.0
The Charmings
1987
4.8
Charlie Barnett's Terms of Enrollment
1986
0.0
Amen
1986
6.6
One Crazy Summer
as Stain
1986
6.0
Darlin' Clementine
as Mountain Man
1986
0.0
Tall Tales & Legends
as Mountain Man
1985
5.4
Hollywood Beat
as George Grinsky
1985
5.0
Command 5
as Kowalski
1985
1.0
The Goonies
as Sloth
1985
7.5
Half Nelson
1985
0.0
Hunter
as Lincoln
1984
7.2
Miami Vice
1984
7.5
The Ice Pirates
as Killjoy
1984
5.6
The A-Team
as Davey Miller
1983
7.5
Caveman
as Tonda
1981
6.5
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
6.5
North Dallas Forty
as O. W. Shaddock
1979
6.7
The World's Strongest Man
as Competitor
1977
0.0
M*A*S*H
as Hitalski
1972
7.9
Monday Night Football
as Defensive Tackle
1970
0.0
Monday Night Football
as Defensive end
1970
0.0
Monday Night Football
as Defensive End
1970
0.0
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4