Matt Willig
Matthew Joseph Willig is an American actor and former American football offensive tackle in the National Football League. He stands 203 cm.
Early life
Willig was born in La Mirada, California. He played football and basketball at St. Paul High School. 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 was on the winning St. Louis Rams team in Super Bowl XXXIV, and on the losing Carolina Panthers' team in Super Bowl XXXVIII.Acting career
Willig portrayed Special Agent Simon Cade in season eight of NCIS until the first episode of season nine. 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. 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 2013 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 also played Lash in the third season of the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D..In 2014, he appeared in Season 1 of Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Brandon Jacoby.
Willig voiced Juggernaut in the Marvel game .
Personal life
Willig was raised Catholic. He supported the NOH8 Campaign in opposition to California Proposition 8, which made same-sex marriage illegal in the state of California. He criticized "the complete hypocrisy that goes on with the Church, and their stance on gays", and that he had "evolved into feeling that equality and treating everyone the same is the utmost important thing". Despite his disagreement with the Church's stance on same-sex marriage, he was still a practicing Catholic as of 2012.Willig has two daughters.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2006 | Malcolm in the Middle | Crash | Episode: "A.A." |
| 2006 | The West Wing | Famous Athlete | Episode: "Two Weeks Out" |
| 2006 | Everybody Hates Chris | Jason | Episode: "Everybody Hates Superstition" |
| 2007 | Dexter | Little Chino | 2 episodes |
| 2007 | Chuck | Uri | Episode: "Chuck Versus the Tango" |
| 2008 | Shark | Hank 'Buzz' Busby | Episode: "Partners in Crime" |
| 2008 | iCarly | Sledgehammer | Episode: "iHurt Lewbert" |
| 2009 | Hydra | Gunner | TV Movie |
| 2009 | My Name Is Earl | Wally | Episode: "Bullies" |
| 2009 | ' | Gorth | Episode: "A Space Oddity" |
| 2010 | Cold Case | Chuck 'French' Jaworski '74 | Episode: "The Runaway Bunny" |
| 2010 | Sonny with a Chance | Lee Moe | Episode: "Sonny Get Your Goat" |
| 2010 | The Suite Life on Deck | Genie | Uncredited; Episode: "Rock the Kasbah" |
| 2010 | Terriers | Montell | Episode: "Dog and Pony" |
| 2010 | Playing with Guns | Larry | TV Pilot |
| 2010-2011 | Pair of Kings | Tarantula Leader | 3 episodes; Uncredited in two |
| 2011 | Chuck | Yuri the Gobbler | Episode: "Chuck Versus the Gobbler" |
| 2011 | The Nine Lives of Chloe King | Raoni | Episode: "Dogs of War" |
| 2011 | NCIS | NCIS Special Agent Simon Cade | 4 episodes |
| 2011 | The Young and the Restless | Tank | 3 episodes |
| 2012 | Kickin' It | Mondo | Episode: "Rowdy Rudy" |
| 2012 | The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange | Cash & Smash Thug #2 | Episode: "C.E.O. - Chief Executive Orange" |
| 2013 | Grimm | Gregorek | Episode: "Cold Blooded" |
| 2014 | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Brandon Jacoby | Episode: "The Ebony Falcon" |
| 2014 | The Legend of Korra | Muscly Man | Episode: "The Stakeout" |
| 2015 | Battle Creek | Dealer | Episode: "The Battle Creek Way" |
| 2015-2016 | Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Lash | Recurring |
| 2016 | Flaked | Granger | 2 episodes |
| 2016 | Blunt Talk | Tiny | 3 episodes |
| 2017 | Type A | Sergeant Dodds | TV Pilot |
| 2018 | The Guest Book | Captain Preposterous | 1 episode |
| 2018 | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | Hard Man #3 | 1 episode |
| 2018 | The Loud House | Prisoner | Episode: "Tripped!" |
| 2019 | Charmed | Dante | Episode: "Keep calm and Harry on" |
| Year | Title | Role |
| 2010 | ' | Juggernaut |