It's been one of the worst kept secrets over the past year or two, and even now that it's out in the open, we're not sure many people will really care.
Bills receiver Terrell Owens wants to be an actor.
Owens admitted his post-football plans during a Wednesday conference call with New Orleans reporters.
"I'm definitely by far a better football player than an actor," Owens said, in an attempt at self-deprecation that was far more accurate that many of the things he ever has said. "That's something I want to get into after football and I jump on it and talked to a lot of people in production with my show. Practice makes perfect and once after the season is over I'm going to take some classes and after I'm done, I'm probably going to try to link up with Dwayne Johnson, the Rock and Chris Rock and some other guys, Morris Chestnut, I'm good friends with Jamie Foxx and see where it goes."
Yeah, let's see where it goes. Maybe T.O. will be the next Jim Brown. Or Fred Williamson. Or Brian Bosworth. Or Howie Long. Or Jason Taylor.
Actually, the only former NFL players who, to our recollection, ever did anything in acting were Ed Marinaro and Fred Dryer. And maybe they succeeded because they set their sights lower than movies, "settled" for television, and actually had, you know, talent.
The most common misconception for wannabe movie stars is that fame and/or notoriety equates to acting skill. Owens has fame and notoriety, but he has no acting skill.
If you don't believe us, watch this video of T.O.'s ability to demonstrate real range, by playing himself.
Then again, plenty of people who are getting paid millions of dollars to act have no acting skills. So maybe he's onto something.
For now, though, we'll assume that T.O. is the latest person who has made a name for himself in sports and who thinks that he can sell tickets and DVDs simply by taking off his shirt, smiling, and awkwardly uttering a sentence or two with no comprehension of the nuances of the craft that can be properly learned not by joining Michael Scarn for after-hours improv classes, but by devoting years to studying and learning and watching and scratching and clawing and living in crappy apartments and working at even crappier jobs.
But, hey, maybe the fourth or fifth season of T.O.'s reality show will chronicle his failed efforts to find work in Hollywood.
T.O. admits to acting plans
Posted by Mike Florio on September 23, 2009 10:04 PM ET
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TO is a Bill Now... He is about to become the next OJ.....
T.O. is also mostly done talking to the media as well..
http://www.buffalosportsdaily.com/2009/09/who-turned-off-the-t-o/
whooaaa...how about Ed "Too Tall" Jones and his Police Academy fame??
Yeah, I bet Chris Rock can't wait to put his name in marquee lights with Terrell Owens. He'll be on Pro's vs Joe's in three years.
What about Alexander George "Alex" Karras? He played Webster's dad George in the 80s sitcom. And who could forget Mongo from Blazing Saddles? Didn't he play a couple of stints with the Detroit Lions?
(Okay, I wiki'd it.....)
The difference between FBI Agent Michael Scarn and T.O. is that Owens pulls out a big ego every chance he gets.
What about OJ?
How about Terry Crews???
He was in...
Everybody Hates Chris
Idiocracy
White Chicks
Mailbu's Most Wanted
Soul Plane
The Longest Yard (dude that always had McDonalds)
Balls Of Fury
And I'm sure much more... but that's all I can think of right now.
Dude is Hilarious!
He could be the voice of Shrek he is perfect he is already one of the worlds biggest jackasses in the world
Hey Now, Howie Long Almost won an Oscar for special effects and Best Supporting Actor For Broken Arrow when he got knocked out the train by Christian Slater........!
"Actually, the only former NFL players who, to our recollection, ever did anything in acting were Ed Marinaro and Fred Dryer. And maybe they succeeded because they set their sights lower than movies, "settled" for television, and actually had, you know, talent."
Florio.... hello? Alex Karras in Webster???
To a lesser extent, Dick Butkis in My 2 Dads???
Coming soon to a theater near you:
Sudden Crap - Starring Steven Seagal, Erik Estrada, Barbara Billingsley and Terrel Owens as the Beaver.
To quote my all-time favorite endzone sign,
T.O. has B.O."
How about the great Merlin Olsen of Little House of the Prairie days.....
T.O. tried acting once but he dropped his script
Bill Goldberg! Wrestling ('cuz we know its fake as hell), Universal Soldier, and probably his most recent besides The Longest Yard (and this one involving no Football), Santa's Slay.
You forget about Carl Weathers. He played for my Oakland Raiders.
Carl Weathers!
C'mon....
Predator?
Action Jackson?
Happy Gilmore!
Hey, What about Terry Bradshaw. I mean he put his head through a jukebox!!!
He could win an Oscar if he could play a human being...
Merlin Olsen for the oldsters among us. Jonathan Garvey on Little House on the Prairie and Father Murphy on well, Father Murphy.
I have a great first role for T.O.'s acting career. Start acting like a professional Football player.
Terry Bradshaw & Joe Greene in Smokey & the Bandit? TB was in a ton of movies.
John Matuszak, The Goonies, Caveman, North Dallas Forty
oh god, I can't believe I responded to this.
You guys left out Brian Bozworth
Terry Bradshaw has A Star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame!!!!!
Stone Cold 2 - Starring Brian Bosworth and TO. Special guest appearance by Shawn Andrews as the babbling mental patient.
Finkle... Inhorn... Finkle... Inhorn...!
Wasn't Terry Crews in one of the Friday movies also? Definitely a career highlight.
Per FFK, I just read the list of movies in which Terry Crews appeared.
The list includes: White Girls, Soul Plane, and The Longest Yard (remake) - three of the biggest pieces of feces to ever contaminate a motion picture screen.
If such a resume is supposed to prove that Crews has comedic talent, I fear for the future of our country.
Really? 45 minutes and no one is going to correct the guy that thinks Ed "Too Tall" Jones was in Police Academy?
It was Bubba Smith...
Hello,
Don't forget about Apollo Creed in the Rocky Movies !!!
Apollo was the Man !!!
BBrophy1 says: September 23, 2009 10:15 PM
whooaaa...how about Ed "Too Tall" Jones and his Police Academy fame??
Ed Jones wasn't in "Police Academy". You're thinking of Bubba Smith. He played "Hightower".
Fred Dryer had a hit show, so ha!
T.O. has been acting like an idiot for several years
Jim Brown!
I don't remember all the movies he was in but he was in one of the best WW II movies ever: The Dirty Dozen.
Dude, Jim Brown. How could you miss that one Florio?
In summary MF, I think you may have missed a few former NFL actors. :)
You forgot Merlin Olson . . . he was brilliant in Little House on the Prairie. The funny thing is that you must admit that he was likely the best actor amongst all who played ijn the NFL.
As for OJ, he was pretty good actor too. I loved him in the 1996 trial production of, "I didn't do it".
JOHN WAYNE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I wish he'd just go away. Prima-donnas like him ruin the game. We don't need him ruining the stage now too.
T.O. was great in Any Given Sunday
Wasn't former Skins FB/RB John Riggins in a soap or something?
Or do i remember wrong?
what about O.J.
"Brothers" premiers Friday night.
Ummm, Merlin Olsen???? And who said Ed "Too Tall" Jones was in Police Academy? It was Bubba Smith...and he was also in some other stuff, including an episode of Married With Children.
The Rock, Dean Cain, Jim Brown, Brett Favre, ok. But not Owens.
"Dan Marino should die of gonorrhea and rot in hell."
LACES OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
what about Ed O'Neill of "Married with Children" fame. Didn't he once score 5 touchdowns in a single game?
# NachoBidness says: September 24, 2009 8:16 AM
what about Ed O'Neill of "Married with Children" fame. Didn't he once score 5 touchdowns in a single game?
Al Bundy once scored 4 TD's in a high school game, but he lost his scholarship due to a broken leg. Ed O'Neil was signed by the Steelers in 1969, but he was released before the beginning of the season.
Jessica Simpson has put together a career, and she has no talent. Maybe her and TO can star in a remake of Posideon Adventure. Only they really sink the boat and no one survives.
Nobody cares, which is why you posted a story and speculated on his prospects. Where's the story about Ochocinco buying four endzone tickets for some fans, via twitter, for his planned celebration? Does that not warrant attention, or is it something good about Ocho so you don't want to post it? You would think that this site would follow up on an event that it was covering.
And what about Bob Golic? Saved by the Bell, anyone?!?!?
Wow... did you and T.O. date or something? This article seems almost bitter. You clearly still have a hard-on for the guy.
i dont know whats going to be larger; the gap between strahans teeth or the gap between actual funny moments on his show... well thats a bad assumption thinking there will actually be funny moments on it
santas slay!! i didnt know anyone else had ever heard of it, let alone seen it. thats a great example of a movie so bad its great
The question is -What does he do more of, forgetting lines or dropping balls?
Schlereth (sp) on that soap a couple of years ago/I know its college but I gotta submit Mark Harmon. plus my trump card Rosie Greer in "The Man with Two Heads" w/ Ray Milan
Agree with some of the other posters, Merlin Olsen did a fine job in the television roles he played.
Alex Karras as well, notably in the miniseries "Centennial."
Alex Karras played MONGO in Mel Brook's movie "Blazing Saddles." The role required him to act like an overgrown, somewhat sub-human retard.
If T.O. could snag a role like that it would be called "Type Casting!"
Stink Schlereth on whatever soap opera.
Speaking of "stink"--T.O. should try "acting" like he knows how to hold onto a pass without dropping it.
Freddie Dryer and Ed Marinaro were pretty good.
But to dismiss Merlin Olsen, Jim Brown, Fred Williamson, Terry Crews, and Alex Karras is just wrong. Sure Brown and Williamson did many "blaxsploitation" movies, many of them made M-O-N-E-Y. Especially Williamson, check out Black Caesar to see how good Williamson was, and if anything to hear some of James Brown's best musical work.
Terry Crews and Carl Weathers?