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Mr T

Barracuda in The A-Team, TS Turner in T and T

Photos Mr T Birth name: Lawrence Tureaud
Birth date: 1952/05/21 (71 years old)
Birth place : Chicago (USA)
Height: 1.78 m
Salary : 80000$ par épisode

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Biography for Mr T

Mr. T was born Laurence Tureaud on 21 May 1952 in the rough southside ghetto area of Chicago. He is the second to youngest of twelve children (he has four sisters and seven brothers) and grew up in the housing projects of Chicago. His father left when he was 5, and his mother raised the family on $87 a month welfare in a three-room apartment. Mr. T's brothers encouraged him to build up his body in order to survive in the area, and he has commented, "If you think I'm big, you should see my brothers!" His mother is a religious woman, who has had a strong influence on him. He says, "Any man who don't love his momma can't be no friend of mine." He was an average student in school. "Most of the time", he says, "I stared out the windows, just daydreaming. I didn't study much because I have a photographic memory". Apart from one spell between 5th and 7th grades when he went a little astray - playing hookey, cursing, acting tough, being disrespectful -- he was a well- behaved child. (He worried about how his mother would feel if he ended up in jail, and stayed out of trouble!) He attended Dunbar Vocational High School. He was a college football star, studied martial arts, and was three times city wrestling champion! He won a scholarship to Prairie View A&M University in Texas, but was thrown out after a year.

In The A-Team, he played Bosco "Bad Attitude" (or "B.A.") Baracus, an ex-army commando on the run with three others members from the US government "for crimes they didn't commit". Tureaud is famous for his trademark Mohawk-style haircut and for the many gold chains he wears around his neck. His catch phrase, "I pity the fool!", comes from Rocky III, where he played a boxer facing Rocky Balboa in a match. When asked if he hated Rocky, he replied, "I don't hate Balboa, I pity the fool." His comment on the match, "There's gonna be a lot of pain," became another catch phrase.

Mr T was born by its real name Lawrence Tureaud, May 21, 1952 in the Ghettos of Southsoid in Chicago. He is the 2nd youngest child of his family who has 12 (he has 4 sisters and 7 brothers), and grew up with his family in a three-room apartment. His father died when he was 5 years old, and his mother had to raise his children alone, with a monthly salary of 87 dollars!

The brothers of Mr T encouraged him to build his body to survive in the street, and he commented: "If you find me strong, you should see my brothers!"

His mother is a religious woman, who had a strong influence on him. He comments: "A man who doesn't like his mother can never be my friend."

He was an average student at school. Mr T: "Most of the time, I looked through the windows, and I dreamed. I didn't need to be very attentive, because I have a good photographic memory".

Throughout his studies, he was not very serious, he was playing hockey, was a hard, and was disrespectful, but was straight (he always worried about his mother's reaction if he was going wrong and finished In prison. He tried to stay in the right way.)

He went to the University of Dunbar. He was an American football star, studied martial arts, and was three times city wrestling champion!

He obtained a scholarship to go to University in Texas, but was sent back after a year.

Mr T, his real name Lawrence Tero, is an American actor and bodybuilder born May 21, 1952 in Chicago, Illinois. He is best known for his role as B. A. Baracus in the American television series "The Agence Toust Risks" (The A-Team) in the 1980s, as well as for his participation in the reality TV show "Dance with the stars" (Dancing with the stars) in 2016.

Mr T also played in several films, notably Rocky III (1982) and Spy Hard (1996). His acting career has earned him international recognition and he became one of the most popular actors in the 1980s.

Apart from his acting career, Mr T is also known for his activism in favor of sick children and for his famous mustache and his gold chain. He is often considered one of the first white rappers in the history of music.

Mr T is an atypical and extravagant character, with a very special dress style that is his own. His extravagant personality and his acting career made him famous worldwide, and he remains one of the most emblematic actors in television history.

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Filmography

Title Role
Undercover Brother (2002) Barracuda
Pass the Courvoisier (2002) Lui-même
NBC 75th Anniversary Special (2002) Lui-même
Sex Academy (2002) The Wise Janitor
Apocalypse IV : Judgment (2001) J.T. Quincy
Inspector Gadget (1999) Lui-même
The 100 Greatest TV Characters Baracuda
Saturday Night Live : The Best of Eddie Murphy (1998) Le voisin de M. Robinson
Spy Hard (1996) Pilote d'hélicoptère
Kids Against Crime (1995) (TV) Host
The Magic of the Golden Bear : Goldy III (1994) Goldy III
Starrcade (1994) (V) Lui-même
Halloween Havoc (1994) Lui-même
Freaked (1993) Le Mutant Freekz
Eek ! le chat (1992-Serie TV) Voix
Mr T (1988-Serie TV) T.S. Turner
Be Somebody or Be Somebody's Fool! (1984) Mr. T
Toughest Man in the World, The (1984) Bruise Brubaker
D.C. Cab (1983) Street Fleet
L'agence tout risque (1983) Sergent Baracuda
Rocky III (1982) Clubber Lang
Twilight Theater (1982-Serie TV) Co-host

Trivia

At 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) tall, Mr. T weighs somewhere between 216 and 237 lb (98 and 108 kg). His gold jewelry is genuine and worth around $300,000. It takes him about an hour to put it on, and most nights he cleans it in an ultrasonic cleaner although some nights he sleeps in it "to see how my ancestors, who were slaves, felt." Mr. T sold most of his jewelry during his bout with cancer, but has appeared on television wearing his signature gold chains since then. He was once reported to be earning around $80,000 a week for his role in The A-Team and getting $15,000 for personal appearances, but by the end of the 1990s, he was appearing only in the occasional commercial, largely because of health problems.

Mr. T was born in Chicago, Illinois, the second to youngest of twelve children; he and his four sisters and seven brothers grew up in the city's housing projects. He was a college football star, studied martial arts, and won a scholarship to Prairie View A&M University, Texas, but was thrown out after a year. After that he went to a couple of small Chicago colleges on athletic scholarships. After leaving college he was a Military Policeman in the U.S. Army before trying out for the Green Bay Packers. His professional football career was finished, however, by a knee injury.

For about nine years Mr. T was a bodyguard to the stars, protecting such well-known personalities as Muhammad Ali, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross. He charged around $3,000 a day and his business card famously read, "Next to God, there is no better protector than I." He always boasts that he never lost a client, saying, "I got hurt worse growing up in the ghetto than working as a bodyguard."

In 1970 he changed his name by deed poll from Laurence Tureaud to Laurence Tero and then in 1980 to "Mr. T" so that people would have to address him as "Mr." It was while reading National Geographic that Mr. T first saw the unusual hairstyle for which he is now famous, on an African Mandinka warrior. He decided that adopting the style was a powerful statement about his African origins.

In 1982 Mr. T was spotted by Sylvester Stallone while taking part in "The World's Toughest Bouncer" contest. His role in Rocky III was originally intended as just a few lines, but Stallone built up the part around the man. "Mr. T" also appeared in another boxing film, Penitentiary 2, and in a cable television special, Bizarre, before accepting the role of B.A. in The A-Team. When asked at a press conference whether he was as stupid as B.A. Baracus, he observed quietly, "It takes a smart guy to play dumb."

A cartoon called "Mr. T" premiered in 1983 that starred Mr. T as himself, the owner of a gym where a group of gymnasts trained. He would help them with their training, but they would also help him solve mysteries and fight crime. Sixteen episodes were produced.

"Mr. T" entered the world of professional wrestling in 1985 and returned to it in 1994. He was Hulk Hogan's tag-team partner at the first WrestleMania. He returned to the World Wrestling Federation as a special guest referee in 1987, before disappearing from the wrestling world. He reappeared as a special referee for a Hogan-Ric Flair match, seven years later, in October 1994.

Tureaud was diagnosed in 1995 with T-cell lymphoma. He lives in Sherman Oaks, California, and is single. Mr. T still seeks acting jobs and has had small roles in several films. He has also appeared in commercials for MCI's 1-800-COLLECT collect-call service.

Mr. T is famous on the Internet for two phenomena that were created to honor him. The first, "Mr. T Ate My Balls" quickly became applied to other celebrities. The other, "Mr. T. vs..." is a phenomenon of web pages depicting Mr. T fighting other celebrities, political figures, fictional characters, and other famous people in multi-page online comic books, made with rather substandard photo editing and doctoring techniques. Mr. T traditionally wins the contest, later to relax with a glass of milk.

Mr. T also has a cameo role in the Nintendo video game EarthBound. A picture can be found here (http://starmen.net/mother2/images/game/mrt.png).

The 2004 Veggie Tales DVD "Sumo of the Opera" is a parody of the "Rocky" franchise and features a character, Po Ta To, based on Mr. T's role in "Rocky III" as Clubber Lang. Po Ta To sports a mohawk similar to Mr. T's, utters the catchphrase, "I pity the clown!" and is amused by his opponent's "jibber-jabber."

Mr. T is a born-again Christian, and he frequently appears on the TBN Christian television series. He recently was the subject of a sketch on British comedy show Little Britain. He is also the subject of recurring Robert Smigel sketch on Saturday Night Live, in which Mr. T and a group of teenagers drive around in a van, à la Scooby-Doo, and have adventures while Mr. T tries to find work.

Quotes

Je suis le meilleur garde du corps, parce que je suis prêt à prendre une balle, un coup de couteau, ou des coups en général. Je suis tel un pilote kamikaze. Le président a reçu une balle parce que ses gardes du corps se la coulaient douce.

Je crois aux règles d'or - L'homme avec des règles... en or.

J'ai pitié des imbéciles...(Citation favorite)

Quand j'était gosse, je prenais 3 trois repas par jour : des céréales, du "sauter un repas", et du "aucun repas".

Family

He had a daughter in 1971 with Phyllis Clark.

Mr. T is the father of three children - Lesa,29; Erika, 21; and T Junior, 14.

Author of the card

  • Creation date: 01/07/2003 by stals

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