John Amos started out as a pretty decent ballplayer. He had the seeds of a promising career in college and also got in with some minor football leagues. Sadly, they have since fallen out of existence. Still, that familiar-looking face found its way into our TV sets.
Though the athletic career began to slow down, he, fortunately, found his calling in acting. The actor starred in the sitcom “Good Times.” He even achieved stardom with his famous catchphrase, “Dy-no-mite! The actor also appeared in “Roots.”
Tina Fey
Is there something about female comics and tennis that seem to attract each other? It's not only Ellen who's an avid tennis player but 30 Rock star Tina Fey who also spent her younger years forging a career herself, racket in hand. Fey was a star tennis player at Upper Darby High in Pennsylvania and almost went pro. Simultaneously she was also the champion of the drama club.
Now at 49 years old, Tina Fey is busy on a new network show, Good News, and raising her two kids with her husband composer, Jeff Richmond. Tennis seems to be a distant memory.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
First, we knew him as the bodybuilder, then we knew him as the Terminator, more recently, he became the "Governator." Arnold Schwarzenegger has seriously evolved over the years and taken on many forms. How did it all begin? He has made a name for himself as one of the best bodybuilders in the world. The muscle king won multiple competitions in the world of bodybuilding, one of them being a Mr. Universe title at just 20 years old.
His incredible physique just didn't get him bodybuilding wins; it also landed him in a bunch of beloved action films such as Conan the Barbarian, The Terminator, Predator, and Total Recall. As if that wasn't enough, the accomplished athlete and actor got into politics and served as the governor of California from 2003 to 2011
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
A WWF crowd favorite, The Rock, as he was known in the pro wrestling circuit, won over audiences worldwide. As a six-foot-five, 260-pound muscleman, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was courted by Hollywood until he broke onto the silver screen with The Mummy Returns. His brawn was also featured in the long-running, super-lucrative franchise, The Fast and the Furious, yet he’s more than just muscle—he’s got the moves.
Johnson almost hit an NFL career until injuries bumped him off the University of Miami’s starting lineup, but not before winning a national championship with the Hurricanes in 1991. Now, enjoying his second professional career in the show biz, he’s swimming in prosperity as the world’s top-earning movie star.
Terry Crews
Hollywood humbled this NFL athlete. Terry Crews said he left pro football with a cocky attitude as if the industry owed him a movie career. Instead, he found his new competition running circles around him. Other actors had been taking drama classes for years while he was blocking plays and tackling dudes. From a full ride to play football at Western Michigan University to being drafted in 1991 by the Los Angeles Rams, Crews’ life was all about football. In 1996 he flipped it to film.
He hit it big with Everybody Hates Chris and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, and, latest, Brooklyn Nine-Nine on television. He’s also celebrated for his advocacy toward women and against sexism. Staying athletic, Crews trains in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. It gives him the physique to be the body of Old Spice, “The man your man could smell like.”