Matthew Joseph Willig was born on January 21,1969 and is an American actor and former professional football offensive tackle in the National Football League.
17 Facts About Matt Willig
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Matt Willig played football and basketball at St Paul High School.
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Matt Willig played college football at the University of Southern California as a member of the 1989 Rose Bowl winning team.
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Matt Willig portrayed Special Agent Simon Cade in season eight of NCIS until the first episode of season nine.
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Matt Willig appeared as a gang member named Little Chino on the Showtime series, Dexter.
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Matt Willig has appeared as a bodyguard named Yuri on the NBC series Chuck, and has appeared in an episode of My Name is Earl entitled "Bullies".
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Matt Willig 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.
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Matt Willig appeared in a minor role in iCarly as a truckdriver named "Sledgehammer".
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Matt Willig made another guest appearance on The Suite Life on Deck as a genie in season 2 episode 22.
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Matt Willig had a supporting role in the second episode of Terriers.
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Matt Willig played Mike Drake in the critically acclaimed independent thriller The Employer.
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Matt Willig played former NFL player Justin Strzelczyk in the film Concussion.
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In 2019, Matt Willig played a Black Satan gang member named Creep in Rob Zombie's film 3 from Hell.
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Matt Willig voiced Juggernaut in the Marvel game Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions.
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Matt 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.
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Matt Willig supported the NOH8 Campaign in opposition to California Proposition 8, which made same-sex marriage illegal in the state of California.
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Matt Willig 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".