Acting credits
27
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
John Matuszak
Acting
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Movies: 14Series: 13
TMDB ID: 64120
IMDb ID: nm0560596
Known for: Acting
Born: October 25, 1950
Died: June 17, 1989
Age: 38
Place of birth: Oak Creek, Wisconsin, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1961 - 1990
Years active: 30
Average TMDB rating: 6.67
Wikidata: Q718840
Biography
John Daniel Tooz Matuszak was an American football defensive lineman in the National Football League and also an actor. Matuszak was born in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. He attended the University of Tampa and played for their football team. Matuszak also played for the Houston Oilers of the NFL and joined the Houston Texans of the World Football League, but never played for them. His first major role as an actor was in the 1979 movie "North Dallas Forty" as a football player. He also appeared in the movies "Caveman", "The Ice Pirates", and "One Crazy Summer" but is known for his role in "The Goonies". He also had guest appearances on popular TV shows "Perfect Strangers", "M*A*S*H", "The Dukes of Hazzard", "Hunter", "Silver Spoons", "The A-Team", "1st & Ten", "Miami Vice" and "Cheers". He died on June 17, 1989 aged 38 due to a heart failure.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with John Matuszak.
3.4
Down the Drain
as Jed Stewart
1990 Movie
4.3
Ghost Writer
as Chuck Aaron
1989 Movie
4.3
One Man Force
as Jake
1989 Movie
5.1
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
as Fred Collins
1988 Movie
The Joe Piscopo Halloween Party
as Self
1987 Movie
6.0
One Crazy Summer
as Stain
1986 Movie
Charlie Barnett's Terms of Enrollment
as TV Spokesman
1986 Movie
Darlin' Clementine
as Mountain Man
1986 Movie
1.0
Command 5
as Kowalski
1985 Movie
7.5
The Goonies
as Sloth
1985 Movie
Half Nelson
1985 Movie
5.6
The Ice Pirates
as Killjoy
1984 Movie
6.5
Caveman
as Tonda
1981 Movie
6.6
North Dallas Forty
as O. W. Shaddock
1979 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with John Matuszak.
6.3
Superboy
1 eps
1988 Series
4.8
The Charmings
1 eps
1987 Series
6.5
Amen
1 eps
1986 Series
5.4
Tall Tales & Legends
as Mountain Man • 1 eps
1985 Series
5.0
Hollywood Beat
as George Grinsky • 20 eps
1985 Series
7.1
Hunter
as Lincoln • 1 eps
1984 Series
7.5
Miami Vice
as Lascoe • 1 eps
1984 Series
7.5
The A-Team
as Davey Miller • 1 eps
1983 Series
6.5
Trapper John, M.D.
1 eps
1979 Series
The World's Strongest Man
as Competitor • 1 eps
1977 Series
7.9
M*A*S*H
as Hitalski • 1 eps
1972 Series
Monday Night Football
as Defensive Tackle • 1 eps
1970 Series
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self • 1 eps
1961 Series