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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%AA%D9%8A" title="مستر تي – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="مستر تي" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T" title="Mr. T – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Mr. T" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%DB%8C_%D8%A8%DB%8C" title="تی بی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="تی بی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8A%D1%80_%D0%A2%D0%B8" title="Мистър Ти – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Мистър Ти" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister_T." title="Mister T. – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Mister T." data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T" title="Mr. T – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Mr. T" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T" title="Mr. T – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Mr. T" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T" title="Mr. T – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Mr. T" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T" title="Mr. T – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Mr. T" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T" title="Mr. T – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Mr. T" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T" title="Mr. T – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Mr. T" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T" title="Mr. T – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Mr. T" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%82%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%AA%DB%8C" title="آقای تی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="آقای تی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister_T." title="Mister T. – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Mister T." data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T" title="Mr. T – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Mr. T" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T" title="Mr. T – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Mr. T" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%AF%B8%EC%8A%A4%ED%84%B0_T_(%EB%B0%B0%EC%9A%B0)" title="미스터 T (배우) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="미스터 T (배우)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%AB%D5%BD%D5%BF%D6%80_%D4%B9%D5%AB" title="Միստր Թի – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Միստր Թի" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T" title="Mr. T – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Mr. T" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T" title="Mr. T – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Mr. T" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T" title="Mr. T – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Mr. T" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A8_%D7%98%D7%99" title="מיסטר טי – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מיסטר טי" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T" title="Mr. T – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Mr. T" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T" title="Mr. T – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Mr. T" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Tureaud" title="Laurence Tureaud – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Laurence Tureaud" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T" title="Mr. T – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Mr. T" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%AA%D9%89" title="مستر تى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="مستر تى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T" title="Mr. T – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Mr. T" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9F%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BBT" title="ミスター・T – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ミスター・T" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T" title="Mr. T – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Mr. T" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T" title="Mr. T – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Mr. T" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T" title="Mr. T – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Mr. T" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%A2%D0%B8" title="Мистер Ти – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Мистер Ти" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T" title="Mr. T – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Mr. T" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%95%D8%B1_%D8%AA%DB%8C" title="مستەر تی – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="مستەر تی" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%A2%D0%B8" title="Мистер Ти – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Мистер Ти" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T" title="Mr. T – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Mr. T" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T" title="Mr. T – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Mr. T" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T" title="Mr. T – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Mr. T" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%AA%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B5" title="มิสเตอร์ที – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="มิสเตอร์ที" data-language-autonym="ไทย" 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U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · 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dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Actor</li><li>wrestler</li><li>television personality</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1980–present</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling" title="Professional wrestling">Professional wrestling career</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ring_name" title="Ring name">Ring name</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Mr. T</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Billed height</th><td class="infobox-data">5 ft 10 in (178 cm)<sup id="cite_ref-WWE_Alumni_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WWE_Alumni-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Billed weight</th><td class="infobox-data">236 lb (107 kg)<sup id="cite_ref-WWE_Alumni_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WWE_Alumni-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Debut</th><td class="infobox-data">March 24, 1985</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Retired</th><td class="infobox-data">December 27, 1994</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Signature</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="infobox-signature skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mr._T_signature.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Mr._T_signature.svg/150px-Mr._T_signature.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Mr._T_signature.svg/225px-Mr._T_signature.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Mr._T_signature.svg/300px-Mr._T_signature.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="488" data-file-height="256" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Laurence Tureaud</b> (born May 21, 1952),<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PeopleDotCom_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PeopleDotCom-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-People_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-People-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> known professionally as <b>Mr. T</b>, is an American actor and retired <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling" title="Professional wrestling">professional wrestler</a>. He is known for his roles as <a href="/wiki/B._A._Baracus" title="B. A. Baracus">B. A. Baracus</a> in the 1980s television series <i><a href="/wiki/The_A-Team" title="The A-Team">The A-Team</a></i> and as <a href="/wiki/Boxing" title="Boxing">boxer</a> <a href="/wiki/Clubber_Lang" title="Clubber Lang">Clubber Lang</a> in the 1982 film <i><a href="/wiki/Rocky_III" title="Rocky III">Rocky III</a></i>. He is also known for his distinctive hairstyle inspired by <a href="/wiki/Mandinka_people" title="Mandinka people">Mandinka</a> warriors in West Africa,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> his copious gold jewelry, his tough-guy persona and his <a href="/wiki/Catchphrase" title="Catchphrase">catchphrase</a> "I pity the fool!", first uttered as Clubber Lang in <i>Rocky III</i>, then turned into a <a href="/wiki/Trademark" title="Trademark">trademark</a> used in slogans or titles, like the reality show <i><a href="/wiki/I_Pity_the_Fool_(TV_series)" title="I Pity the Fool (TV series)">I Pity the Fool</a></i> in 2006. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2></div> <p>Tureaud was born in <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>, the youngest son in a family with twelve children. He and his four sisters and seven brothers grew up in a three-room apartment in the <a href="/wiki/Robert_Taylor_Homes" title="Robert Taylor Homes">Robert Taylor Homes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father, Nathaniel Tureaud, was a <a href="/wiki/Minister_(Christianity)" title="Minister (Christianity)">minister</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PeopleDotCom_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PeopleDotCom-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After his father left when he was five, he shortened his name to Lawrence Tero. In 1970, he legally changed his last name to T.<sup id="cite_ref-People_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-People-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His new name, Mr. T, was based upon his childhood impressions regarding the lack of respect from white people for his family: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>I think about my father being called "<a href="/wiki/Boy#Race" title="Boy">boy</a>", my uncle being called "boy", my brother, coming back from Vietnam and being called "boy". So I questioned myself: "What does a black man have to do before he's given respect as a man?" So when I was 18 years old, when I was old enough to fight and die for my country, old enough to drink, old enough to vote, I said I was old enough to be called a man. I self-ordained myself Mr. T, so the first word out of everybody's mouth is "Mr."<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mr._T_HS_Yearbook.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Mr._T_HS_Yearbook.jpg" decoding="async" width="166" height="247" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="166" data-file-height="247" /></a><figcaption>Tureaud as a senior in high school (1970)</figcaption></figure> <p>Tureaud attended <a href="/wiki/Dunbar_Vocational_High_School_(Chicago,_Illinois)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dunbar Vocational High School (Chicago, Illinois)">Dunbar Vocational High School</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-glance_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-glance-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where he played <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">football</a>, wrestled, and studied <a href="/wiki/Martial_arts" title="Martial arts">martial arts</a>. While at Dunbar he became the citywide wrestling champion two years in a row. He won a football scholarship to <a href="/wiki/Prairie_View_A%26M_University" title="Prairie View A&M University">Prairie View A&M University</a>, where he majored in mathematics, but was expelled after his first year.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After Tureaud left Prairie View A&M, he worked as a gym instructor for a government program in Chicago. He later said it was here that he discovered a gift for helping children.<sup id="cite_ref-People_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-People-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He then enlisted in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> in 1975 and served in the <a href="/wiki/Military_Police_Corps_(United_States)" title="Military Police Corps (United States)">Military Police Corps</a>. After his discharge in the late 1970s, he tried out for the <a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" title="Green Bay Packers">Green Bay Packers</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a>, but failed to make the team due to a knee injury.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tureaud next worked as a <a href="/wiki/Bouncer_(doorman)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bouncer (doorman)">bouncer</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Rush_Street_(Chicago)" title="Rush Street (Chicago)">Rush Street</a> club Dingbats Discotheque.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was at this time that he created the persona of Mr. T.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His wearing of gold neck chains and other jewelry was the result of customers losing the items or leaving them behind at the night club after a fight. A banned customer, or one reluctant to risk a confrontation by going back inside, could return to claim his property from Mr. T wearing it conspicuously right out front. Along with controlling the violence as a doorman, Tureaud was mainly hired to keep out drug dealers and users.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMr._T1985220_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMr._T1985220-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tureaud says that as a bouncer, he was in over 200 fights and was sued a number of times, but won each case.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMr._T1985218_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMr._T1985218-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He eventually parlayed his job as a bouncer into a career as a bodyguard that lasted almost ten years. As his reputation grew, he was contracted to guard, among others, clothes designers, models, judges, politicians, athletes and millionaires.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMr._T1985136_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMr._T1985136-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His clients included celebrities <a href="/wiki/Steve_McQueen" title="Steve McQueen">Steve McQueen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a>, <a href="/wiki/LeVar_Burton" title="LeVar Burton">LeVar Burton</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Diana_Ross" title="Diana Ross">Diana Ross</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and boxers <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Ali" title="Muhammad Ali">Muhammad Ali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Frazier" title="Joe Frazier">Joe Frazier</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Leon_Spinks" title="Leon Spinks">Leon Spinks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With his reputation as "Mr. T", Tureaud attracted strange offers and was frequently approached with odd commissions, including tracking runaway teenagers, locating missing persons, <a href="/wiki/Debt_collection" title="Debt collection">debt collection</a>, and assassination requests.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMr._T1985137_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMr._T1985137-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While he was in his late twenties, Tureaud won two tough-man competitions consecutively.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMr._T1985223_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMr._T1985223-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first aired as "Sunday Games" on NBC-TV under the contest of "America's Toughest Bouncer" which included throwing a 150-pound (68 kg) <a href="/wiki/Stunt_performer" title="Stunt performer">stuntman</a>, and breaking through a 4-inch (10 cm) wooden door.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMr._T1985224_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMr._T1985224-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the first event, Tureaud came in third place. For the end, two finalists squared off in a boxing ring for a two-minute round to declare the champion. Making it to the ring as a finalist, he had as his opponent a 280-pound (130 kg) <a href="/wiki/Honolulu" title="Honolulu">Honolulu</a> bouncer named Tutefano Tufi.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMr._T1985226_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMr._T1985226-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Within twenty seconds "Mr. T" gave the six foot five competitor a bloody nose, and later a bloody mouth. He won the match and thus the competition.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMr._T1985227_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMr._T1985227-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The second competition was aired under the new name "Games People Play" on NBC-TV. When interviewed by <a href="/wiki/Bryant_Gumbel" title="Bryant Gumbel">Bryant Gumbel</a> before the final boxing match, Mr T. said, "I just feel sorry for the guy who I have to box. I just feel real sorry for him."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMr._T1985234_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMr._T1985234-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This fight was scheduled to last three rounds, but Mr. T finished it in less than 54 seconds. The line, "I don't hate him but... I pity the fool" in the movie <i><a href="/wiki/Rocky_III" title="Rocky III">Rocky III</a></i> was written by <a href="/wiki/Sylvester_Stallone" title="Sylvester Stallone">Sylvester Stallone</a>, who is reputed to have been inspired by the interview.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Acting_roles_and_other_work">Acting roles and other work</h2></div> <p>While reading <i><a href="/wiki/National_Geographic" title="National Geographic">National Geographic</a></i>, Mr. T first noticed the unusual hairstyle for which he is now famous, on a <a href="/wiki/Mandinka_people" title="Mandinka people">Mandinka</a> warrior.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He decided that adoption of the style would be a powerful statement about his African origin. It was a simpler, safer, and more permanent visual signature than his gold chains, rings, and bracelets. </p><p>In 1980, Mr. T was spotted by <a href="/wiki/Sylvester_Stallone" title="Sylvester Stallone">Sylvester Stallone</a> while taking part in NBC's "America's Toughest Bouncer" competition, a segment of NBC's <i><a href="/wiki/Games_People_Play_(1980_TV_series)" title="Games People Play (1980 TV series)">Games People Play</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although his role in <i><a href="/wiki/Rocky_III" title="Rocky III">Rocky III</a></i> was originally intended as just a few lines, Mr. T was eventually cast as Clubber Lang, the primary antagonist. His catchphrase "I pity the fool!" comes from the film; when asked if he hates Rocky, Lang replies, "No, I don't hate Balboa, but I pity the fool." He subsequently appeared in another boxing film, <i><a href="/wiki/Penitentiary_2" class="mw-redirect" title="Penitentiary 2">Penitentiary 2</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and on an episode of the Canadian <a href="/wiki/Sketch_comedy" title="Sketch comedy">sketch comedy</a> series <i><a href="/wiki/Bizarre_(TV_series)" title="Bizarre (TV series)">Bizarre</a></i>, where he fights and eats <a href="/wiki/Super_Dave_Osborne" title="Super Dave Osborne">Super Dave Osborne</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before accepting a television series role on <i><a href="/wiki/The_A-Team" title="The A-Team">The A-Team</a></i>. He also appeared in an episode of <i><a href="/wiki/Silver_Spoons" title="Silver Spoons">Silver Spoons</a></i>, reprising his old role as bodyguard to the character Ricky Stratton (played by <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Schroder" title="Ricky Schroder">Ricky Schroder</a>). </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:London_Sights_(4489568900).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/London_Sights_%284489568900%29.jpg/250px-London_Sights_%284489568900%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/London_Sights_%284489568900%29.jpg/330px-London_Sights_%284489568900%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/London_Sights_%284489568900%29.jpg/500px-London_Sights_%284489568900%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1600" /></a><figcaption>Waxwork of Mr. T as B. A. Baracus from <i>The A-Team</i> at <a href="/wiki/Madame_Tussauds" title="Madame Tussauds">Madame Tussauds</a>, London</figcaption></figure> <p>In <i>The A-Team</i>, he played <a href="/wiki/B._A._Baracus" title="B. A. Baracus">Sergeant Bosco "B. A." Baracus</a>, an ex-Army <a href="/wiki/Commando" title="Commando">commando</a> on the run with three other members from the United States government "for a crime they didn't commit." As well as the team's tough guy, B. A. was a mechanical genius, but afraid of flying. When asked at a press conference whether he was as stupid as B. A. Baracus, Mr. T observed quietly, "It takes a smart guy to play dumb." The series was a major hit, and B. A. Baracus in particular quickly became a cult character and the <a href="/wiki/De_facto" title="De facto">de facto</a> star of the show, reportedly sparking tensions with seasoned actor <a href="/wiki/George_Peppard" title="George Peppard">George Peppard</a>, although Mr. T always maintained that these were unfounded rumors.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mr. T was reported to be earning $80,000 a week for his role in <i>The A-Team</i>. </p><p>His role in <i>The A-Team</i> led to him making an appearance in the long-running <a href="/wiki/Sit-com" class="mw-redirect" title="Sit-com">sit-com</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Diff%27rent_Strokes" title="Diff'rent Strokes">Diff'rent Strokes</a></i> in the sixth season opener "Mr. T and Mr. t" (1983), in which an episode of <i>The A-Team</i> is supposedly filmed in the family's penthouse apartment. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NancyReaganMrTChristmas1983.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/NancyReaganMrTChristmas1983.jpg/180px-NancyReaganMrTChristmas1983.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="271" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/NancyReaganMrTChristmas1983.jpg/270px-NancyReaganMrTChristmas1983.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/NancyReaganMrTChristmas1983.jpg/360px-NancyReaganMrTChristmas1983.jpg 2x" data-file-width="663" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption>Mr. T portraying <a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus" title="Santa Claus">Santa Claus</a> at the White House with First Lady <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Reagan" title="Nancy Reagan">Nancy Reagan</a> in 1983</figcaption></figure> <p>Also in 1983, a <a href="/wiki/Ruby-Spears_Productions" class="mw-redirect" title="Ruby-Spears Productions">Ruby-Spears</a>-produced cartoon called <i><a href="/wiki/Mister_T_(TV_series)" title="Mister T (TV series)">Mister T</a></i> premiered on <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>. The <i>Mister T</i> cartoon starred Mr. T as his alter ego, the owner of a gym where a group of gymnasts trained. He helped them with their training but they also helped him solve mysteries and fight crime in <i><a href="/wiki/Scooby-Doo" title="Scooby-Doo">Scooby-Doo</a></i>-style scenarios; thirty episodes were produced. Each episode was bookended by Mr. T himself, presenting the theme of the episode, and then a closing statement on a lesson for children, based on the events of the episode.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The year 1983 also marked the release of the only film that can be called a Mr. T vehicle, <i><a href="/wiki/DC_Cab" class="mw-redirect" title="DC Cab">DC Cab</a></i>. The movie featured an ensemble cast, many of whom were publicized figures from other areas of show business – comics <a href="/wiki/Paul_Rodriguez_(actor)" title="Paul Rodriguez (actor)">Paul Rodriguez</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marsha_Warfield" title="Marsha Warfield">Marsha Warfield</a>, singer <a href="/wiki/Irene_Cara" title="Irene Cara">Irene Cara</a>, bodybuilders <a href="/wiki/David_Paul_(actor)" title="David Paul (actor)">David</a> and <a href="/wiki/Peter_Paul_(actor)" title="Peter Paul (actor)">Peter Paul</a> (the "Barbarian Brothers") – but who had only modest acting experience. Despite the wide range of performers, and more seasoned actors such as <a href="/wiki/Adam_Baldwin" title="Adam Baldwin">Adam Baldwin</a> as the protagonist Albert, as well as <a href="/wiki/Gary_Busey" title="Gary Busey">Gary Busey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Max_Gail" title="Max Gail">Max Gail</a>, Mr. T was top billed and the central figure in the film's publicity, with him literally towering over the other characters on the film's poster. While the film, featuring the ensemble as a ragtag taxi company trying to hustle their way to solvency and respectability, performed modestly at the box office, its $16 million take exceeded its $12 million budget, it received mixed reviews critically.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Janet_Maslin" title="Janet Maslin">Janet Maslin</a>, writing for <i>The New York Times</i>, described it as "a musical mob scene, a raucous, crowded movie that's fun as long as it stays wildly busy, and a lot less interesting when it wastes time on plot or conversation."<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Roger_Ebert" title="Roger Ebert">Roger Ebert</a> praised the movie's "mindless, likable confusion" and criticized its "fresh off the assembly line" plot.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was the second feature in a prolific career for director <a href="/wiki/Joel_Schumacher" title="Joel Schumacher">Joel Schumacher</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Medespelers_van_de_tv-serie_Het_A-team_op_circuit_Zandvoort.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Medespelers_van_de_tv-serie_Het_A-team_op_circuit_Zandvoort.jpg/250px-Medespelers_van_de_tv-serie_Het_A-team_op_circuit_Zandvoort.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Medespelers_van_de_tv-serie_Het_A-team_op_circuit_Zandvoort.jpg/330px-Medespelers_van_de_tv-serie_Het_A-team_op_circuit_Zandvoort.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Medespelers_van_de_tv-serie_Het_A-team_op_circuit_Zandvoort.jpg/500px-Medespelers_van_de_tv-serie_Het_A-team_op_circuit_Zandvoort.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2796" data-file-height="2027" /></a><figcaption>Mr. T on Zandvoort racing track in 1984</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1984, he made a motivational video called <i><a href="/wiki/Be_Somebody..._or_Be_Somebody%27s_Fool!" title="Be Somebody... or Be Somebody's Fool!">Be Somebody... or Be Somebody's Fool!</a></i>. He gives helpful advice to children throughout the video; for example, he teaches them how to understand and appreciate their origins, how to dress fashionably without buying designer labels, how to make tripping up look like <a href="/wiki/Breakdancing" title="Breakdancing">breakdancing</a>, how to control their anger, and how to deal with <a href="/wiki/Peer_pressure" title="Peer pressure">peer pressure</a>. The video is roughly one hour long, but contains 30 minutes of singing, either by the group of children accompanying him, or by Mr. T himself. He sings "Treat Your Mother Right (Treat Her Right)", and also raps a song about growing up in the ghetto and praising God. The raps in this video were written by <a href="/wiki/Ice-T" title="Ice-T">Ice-T</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to its <a href="/wiki/Unintentional_comedy" class="mw-redirect" title="Unintentional comedy">unintentionally comic</a> nature, many clips have been made from this video and shared as <a href="/wiki/Internet_memes" class="mw-redirect" title="Internet memes">Internet memes</a>. Also in 1984, he played the protagonist of the TV movie <i>The Toughest Man in the World</i>, as Bruise Brubaker, a bouncer also leading a sports center for teenagers, who takes part in a strong man championship to get funds for the center. He also released a <a href="/wiki/Rap_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Rap music">rap</a> mini-album titled <i><a href="/wiki/Mr._T%27s_Commandments" title="Mr. T's Commandments">Mr. T's Commandments</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">Columbia</a>/<a href="/wiki/Sony_Music_Entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="Sony Music Entertainment">CBS Records</a>) the same year, featuring seven songs, including the title theme for the aforementioned TV film. In much the same tone as his motivational video, it instructed children to stay in school and to stay away from drugs.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He followed it up the same year with a second album, titled <i>Mr. T's <a href="/wiki/Be_Somebody..._or_Be_Somebody%27s_Fool!" title="Be Somebody... or Be Somebody's Fool!">Be Somebody... or Be Somebody's Fool!</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/MCA_Records" title="MCA Records">MCA</a>), featuring music from the eponymous film. </p><p>During those busy years, he made numerous appearances in television shows, most notably hosting the 15th episode of the <a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_(season_10)" class="mw-redirect" title="Saturday Night Live (season 10)">10th season</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live</a></i>, along with <a href="/wiki/Hulk_Hogan" title="Hulk Hogan">Hulk Hogan</a>. He had previously appeared on <a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_(season_8)" class="mw-redirect" title="Saturday Night Live (season 8)">Saturday Night Live (season 8)</a> in October 1982, fresh from his role in <i>Rocky III</i>, in a recurring skit by <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Murphy" title="Eddie Murphy">Eddie Murphy</a> called "Mr. Robinson Neighborhood" (making a reference to one of his lines in the movie : "Hello boys and girls. The new word for today... is PAIN."). </p><p>On January 19, 1985, he introduced <a href="/wiki/Rich_Little" title="Rich Little">Rich Little</a> at the nationally televised 50th Presidential Inaugural Gala, the day before the second inauguration of <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a>. </p><p>In 1988, after the cancellation of <i>The A-Team</i>, Mr. T starred in the syndicated Canadian television series <i><a href="/wiki/T._and_T." title="T. and T.">T. and T</a></i>. Earning $15,000 for personal appearances, by the end of the 1990s, he was appearing only in the occasional commercial, largely because of health problems. </p><p>Some time during the 1990s,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vagueness" title="Wikipedia:Vagueness"><span title="This information is too vague. (June 2024)">vague</span></a></i>]</sup> Mr. T would be in <a href="/wiki/Eric_Esch" title="Eric Esch">Eric "Butterbean" Esch</a>'s corner in the boxing matches during one of the <a href="/wiki/Toughman_Contest" title="Toughman Contest">Toughman Contests</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:UGC" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:UGC"><span title="The material near this tag may rely on a user-generated source. (June 2024)">user-generated source?</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>He frequently appears on the <a href="/wiki/Trinity_Broadcasting_Network" title="Trinity Broadcasting Network">TBN</a> Christian television network. </p><p>In 2002, Mr. T appeared as a bartender in the video for "<a href="/wiki/Pass_the_Courvoisier,_Part_II" title="Pass the Courvoisier, Part II">Pass the Courvoisier, Part II</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Busta_Rhymes" title="Busta Rhymes">Busta Rhymes</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Sean_Combs" title="Sean Combs">Sean Combs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pharrell_Williams" title="Pharrell Williams">Pharrell Williams</a>. </p><p>In the 2009 animated film <i><a href="/wiki/Cloudy_with_a_Chance_of_Meatballs_(film)" title="Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (film)">Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs</a></i>, Mr. T provided the voice for Officer Earl Devereaux, the town's athletic cop who loves his son very much. Mr. T was offered a <a href="/wiki/Cameo_appearance" title="Cameo appearance">cameo appearance</a> in the <a href="/wiki/The_A-Team_(film)" title="The A-Team (film)">film adaptation</a> of <i>The A-Team</i>, but decided to turn it down,<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> whereas <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Schultz" title="Dwight Schultz">Dwight Schultz</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dirk_Benedict" title="Dirk Benedict">Dirk Benedict</a> both made cameos in the film. These scenes were shown after the credits, but were reinserted during the film in the Extended Cut.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although he was not disturbed at the mere prospect of an "A-Team" film being made without him, he vehemently criticized the concept of having another actor copy his own very distinct appearance and style (including his haircut and gold chains) in the hope of attracting his nostalgic fanbase, and considered that asking him to do a cameo appearance in those conditions was disrespectful.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:UGC" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:UGC"><span title="The material near this tag may rely on a user-generated source. (June 2024)">user-generated source?</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Starting in 2011, Mr. T presented a clip show on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Three" title="BBC Three">BBC Three</a> named <i><a href="/wiki/World%27s_Craziest_Fools" title="World's Craziest Fools">World's Craziest Fools</a></i>. The show featured stories such as botched bank robberies and inept insurance fraudsters alongside <a href="/wiki/Failure#Internet_memes_and_"fail"" title="Failure">fail videos</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015, it was announced that Mr. T would star in a <a href="/wiki/Do_it_yourself" title="Do it yourself">do it yourself</a> <a href="/wiki/Home_improvement" title="Home improvement">home improvement</a> TV show, with interior designer Tiffany Brooks, on the <a href="/wiki/DIY_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="DIY Network">DIY Network</a>. The show, due sometime in 2015, was to be titled, "I Pity the Tool", another variation on his famous catchphrase, but only one episode was aired, for unknown reasons.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:UGC" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:UGC"><span title="The material near this tag may rely on a user-generated source. (June 2024)">user-generated source?</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On March 1, 2017, Mr. T was revealed as one of the contestants who would compete on <a href="/wiki/Dancing_with_the_Stars_(U.S._season_24)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 24)">season 24</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/Dancing_with_the_Stars_(U.S._TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dancing with the Stars (U.S. TV series)">Dancing with the Stars</a></i>. He was paired with professional dancer <a href="/wiki/Kym_Johnson-Herjavec" class="mw-redirect" title="Kym Johnson-Herjavec">Kym Herjavec</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On April 10, 2017, Mr. T and Herjavec were the third couple to be eliminated from the competition, finishing in 10th place.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He vowed to donate the money received from this participation to the <a href="/wiki/St._Jude_Children%27s_Research_Hospital" title="St. Jude Children's Research Hospital">Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Shriners_Hospitals_for_Children" title="Shriners Hospitals for Children">Shriners Hospitals for Children</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Mr._T_on_Larry_King_Now_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mr._T_on_Larry_King_Now-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Commercials">Commercials</h3></div> <p>Mr. T has been involved in numerous commercials, including for <a href="/wiki/Snickers" title="Snickers">Snickers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atari" title="Atari">Atari</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/World_of_Warcraft" title="World of Warcraft">World of Warcraft</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/MCI_Inc." title="MCI Inc.">MCI</a>, <a href="/wiki/Comcast" title="Comcast">Comcast</a> and <a href="/wiki/RadioShack" title="RadioShack">RadioShack</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Forbes" title="Forbes">Forbes</a></i> has described him as "one of the most enduring pitchmen in the business". Mr. T has described himself as "not really an actor, I'm a reactor; I'm a pitchman." At his peak, he was earning $5 million per year.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mr. T did a video campaign for <a href="/wiki/Hitachi_Data_Systems_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Hitachi Data Systems Corporation">Hitachi Data Systems</a> that was created and posted on consumer video sites including <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yahoo!_Video" class="mw-redirect" title="Yahoo! Video">Yahoo! Video</a>. According to Steven Zivanic, senior director and corporate communications of HDS, "this campaign has not only helped the firm in its own area, but it has given the data storage firm a broader audience."<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 2007, Mr. T appeared in a television commercial for the online role playing game <i><a href="/wiki/World_of_Warcraft" title="World of Warcraft">World of Warcraft</a></i> with the phrase "I'm Mr. T and I'm a <a href="/wiki/Warcraft_(series)#Night_Elves" class="mw-redirect" title="Warcraft (series)">Night Elf</a> Mohawk".<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A follow-up to this commercial appeared in November 2009 where he appeared promoting the "mohawk grenade" item, which appears in game and turns other players into Mr. T's likeness. </p><p>In 2008, Mr. T appeared on the American channel <i>Shopping TV</i> selling his "Mr. T Flavorwave Oven".<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2009, <a href="/wiki/ZootFly" title="ZootFly">ZootFly</a> announced they had acquired the rights to the Mr. T Graphic Novel and were planning several video games based upon the work.<sup id="cite_ref-IGN_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IGN-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first (and only) game, <i>Mr. T: The Videogame</i>, was to have Mr. T battle <a href="/wiki/Nazis" class="mw-redirect" title="Nazis">Nazis</a> in various locations and guest star <a href="/wiki/Will_Wright_(game_designer)" title="Will Wright (game designer)">Wil Wright</a>. It was planned to be available on the <a href="/wiki/Xbox_360" title="Xbox 360">Xbox 360</a>, <a href="/wiki/PS3" class="mw-redirect" title="PS3">PS3</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wii" title="Wii">Wii</a> and <a href="/wiki/Personal_computer" title="Personal computer">PC</a> platforms, however the game was cancelled for undisclosed reasons.<sup id="cite_ref-mr_t_the_videogame_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mr_t_the_videogame-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The same year, he appeared on commercials in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand advertising the chocolate bar <a href="/wiki/Snickers" title="Snickers">Snickers</a> with the slogan "Get Some Nuts!"<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of these commercials featured Mr. T on an <a href="/wiki/Military_light_utility_vehicle" title="Military light utility vehicle">army jeep</a> calling a speed walker wearing yellow shorts "a disgrace to the man race" (a pun on the double meaning of the word "race") and firing Snickers bars at the man with a custom-made machine gun so that he starts "running like a real man". This commercial was pulled by <a href="/wiki/Mars,_Incorporated" class="mw-redirect" title="Mars, Incorporated">Mars</a> following a complaint by the U.S.-based group <a href="/wiki/Human_Rights_Campaign" title="Human Rights Campaign">Human Rights Campaign</a>, although the advert had never been shown in the United States. The group alleged that the commercial promoted the idea that violence against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people "is not only acceptable, but humorous".<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mr. T distanced himself from these accusations, insisting that he would never lend his name to such beliefs, and that he did not think the commercial was offensive to anyone, as all the commercials he appeared in had a similarly silly, over-the-top nature and were never intended to be taken seriously.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2010, Mr. T signed up as the spokesman for Gold Promise, a gold-buying company.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to an appraiser hired by <a href="/wiki/Bloomberg_Television" title="Bloomberg Television">Bloomberg Television</a>'s <i>Taking Stock</i>, his trademark gold jewelry was worth around $43,000 in 1983,<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although some sources claim the gold jewelry was worth up to $300,000.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2015, he starred in a series of <a href="/wiki/Fuze_Beverage" title="Fuze Beverage">Fuze Iced Tea</a> advertisements, stating, "The only thing bolder than Fuze Iced Tea is ME!" The brand, owned by <a href="/wiki/The_Coca-Cola_Company" title="The Coca-Cola Company">Coca-Cola</a>, also briefly centered its social profiles and website around Mr. T.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_wrestling">Professional wrestling</h2></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mr_T_at_WrestleMania,_1985.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Mr_T_at_WrestleMania%2C_1985.jpg/240px-Mr_T_at_WrestleMania%2C_1985.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="329" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Mr_T_at_WrestleMania%2C_1985.jpg/360px-Mr_T_at_WrestleMania%2C_1985.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Mr_T_at_WrestleMania%2C_1985.jpg/480px-Mr_T_at_WrestleMania%2C_1985.jpg 2x" data-file-width="788" data-file-height="1080" /></a><figcaption>Mr. T hoists <a href="/wiki/Roddy_Piper" title="Roddy Piper">Roddy Piper</a> up onto his shoulders as <a href="/wiki/Hulk_Hogan" title="Hulk Hogan">Hulk Hogan</a> cheers in the background during the main event of the first-ever <a href="/wiki/Wrestlemania_1" class="mw-redirect" title="Wrestlemania 1">Wrestlemania</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Mr. T entered the world of <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling" title="Professional wrestling">professional wrestling</a> in 1985. He was <a href="/wiki/Hulk_Hogan" title="Hulk Hogan">Hulk Hogan</a>'s tag-team partner at the <a href="/wiki/World_Wrestling_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="World Wrestling Federation">World Wrestling Federation</a>'s (WWF) <i><a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_I" title="WrestleMania I">WrestleMania I</a></i> which he won. Hulk Hogan wrote in his autobiography that Mr. T saved the main event of WrestleMania I between them and "Rowdy" <a href="/wiki/Roddy_Piper" title="Roddy Piper">Roddy Piper</a> and "Mr. Wonderful" <a href="/wiki/Paul_Orndorff" title="Paul Orndorff">Paul Orndorff</a> because when he arrived, security would not let his entourage into the building. Mr. T was ready to skip the show until Hogan personally talked him out of leaving.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (June 2020)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Piper has said that he and other fellow wrestlers disliked Mr. T because he was an actor and had never paid his dues as a professional wrestler. Remaining with the WWF, Mr. T became a special "WWF boxer" in light of his character in <i>Rocky III</i>. He took on <a href="/wiki/Bob_Orton,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Bob Orton, Jr.">"Cowboy" Bob Orton</a> on the March 1, 1986, <i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night%27s_Main_Event_V" class="mw-redirect" title="Saturday Night's Main Event V">Saturday Night's Main Event V</a>,</i> on NBC. This <a href="/wiki/Boxing" title="Boxing">boxing</a> stunt culminated in another boxing match against Roddy Piper at <i><a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_2" title="WrestleMania 2">WrestleMania 2</a></i>. As part of the build-up for the match, Piper attacked Mr. T's friend, dwarf wrestler the <a href="/wiki/Haiti_Kid" title="Haiti Kid">Haiti Kid</a> on his <i>Piper's Pit</i> interview slot, shaving his head into a <a href="/wiki/Mohawk_hairstyle" title="Mohawk hairstyle">mohican</a> style similar to that of Mr. T. Then Mr. T won the boxing match in Round 4 by disqualification after Piper attacked the referee and bodyslammed Mr. T. He returned to the World Wrestling Federation as a <a href="/wiki/Special_guest_referee" class="mw-redirect" title="Special guest referee">special guest referee</a> in 1987 as well as a special referee enforcer confronting such stars as <a href="/wiki/The_Honky_Tonk_Man" title="The Honky Tonk Man">The Honky Tonk Man</a> and then afterwards the WWF decided to stop using Mr. T. </p><p>On July 21, 1989, Mr. T. made an appearance in <a href="/wiki/World_Class_Championship_Wrestling" title="World Class Championship Wrestling">World Class Championship Wrestling</a> (WCCW), seconding <a href="/wiki/Kerry_Von_Erich" title="Kerry Von Erich">Kerry Von Erich</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Five years later, Mr. T reappeared in <a href="/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling" title="World Championship Wrestling">WCW</a>, first appearing in Hulk Hogan's corner for his WCW world title match against <a href="/wiki/Ric_Flair" title="Ric Flair">Ric Flair</a> at <i><a href="/wiki/Bash_at_the_Beach_(1994)" title="Bash at the Beach (1994)">Bash at the Beach 1994</a></i>. He would next appear as a special referee for the Hogan–Flair rematch in October 1994 at <i><a href="/wiki/Halloween_Havoc_(1994)" title="Halloween Havoc (1994)">Halloween Havoc</a></i>, and then went on to wrestle again, defeating <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Sullivan_(wrestler)" title="Kevin Sullivan (wrestler)">Kevin Sullivan</a> at that year's <i><a href="/wiki/Starrcade_(1994)" class="mw-redirect" title="Starrcade (1994)">Starrcade</a></i>. Another seven years later Mr. T appeared in the front row of the November 19, 2001, episode of <i><a href="/wiki/WWE_Raw" title="WWE Raw">WWF Raw</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On April 5, 2014, at the <a href="/wiki/Smoothie_King_Center" title="Smoothie King Center">Smoothie King Center</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a>, Mr. T was inducted by <a href="/wiki/Gene_Okerlund" title="Gene Okerlund">Gene Okerlund</a> into the <a href="/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame" title="WWE Hall of Fame">WWE Hall of Fame</a>'s celebrity wing. His acceptance speech, largely a tribute to his mother and <a href="/wiki/Mother" title="Mother">motherhood</a> rather than wrestling, ran long and was eventually interrupted by <a href="/wiki/Kane_(wrestler)" title="Kane (wrestler)">Kane</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mr_T_being_interviewed.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Mr_T_being_interviewed.jpg/220px-Mr_T_being_interviewed.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Mr_T_being_interviewed.jpg/330px-Mr_T_being_interviewed.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Mr_T_being_interviewed.jpg/440px-Mr_T_being_interviewed.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1152" data-file-height="680" /></a><figcaption>Mr. T during an interview in London in 2009</figcaption></figure> <p>Mr. T is a <a href="/wiki/Born_again_Christianity" class="mw-redirect" title="Born again Christianity">born-again Christian</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mr. T has three children with his wife: two daughters, one of whom is a comedian, and a son. Mr. T was sued by a man in 2014 saying that he was also Mr. T's son from outside his marriage. The lawsuit was dismissed in August 2014 due to the man's failure to pay the required fees.<sup id="cite_ref-mrtkids_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mrtkids-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mrtdaug_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mrtdaug-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1987, he angered the residents of <a href="/wiki/Lake_Forest,_Illinois" title="Lake Forest, Illinois">Lake Forest, Illinois</a>, by cutting down more than a hundred oak trees on his estate. The local newspaper referred to the incident as "the Lake Forest Chain Saw Massacre".<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1995, he was diagnosed with a cutaneous <a href="/wiki/T-cell_lymphoma" title="T-cell lymphoma">T-cell lymphoma</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Mycosis_fungoides" title="Mycosis fungoides">mycosis fungoides</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:UGC" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:UGC"><span title="The material near this tag may rely on a user-generated source. (June 2024)">user-generated source?</span></a></i>]</sup> Once in <a href="/wiki/Remission_(medicine)" title="Remission (medicine)">remission</a>, he joked about the coincidence: "Can you imagine that? Cancer with my name on it – personalized cancer!"<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He wrote an as-yet-unpublished book on this experience, called <i>Cancer Saved My Life (Cancer Ain't For No Wimps)</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He made a direct reference to it as he performed a waltz to the song "<a href="/wiki/Amazing_Grace" title="Amazing Grace">Amazing Grace</a>" in <i>Dancing with the Stars</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He stopped wearing virtually all his gold, one of his identifying marks, after helping with the clean-up after <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina" title="Hurricane Katrina">Hurricane Katrina</a> in 2005. He said, "As a Christian, when I saw other people lose their lives and lose their land and property ... I felt that it would be a sin before God for me to continue wearing my gold. I felt it would be insensitive and disrespectful to the people who lost everything, so I stopped wearing my gold."<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mr. T often <a href="/wiki/Illeism" title="Illeism">refers to himself in the third person</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also frequently talks in rhymes. He cites <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Ali" title="Muhammad Ali">Muhammad Ali</a> as his "childhood hero" and his main inspiration with regard to style and mannerisms.<sup id="cite_ref-Mr._T_on_Larry_King_Now_50-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mr._T_on_Larry_King_Now-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film">Film</h3></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Role </th> <th class="unsortable">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1980 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Blues_Brothers_(film)" title="The Blues Brothers (film)">The Blues Brothers</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Guy on the Street </td> <td>Uncredited </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1982 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Penitentiary_II" title="Penitentiary II">Penitentiary II</a></i> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Rocky_III" title="Rocky III">Rocky III</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clubber_Lang" title="Clubber Lang">Clubber Lang</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1983 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/D.C._Cab" title="D.C. Cab">D.C. Cab</a></i> </td> <td>Samson </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1984 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Be_Somebody..._or_Be_Somebody%27s_Fool!" title="Be Somebody... or Be Somebody's Fool!">Be Somebody... or Be Somebody's Fool!</a></i> </td> <td rowspan="3">Himself </td> <td rowspan="3">Video </td></tr> <tr> <td>1985 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_(1985)" class="mw-redirect" title="WrestleMania (1985)">WrestleMania</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_2" title="WrestleMania 2">WrestleMania 2</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Freaked" title="Freaked">Freaked</a></i> </td> <td>The Bearded Lady </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">1994 </td> <td><i>Magic of the Golden Bear: Goldy III</i> </td> <td>Freedom </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Bash_at_the_Beach_(1994)" title="Bash at the Beach (1994)">Bash at the Beach</a></i> </td> <td rowspan="4">Himself </td> <td rowspan="4">Video </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Halloween_Havoc_(1994)" title="Halloween Havoc (1994)">Halloween Havoc</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Starrcade_(1994)" class="mw-redirect" title="Starrcade (1994)">Starrcade</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Battlecade_Extreme_Fighting#Extreme_Fighting_1" title="Battlecade Extreme Fighting">Battlecade Extreme Fighting</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Spy_Hard" title="Spy Hard">Spy Hard</a></i> </td> <td>Helicopter Pilot </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Inspector_Gadget_(film)" title="Inspector Gadget (film)">Inspector Gadget</a></i> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Not_Another_Teen_Movie" title="Not Another Teen Movie">Not Another Teen Movie</a></i> </td> <td>The Wise Janitor </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Apocalypse_IV:_Judgment" class="mw-redirect" title="Apocalypse IV: Judgment">Judgment</a></i> </td> <td>J. T. Quincy </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Cloudy_with_a_Chance_of_Meatballs_(film)" title="Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (film)">Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs</a></i> </td> <td>Earl Devereaux </td> <td>Voice role </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_XXX" title="WrestleMania XXX">WrestleMania XXX</a></i> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>Video </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Role </th> <th class="unsortable">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1981 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Games_People_Play_(1980_TV_series)" title="Games People Play (1980 TV series)">Games People Play</a></i> </td> <td rowspan="4">Himself </td> <td>Episode: "America's Best Bouncer" </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1982 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Twilight_Theater_(film)" title="Twilight Theater (film)">Twilight Theater</a></i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Silver_Spoons" title="Silver Spoons">Silver Spoons</a></i> </td> <td>Episode: "Me and Mr. T" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1982–1984 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live</a></i> </td> <td>2 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1983–1987 </td> <td><i><span data-sort-value="A-Team, The"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/The_A-Team" title="The A-Team">The A-Team</a></span></span></span></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/B._A._Baracus" title="B. A. Baracus">B. A. Baracus</a> </td> <td>97 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1983 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Diff%27rent_Strokes" title="Diff'rent Strokes">Diff'rent Strokes</a></i> </td> <td rowspan="3">Himself </td> <td>Episode: "Mr. T and Mr. t" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Alvin_and_the_Chipmunks_(1983_TV_series)" title="Alvin and the Chipmunks (1983 TV series)">Alvin and the Chipmunks</a></i> </td> <td>Episode: "The C Team" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1983–1985 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Mister_T_(TV_series)" title="Mister T (TV series)">Mister T</a></i> </td> <td>30 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1984 </td> <td><i>The Toughest Man in the World</i> </td> <td>Bruise Brubaker </td> <td>TV movie </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Dean_Martin_Celebrity_Roast" class="mw-redirect" title="Dean Martin Celebrity Roast">Dean Martin Celebrity Roast</a></i> </td> <td rowspan="2">Himself </td> <td>Special </td></tr> <tr> <td>1984–1988 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/WWF_Superstars_of_Wrestling" title="WWF Superstars of Wrestling">WWF Superstars of Wrestling</a></i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1984 </td> <td><i>A Christmas Dream</i> </td> <td>Benny / <a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus" title="Santa Claus">Santa Claus</a> </td> <td>TV movie </td></tr> <tr> <td>1985 </td> <td><i>Back to Next Saturday</i> </td> <td rowspan="2">Himself </td> <td>TV movie </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night%27s_Main_Event_V" class="mw-redirect" title="Saturday Night's Main Event V">Saturday Night's Main Event V</a></i> </td> <td>TV special </td></tr> <tr> <td>1987 </td> <td><i>Alice Through the Looking Glass</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jabberwock" class="mw-redirect" title="Jabberwock">Jabberwock</a> </td> <td>TV movie </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988–1990 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/T._and_T." title="T. and T.">T. and T.</a></i> </td> <td>T. S. Turner </td> <td>65 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/World_Class_Championship_Wrestling" title="World Class Championship Wrestling">World Class Championship Wrestling</a></i> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>Episode: July 21, 1989 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990 </td> <td><i>Straight Line</i> </td> <td>T.S. Turner </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Out_of_This_World_(American_TV_series)" title="Out of This World (American TV series)">Out of This World</a></i> </td> <td rowspan="2">Himself </td> <td>Episode: "New Kid on the Block" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1994 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Blossom_(American_TV_series)" title="Blossom (American TV series)">Blossom</a></i> </td> <td>Episode: "A Little Help from My Friends" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1994–1995 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Eek!_The_Cat" title="Eek! The Cat">Eek! The Cat</a></i> </td> <td>Mr. T-Rex </td> <td>3 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995 </td> <td><i>Kids Against Crime</i> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Trinity_Broadcasting_Network" title="Trinity Broadcasting Network">TBN</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Martin_(TV_series)" title="Martin (TV series)">Martin</a></i> </td> <td>Mr. Jenkins </td> <td>Episode: "Boo's in the House" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996–1997 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Suddenly_Susan" title="Suddenly Susan">Suddenly Susan</a></i> </td> <td>Arnie </td> <td>2 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_%26_Eddie" title="Malcolm & Eddie">Malcolm & Eddie</a></i> </td> <td>Calvin </td> <td>Episode: "The Wrongest Yard" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Sabrina:_The_Animated_Series" title="Sabrina: The Animated Series">Sabrina: The Animated Series</a></i> </td> <td>Alien </td> <td>3 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001–2003 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Pecola" title="Pecola">Pecola</a></i> </td> <td>Bongo </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/WWE_Raw" title="WWE Raw">WWF Raw</a></i> </td> <td rowspan="5">Himself </td> <td>Episode: November 19, 2001 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/House_of_Mouse" title="House of Mouse">House of Mouse</a></i> </td> <td>Episode: "House Ghosts"" </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2004 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Bravo" title="Johnny Bravo">Johnny Bravo</a></i> </td> <td>Episode: "T is for Trouble" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><span data-sort-value="Simpsons, The"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></span></span></span></i> </td> <td>Episode: "<a href="/wiki/Today_I_Am_a_Clown" title="Today I Am a Clown">Today I Am a Clown</a>" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/I_Pity_the_Fool_(TV_series)" title="I Pity the Fool (TV series)">I Pity the Fool</a></i> </td> <td>6 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010 </td> <td><i>Finders Keepers</i> </td> <td>Gambler </td> <td>Episode: "Casino Night" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011–2013 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/World%27s_Craziest_Fools" title="World's Craziest Fools">World's Craziest Fools</a></i> </td> <td rowspan="3">Himself </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_Three_(former)" class="mw-redirect" title="BBC Three (former)">BBC Three</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014 </td> <td><i>The Comeback Kids</i> </td> <td>Episode: "Gary‘s Big Break" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Dancing_with_the_Stars_(American_TV_series)" title="Dancing with the Stars (American TV series)">Dancing with the Stars</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dancing_with_the_Stars_(American_season_24)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dancing with the Stars (American season 24)">Season 24</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other">Other</h3></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Role </th> <th class="unsortable">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>2003 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Celebrity_Deathmatch_(video_game)" title="Celebrity Deathmatch (video game)">Celebrity Deathmatch</a></i> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>Video Game </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011 </td> <td><i>Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: The 4D Experience</i> </td> <td>Earl Devereaux </td> <td>Theme park ride </td></tr> <tr> <td>2022 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/WWE_2K22" title="WWE 2K22">WWE 2K22</a></i> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>Video Game </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Albums">Albums</h3></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Mr._T%27s_Commandments" title="Mr. T's Commandments">Mr. T's Commandments</a></i> (1984), <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">Columbia</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Be_Somebody..._or_Be_Somebody%27s_Fool!#Music" title="Be Somebody... or Be Somebody's Fool!">Be Somebody (Or Be Somebody's Fool)</a></i> (1984), <a href="/wiki/MCA_Records" title="MCA Records">MCA</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Singles">Singles</h3></div> <ul><li>"Mr. T's Commandment" (1984)</li> <li>"Don't Talk to Strangers" (1984)</li> <li>"Treat Your Mother Right" (1984)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mr._T_Cereal" title="Mr. T Cereal">Mr. T Cereal</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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Tero)."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-WWE_Alumni-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-WWE_Alumni_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WWE_Alumni_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wwe.com/superstars/mr-t">"Mr. T WWE bio"</a>. <a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">WWE</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 15,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Mr.+T+WWE+bio&rft.pub=WWE&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wwe.com%2Fsuperstars%2Fmr-t&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMr.+T" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFDunn2006" class="citation book cs1">Dunn, Brad (2006). <i>When They Were 22: 100 Famous People at the Turning Point in Their Lives</i>. Andrews McMeel Publishing. p. 150. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7407-5810-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-7407-5810-1"><bdi>0-7407-5810-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=When+They+Were+22%3A+100+Famous+People+at+the+Turning+Point+in+Their+Lives&rft.pages=150&rft.pub=Andrews+McMeel+Publishing&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=0-7407-5810-1&rft.aulast=Dunn&rft.aufirst=Brad&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMr.+T" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PeopleDotCom-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-PeopleDotCom_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PeopleDotCom_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFKleban1984" class="citation magazine cs1">Kleban, Barbara (October 1, 1984). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20088784,00.html">"Mr. T's Sibs Are Teed Off Over Their Bro's New Book"</a>. <i>People.com</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20191028045055/https://people.com/archive/mr-ts-sibs-are-teed-off-over-their-bros-new-book-vol-22-no-14/">Archived</a> from the original on October 28, 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 16,</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=People.com&rft.atitle=Mr.+T%27s+Sibs+Are+Teed+Off+Over+Their+Bro%27s+New+Book&rft.date=1984-10-01&rft.aulast=Kleban&rft.aufirst=Barbara&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.people.com%2Fpeople%2Farchive%2Farticle%2F0%2C%2C20088784%2C00.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMr.+T" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-People-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-People_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-People_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-People_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFJarvis1983" class="citation web cs1">Jarvis, Jeff (May 30, 1983). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://people.com/archive/cover-story-the-a-teams-mr-t-vol-19-no-21/">"The A-Team's Mr. T"</a>. <i>PEOPLE.com</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20191028043629/https://people.com/archive/cover-story-the-a-teams-mr-t-vol-19-no-21/">Archived</a> from the original on October 28, 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 28,</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=PEOPLE.com&rft.atitle=The+A-Team%27s+Mr.+T&rft.date=1983-05-30&rft.aulast=Jarvis&rft.aufirst=Jeff&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpeople.com%2Farchive%2Fcover-story-the-a-teams-mr-t-vol-19-no-21%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMr.+T" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://people.com/archive/would-you-fight-this-man-sly-stallone-did-and-now-mr-t-is-a-winner-in-rocky-iii-vol-18-no-2/">"Would You Fight This Man? Sly Stallone Did, and Now Mr T Is a Winner in Rocky III"</a>. <i>PEOPLE.com</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20191028045157/https://people.com/archive/would-you-fight-this-man-sly-stallone-did-and-now-mr-t-is-a-winner-in-rocky-iii-vol-18-no-2/">Archived</a> from the original on October 28, 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 28,</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=PEOPLE.com&rft.atitle=Would+You+Fight+This+Man%3F+Sly+Stallone+Did%2C+and+Now+Mr+T+Is+a+Winner+in+Rocky+III&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpeople.com%2Farchive%2Fwould-you-fight-this-man-sly-stallone-did-and-now-mr-t-is-a-winner-in-rocky-iii-vol-18-no-2%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMr.+T" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121118050301/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5lqUMPB3oY&gl=US&hl=en">"Merv Griffin Show 1983"</a>. YouTube. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5lqUMPB3oY">the original</a> on November 18, 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">May 11,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Merv+Griffin+Show+1983&rft.pub=YouTube&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DO5lqUMPB3oY&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMr.+T" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://aaregistry.org/story/the-robert-taylor-homes-opens/">"The Robert Taylor Homes opens"</a>. <i>African American Registry</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20191028040622/https://aaregistry.org/story/the-robert-taylor-homes-opens/">Archived</a> from the original on October 28, 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 28,</span> 2019</span>. <q>The Robert Taylor Homes were where Mr. T, Kirby Puckett, and Deval Patrick were raised. Robert Taylor Homes faced many of the same problems that doomed other high-rise housing projects in Chicago such as Cabrini-Green.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=African+American+Registry&rft.atitle=The+Robert+Taylor+Homes+opens&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Faaregistry.org%2Fstory%2Fthe-robert-taylor-homes-opens%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMr.+T" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://festivalreviews.org/2016/05/21/happy-birthday-mr-t/">"Happy Birthday: Mr. T"</a>. Festivalreviews.org. May 21, 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 16,</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Happy+Birthday%3A+Mr.+T&rft.pub=Festivalreviews.org&rft.date=2016-05-21&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ffestivalreviews.org%2F2016%2F05%2F21%2Fhappy-birthday-mr-t%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMr.+T" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/5-things-you-didnt-know-about-mr-t_n_5643d215e4b045bf3dedbec5">"You'll Pity The Fools Who Don't Know These 5 Things About Mr. T"</a>. <i>HuffPost</i>. November 13, 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 5,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=HuffPost&rft.atitle=You%27ll+Pity+The+Fools+Who+Don%27t+Know+These+5+Things+About+Mr.+T&rft.date=2015-11-13&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffpost.com%2Fentry%2F5-things-you-didnt-know-about-mr-t_n_5643d215e4b045bf3dedbec5&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMr.+T" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-glance-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-glance_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Dunbar at a glance". <i>Chicago Sun-Times</i>. December 29, 1993. 76.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-bio-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-bio_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.biography.com/people/mr-t-413140">"Mr. T Biography"</a>. <i>Biography.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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September 20, 1984. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20191028040209/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/09/29/Mr-T-sued-for-second-time-this-year/5615465278400/">Archived</a> from the original on October 28, 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 28,</span> 2019</span>. <q>Goldberg says the men helped Mr. T become a bouncer at the Dingbats Discotheque in Chicago and arranged for him to enter the 'World's Toughest Bouncer Contest', the television show that launched his show business career.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=UPI&rft.atitle=Mr.+T+sued+for+second+time+this+year&rft.date=1984-09-20&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.upi.com%2FArchives%2F1984%2F09%2F29%2FMr-T-sued-for-second-time-this-year%2F5615465278400%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMr.+T" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20060722/ISSUE01/100026178/to-have-a-comeback-you-have-to-have-a-setback">"To have a comeback, you have to have a setback"</a>. <i>Crain's Chicago Business</i>. July 22, 2006. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20191028040324/https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20060722/ISSUE01/100026178/to-have-a-comeback-you-have-to-have-a-setback">Archived</a> from the original on October 28, 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 28,</span> 2019</span>. <q>1977–79: Works as a bouncer at Chicago's Dingbat's club.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Crain%27s+Chicago+Business&rft.atitle=To+have+a+comeback%2C+you+have+to+have+a+setback&rft.date=2006-07-22&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.chicagobusiness.com%2Farticle%2F20060722%2FISSUE01%2F100026178%2Fto-have-a-comeback-you-have-to-have-a-setback&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMr.+T" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFWalters" class="citation magazine cs1">Walters, Barbara. "Mr. T: Tough and Tender in Barbara Walters Interview". <i>Jet</i>. Vol. 65, no. 26. p. 56. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0021-5996">0021-5996</a>. <q><b>Mr. T</b>: I changed my name for respect because I watched my father being called 'boy'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span></q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Jet&rft.atitle=Mr.+T%3A+Tough+and+Tender+in+Barbara+Walters+Interview&rft.volume=65&rft.issue=26&rft.pages=56&rft.issn=0021-5996&rft.aulast=Walters&rft.aufirst=Barbara&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMr.+T" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMr._T1985220-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMr._T1985220_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMr._T1985">Mr. T 1985</a>, p. 220.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMr._T1985218-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMr._T1985218_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMr._T1985">Mr. T 1985</a>, p. 218.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMr._T1985136-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMr._T1985136_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMr._T1985">Mr. T 1985</a>, p. 136.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100629031038/http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/mister_t_1_/bio.jhtml">"Mr. T view the Music Artists Biography Online"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 16,</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Mr.+T+view+the+Music+Artists+Biography+Online&rft.pub=Vh1.com&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vh1.com%2Fartists%2Faz%2Fmister_t_1_%2Fbio.jhtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMr.+T" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFNorris2021" class="citation web cs1">Norris, Luke (July 7, 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sportscasting.com/conor-mcgregor-channels-inner-mr-t-brings-dustin-poirier-wife-into-their-feud-ahead-ufc-264/">"Conor McGregor Channels His Inner Mr. T as He Brings Dustin Poirier's Wife Into Their Feud Ahead of UFC 264"</a>. <i>sportscasting.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Sylvester Stallone caught this second competition and was intrigued by Mr. T and that line in particular.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Huffington+Post&rft.atitle=Did+B.A.+Baracus+Never+Actually+Say+%27I+Pity+the+Fool%27+on+%27The+A-Team%27%3F&rft.date=2015-07-24&rft.aulast=Cronin&rft.aufirst=Brian&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2Fbrian-cronin%2Fdid-ba-baracus-never-actually-say_b_7836116.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMr.+T" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Mentioned in a number of interviews, including <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://allhiphop.com/stories/features/archive/2006/11/09/18133735.aspx">Mr. T: Pity The Fool</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080321072758/http://allhiphop.com/stories/features/archive/2006/11/09/18133735.aspx">Archived</a> March 21, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, allhiphop.com, Published Thursday, November 9, 2006. Mr. T gives a 1977 date, for an article with photos on the Mandinka in Mali. National Geographic Magazine's index has no record of such an article. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://publicationsindex.nationalgeographic.com/">Nationalgeographic.com</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090207033937/http://publicationsindex.nationalgeographic.com/">Archived</a> February 7, 2009, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040622195143/http://starpulse.com/Actors/Mr._T/Biography/">"Biography of Mr. T"</a>. Starpulse.com. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 10,</span> 2015</span>. <q>The games feature knuckle-whitening action-adventure, furious brawler combat, gravity-defying platforming, and environmental puzzles. The first game will see Mr. T take on Nazis and their gigantic machines in the varied universe of South American rain forests, lost ancient cities, industrial complexes and contemporary military installations. Along with Mr. T and other characters from the graphic novel, the game will feature non other than Will Wright. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 14,</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Forbes&rft.atitle=Mr.+T+Wants+to+Buy+Your+Gold+%E2%80%93+Time+to+Sell%3F&rft.aulast=Greenburg&rft.aufirst=Zack+O%27Malley&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fmoneybuilder%2F2010%2F10%2F15%2Fmr-t-wants-to-buy-your-gold-time-to-sell%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMr.+T" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-61"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-61">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation audio-visual cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/VMc6XQwfZt4"><i>Mr. T Discusses Cash America's 'Gold Promise' Service: Video</i></a>. March 23, 2012. 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May 21, 1987. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://apnews.com/a05f53f35d90ea89eb5ed2dea26082f6">the original</a> on April 6, 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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March 2000. 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February 25, 2009. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Showbiz-News/A-Team-Star-Mr-T-Decides-To-Stop-Wearing-Gold-Jewellery-Out-Of-Respect-For-Hurricane-Katrina-Victims/Article/200902415229268">the original</a> on February 28, 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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