Lester "Mighty Rasta" Speight is a former American football player who has had subsequent careers as a professional wrestler and then actor.
Speight achieved significant recognition for his portrayal of Terry Tate: Office Linebacker in a series of Reebok commercials that first debuted during the 2003 Super Bowl.
Speight's path to stardom began during his time at Morgan State University as a Division 1 All American Linebacker. In 1985 he signed wi...
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Lester "Mighty Rasta" Speight is a former American football player who has had subsequent careers as a professional wrestler and then actor.
Speight achieved significant recognition for his portrayal of Terry Tate: Office Linebacker in a series of Reebok commercials that first debuted during the 2003 Super Bowl.
Speight's path to stardom began during his time at Morgan State University as a Division 1 All American Linebacker. In 1985 he signed with the Baltimore Stars of the USFL. Unfortunately for Speight, the USFL folded before he even played one season. He never made it into the NFL. Following his ill fated professional football career, Speight moved on to professional wrestling working for Global Wrestling Federation as "Rasta the Voodoo Man". It wasn't long, however, before he quit wrestling to pursue an acting career.
From there he went on to appear in other minor roles in many films including 13 Moons. Speight has also appeared in many television shows such as Malcolm in the...
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