Acting · Oak Creek, Wisconsin, USA · Born October 25, 1950
John Daniel Tooz Matuszak was an American football defensive lineman in the National Football League and also an actor. Matuszak was born in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. He attended the University of Tampa and played for their football team. Matuszak also played for the Houston Oilers of the NFL and joined the Houston Texans of the World Football League, but never played for them. His first major role as an actor was in the 1979 movie "North Dallas Forty" as a football player. He also appeared in the movies "Caveman", "The Ice Pirates", and "One Crazy Summer" but is known for his role in "The Goonies". He also had guest appearances on popular TV shows "Perfect Strangers", "M*A*S*H", "The Dukes of Hazzard", "Hunter", "Silver Spoons", "The A-Team", "1st & Ten", "Miami Vice" and "Cheers". He died on June 17, 1989 aged 38 due to a heart failure.
MovieDown the Drain
1990
as Jed Stewart
MovieGhost Writer
1989
as Chuck Aaron
MovieOne Man Force
1989
as Jake
MovieThe Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
1988
as Fred Collins
TVSuperboy
1988
Aaron's Way
1988
MovieThe Joe Piscopo Halloween Party
1987
as Self
TVThe Charmings
1987
TVAmen
1986
MovieOne Crazy Summer
1986
as Stain
MovieCharlie Barnett's Terms of Enrollment
1986
as TV Spokesman
MovieDarlin' Clementine
1986
as Mountain Man
TVTall Tales & Legends
1985
as Mountain Man
TVHollywood Beat
1985
as George Grinsky
MovieCommand 5
1985
as Kowalski
MovieThe Goonies
1985
as Sloth
MovieHalf Nelson
1985
TVHunter
1984
as Lincoln
TVMiami Vice
1984
as Lascoe
MovieThe Ice Pirates
1984
as Killjoy
TVThe A-Team
1983
as Davey Miller
TVSilver Spoons
1982
as Elmer
MovieCaveman
1981
as Tonda
TVTrapper John, M.D.
1979
MovieNorth Dallas Forty
1979
as O. W. Shaddock
TVThe World's Strongest Man
1977
as Competitor
TVM*A*S*H
1972
as Hitalski
TVMonday Night Football
1970
as Defensive Tackle
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
