Lester Speight Lester Speight ( January 7 , 1963 ) 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 debuted during Super Bowl XXXVII . Football and professional wrestling . Speight graduated from Old Mill High School in Millersville , MD in 1981 , where he is in the Hall of Fame for starring in 3 sports : football , track , and basketball . He attended Morgan State University from 1982 to 1985 , and was a Division 1 All American Linebacker . After graduating in 1985 he , he tried unsuccessfully to play for the NFL . Not one to give up easily , he tried out for the United States Football League the same year . During tryouts , he ran the 40 - yard dash in 4 . 23 seconds , which got the attention of the Baltimore Stars . Speight and business manager / cousin Butch Groover negotiated a two - year deal with the Stars for more than $ 200 , 000 . However , the USFL folded before he even played one season . He never made it into the NFL . Speight moved on to professional wrestling working for Global Wrestling Federation and Catch Wrestling Association as " Rasta the Voodoo Man " . It was not long , however , before he quit wrestling in 1997 , to pursue an acting career . Acting . From there he went on to appear in other minor roles in many films including " Any Given Sunday " , " 13 Moons " and as the club doorman , in " Cradle 2 the Grave " . Speight has also appeared in many television shows such as " Malcolm in the Middle " , " NYPD Blue " , " Arli $ $ " , " Prison Break " and " My Wife and Kids " . In 2003 , Speight appeared in a Reebok commercial that aired during the Super Bowl . The role was based on a character that Speight had played in a short independent film in 2000 . In the commercial , Speight plays Terry Tate , an office linebacker charged with the enforcement of office policies . For example , when one employee finishes the office ' s coffee and fails to begin brewing more , he is quickly tackled by Tate , who stands over the man , screaming " You kill the joe , you make some mo ' ! " Within the commercials , Speight promotes recycling , dutiful work , and several other courteous actions . The commercials received critical acclaim , and according to " The Hollywood Reporter " was the most watched part of the Super Bowl by TiVo viewers . The Office Linebacker spots recently returned as part of a campaign in support of voting . They feature several notable shorts of Terry Tate tackling a blind - sided Sarah Palin , leaving her moaning in pain on the ground . Tate emphasizes the importance of reading and providing lucid responses during media interviews . Speight also had a recurring role on Damon Wayan ' s ABC series " My Wife and Kids " as Calvin Scott . For the 2006 Xbox 360 game " Gears of War " , Speight voiced the role of former " Thrashball " player Augustus Cole ( a . k . a . Cole Train ) , humorously re - using some of his characteristic lines . He won the G - Phoria ' 07 award for Best Voiceover . Speight later reprised the role for " Gears of War 2 " in 2008 , " Gears of War 3 " in 2011 and " Gears of War : Judgment " in 2013 Speight guest - starred as prison inmate Banks on the show " Prison Break " . Speight also had a role in the 2007 Eddie Murphy motion picture " Norbit " as Blue , one of the three brothers of Rasputia . He also appeared in " Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay " , as a character who is interrogated using racist methods . He then had a small role in the film " Bachelor Party Vegas " , as Gold Tooth , a prison rapist . Speight appeared in an episode of ESPN ' s " Mayne Street " comedy short . In the 2008 TV film " Ring of Death " , Speight played convict " Milton Kennedy " , a feared and revered gang boss ( nicknamed " The President " ) , and undefeated champion of an underground fighting tournament in a notorious prison . In 2009 , Speight appeared in an episode of " Bones " , " Double Trouble in the Panhandle " , which aired on the Fox Broadcasting Company . He played the Traveling Circus ' s strong man " Magnum " . In 2011 , Speight appeared on the hit single " Bring It On " by Kasland as the voice of Augustus " Cole Train " Cole . He played " Hardcore Eddie " in " Transformers : Dark of the Moon " .