Lee Reherman Lee Reherman ( born July 4 , 1966 ) is a former American football player but a current actor and television host . Personal life . Reherman was born in Louisville , Kentucky . He played football at Cornell University and then played professionally with the Miami Dolphins . While at Cornell University , he was elected to the Sphinx Head Society and was a brother of Chi Psi Fraternity . After his pro football career ended , Lee received an MBA in Finance from UCLA as well as a Ph . D . in Economics . He is related to Louisville ' s Robert J . Howard family ( Louisville , KY ) as well as golfer Frank Beard , basketball star Ralph Beard , and football legend Mo Moorman . Since his early days as THE HAWK on The American Gladiators , Lee Reherman has been a recognizable entertainment personality for nearly two decades , now boasting ACTING , HOSTING , VOICE OVER , & PRODUCTION CREDITS in over 100 Television & Feature Film projects ; his broad resume includes everything from wacky DISNEY characters , to gritty SHOWTIME roles , to hi - octane SPEED CHANNEL hosting gigs . Reherman currently plays “ Secret Service Agent ROSS HARDISON ” in Byron Allen ’ s new BET comedy series , The First Family , & appears as “ MERC ” in JJ Abrams summer blockbuster , Star Trek 2 Into Darkness . On the hosting side , Reherman is currently in his 7th Season of Hot Rod TV for SPEED , his 2nd Season of Off Road Overhaul for THE OUTDOOR CHANNEL , & his 1st Season of Game Changers for STAGE 5 TV . And Reherman is currently the International live - action face of RED 5 STUDIO ’ s Video Game Firefall , having added TYPHON to his “ super - hero resume , ” beginning in 2012 . Also in 2012 , Reherman starred on Ron Howard & Brian Grazer ’ s TNT Adventure Show , The Great Escape & he added a season of SPEED ’ s Battle of the Supercars to his car show hosting resume . In 2011 , Reherman starred on SHOWTIME ’ s Look , was recurring on ABC ’ s General Hospital , & Guest Starred on NBC ’ s Chuck . And in 2010 Reherman Guest Starred on COMEDY CENTRAL ’ s Workaholics , CBS ’ s Medium , & CW ’ s 90210 . Reherman has also lent his distinguishable voice to Video Games , Animation , & Ad Campaigns , & he can currently be heard as the voice of ARMAGEDDON on The CARTOON NETWORK ’ s Regular Show & as one of the voices of the VISA NFL Superbowl Campaign . And he just completed VO for multiple lead characters in the Blue Harvest Motion Capture Video Game Project , set for release in 2014 . Reherman ’ s earlier theatrical credits include : Navy NCIS , Prison Break , Terriers , Leverage , Not Easily Broken , Race to Witch Mountain , The Closer , Bratz The Movie , The Shield , & In Case of Emergency . And he ’ s been a DISNEY regular with Guest Star Appearances on Hannah Montana , Wizards of Waverly Place , Cory of the House , Suite Life , & Thats So Raven . As a host , he ’ s worked for almost every network , including Best Damn on FOX , StressTest on HGTV , That Yin Yang Thing on TLC , RollerJam on SPIKE , Arena on G4 , The American Veteran Awards on HISTORY , & The XFL on NBC . Television . During the time he was attending college , some of his classmates dared him to audition on the American television program " American Gladiators " . He got the job and became known as the gladiator , Hawk in 1993 through 1996 . Lee was one of the show ' s most popular Gladiators and often interacted with his fans in the audience . After the show ended , he focused his career as an actor and has been seen in such TV programs such as the " X - Files , Angel " , " Charmed " and " Caroline in the City " , worked as color commentator on " RollerJam " with Ken Resnick ( season one ) and Rory Markas ( seasons two and three ) through 2001 , and was also the host of the G4 competitive video game show , " Arena " ( which has been on hiatus since the end of 2004 ) with Kevin Pereira . His favorite events on " American Gladiators " were Tug O War , Joust and Powerball ( more notably Tug - O - War , as he can also be seen playing that game in several episodes of " Family Challenge " ) . Reherman guest - starred in the Disney Channel cable - TV series " The Suite Life of Zack & Cody " episode " Maddie Checks In " as " The Amputator " a professional wrestler , in " Cory in the House " episode " Model Behavior " as " the guy at boot camp " , in " Hannah Montana " episode " Got to Get Her Out of My House " as the housekeeper , and also in " That ' s So Raven " episode " Spa Day Afternoon " as the " tough body - guard " . He also has appeared in several episodes of the show " Overhaulin " on the Discovery Channel as a helper to the host with the pranks involving those who have had their cars taken to be overhauled by Chip Foose . Currently , he is the host of SPEED Channel ' s Battle of the Supercars . Reherman was in episode nine of the first season of Comedy Central ' s Workaholics .