Mr. T

Mr. T, whose real name is Laurence Tureaud (born May 21, 1952) is an American actor. He is famous for playing Sgt. Bosco "B. A." Baracus in The A-Team and James "Clubber" Lang in Rocky III. Mr. T has a popular catch phrase, "I Pity the Fool", which led to the name of a reality television series that he appeared. He also had a comic series called Mr T and the T-force. Mr. T is known for having a mohawk hairstyle and wearing a lot of gold jewelry.

Early life
Tureaud was born in Chicago. Before he became an actor, he was a bodyguard. 

Personal life
Mr. T is a born-again Christian.

Tureaud made his neighbors in the Chicago suburb Lake Forest angry by cutting down more than 100 oak trees on his estate. That is now called "The Lake Forest Chain Saw Massacre".

He gave up almost all his gold, one of his identifying marks, after helping with the cleanup after Hurricane Katrina 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."

Filmography
+ Movie and Television Year Title Role Notes 1982 Penitentiary II Himself 1982 Rocky III James "Clubber" Lang 1982 Twilight Theatre TV Series 1983 D.C. Cab Samson 1983 Mister T Himself TV Series 1983 Diff'rent Strokes Himself TV Series 1983 Alvin and the Chipmunks Himself Episode: "The C Team" 1983–1987  Sergeant Bosco "B.A." Baracus TV Series 1984 The Toughest Man in the World Bruise Brubaker TV 1984 Be Somebody... or Be Somebody's Fool! Himself Video 1984–1986, 1988 WWF Superstars of Wrestling Himself TV Series 1985 WrestleMania Himself Video 1986 WrestleMania 2 Himself Video1987 Alice Through the Looking Glass JabberwockTV movie 1988–1990 T. and T. T. S. Turner TV Series 1990 Straight Line T. S. Turner 1991 Out of This World Himself TV Series 1993 Freaked The Bearded Lady 1993 The Terrible Thunderlizards Mr. T-Rex 1994 Blossom Himself TV Series 1994 Magic of the Golden Bear: Goldy III Freedom 1995 Kids Against Crime Himself TBN 1996 Spy Hard Helicopter Pilot 1998 Saturday Night Live: The Best of Eddie Murphy Mister Robinson's neighbour Video 1999 Inspector Gadget Himself 1999 Malcolm and Eddie Calvin Episode: "The Wrongest Yard" 2001 Not Another Teen Movie The Wise Janitor 2001 Judgment J. T. Quincy Cloud Ten Pictures 2003 House of Mouse Himself Episode: "House Ghosts" 2004 Johnny Bravo Himself Episode: "T is for Trouble" 2004  Himself Episode: "Today I Am a Clown" 2005 Return of the Lads Lad No 3 with Mark Egan and Cian Duffy 2006 I Pity the Fool Himself 2009 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Earl Devereaux Voice Only 2011 World's Craziest Fools Himself BBC Three

References

Category:1952 births
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Category:Actors from Chicago
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Category:Television personalities from Chicago
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