Mr. T Biography

The 11th of 12 children the future Mr. T was born Laurence Turead on May 21 1952 in Chicago IL. Growing up dirt poor on welfare in Chi-town's dismal housing projects Turead became especially close to his mother.To occupy himself the gifted athlete immersed himself in sports while attending Dunbar Vocational High School; his skills on the gridiron were strong enough to win him a football scholarship to Prairie View A&M University in Texas in 1971 where he began majoring in mathematics. Unfortunately he was thrown out a year later for reasons unclear. After a short stint in the U.S. Army where he served as a military policeman Turead returned to Chicago where he found employment as a bouncer at a number of bars. Accustomed to throwing out belligerent drunks from his policeman days Turead quickly gained a reputation as one of Chicago's baddest of the bad bouncers. Around this same time he began sporting the radical mohawk which ultimately became his signature look - a hairstyle which he claimed was inspired by Africa's Mandikan warriors.He became a well-known celebrity bodyguard charging $3000 a day and handing out business cards that read Next to God there is no greater protector than I. Mr. T transformed himself into a shameless self-promoter. In 1982 Mr. T was cast in his first film the ultra low-budget Penitentiary II directed by Jamaa Fanaka. Mr. T fared far better on his sophomore movie. Cast as Sylvester Stallone's imposing new opponent Clubber Lang in Rocky III Mr. T made a solid impression as the glowering boxer sweating pure menace and venom in every scene. Released in summer of 1982 the film arguably the best of the punch-drunk film franchise's sequels became a monster hit grossing over $125 million at the domestic box office.

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