Lester Speight | |||||||||||
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Born | Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | August 28, 1963||||||||||
Alma mater | Morgan State University | ||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Football player, wrestler, actor | ||||||||||
Years active | 1991–1998 (wrestling) 1997–present (acting) | ||||||||||
Known for | Terry Tate: Office Linebacker My Wife and Kids Gears of War | ||||||||||
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Lester Speight (born August 28, 1963), also known as Rasta, is a former American football player who has had subsequent careers as a professional wrestler and then actor. He achieved significant recognition for his portrayal of Terry Tate: Office Linebacker in a series of Reebok commercials that debuted during Super Bowl XXXVII, and received further recognition for his portrayal of Augustus Cole in the Gears of War series of video games.