The Top 20 Football Players Turned Actors

Football players are very popular among fans of the game. After her playing days are done, many go on coaching, announcing, or other careers that keep them in the eyes of the public. Many also go into the field of action.

Here is a look at the top 20 football players turned actors

# 20 Bill Romanowski - Bill Romanowski played football for 16 years for the 49ers, Eagles, Broncos and Raiders. After his career he was in movies like "The Longest Yard and was publishedBenchwarmers.

# 19 Bill Goldberg - Although his football career was not to talk much, Bill Goldberg made a stir in the acting world. He was first known in the world of wrestling, but would seem more in Universal Soldier: The Return, The Longest Yard, and a number of TV shows

# 18 Brett Favre - Brett Favre will go down as certainly one of the best quarterbacks of all time. While he does not have an extensive film career, it is impossible to ignorethe great role he played in the hit comedy There's Something About Mary, starring Cameron Diaz and Ben Stiller. The dance scenes at the end are worth seeing again and again against.

# 17 Bo Jackson - One of the greatest running back's career was short, when Bo Jackson suffered a hip injury cut career quit. He would go to in a number of television shows and films, including Diagnosis Murder appears, married with children, the chamber and Moesha.

# 16 Mike Ditka - Famous as wella great tight end and a great head coach, would Mike Ditka also go some acting gigs including Third Rock From The Sun, Kicking & Screaming, LA Law, Cheers and coach.

# 15 Ed Marinaro - Ed Marinaro appeared in two Super Bowls for the Minnesota Vikings and also played running back for the New York Jets and the Seattle Seahawks during his professional career. He would go to appear in a number of successful TV series, including Laverne & Shirley, Hill Street Blues,and sisters.

# 14 OJ Simpson - OJ Simpson won the Heisman Trophy and then was the first person to more than 2,000 yards in a season in the NFL to rush. He continued to appear as a guest star in a series of television shows and appeared in numerous commercials. His most famous role, however, was probably as Nordberg in the Naked Gun movies.

# 13 Merlin Olsen - Merlin Olsen was a Hall of Fame defensive lineman for the Los Angeles Rams, and was one of the players thatQuarterbacks in the 1970s feared the most. After his playing days were finished, he appeared on Little House on the Prairie and then his own show, Father Murphy.

# 12 Joe Namath - Broadway Joe Namath was the face of the American Football League in the 1960s and hero of New York Jets fans everywhere. He appeared in a number of films and television programs, including the A-Team, Brady Bunch, CC and Company, and he hosted a guest in an episode of the Tonight Show.

# 11 LawrenceTaylor - One of the greatest linebacker of all time, Lawrence Taylor, another of the famous footballers who have gone on to have a credible acting career. He has appeared numerous times, as on television and in film. His other roles include The Waterboy, wave and Any Given Sunday.

# 10 Bubba Smith - Bubba Smith was a great defensive lineman for the Colts, Raiders and Oilers. He achieved more fame after his career by a large number of very popular seriesBeer commercials for Miller Lite. He is also known for playing Moses Hightower officer in the Police Academy movies.

# 9 Alex Karras - Alex Karras was a legendary defensive lineman for the Detroit Lions. After his career he continued to be released into wild wild west, and Emmanuel Lewis' father in the TV show Webster.
# 8 Howie Long - Howie Long played 13 seasons with the Oakland Raiders and Los Angeles. Since then he has appeared in commercials and films such as Fire Stormand Broken Arrow.

# 7 Dick Butkus - One of the most feared linebackers in football during his playing days, would have to go to Dick Butkus to a decent acting career. He played in the movies Any Given Sunday and Blue Thunder, and the television series My Two Dads.

# 6 Terry Bradshaw - Many fans do not know, but Terry Bradshaw has not only with a bust in the Pro Football Hall of Fame were honored, but also with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His film roles includeCannonball Run, Hooper and Failure to Launch.

# 5 played Carl Weathers - Carl Weathers linebacker in both the National Football League and Canadian Football League. He has one of the most famous roles of a former football player who played Apollo Creed in a series of Rocky movies with Sylvester Stallone.

# 4 Fred Dryer - Fred Dryer played 13 seasons in the National Football League and was one of the most respected defensive ends of his era. He was one of the largersuccessful TV series of all football players, with Hunter in the lead role of eight seasons in the 1980s and early 1990s.

# 3 Fred Williamson - Fred Williamson played defensive back in the 1960s and after his retirement, he moved into acting almost instantly. He had roles in Starsky & Hutch, Original Gangstas, and From Dusk Till Dawn in recent years, probably more famous for the many films he in the 1970s, was that part of the blaxploitation genre.

# 2Woody Strode - Woody Strode is not a name by most football fans recognized. He played college at UCLA, on the same team as Jackie Robinson, and went on to say, only one season in the NFL playing with the Los Angeles Rams in 1946. He was one of the first African-American athletes in the National Football League appears, and he would later play professional football in Canada. He had a long and impressive film career, was even nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his performance inSpartacus. Other films and television shows he appeared in Stagecoach are among the Ten Commandments, The Buccaneer, Pork Chop Hill, Rawhide, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Daniel Boone, as the West was won, the Dukes of Hazzard, and The Quick and the Dead .

# 1 Jim Brown - Jim Brown is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and is generally considered the best running back ever considered. He had a very successful career as an actress after leaving the NFL. He appeared in the dirtyDozen, The Running Man, Original Gangstas, Mars Attacks, and a number of films that were part of the 1970 blaxploitation genre. He also appeared several television series including "TJ Hooker, Knight Rider, Highway to Heaven, Police Story, The A-Team, chips, and I Spy.