
Acting
John Daniel Tooz Matuszak was an American football defensive lineman in the National Football League and also an actor. Matuszak was born in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. He attended the University of Tampa and played for their football team. Matuszak also played for the Houston Oilers of the NFL and joined the Houston Texans of the World Football League, but never played for them. His first major role as an actor was in the 1979 movie "North Dallas Forty" as a football player. He also appeared in the movies "Caveman", "The Ice Pirates", and "One Crazy Summer" but is known for his role in "The Goonies…

Down the Drain
as Jed Stewart

Ghost Writer
as Chuck Aaron

One Man Force
as Jake

The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
as Fred Collins

The Joe Piscopo Halloween Party
as Self

One Crazy Summer
as Stain

Darlin' Clementine
as Mountain Man

Charlie Barnett's Terms of Enrollment
as TV Spokesman

The Goonies
as Sloth

Half Nelson

Superboy
1 ep.
Aaron's Way
1 ep.

The Charmings
1 ep.

Amen
1 ep.

Tall Tales & Legends
as Mountain Man · 1 ep.

Hollywood Beat
as George Grinsky · 20 ep.

Miami Vice
as Lascoe · 1 ep.

Hunter
as Lincoln · 1 ep.

The A-Team
as Davey Miller · 1 ep.

Silver Spoons
as Elmer · 1 ep.
North Dallas Forty
1979