![John Matuszak](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/83WCS7g8I5VFu0LWD3ng9HtsqHb.jpg)
John Matuszak
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". He also had guest appearances on popular TV shows "Perfect Strangers", "M*A*S*H", "The Dukes of Hazzard", "Hunter", "Silver Spoons", "The A-Team", "1st & Ten", "Miami Vice" and "Cheers". He died on June 17, 1989 aged 38 due to a heart failure.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 13.32 |
Birthday | 1950-10-25 |
Place of Birth | Oak Creek, Wisconsin, USA |
Also Known As |
![The Ice Pirates](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/tv2iZbQYWwKcWOUWVFxOhcchKZT.jpg)
1984
![The Ice Pirates](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/tv2iZbQYWwKcWOUWVFxOhcchKZT.jpg)
The Ice Pirates
5.6/173
In the not too distant future, where by far the most precious commodity in the galaxy is water. The last surviving water planet was somehow removed to...
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The Ice Pirates
![The Goonies](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/eBU7gCjTCj9n2LTxvCSIXXOvHkD.jpg)
1985
![The Goonies](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/eBU7gCjTCj9n2LTxvCSIXXOvHkD.jpg)
The Goonies
7.518/5560
A young teenager named Mikey Walsh finds an old treasure map in his father's attic. Hoping to save their homes from demolition, Mikey and his friends...
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![The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/hpt8qLDeqg0KWWDcZlJgIKvcKXX.jpg)
1988
![The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/hpt8qLDeqg0KWWDcZlJgIKvcKXX.jpg)
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
5.048/42
A renegade team of World War II soldiers. This time, one of the 12 is a woman and, with a Nazi spy within their midst, they're up against German warti...
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The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
![One Crazy Summer](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/hwrMVPwGFB3fouqD5PhhmbafB7G.jpg)
1986
![One Crazy Summer](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/hwrMVPwGFB3fouqD5PhhmbafB7G.jpg)
One Crazy Summer
6.022/184
An aspiring teenage cartoonist and his friends come to the aid of a singer trying to save her family property from developers.
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One Crazy Summer
![Caveman](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/cfZfl3wxO8QxHKJsiWUHZg1D62B.jpg)
1981
![Caveman](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/cfZfl3wxO8QxHKJsiWUHZg1D62B.jpg)
Caveman
6.554/149
Disgraced and cast out of his tribe for lusting after Lana, the mate of the tribe's head muscle man, Atouk stumbles along gathering other misfits and...
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Caveman
![One Man Force](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/fysCZF07SbIbCWMlU9jqDHXsoCP.jpg)
1989
![One Man Force](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/fysCZF07SbIbCWMlU9jqDHXsoCP.jpg)
One Man Force
4.3/9
In this action packed film, an L.A. cop speeds off to get revenge upon the dirty drug-dealing dogs who killed his partner
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![Down the Drain](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/7mI6DhpYKRbQMggOtLAkh1epFwg.jpg)
1990
![Down the Drain](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/7mI6DhpYKRbQMggOtLAkh1epFwg.jpg)
Down the Drain
4.8/4
A dishonest lawyer devises a scheme to rob a bank by recruiting criminals he has represented to do the job for him. When the robbery is completed, he...
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![North Dallas Forty](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/mFhSl76WbhNWVjwObFZRjaDalOF.jpg)
1979
![North Dallas Forty](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/mFhSl76WbhNWVjwObFZRjaDalOF.jpg)
North Dallas Forty
6.6/61
A semi-fictional account of life as a professional football player. Loosely based on the Dallas Cowboys team of the early 1970s.
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![Ghost Writer](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/fPebwUDUwhF215dWh3JnoExHRFh.jpg)
1989
![Ghost Writer](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/fPebwUDUwhF215dWh3JnoExHRFh.jpg)
Ghost Writer
3.75/8
A writer moves into a Malibu beach house, and comes up against the ghost of an actress who supposedly had committed suicide there 30 years previously,...
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Ghost Writer
![Command 5](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/3DFpVj2tby8WpSMH9TEk5cCZu7b.jpg)
1985
![Command 5](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/3DFpVj2tby8WpSMH9TEk5cCZu7b.jpg)
Command 5
0/0
A team of special military forces has to save a small town which has been taken hostage by an organization called the Brotherhood.
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![Charlie Barnett's Terms of Enrollment](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ilNYe7lUYiGDzbtNSGPAMQvZFQ7.jpg)
1986
![Charlie Barnett's Terms of Enrollment](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ilNYe7lUYiGDzbtNSGPAMQvZFQ7.jpg)
Charlie Barnett's Terms of Enrollment
0/0
Charlie Barnett shows you how to succeed in college without trying.
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Charlie Barnett's Terms of Enrollment
![Half Nelson](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ppBMnvtfcKiwm5zOvPLYnAL25Tw.jpg)
1985
![Half Nelson](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ppBMnvtfcKiwm5zOvPLYnAL25Tw.jpg)
Half Nelson
0/0
Rocky Nelson is a New York cop, who after making a major bust and selling the rights of his story to Hollywood decides to try his luck out as an actor...
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![Darlin' Clementine](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/yZI5ZWHpbAXsFq00nSwt1Ru79vW.jpg)
1986
![Darlin' Clementine](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/yZI5ZWHpbAXsFq00nSwt1Ru79vW.jpg)
Darlin' Clementine
0/0
Clementine is the sole woman in her mining camp who cares for everyone around her until her selfish father learns a valuable lesson.
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![The Joe Piscopo Halloween Party](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/6OQTXzxwNXHESKvbLSFMHR1M3nd.jpg)
1987
![The Joe Piscopo Halloween Party](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/6OQTXzxwNXHESKvbLSFMHR1M3nd.jpg)
The Joe Piscopo Halloween Party
0/0
Comedy concert of comedian Joe Piscopo filmed live from UCLA.
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