It’s Terry Tate’s World; We Just Live There
February 20th, 2007 by Michael Stephens
Remember Terry Tate, the “office linebacker” from the Reebok ad campaign, whose bone-jarring hits on corporate workers who failed to exhibit proper workplace protocol?
Tate is actually Lester “The Mighty Rasta” Speight (right) a 44-year-old Baltimore native and actor.
According to the Balitmore Sun, he’s beginning to establish himself in the profession, with a role in Eddie Murphy’s new comedy, Norbit, an episode of Fox’s “Prison Break,” a voiceover of the Xbox game “Gears of War” and numerous other projects in the works.
“It feels like you’re in demand, and at the same time you have to be humble,” says Speight, a 6-foot-6-inch, 305-pound former All-America football player at Morgan State University, who coined his own nickname “Mighty Rasta,” during a stint in pro wrestling.
“As an actor, I’ve gotten to where once you establish yourself, it’s a snowball; success begets success,” he says. “People see you and they keep calling because they see you as helping to make their projects successful. You feel busy and that you have a sense of security.”
Here’s Speight’s breakthrough role as Tate, the office enforcer who made his debut in a wildly popular Reebok commercial during the 2003 Super Bowl…
