• "Terrible" Terry Tate, portrayed by former football star Lester Speight, is the subject of a series of short comedy television commercials for Reebok known as the "Terry Tate: Office Linebacker" series. In October 2008, Terry Tate was featured in a "Get Out The Vote" video in which he tackles an office worker who refuses to vote. Tate tells the worker, "Your vote is your voice! That's all kinds of Constitutional Baby!"Current: Get Out the Vote! (October 27, 2008)

• Fast Facts

  1. Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber
  2. Writer: Rawson Marshall Thurber
  3. Terry Tate portrayed by Lester Speight
  4. Commercial series debuted during the 2003 Super Bowl
  5. The "Get Out The Vote" video was released in October 2008
  6. In the video, Tate is dressed as a football player who tackles an office worker who makes the comment "one vote means diddly squat"Current: Get Out the Vote! (October 27, 2008)
  7. Terry Tate was also featured in a "Reading Is Fundamental" video in October 2008 in which he appears to tackle Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah PalinGawker: Terry Tate is Back (October 18, 2008)

• Lester Speight Fast Facts

  1. Aka: "Mighty Rasta"
  2. Former American football player, former professional wrestler and actor
  3. Attended: Morgan State University
  4. Signed with the Baltimore Stars in 1985
  5. Wrestling name: "Rasta the Voodoo Man"
  6. Appeared in Malcolm in the Middle and Prison Break

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