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name: "John Matuszak"
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imdb_id: "nm0560596"
tmdb_id: 64120
wikidata_id: "Q718840"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "25 October 1950"
died: "17 June 1989"
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average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:40:39.042710+00:00"
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# John Matuszak

## Identity

John Matuszak

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-matuszak
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-matuszak
- **IMDb ID:** nm0560596
- **TMDB ID:** 64120
- **Wikidata ID:** Q718840
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Matuszak, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q718840, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0560596/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/64120

Actor. Born 25 October 1950 in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, USA. Died 17 June 1989.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 25 October 1950, Oak Creek, Wisconsin, USA
- **Died:** 17 June 1989
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Matuszak, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q718840, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0560596/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/64120

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*The Goonies*](https://film.one/film/the-goonies.md) (76)

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## Biography

John Matuszak was an American actor and former professional American football defensive end. Nicknamed "Tooz", he was selected first overall in the 1973 NFL Draft by the Houston Oilers and played most of his career with the Oakland Raiders, winning two Super Bowls.

He began acting in the late 1970s. His first major film role was as a football player in *North Dallas Forty* (1979). Matuszak is best known for portraying Sloth in *The Goonies* (1985). Other film credits include *Caveman* (1981), *The Ice Pirates* (1984) and *One Crazy Summer* (1986). He also made guest appearances in television series including *M*A*S*H*, *The A-Team*, *Miami Vice* and *Hunter*.

Matuszak died on 17 June 1989, aged 38.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Goonies* (1985), Fi1m 76, as Sloth — [page](https://film.one/film/the-goonies.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Down the Drain* (1990), as Jed Stewart
- *Ghost Writer* (1989), as Chuck Aaron
- *One Man Force* (1989), as Jake
- *The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission* (1988), as Fred Collins
- *Superboy* (1988), series, Actor
- *Aaron's Way* (1988), series, Actor
- *The Charmings* (1987), series, Actor
- *Amen* (1986), series, Actor
- *One Crazy Summer* (1986), as Stain
- *Charlie Barnett's Terms of Enrollment* (1986), as TV Spokesman
- *Darlin' Clementine* (1986), as Mountain Man
- *Tall Tales & Legends* (1985), series, as Mountain Man
- *Hollywood Beat* (1985), series, as George Grinsky
- *Command 5* (1985), as Kowalski
- *The Goonies* (1985), as Sloth — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-goonies.md)
- *Half Nelson* (1985), Actor
- *Hunter* (1984), series, as Lincoln
- *Miami Vice* (1984), series, as Lascoe — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)
- *The Ice Pirates* (1984), as Killjoy
- *The A-Team* (1983), series, as Davey Miller
- *Silver Spoons* (1982), series, as Elmer
- *Caveman* (1981), as Tonda
- *Trapper John, M.D.* (1979), series, Actor
- *North Dallas Forty* (1979), as O. W. Shaddock
- *M*A*S*H* (1972), series, as Hitalski — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/m-a-s-h-1972.md)
- *Monday Night Football* (1970), series, as Defensive Tackle, Defensive end, Defensive End

## Gallery

- ![John Matuszak](https://film.one/media/person/118509/gallery-86acce2ea153.jpg) John Matuszak — Ron Galella, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/John_Matuszak.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![John Matuszak](https://film.one/media/person/118509/gallery-c2a97cad8f7f.jpg) John Matuszak — Image via TMDB

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