Lester Speight Bio (Wiki)

Who is Lester Speight?

Lester Speight is an American actor, a former professional football player, and a former professional wrestler. He is popular for his appearance in a series of Reebok commercials.

Lester Speight: Age, Parents, Childhood, Ethnicity

He was born on 28th August 1963, in Baltimore, Maryland. His birth sign is Virgo. He was born to parents Gussie Waston (mother) and Richard Speight (father).

He suffered from ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) & ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) during his childhood which resulted in a range of behavior problems like focusing on schoolwork, discipline, completing tasks, and social interaction.

During his school days, this deficit led Speight to face multiple problems and he invested everything in sports instead of focusing on normal studies.

Speight holds American citizenship but his ethnicity is All-American.

In which school did Lester Speight attend?

Lester Speight joined the Old Mill High School in Millersville from which he graduated in 1981 and was briefly involved in school sports and was inducted into the Old Mill High School Hall of Fame starring in three sports: football, track, and basketball.

After that, he joined Morgan State University with a majored in communications and minored in Theatre in 1995. In addition, he became a Division I All-American Linebacker for the University.

Lester Speight: Professional Life and Career

After graduation, Lester Speight tried his best to play in the NFL, he ran the 40-yard dash in 4.3 seconds during his trial for the United States Football League. Also, Baltimore Stars afforded him the platform and signed a two-year contract for his hard work and dedication. He never made it into the NFL before he even played one season the USFL folded and

Apart from NFL, he also involved himself in professional wrestling where he fought for Global Wrestling Federation and the Catch Wrestling Association, as Rasta the Voodoo Man. But then he didn’t become a part of the area for a long time and quit wrestling in 1997, to achieve his dream of acting.

Later, Lester Speight started his acting career by appearing in a superhero movie ‘The Meteor Man’ in 1993 and then performed in a television role in a 2000 series ‘Walker Texas Ranger. Likewise, his marvelous performance in a Reebok commercial made him popular and skyrocketed to fame, and appeared in dozens of movies and TV shows.

Some of his notable appearances include Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, Malcolm in the Middle, Prison Break, My Wife, and Kids.

In the year 2017, Lester Speight appeared in a hit TV series NCIS: Los Angeles. Then he appeared in a movie called Speech & Debate and The Mick.

Lester Speight: Net Worth, Salary

The net worth of Lester is around $3 million as of 2022, and he has collected such a good amount of money from his versatility in different fields especially his career in the entertainment industry.

The average wrestler on the main roster earns $500,000 per year and the actor earned an average salary of $39.84 per hour in the States.

How tall is Lester Speight?

Lester Speight stands at a height of 6 feet 6 inches and weighs 118 kg. Also, he has black hair color with dark brown eyes color

Social Media

Lester Speight has around 6.1k followers on Instagram, about 6.1k followers on Twitter, and around 5k followers on Facebook. In addition, he keeps posting motivational pictures and videos on his Instagram account.

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