Actor Appreciation

This 1977 American docudrama is about the world of professional bodybuilding. It focuses on the 1975 IFBB Mr. Universe and 1975 Mr. Olympia competitions and centres on the competition between Lou Ferrigno and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Hercules is a 1983 science-fantasy-adventure film based on Greek mythology and the tales of Hercules. Lou Ferrigno stars as the title character of Hercules and has to battle the wizard King Minos, who is trying to take over the world.

The 1989 film, Sinbad of the Seven Seas, follows the adventures of the fictional Mariner, Sinbad as he has to recover the five magical stones to free the city of Basra from the evil spell cast by a wizard and he must battle magical creatures in order to save the world. Though it did not see success, it is a cult favorite and, in an interview, Lou Ferrigno stated that Sinbad of the Seven Seas was one of his favorite films he ever made.

Lou Ferrigno played himself in the 2009 film, I Love You, Man. In his main scene, he is out to lunch and when the situation quickly escalates, Jason Segel's character is put in a sleeper hold by Lou.

This 2015 film is a mockbuster of the Marvel Studios superhero film Avengers: Age of Ultron and the ABC TV series Once Upon a Time. Lou Ferrigno plays Iron John, a local gang leader who is based on the Brothers Grimm fairytale by the same name.

Lou Ferrigno plays Mr. Daniels in the 2019 action thriller Ring Ring, directed by Adam Marino and starring Kirby Bliss Blanton & Malcom Goodwin.

Lou Ferrigno originated the role of the Hulk in the 1977 TV series. This is his most iconic role. On November 4, 1977, the series' two-hour pilot movie, establishing the Hulk's origins, aired. Due to an accident that altered his cells, Dr. Banner transforms into the Hulk whenever he is angry or under a large amount of stress. In the series, Dr. Banner is a widowed physician and scientist, presumed dead, travels across America under aliases and helps those in need.

Appearing on Mister Rogers Neighborhood in 1980, Mister Rogers talks to Lou Ferrigno as he is on set for The Incredible Hulk TV series. Mister Rogers talks to Lou Ferrigno about the the make-up that makes him look like the Hulk, what he does to calm down when he is angry and about Lou's hearing loss due to an ear infection he had when he was a child.

Lou Ferrigno plays paramedic John Six in the TV series Trauma Center. Debuting in 1983, the series is about the staff at Medstar Trauma Center, a special unit of the fictional McKee Hospital in Los Angeles County who dealt with numerous life-threatening medical incidents in each episode

In an episode of Night Court (1985), Lou Ferrigno plays a wrestler, The Klondike Butcher, who was assaulted by an old lady in the ring with a metal chair.

In Kings of Queens (2000-2007), Lou Ferrigno plays himself from seasons 3-9. He and his real life wife, Carla, are the Heffernans' next-door neighbour's and everyone in the neighbourhood are fascinated by Lou, which gets on his nerves because he does not like people telling him Hulk jokes and references. Fun fact: Lou's character suffers from a video game addiction in the series. Maybe he was playing the Hulk video game?

Lou voiced the character Billy, a legendary hero in the Land of Ooo from the animated TV show Adventure Time. Billy is idolized by Finn and Jake, however, by the time the two meet him, Billy no longer believes that violent heroism is the solution in stopping evil. It is just an endless cycle, so what's the point? Finn and Jake are able to convince Billy that fighting evil is a good and not futile cause, gaining Billy's admiration and friendship.