Grizz Chapman, finest identified for showing on NBC’s sitcom 30 Rock, has died. He was 52.
Chapman’s co-star, Kevin Brown, on the collection, confirmed in a Facebook post that he died Friday. “I regret to inform you that Mack Chapman aka Grizz Chapman passed today,” he wrote in a caption of images of them within the present. “May he RIP.”
For all seven seasons, Chapman appeared on 30 Rock. He performed Grizz Griswold, a bodyguard and member of Tracy Jordan’s (performed by Tracy Morgan) entourage. In the meantime, Brown performed Tracy’s different bodyguard, Dot Com. Chapman and Jordan met when Chapman was working as a bouncer at a strip membership they usually went on to turn out to be associates.
Born on April 16, 1974, in New York Metropolis, the actor, who stands seven toes tall, spoke to The Hollywood Reporter in 2013 concerning the difficulties he’s confronted due to his peak.
“I mean, why can’t a seven-foot guy play a doctor?” he requested rhetorically. “Why can’t I be a teacher? Why can’t I be a football coach? Why can’t I be a cab driver? Anything. Anything else than that,” he mentioned. “I can cry. I can do those things that they think the big guys can’t do. So just give us a chance.”
Chapman has additionally appeared in Tom McCarthy’s (Highlight, 13 Causes Why) 2014 movie, The Cobbler alongside Adam Sandler and Steve Buscemi. Further appearing credit embody Cash Monster, Lifetime of the Celebration, Blue Bloods, The Blacklist and Widespread Sense Police, amongst others.
Whereas a reason for dying has but to be introduced, Chapman has beforehand struggled with well being, kidney illness and obtained a kidney transplant in 2010. He additionally served as a spokesperson for the Nationwide Kidney Basis.
He’s survived by his spouse and two youngsters.
