Lou Ferrigno

Person · Open Library

Born

1951-11-09

Works

7

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Acting · Brooklyn, New York, USA

Louis Jude "Lou" Ferrigno (born November 9, 1951) is an American actor, fitness trainer/consultant, and retired professional bodybuilder. As a bodybuilder, Ferrigno won an IFBB Mr. America title and two consecutive IFBB Mr. Universe titles, and appeared in the bodybuilding documentary Pumping Iron. As an actor, he is best known for portraying the title role in the CBS television series The…

Known for

• Hard Redemption — Rico2026
• The Hermit — The Hermit2025
• Little Angels — Cop Lou2025
• The 92nd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade2024
• Mission Peace: Staunch Moderates Documentary2022
• The Offer — Lenny Montana2022
• Killer Sally — Self - Champion Bodybuilder & Actor (archive footage)2022
• Mummy Dearest — Matthew Bradley2021
• Slugfest2021
• Guest House — Sergeant Winters2020

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

38

Total plays

198

Date of Birth 9 November 1951, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA Birth Name Louis Jude Ferrigno Nickname Big Louie Hulk Height 6' 4½" (1.94 m) Mini Biography An internationally famous and well respected bodybuilder / actor, Lou Ferrigno first appeared on TV screens in 1977 as the musclebound "The Incredible Hulk" (1978), the alter ego of meek scientist Bruce Banner. Ferrigno was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1951 and as a child suffered from an ear infection that resulted in permanent

via Last.fm · Lou Ferrigno

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. A pneumonia outbreak associated with a new coronavirus of probable bat origin

   · 2020 · cited 17,260x

2. Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC

   · 2012 · cited 6,723x

3. <i>Entropy and diversity</i>

   · 2006 · cited 3,944x

4. A SARS-CoV-2 protein interaction map reveals targets for drug repurposing

   · 2020 · cited 3,923x

5. Nanomaterials with enzyme-like characteristics (nanozymes): next-generation artificial enzymes (II)

   · 2019 · cited 3,827x

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Key facts

Born

Louis Jude Ferrigno , ( 1951-11-09 ) November 9, 1951 (age 74) , Brooklyn, New York , U.S.

Occupations

Bodybuilder actor personal trainer

Years active

1971–present

Spouses

Susan Groff ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1978 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1979 ) ​ Carla Green ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1980 ; separated</span>"}]]}'>sep. 2023 ) ​

Children

3, including Lou Jr.

Height

6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)

Weight

286 lb (130 kg)

Pro debut

NABBA Mr. Universe 1972

Best win

IFBB Mr. Universe 1973–1974

Active

Retired 1996

via Wikipedia infobox

Key dates

Born

9 November 1951

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Lou

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Brooklyn

Educated at

Brooklyn Technical High School

Political party

Republican Party (United States)

Languages spoken

English language

Native language

English language

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