Reginald VelJohnson Biography

Fast Facts

• His first acting role was in elementary school, where he played a teddy bear in a toy shop
• Among his high-school classmates were adult-film star Ron Jeremy and former CIA director George Tenet
• While VelJohnson had a starring role in the class production of The King and I, Jeremy played piano in the orchestra
• Was the only Family Matters cast member to appear in every episode of the series, which was a spinoff of the sitcom Perfect Strangers
• In 1993, he was awarded the inaugural Spirit Award for his volunteer work with the Catholic Big Brothers organization
• Learned the long-running Family Matters was canceled when he received a call to clean out his dressing room
• Portrayed Sgt
• Al Powell in the first two Die Hard films, provided the character's voice in the 2002 video game Die Hard: Vendetta and reprised the role in the 2008 "Chuck Versus Santa Claus" episode of NBC's Chuck
• Wrote and starred in the 2005 film short Sunday Evening Haircut, about a couple whose marriage is troubled because he feels his wife is overly religious