
Bill Romanowski
Actor · b. 1966 · Rockville, Vernon, Connecticut, USA
Bill Romanowski epitomized relentless intensity and durability throughout a 16-year NFL career that produced four Super Bowl championships. Born April 2, 1966, in Vernon, Connecticut, Romanowski graduated from Rockville High School in 1984 before attending Boston College. As a four-year starter for the Eagles, he earned second-team All-American honors in 1987, three First-team All-East selections (1985-1987), and the Scanlan Award for academic achievement. He won Defensive MVP at the Cotton Bowl his senior year. Selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the third round (80th overall) of the 1988 NFL draft, Romanowski played for four teams during his career: 49ers (1988-1993), Philadelphia Eagles (1994-1995), Denver Broncos (1996-2001), and Oakland Raiders (2002-2003). He became one of only three players to win back-to-back Super Bowls with two different organizations, earning championships with San Francisco (XXIII, XXIV) and Denver (XXXII, XXXIII), and was the only linebacker to start five Super Bowls. Romanowski earned two Pro Bowl selections (1996, 1998) and PFWA All-Rookie Team honors in 1988. He finished his career with 1,118 tackles, 39.5 sacks, 18 forced fumbles, 18 interceptions (98 return yards, one touchdown), and 18 fumble recoveries across 243 games. Romanowski's playing strengths defined extreme dedication: exceptional durability, playing 243 consecutive games (an NFL record for linebackers at the time that stood until 2006); fanatical commitment to training and recovery, spending up to $100,000 annually on nutrition, supplements, hyperbaric chambers, and deep tissue massage; aggressive, hard-hitting intensity combined with strategic mind games; and remarkable versatility as both a pass rusher and coverage linebacker. His greatest moments showcased championship impact: (1) Super Bowl XXIII—intercepted Cincinnati quarterback Boomer Esiason in the third quarter, turning momentum in the 49ers' favor during their 20-16 victory; (2) 1996 Pro Bowl season—posted 77 tackles, three interceptions, three sacks, and three fumble recoveries, helping Denver reach Super Bowl XXXII; (3) Historic consecutive games streak—played every game from 1988-2003, never missing a contest despite the physical toll, demonstrating unmatched durability and commitment. Following retirement, Romanowski co-authored the New York Times bestselling autobiography "Romo My Life on the Edge: Living Dreams and Slaying Dragons" (2005). He founded Nutrition53, a nutritional supplement company (2006), and appeared in several films including The Longest Yard and The Benchwarmers.
Movies9
Movie6.2ActionComedyWhen members of the nefarious crime syndicate KAOS attack the U.S. spy agency Control and the identities of secret agents are compromised, the Chief has to promote hapless but eager analyst Maxwell Smart to field agent. He is partnered with veteran and capable Agent 99, the only spy whose cover remains intact. Can they work together to thwart the evil world-domination plans of KAOS and its crafty operative?
Get Smart
2008 · 4K votes
Movie6.9ComedyRomanceRecently divorced mom Lauren and widowed dad Jim let their friends push them into a blind date, which goes disastrously wrong. Unsurprisingly, neither wants to see the other ever again. However, fate intervenes when both Jim and Lauren, unbeknownst to each other, purchase one-half of the same vacation package at a South African resort for families, during spring break. They and their children are forced to share the same romantic suite and participate in a slew of family activities together.
Blended
2014 · 3.9K votes
Movie6.7DramaComedyDisgraced pro football quarterback Paul Crewe lands in a Texas federal penitentiary, where manipulative Warden Hazen recruits him to advise the institution's football team of prison guards. Crewe suggests a tune-up game which lands him quarterbacking a crew of inmates in a game against the guards. Aided by incarcerated ex-NFL coach and player Nate Scarborough, Crewe and his team must overcome not only the bloodthirstiness of the opposition, but also the corrupt warden trying to fix the game against them.
The Longest Yard
2005 · 3.8K votes
Movie6.2FantasyComedySkeeter Bronson is a down-on-his-luck guy who's always telling bedtime stories to his niece and nephew. But his life is turned upside down when the fantastical stories he makes up for entertainment inexplicably turn into reality. Can a bewildered Skeeter manage his own unruly fantasies now that the outrageous characters and situations from his mind have morphed into actual people and events?
Bedtime Stories
2008 · 3K votes
Movie4.4ComedyFamilyJack Sadelstein, a successful advertising executive in Los Angeles with a beautiful wife and kids, dreads one event each year: the Thanksgiving visit of his twin sister Jill. Jill's neediness and passive-aggressiveness is maddening to Jack, turning his normally tranquil life upside down.
Jack and Jill
2011 · 2.3K votes
Movie5.9ComedyA trio of guys try and make up for missed opportunities in childhood by forming a three-player baseball team to compete against standard little league squads.
The Benchwarmers
2006 · 966 votes
Movie4.3ComedyA road trip comedy about three friends who travel across the country in a Wiener Wagon to beat up a popular daytime talk show therapist.
Wieners
2008 · 83 votes
Movie5.6DramaThrillerA street-smart pool player falls in with a pack of hustlers. As he rises in the underground circuit, he lands in the middle of a match between his boss and a crooked cop.
Shooting Gallery
2005 · 29 votes
Movie10.0DocumentaryFew had heard of Bill Walsh when he was hired as head coach of the San Francisco 49ers in 1979. Within three seasons, he created a world champion -- within six, he had created a dynasty. In this program, NFL Films goes inside the 49ers dynasty, detailing the system, the players, and the mindset that created the powerhouse 49ers teams of the 1980s.
The San Francisco 49ers Team of the '80s
2012 · 1 votes
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TV6.9ComedyA behind-the-scenes look at the glitzy, big-money world of professional sports following the eternally optimistic and endlessly resourceful L.A. sports agent Arliss Michaels whose Achilles' heel is his inability to say “no” to clients and employees.
Arli$$
1996 · 16 votes
TV7.6ComedyThree incoming freshman in a big-time, Midwestern college football program have to juggle football, girls, class and nonstop hazing.
Blue Mountain State
2010 · 471 votes
TV8.0DocumentaryAmerica's Game: The Super Bowl Champions is an annual documentary series created by NFL Films (broadcast on the NFL Network and CBS). Each of its 55 (and counting) installments profile the National Football League's annual Super Bowl champion through highlights, interviews with players and coaches, and a celebrity narrator. A spin-off debuted on September 18, 2008, titled America's Game: The Missing Rings which chronicled five of the best teams to never win the Super Bowl.
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
2006 · 2 votes
TV8.0RealityPros vs. Joes is an American physical reality game show that airs on Spike TV. The show features male amateur contestants matching themselves against professional athletes in a series of athletic feats related to the expertise sport of the Pro they are facing. For its first three seasons, the show was hosted by Petros Papadakis. Since Season Four, it has been co-hosted by Michael Strahan and Jay Glazer. The first two seasons were filmed at Carson, California's Home Depot Center, which was referenced in aerial shots.
Pros vs. Joes
2006 · 2 votes