Erland van Lidth
There was a big guy like you in the movies a decade or ago...usually played prison crazies as the cell mate for a commedic star....usually ended up being likeable...the actual guy that did the part was a former MIT graduate that was actually pretty damned smart.....
That would be Erland Van Lithe de Jeude. Sadly, he's passed. I went to high school with him. A gentle giant, an opera singer (like his brother Phillip) and a helluva wrestler.
It never bothered me. When I was in college I had a lot of visible piercings and wore a really long goatee, so I understood back then.
Now I’m a buttoned-up shirt-and-tie guy, and people still go quiet when I walk in a room.
Ask my wife or anyone who knows me, and they’d tell you I’m the biggest softy you’ve ever met. It’s all about image.
Interestingly enough, when I was growing up, my mother used to always tell me how her father never shaved his head despite having the classic horseshoe shaped hair line, because back in the day, shaving one’s head was considered extreme. It’s interesting how mainstream it’s become.
I blame James Tolkan (AKA Mr. Strickland from Back to the Future)