Person
Lou Ferrigno
Acting · Born 1951-11-09 · Brooklyn, New York, USA
Biography
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 Incredible Hulk. He has also appeared in European-produced fantasy-adventures such as Sinbad of the Seven Seas and Hercules, and as himself in the sitcom The King of Queens and the 2009 comedy I Love You, Man.
Known for
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Adventure Time
Billy (voice)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
The Bob Hope Show
Self
Anderson Cooper 360°
2003
Golden Globe Awards
Self
The Avengers
The Hulk (voice) (uncredited)
Night Court
The Klondike Butcher
The King of Queens
Lou Ferrigno
We Bare Bears
Paul (voice)
Filmography
- 2026Hard RedemptionRico
- 2025Little AngelsCop Lou
- 2025The HermitThe Hermit
- 2024The 92nd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade
- 2022Mission Peace: Staunch Moderates Documentary
- 2022Killer SallySelf - Champion Bodybuilder & Actor (archive footage)
- 2022The OfferLenny Montana
- 2021Slugfest
- 2021Mummy DearestMatthew Bradley
- 2020Guest HouseSergeant Winters
- 2019Celebrating Marvel's Stan LeeSelf
- 2019Purge of KingdomsDeadard Stork
- 2019Cross: Rise of the VillainsPowerhouse
- 2019Ring RingMr. Daniels
- 2019Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period EpicSelf - Actor
- 2018Enter the FireMonroe
- 2018Gifted - The DocumentarySelf (archive footage)
- 2018Surge of Power: Revenge of the SequelIon
- 2017Life After FlashSelf
- 2017Instant DeathJohn Bradley
- 2017Heroes ManufacturedSelf (archive footage)
- 2016Little Big Show
- 2016FantastiCozziHercules (archive footage)
- 2016The Bandit HoundWilly
- 2015I Am ThorHimself
- 2015I Am Your FatherHimself
- 2015Con ManLou Ferrigno
- 2015We Bare BearsPaul (voice)
- 2015Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!Agent Banner
- 2015Avengers: Age of UltronHulk (voice) (uncredited)
- 2015Anything Is Possible(voice)
- 2015Tom Felton Meets the SuperfansSelf
- 2015Avengers GrimmIron John
- 2015The Scorpion King 4: Quest for PowerSkizurra
- 2014A Star Is Drawn: Rob Simone's Look Inside Comic-ConSelf
- 2014Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon FilmsHercules (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2013Generation IronSelf
- 2013Through the KeyholeSelf
- 2012LiberatorEd Migliocetti / The Liberator
- 2012The Eric Andre ShowSelf
- 2012The AvengersThe Hulk (voice) (uncredited)
- 2012Comic Book MenSelf
- 2012Evolution of BodybuildingSelf
- 2010With Great Power: The Stan Lee StorySelf
- 2010SoupernaturalLou
- 2010Adventure TimeBilly (voice)
- 2009I Love You, ManLou Ferrigno
- 2009Sonny with a Chance
- 2009L'Incroyable Hulk : L'Homme MystèreHulk
- 2008The Incredible HulkVoice of The Incredible Hulk / Security Guard
- 2008American Gladiators
- 2007ChuckSofia's Bodyguard
- 2005Surge of Power: The Stuff of HeroesSelf
- 2003Anderson Cooper 360°
- 2003Reno 911!New Junior - Deputy Cletus Senior
- 2003HulkSecurity Guard
- 2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self
- 2002Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'Self - Mr. Universe 1974
- 2001Once Upon a Time: The Super HeroesThe Incredible Hulk (archive footage)
- 2001Ping!Dogcatcher
- 2001My Wife and Kids
- 1999Where Are They Now?Self
- 1998The GodsonBugsy
- 1998The King of QueensLou Ferrigno
- 1997Stand TallSelf
- 1996The Incredible HulkThe Hulk (voice)
- 1996E! True Hollywood Story
- 1995The Misery BrothersQuazzie
- 1994Cage II: The Arena of DeathBilly
- 1994The Making of '...And God Spoke'Cain
- 1993Living Single
- 1992Frogtown IIRanger John Jones
- 1992The Naked TruthFed. #1
- 1991Detective ExtralargeGoodwin
- 1991HangfireSmitty
- 1990Super ForceU-Gene
- 1990The Death of the Incredible HulkThe Hulk
- 1989Liberty & BashBash
- 1989CageBilly Thomas
- 1989The Trial of the Incredible HulkThe Hulk
- 1989Desert WarriorZerak
- 1989Sinbad of the Seven SeasSinbad
- 1989All's FairKlaus
- 1988The Incredible Hulk ReturnsThe Hulk
- 1985The Adventures of HerculesHercules
- 1984Night CourtThe Klondike Butcher
- 1983This Is Your LifeSelf
- 1983Trauma CenterJohn Six
- 1983HerculesHercules
- 1983The Seven Magnificent GladiatorsHan
- 1983Battle of the Video GamesSelf
- 1982Matt HoustonSteve Otto
- 1981The Fall Guy
- 1980Bride of the Incredible HulkThe Incredible Hulk
- 1979Billy
- 1977The World's Strongest ManCompetitor
- 1977The Return of the Incredible HulkThe Hulk
- 1977The Incredible HulkThe Incredible Hulk
- 1977The Incredible HulkIncredible Hulk
- 1977Pumping IronSelf
- 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
- 1950The Bob Hope ShowSelf
- 1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf
- —Harry and the Mutant Mid-Century FurnitureColonel Van Pelt (voice)
- —Forgotten FortuneLeo
- —Gym RatLou
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