NBC · 1983–1987
The A-Team
Five seasons, 98 episodes, zero credit-roll planes (B.A. wouldn’t fly). The action hour that defined the era. Full breakdown →
Role: B.A. Baracus
The complete works
Films, television, wrestling and one anti-drug album.
Four decades of work. From a breakout punch in Rocky III to a cameo voicing a foam-fingered cop in Cloudy 2, here is the catalogue with credits and context.
Films
The big screen.
From his world-stopping debut as Clubber Lang to a string of action B-pictures and a beloved animated cameo, Mr T’s film career trades on screen presence, voice and image.
United Artists
Clubber Lang
Stallone hand-picked Mr T after “America’s Toughest Bouncer.” Lang shouted “I pity the fool!” and the line — and the man — became permanent.
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Universal
Tyrone
Joel Schumacher comedy-drama about a ramshackle Washington taxi firm. Mr T plays Tyrone, the firm’s heaviest driver and de-facto enforcer.
Hollywood Pictures
Cameo
Leslie Nielsen-led action-spoof. Mr T turns up as a stadium helicopter pilot — one scene, immediate laughs.
Direct-to-video
Action lead
Also released as Operation Cobra. Late-90s straight-to-video action vehicle — Mr T as the seasoned operator.
Columbia
The Wise Janitor
A loving, very-meta send-up of teen-movie tropes. Mr T plays the magical-mentor janitor cliché — to perfection.
Sony Pictures Animation
Earl Devereaux (voice)
Reprises the cop-with-a-foam-finger from the first film. The line “I’m gonna give you the badge of pity!” entered the canon.
Television
Inside The A-Team →
The small screen, where he became a household name.
Five seasons of The A-Team made Mr T a global star, but he kept coming back to TV — animated, scripted, and reality.
NBC · 1983–1986
Mister T (animated)
Three seasons, 30 episodes. Mr T leads a gymnastics team that solves mysteries, with closing motivational segments to camera.
Role: Mr T (himself)
Syndication · 1988–1990
T. and T.
Canadian-produced action drama. Mr T plays T.S. Turner, an ex-boxer working as an investigator with a young legal-aid lawyer.
65 episodes
TV Land · 2006
I Pity the Fool
Reality / motivational series in which Mr T helps families and individuals confront problems. Six episodes; reintroduced him to a new generation.
Format: motivational reality
BBC Three · 2011–2014
World’s Craziest Fools
Compilation series presented by Mr T, gathering wince-inducing video clips from around the world. UK-produced, three series long.
Host
DIY Network · 2012
I Pity the Tool
Short-lived home-renovation series — Mr T helps amateur DIYers tackle ambitious projects, with the catchphrase relocated from kids to power tools.
Format: home renovation
Pro wrestling
The man who helped sell out WrestleMania I.
Mr T crossed into wrestling at exactly the right moment — Vince McMahon’s celebrity-fuelled push that made WrestleMania a global brand.
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31 March 1985
WrestleMania I — main event
Tag-team partner to Hulk Hogan, defeating “Rowdy” Roddy Piper and “Mr Wonderful” Paul Orndorff at Madison Square Garden. The match cemented WrestleMania as an A-list event.
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7 April 1986
WrestleMania 2 — boxing match
Stepped out of pro wrestling and into a working-style boxing match with Roddy Piper. Mr T won by disqualification in round four.
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1994 (NWO era)
WCW appearances
Mr T resurfaces in WCW for a high-profile programme with Kevin Greene and a feud with Hulk Hogan’s heel turn.
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5 April 2014
WWE Hall of Fame induction
Inducted into the celebrity wing of the WWE Hall of Fame, with Hulk Hogan delivering the speech.
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Music & PSAs
One anti-drug album, one motivational VHS, a thousand cassette tapes.
Between TV seasons in the mid-80s, Mr T put his persona to use teaching kids to stand tall, stay clean, and treat their mums right.
1984 · Album
Mr T’s Commandments
Spoken-word, anti-drug, anti-bullying record aimed squarely at children. Tracks pivot between dance grooves and direct-address sermons.
Columbia Records
1984 · Home video
Be Somebody… or Be Somebody’s Fool!
VHS programme of self-esteem, exercise, and ‘80s wisdom for kids. Includes the infamous “Treat your mother right” musical number.
MCA Home Video
1980s · PSA series
Anti-drug PSAs
Network spots for the National Crime Prevention Council and other groups, with Mr T as the steady, plain-spoken voice telling kids to walk away.
Various broadcasters
Commercials & cameos
Decades of selling, hosting, and showing up.
2008 · TV ad
Snickers “Get Some Nuts”
Mars-International Snickers campaign with Mr T pursuing under-performing footballers in a tank. Pulled briefly over a complaint, restored after public backing.
2009 · TV ad
World of Warcraft
A series of Blizzard ads in which Mr T plays a Night Elf Mohawk character. The Mohawk Grenade item was added to WoW as a tribute.
2017 · Reality
Dancing with the Stars (US)
Competed on season 24 of Dancing with the Stars, eliminated in week three. Wore the chains throughout.