Louis Jude Ferrigno a.k.a. Lou Ferrigno is an American fitness trainer, fitness consultant, actor, and retired professional bodybuilder. As a bodybuilder, he won two consecutive IFBB Mr and an IFBB Mr. America title. As an actor, he is best known for his title role in the CBS television series The Incredible Hulk.
The sixty-seven years old is married and shares three children with his spouse, Carla Green. Previously, he was married to Susan Groff (m. 1978; div. 1979). Currently, the hunk has an estimated net worth of $12 million.
Ferrigno has an estimated net worth of $12 million as of 2019, making him one of the richest bodybuilders in the world. The significant source of his earning is the entertainment industry. He has a huge salary.
He has his own fitness equipment called Ferrigno Fitness and has provided equipment to The Price is Right for use as a One Bid prize demonstrating the equipment by him in January 2009.
He owns two lavish mansions one at Santa Monica, California (CA), US and Arroyo Grande, California (CA), US. Further, he has a quite impressive car list such as Volkswagen Beetle GSR and Camaro SS 540.
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Ferrigno has married twice in his life. He exchanged the wedding vows with Susan Groff in 1978. The couple divorced after a year of the relationship.
He then met Carla Green who is a psychotherapist and serving as his manager. She later became a personal trainer.
After having an affair for several years, he married girlfriend, Carla on May 3, 1980. The couple has three children, a daughter named Shanna Ferrigno and two sons named Louis Ferrigno Jr. and Brent Ferrigno. He is currently living in Brooklyn, New York with his wife and children.
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Ferrigno was born on November 9, 1951, in Brooklyn, New York, U.S. Ferrigno is a son of father, Matty Ferrigno, and mother, Victoria Ferrigno. He is an American by nationality and belongs to the white ethnic background. He has reached the age of 67 now. His birth sign is Scorpio.
He lost 75 to 80% of his hearing due to ear infections suffered soon after birth and has been using aids since the age of five.
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Ferrigno attended St. Athanasius Grammar School and Brooklyn Technical High School, where he learned metalworking. He graduated from high school in 1969. After graduating from high school, he won his first major titles, IFBB Mr. America and IFBB Mr. Universe during his time in high school.
He has won various titles during his career and appeared in several bodybuilding documentaries.
He lived in Columbus and trained with Arnold Schwarzenegger during his early career. He stood second in his first attempt at the Mr. Olympia competition held in 1974. He then came third the following year, and his attempt to beat Arnold Schwarzenegger was the subject of the 1975 documentary Pumping Iron, which made him even more famous.
He has competed in his first annual World's Strongest Man competition in 1977 and finished fourth among eight competitors. He returned to bodybuilding, where he competed for the 1992 and 1993 Mr. Olympia titles finishing 12th and 10th respectively.
He then returned to Masters Olympia in 1994, where his attempt to beat Robbie Robinson and Boyer Coe was the main subject of the 1996 documentary. "Stand Tall". He retired from the competition after several of contribution in the field.
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Ferrigno was cast as the Hulk in the CBS television series, The Incredible Hulk in 1977. Bill Bixby played the role of his friend in this series. He has described Bill as a mentor and father figure who took him under his wing. He has done some singles in which Bixby directed him in some episodes as particularly memorable. He continued playing as the Hulk until 1981 and later, he and Bixby co-starred in three The Incredible Hulk TV movies.
He has appeared in the various roles throughout his career. He appeared in Battle of the Network Stars in the 1978 and 1979. He has also appeared as John Six on the short-lived medical drama called Trauma Center. He played sporadic guest appearances on an American sitcom, The King and the Queens in CBS. He made cameo performances as a security guard in both the 2003 film Hulk and the 2008 film The Incredible Hulk, in which he also voiced for the Hulk.
He has also made his appearance in the 2009 feature comedy movie, I Love You, Man. He has trained Michael Jackson on and off since 1990 and helped him get into shape for a planned series of concerts in London in 2009.
He appeared in "My Two Chads", appearing himself in an episode of the fictional series Mackenzie Falls. He has also voiced the character Billy in 2010, who is the hero in the animated series Adventure Time.
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Shanna is playing a recurring role as a Nurse Janice in Days of Our Lives and has appeared in the NBC series Windfall. Louis Jr. was a linebacker for the University of South Carolina Trojans football team.
Ferrigno has voiced the Hulk in the Hulk in the 2012 movie The Avengers and its sequel Avengers: Age of Ultron in 2015. He has appeared as Zaminhon, the Orion slave trader, in the Star Trek, Continues episode Lolani. He has also appeared as a playable Lego version of himself in Lego Marvel's Avengers.
