Isaiah Mustafa

Isaiah Mustafa (lahir 11 Februari 1974, tinggi 6' 3½" (1,92 m)) adalah aktor Amerika dan mantan penerima latihan NFL. Mustafa dikenal luas sebagai karakter utama untuk serial iklan TV Old Spice, The Man Your Man Could Smell Like, karena memerankan Luke Garroway di serial fantasi Freeform Shadowhunters, dan sebagai Mike Hanlon dewasa di It Chapter Two (2019). Mustafa lahir di Portland, Oregon, anak bungsu dari tujuh bersaudara dari Shahidah Mustafa-Davis dan John Wali Mustafa, yang memiliki dan menjalankan layanan limusin di Laguna Hills, California pada awal 1980-an. Mustafa belajar sejarah di Arizona State dan dia bermain selama Rose Bowl 1997 antara Sun Devils yang saat itu tidak terkalahkan dan Ohio State Buckeyes. Meskipun Mustafa diharapkan menjadi guru sekolah menengah setelah lulus, seorang agen olahraga menyarankan agar dia mencoba NFL tim.The Tennessee Oilers mengontraknya ke regu latihan, kemudian mengirimnya ke NFL Eropa's Barcelona Dragons pada tahun 1998. Setelah satu musim di regu latihan Oakland Raiders dan Cleveland Browns pada tahun 1999, Mustafa menghadiri kamp pelatihan Seattle Seahawks pada tahun 2000. Selanjutnya dia memiliki sebuah restoran bernama Jo Jo's Barbecue di Melrose Avenue di Los Angeles yang telah ditutup nama membantunya memenangkan $47.000 di The Weakest Link, untuk pertanyaan tentang nama depan Dokter Frankenstein. Uang tersebut membantunya mencapai tujuan pasca-pemilik restoran untuk menjadi seorang aktor.

Isaiah Mustafa (born February 11, 1974 height 6' 3½" (1,92 m)) is an American actor and former NFLpractice squadwide receiver. Mustafa is widely known as the main character for a series of Old Spice TV commercials, The Man Your Man Could Smell Like, for portraying Luke Garroway on Freeform's fantasy series Shadowhunters, and as adult Mike Hanlon in It Chapter Two (2019). Mustafa was born in Portland, Oregon, the youngest of seven children of Shahidah Mustafa-Davis and John Wali Mustafa, who owned and ran a limousine service in Laguna Hills, California in the early 1980s. Mustafa studied history at Arizona State and he played during the 1997 Rose Bowl between the then-undefeated Sun Devils and the Ohio State Buckeyes. Although Mustafa expected to become a high school teacher after graduation, a sports agent suggested that he try out for NFL teams. The Tennessee Oilers signed him to the practice squad, then sent him to NFL Europe's Barcelona Dragons in 1998. After a season on the Oakland Raiders and Cleveland Browns' practice squads in 1999, Mustafa attended the Seattle Seahawks' training camp in 2000. Next he owned a restaurant called Jo Jo's Barbecue on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles that has since closed. Mustafa is a comic book fan; his knowledge of Doctor Doom's first name helped him win $47,000 on The Weakest Link, for a question on the first name of Doctor Frankenstein. The money helped him pursue his post-restaurateur goal of becoming an actor.