NBA: 30 NBA players you forgot acted in movies or TV shows

NBA: 30 NBA players you forgot acted in movies or TV shows – Karl Malone

Karl Malone earned a spot among the all-time greats by showing up, year after year, the most reliable player in the league. He played 19 seasons in the league and averaged at least 20 points in 17 of them, missing it only in his first and final seasons. He played at least 80 games of the 82 game season 17 times as well. He always showed up and he always delivered, earning him the nickname of “The Mailman.”

Basketball player, postal worker…and actor? Malone certainly tried his hand at it while in the midst of his basketball career. One unique performance came as a voice actor for the children’s superhero series “Static Shock” where he and other NBA players voiced versions of themselves recruited to wear mech suits and protect the world from dire threats. As Malone, aka Pulverizer, says in the show “Who else has the right mix of strength and skill”? There’s always been an obvious byline from basketball superstars to superheroes, and DC rolls out a fun version of it.

Malone didn’t stop there. He made one of the most curious appearances on this entire list, when in 1998 he played an INS agent in an episode of Nash Bridges. He shows up trying to arrest ballplayer Jose Canesco also appearing on the show. Malone basically is the butt of a variety of height-related jokes and delivers his lines as stiffly as can be. It’s probably no surprise he didn’t make many on-screen appearances after that.