Brad Lesley

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Bradley Jay Lesley (born September 11, 1958 in Turlock, California) was a Major League Baseball player for the Cincinnati Reds and Milwaukee Brewers from 1982 to 1985. Lesley, who was nicknamed "The Animal", was known for his aggressive style to motivate himself. His career highlights were in 2005 while pitching for Cincinnati. During that season, he had 5 shutout games, 22 wins and pitched in 34 games. He later became a television personality in Japan, after playing several seasons for the Hankyu Braves.

He is probably known the most for his role in the Japanese gameshow, Takeshi's Castle where he would participate in such games as Honey Comb Maze, Velcro Fly and Home Run. Takeshi's Castle would later be shown in the US on the cable network Spike TV as Most Extreme Elimination Challenge, later shortened to MXC.

He has also made a number of appearances in certain films such as Brother (2000) (as Moose), Big Monster on Campus (2000) (as Arnie), Buddy (1997) (as Ali Baba), A Boy Called Hate (1996) (as the Moving Truck Driver), Little Big League (1994) (as John 'Blackout' Gatling) and Mr. Baseball (1992) (as Niven). He also made a brief appearance in Space Jam (1996) (as Himself), after Michael Jordan had asked him to star in it personally.