Grizz Chapman

Grizz Chapman
Occupation Television actor

Grizzwald "Grizz" Chapman is an American television actor best known for his recurring role as Grizz on the NBC series 30 Rock. A June 2007 interview with rollingout.com[1] lists Chapman's height as 6'10". In his commentary for the episode "Tracy Does Conan," Tracy Morgan revealed that they met when Chapman was working as a bouncer at a strip club. Chapman and fellow actor Kevin Brown were featured in season six on an episode of Hidden Potential.[2]

Chapman received a kidney transplant in July 2010. The actor suffers from severe hypertension and had been undergoing dialysis treatments prior to the transplant.[3] Due to his battle with his kidney disease, on March 31, 2010, Chapman signed on to be a spokesperson for the National Kidney Foundation.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Interview". rollingout.com. June, 2007. http://www.rollingout.com/studio/spotlight/index.php?p=8872&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1. 
  2. ^ "Episode Synopsis". hgtv.com. http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/shows_hhdpo/episode/0,3120,HGTV_27716_56972,00.html. 
  3. ^ Huffington Post (August 4, 2010). "30 Rock Actor Grizz Chapman Gets A New Kidney, Speaks Up For Organ Donation". Huffingtonpost.com. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/04/30-rock-actor-grizz-chapm_n_670906.html. 
  4. ^ National Kidney Foundation. "30 Rock Star Sounds Alarm for Silent Disease, Signs on as Spokesperson for National Kidney Foundation.". Kidney.org. http://www.kidney.org/news/newsroom/nr/30RockNKF.cfm. 

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