{"id":661442,"date":"2026-05-24T01:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T01:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/661442\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T01:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T01:14:09","slug":"grizz-chapman-dead-30-rock-the-cobbler-actor-was-52","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/661442\/","title":{"rendered":"Grizz Chapman Dead: ’30 Rock,’ ‘The Cobbler’ Actor Was 52"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tGrizz Chapman, best known for appearing on NBC\u2019s sitcom 30 Rock<\/a>, has died. He was 52. <\/p>\n

\n\tChapman\u2019s co-star, Kevin Brown, on the series, confirmed in a Facebook post<\/a> that he died Friday. \u201cI regret to inform you that Mack Chapman aka Grizz Chapman passed today,\u201d he wrote in a caption of photos of them in the show. \u201cMay he RIP.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tFor all seven seasons, Chapman appeared on 30 Rock. He played Grizz Griswold, a bodyguard and member of Tracy Jordan\u2019s (played by Tracy Morgan) entourage. Meanwhile, Brown played Tracy\u2019s other bodyguard, Dot Com. Chapman and Jordan met when Chapman was working as a bouncer at a strip club and they went on to become friends.<\/p>\n

\n\tBorn on April 16, 1974, in New York City, the actor, who stands seven feet tall, spoke to The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> in 2013 about the difficulties he\u2019s faced because of his height. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI mean, why can\u2019t a seven-foot guy play a doctor?\u201d he asked rhetorically. \u201cWhy can\u2019t I be a teacher? Why can\u2019t I be a football coach? Why can\u2019t I be a cab driver? Anything. Anything else than that,\u201d he said. \u201cI can cry. I can do those things that they think the big guys can\u2019t do. So just give us a chance.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tChapman has also appeared in Tom McCarthy\u2019s (Spotlight, 13 Reasons Why) 2014 film, The Cobbler<\/a> alongside Adam Sandler and Steve Buscemi. Additional acting credits include Money Monster, Life of the Party, Blue Bloods, The Blacklist and Common Sense Police, among others. <\/p>\n

\n\tWhile a cause of death has yet to be announced, Chapman has previously struggled with health, kidney disease and received a kidney transplant in 2010. He also served as a spokesperson for the National Kidney Foundation.<\/p>\n

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