After 14 years as an NFL player, Matthew Willig retired from American football and moved to Los Angeles to enter the show business. Towards the end of his sports career itself, Willig began taking up small roles in commercials. He turned to acting full time after his retirement, and went on to appear in TV shows like NCIS (2011), Dexter (2007) and The Suite Life on Deck (2010). Some of his film credits include Year One (2009), We`re The Millers (2013), and Concussion (2015). His 2020 releases include Birds of Prey.