10 Underrated Acting Performances By Athletes In Movies

3. Tom Brady - Ted 2

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Tom Brady has achieved some of the most prestigious awards in american football. He has the record for most regular season wins, division titles, and even has the record for launching an american football 99 yards for a touchdown pass. As impressive as that pass sounds, that is nothing compared to the distance he got when he chucked Ted out of his bedroom window.

The six-time Super Bowl champion makes a brief but memorable cameo in Seth MacFarlane's hilarious sequel - Ted 2. In the scene, Ted and best friend John break into Brady's house in the middle of the night to... extract his sperm... in order to inseminate Ted's girlfriend.

Despite the hilarity and ridiculousness of the scene, Tom Brady manages to play it amazingly straight despite yeeting Ted across the garden whilst yelling "Take your damn teddy bear with you." If his athletic prowess in the NFL didn't impress you before, the perfect spiral he puts on Ted will.

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