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| Born | George Gregory Plitt, Jr. (1977-11-03)November 3, 1977 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | January 17, 2015(2015-01-17) (aged 37) Burbank, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Struck by a train |
| Alma mater | United States Military Academy |
| Occupation(s) | Fitness model, actor |
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| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1] |
| Hair color | Brown |
| Eye color | Green |
| Website | gregplitt |
George Gregory Plitt, Jr. (November 3, 1977 – January 17, 2015) was an Americanfitness model and actor. He starred in theBravo television seriesWork Out.[2] He died at age 37 when he was struck by a trainlocomotive while filming a video.
Greg Plitt was originally fromLutherville,Maryland. His mother was an interior designer, and his father was a real estate agent.[2] Plitt had an older sister who attended theUnited States Naval Academy.[1]
Plitt said that he had been a fitness buff since his father bought a home gym when Plitt was in sixth grade; he was further inspired after seeing how his older sister changed after her first year in the Naval Academy.[3]
Plitt was a graduate ofGilman School, Class of 1996, inBaltimore, Maryland, where he was on the football, wrestling, and golf teams. He was also a graduate of theUnited States Military Academy, Class of 2000,[2] and was both Airborne and Ranger qualified.
Plitt served in the US Army as aRanger for five years.[2]
He was a certified personal trainer inLos Angeles. He was a member of the officialMET-Rx athlete and was awarded the MET-Rx Athlete of the Year award for 2012.[4] He was the author of the workout program MFT28 as featured by Bodybuilding.com and appeared on covers and/or in editorials forMaxim,AXL,American Health & Fitness,Flaunt,Men's Fitness,Muscle & Fitness,Men's Health,FitnessRx for Men,Instinct Magazine, andMen's Exercise, among others.
Plitt compared his work as a physical trainer to his work training military recruits:
That transformation that you see when someone becomes a soldier; many of them come in with real bad attitudes.... they start changing their ways and they become the men they always wanted to be. Then other soldiers start looking up to them as role models. Then they're proud and they hold their heads high. That's more gratifying than anything I've done. That's what's so cool about it — to be able to train somebody and transform them and bring out all of the great qualities that everyone possesses.[3]
Plitt was a globalspokesperson/model forThierry Mugler's Angel Men and ICE*Men men's fragrances. He did TV commercials for Old Spice Body Wash, ESPN's Great Outdoor Games, Under Armour, MTV, Zoli Sinks, Gold's Gym Power Flex, Bowflex, and modeled forUnder Armour,Old Navy Jeans,Calvin Klein, Modell's, and Skimpies, among others.
In his later career, he had several acting roles. Images of his body were used to createDr. Manhattan's muscular physique in the 2009 filmWatchmen,[5] as well as the corpse ofGeneral Zod inBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.[6]
Plitt was struck and killed by a southboundMetrolinkAntelope Valley Line train 268, led by MetrolinkMP36PH-3C locomotive no. 888 inBurbank,California, on January 17, 2015, while running between the rails. The entire incident resulting in his death was recorded by an onboard event recorder camera mounted in the cab of the lead locomotive.[7][8] After examining the video, police reportedly toldTMZ Plitt may have been trying to outrace the train when it approached for a video he was shooting. He was shortly after knocked off the tracks and out of frame.[9] He may have believed the train was coming up behind him on a parallel track, not the one he was on.[10] The video was for a self-produced energy drink commercial.[11]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2015 | Friends to Lovers? | Himself | Reality TV; Season 1 |
| 2014 | Mystery Millionaire[12] | Himself | Secret Dating Show (episode 1.3) |
| 2013 | Grudge Match | Skydiving Instructor | |
| 2013 | Work Out in the Zone | Himself (Personal Trainer) | |
| 2011 | Paul Cruz: Latin Actor (A Mockuseries) | Jeremy | TV Comedy |
| 2009 | Terminator Salvation | Hybrid Male | (deleted scenes) |
| 2009 | Watchmen | Dr. Manhattan (CGI) | |
| 2008 | Work Out | Himself (Personal Trainer) | (7 episodes) |
| 2007 | Last Call Before Sunset | Rico | |
| 2007 | Six Sex Scenes and a Murder | Robert | |
| 2007 | Extra | Himself | Entertainment News Show |
| 2007–08 | Days of Our Lives | Henderson | |
| 2007–08 | Designed to Sell | Himself-Carpenter | (episodes 4.1 to 4.21) |
| 2006 | The Good Shepherd | Guard with Sullivan | |
| 2006 | Bobby | Bellhop | |
| 2006 | Seduction | Male lead | Thalia Music Video |
| 2006 | Identity | Himself (Stranger) | TV series (episode 1.2) |
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