Dennis Rodman is a basketball player, NBA player, known all over the world for his outrageous antics. As an athlete, Rodman has achieved tremendous success in his career - for seven years in a row he was the NBA's leading player in the number of rebounds per game. Dennis was the first basketball player to achieve such success with a unique ball game.
School and student years
Dennis Rodman was born on May 13, 1961 in Trenton, New Jersey (USA). In childhood, the young man was not seriously interested in basketball. At school, the future champion was of average height, and he did not have much interest in sports for giants. The summer before going to college, Dennis grew a lot. His height was 201 cm. This allowed him to fully express himself as a basketball player in the college team.
What is known about the formation of the future champion? Rodman first attended Cook County Junior College in Gainesville, Texas. Then he went to study in Oklahoma. Rodman's talent immediately made itself felt. Already in the first game in college, the student managed to score as many as 24 points and make 19 rebounds.
No wonder that immediately after graduation, the guy was invited to the professional NBA team "Detroit Pistons". With this club in 1986, Rodman, number 27, began his basketball career.
Basketball
As a member of the Detroit Pistons, Dennis didn't typically spend much time on the basketball court in his first year. He usually played actively for about fifteen minutes, and then he was replaced. In the 1986/1987 season, the Detroit team reached the Eastern Conference Finals. An accidental loss to the Boston Celtic kept the Pistons out of the NBA Finals.
The next year, Rodman was released to the court much more often, he made the starting five players, but the team still failed to become a champion.
Only in the 1988/1989 season, Rodman, as part of the Pistons, managed to "dry" defeat the Lakers and get the NBA championship.
After the Detroit Pistons, the basketball player played for the teams: Spurs (1993-1995), Chicago Bulls (1995-1998), Lakers (1999), Dallas Mavericks and others.
In 1996-1997, Dennis was suspended from NBA games until the end of the season, and the basketball player gradually switched to wrestling and filming. Although the basketball player continues to occasionally appear on the basketball court, 55-year-old Dennis Rodman ended his professional career long ago.
Movies
After the athlete stopped playing basketball, he became interested in cinema. In at least nine feature films, Dennis Rodman appeared before the audience as a serious actor. There have been many more documentaries about Rodman, and he has appeared as an invited guest in many films and TV shows.
What are the most popular movies starring Dennis Rodman? The filmography of the basketball player is replete with a wide variety of works in film and television. The most striking, according to critics, are the following:
- The Colony (1997) directed by Tsui Hark and starring Mickey Rourke, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Paul Freeman.
- Soldiers of Fortune TV series, broadcast from 1997 to 1999, directed by Peter Bloomfield and starring Br. Johnson, T. Abell, M. Clark.
- Film "The Third Planet from the Sun" (1996).
- The painting "Long Jump" (2000).
- The film "The Avengers" (2007).
In the film "Colony" Rodman got the role of arms dealer and nightclub owner Yaz. The film received three Golden Raspberry Awards in the categories Worst Supporting Actor, Worst Star for Dennis Rodman, and Worst Duo for Dennis Rodman and Jean-Claude Van Damme.
The TV series "Soldiers of Fortune" has been on the air for two seasons. 37 episodes were filmed. Dennis played in the series the role of Deacon Reynolds, a former military pilot convicted of disobedience by a tribunal. "Soldiers of Fortune" was nominated for an award"Emmy" for the musical accompaniment of one of the episodes.
Film "I want to be the worst: The Dennis Rodman Story"
In 1998, a film was released under the indicated name of the joint production of the USA and Canada directed by Jean De Segonzac. The main role in the film was played by actor Dwayne Adway and Dennis Rodman himself.
Dramatic biopic follows Dennis' life from childhood to the end of his basketball career. The film also gives a place to the love relationships of the famous basketball player. The screenplay is based on a joint book by Dennis Rodman and Tim Keown, as well as articles in the press and interviews with Dennis Rodman on TV.
Reviews from critics about the film were both negative and positive. He did not gain wide popularity among the audience and aroused keen interest mainly among basketball fans and Rodman fans.
Results
Dennis Rodman is a bright, extraordinary personality. He dated Madonna and was married to Carmen Electra. His body is all covered with tattoos, and hairstyles are surprising even among the most daring world celebrities. He has five NBA championship rings in 1989, 1990, 1996, 1997, 1998. The basketball player was the best in rebounding for seven consecutive seasons. In addition, he wrestles, plays in films, acts in talk shows, and writes books.
