- Brad Lesley
Bradley Jay Lesley (born
September 11 ,1958 inTurlock, California ) is a formerMajor League Baseball player for theCincinnati Reds andMilwaukee Brewers from 1982 to 1985. Lesley, who was nicknamed "The Animal", was known for his aggressive style to motivate himself. He later became atelevision personality inJapan , after playing 2 seasons for theHankyu Braves . His record in Japan is 7-5, 24 saves, 60 games over 2 years.He is 6 ft 6, and has a Japanese wife named Chico. They have a son named Luke.
He is probably best known for his role as Ajimaru "Animal" Resry in the Japanese
gameshow ,Takeshi's Castle where he would participate in such games as "Devil's Domain", "Stuck Up" and his own game "Animal Bang". Takeshi's Castle would later be shown in the US on the cable networkSpike TV as Most Extreme Elimination Challenge, later shortened toMXC .He has also made a number of appearances in certain films such as "Brother" (2000) (as Moose), "Big Monster on Campus" (2000) (as Arnie), "Buddy" (1997) (as Ali Baba), "A Boy Called Hate" (1996) (as the Moving Truck Driver), "
Little Big League " (1994) (as John 'Blackout' Gatling) and "Mr. Baseball " (1992) (as Niven). He also made a brief appearance in "Space Jam " (1996) (as Himself), afterMichael Jordan had asked him to star in it personally.He now lives in Los Angeles and works for the
San Francisco Giants as a youth baseball pitching instructor.External links
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* [http://www.keshikingdom.cjb.net Keshi Kingdom] -Takeshi's Castle Fan Site
* [http://www.animalsan.com/ Blog]
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