Born on February 10, 1974 and popularly known as Toa, Tanoia Reed stands 6'3" tall and weighs 240 pounds. He exemplifies a true tribal warrior with distinctive tattoos and a determination to fight like no other. Conjuring the powers of his ancient ancestors, he has the strength of his forefathers in his veins, and thus does not show any mercy. He broke into acting in 1995, when he did stunt roles via Water World. He is the cousin and stunt double of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Toa is also married to his wife, Suzanne, who mothered his child. He has appeared in a couple of episodes of
Buffy the Vampire Slayer , and has worked on Constantine, The Stepford Wives and Batman Legends. He has also done stunt roles on The Scorpion King, The Tuxedo, Daredevil, You, Me and Dupree, Epic Movie and The Game Plan.
Toa is one of 12 contenders in the reality show full of stone cold muscles, American Gladiator, hosted by wrestling icon
Hulk Hogan and boxing queen
Laila Ali .
(Photo courtesy of NBC)