Meet the Man Behind the Legend in Untold Mr. T: I Pity the Fool

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Before the mohawk, gold chains, and unmistakable catchphrases made him a pop culture icon, he was Laurence Tureaud. The official trailer for Untold Mr. T: I Pity the Fool looks back at the remarkable life and journey that transformed him into the larger-than-life personality the world knows as Mr. T.  Directed by Scott Weintrob, the retrospective documentary explores his beginnings, rise to fame, and the man behind an image that became one of the most recognizable of its era.  Untold Mr. T: I Pity the Fool premieres September 8, 2026, on Netflix.

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00:00I pity food!

00:02I'm not just some phony, fake celebrity or fictitious hero.

00:08I'm real life.

00:12I was not born Mr. T.

00:15People don't know the road I had to travel.

00:18I was born in the Robert Taylor Project.

00:21You gotta be tough in the hood.

00:23Growing up, I watched my father being called boy.

00:26I ordained myself Mr. T.

00:28So the first word out of everybody's mouth would be Mr.

00:32That's a sign of respect my father didn't get.

00:35Casting director called me to guess what?

00:37You got the part for Rocky III.

00:40Man, what an honor.

00:42I'll never forget the moment I saw Mr. T.

00:45The earrings, the chains, the mohawk.

00:48I was like, who, how?

00:51Yeah.

00:52He is a cultural icon.

00:55I love it when a plan comes together.

00:57He is a kid who they said wouldn't be nothing.

01:01I said, mother, I'm meeting the president.

01:05This guy is a real life superhero.

01:09Everywhere he went, say I pity the fool.

01:12You have to remain in character or they gonna turn you into a caricature.

01:16I pity the fool.

01:17Be strong.

01:19Have I not commanded thee to be strong?

01:22Go.

01:22Gonna get me wrong?

01:24Go.

01:26Go.

01:27Go.

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