<Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Susan Groff (m . 1978; div. 1979) Carla Green (m . 1980) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> Louis Jude "Lou" Ferrigno (/ fəˈrɪɡnoʊ /; born November 9, 1951) is an American actor, fitness trainer, fitness consultant and retired professional bodybuilder . As a bodybuilder, Ferrigno won an IFBB Mr. America title and two consecutive IFBB Mr. Universe titles, and appeared in the bodybuilding documentary Pumping Iron . As an actor, he is best known for his title role in the CBS television series The Incredible Hulk and vocally reprising the role in subsequent animated and computer - generated incarnations . He has also appeared in European - produced fantasy - adventures such as Sinbad of the Seven Seas and Hercules, and as himself in the sitcom The King of Queens and the 2009 comedy I Love You, Man . </P> <P> Lou Ferrigno was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Victoria and Matt Ferrigno, a police lieutenant . He is of Italian descent . Soon after he was born, Ferrigno says he believes he suffered a series of ear infections and lost 75 to 80% of his hearing, though his condition was not diagnosed until he was three years old . Hearing loss caused Ferrigno to be bullied by peers during his childhood: "They used to call me' deaf Louie, deaf mute', because of my hearing and because of the way I sounded". </P>

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