<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> 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>
who played the hulk in the original movie
who played the hulk in the original movie
Louis Jude `` Lou '' Ferrigno
Louis Jude `` Lou '' Ferrigno