Lee Reherman was born July 4, 1966 in Louisville, Kentucky. He was a former football player for Cornell University in college and then played professionally with the Miami Dolphins. After his pro football career ended, Lee received an MBA in Finance from UCLA as well as a Ph.D. in Economics. During the time he was attending college, some of his classmates dared him to audition on the American television program American Gladiators. He got the job and became known as the gladiator, Hawk in 1993 through 1996. After the show ended, he focused his career as an actor and has been seen in such TV programs such as the X-Files, Angel and Caroline in the City, worked as color commentator on RollerJam with Ken Resnick (season one) and Rory Markas (seasons two and three) through 2001 and was also the host of the G4 competitive video game show, Arena (which has been on hiatus since the end of 2004) with Kevin Pereira. His favorite events on American Gladiators were Tug O War, Joust and Powerball. While attending Cornell University he was a brother of Chi Psi Fraternity.
