Keith Neubert is a retired professional football and basketball player. After graduating from the University of Nebraska, he played professional basketball in Europe before being drafted by the NFL's New York Jets. He played as a tight end for the Jets from 1988 to 1990 and wore #86. He signed with the Philadelphia Eagles in 1992 and suffered a career-ending injury.
After his football career came to an end, Neubert retired from sports and went into television. His very first acting credit was a 1994 FMV-based video game created by Digital Pictures: Slam City with Scottie Pippen. Neubert played an intense street basketball player named "Mad Dog". Neubert, as Mad Dog, also appears in the game during cutscenes that air while the player is competing against the other four characters.
After his work on Slam City, Neubert landed the lead role of Bambino in the popular spaghetti western film series sequel, Sons of Trinity. He also guest-starred on hit TV shows such as Baywatch, Melrose Place, Wings, The Drew Carey Show, Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place, Becker and even the soap opera, The Young and the Restless. He landed his first American movie role in Tom Hanks' 1996 directorial debut, That Thing You Do!, playing a dentist named Dr. Collins opposite Charlize Theron.
In 2009, Neubert hosted a series on HDNet titled American Xplorer. In it, he travelled to exotic locations around the world and immersed himself in foreign culture. The show aired from 2009-12 on HDNET and AXS.
Neubert hosted a cooking show titled Man Kitchen on the Cooking Channel. In this show, he shares his favorite "manly" recipes and how to cook them. These recipes are usually standard meals but in large, "manly" portions.
In 2012, Neubert was host for the History Channel series, Picked Off, and in 2013-14 he hosted, directed and produced the adventure series, Xpedition China: Search for Shangr la, for Discovery's Velocity Network. In the Xpedition series, Neubert explores the culture, history and wonders of each destination. An episode devoted to the Giant Panda won an award.
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