Afa Anoai

Afa Anoa'i
Miami Vice Character	Henchman ("By Hooker by Crook")
Born	November 21, 1942, Samoa
Active (wrestling)	1971-1994
Spouse/Children	Lynn Anoai (1970-present), five children

Afa Amituana'i Anoa'i (born November 21, 1942, Samoa) is a retired Samoan professional wrestler and manager, who appeared as one of Kenneth Togaru's henchmen that killed Charles Symington and Ali Ferrand in the episode "By Hooker by Crook" of the series Miami Vice.

Wrestling career

Anoai got into professional wrestling in the early 1970s, trained by Rocky Johnson and Peter Maivia (father and grandfather of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson), then made his debut in 1971, and brought in his brother Sika Anoa'i (born 1945) and formed The Wild Samoans, a tag team that won three World Wide Wrestling Federation (precursor to today's WWE) Tag Team Championships (twice in 1980 and once in 1983), managed by Capt. Lou Albano for all of their reigns. They also held the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) Georgia National Tag Team titles in 1982 and several other regional titles during their career. In 1983 Sika was injured and Afa brought in his son Samu, and would remain a team until 1984. The Wild Samoans broke up soon after, but Afa returned to the WWF as manager of Samu and Afa's nephew Fatu and they formed The Samoan Swat Team (in World Class—WCCW, and the NWA/World Championship Wrestling (WCW)) before moving to the WWF and becoming The Headshrinkers, which won the WWF Tag Team Titles once before Afa retired in 1994. He then trained new pro wrestlers at the Wild Samoans Academy, and in 2007 he and Sika were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.

Acting career

Anoa'i's only acting credits besides Vice was in the movies Body Slam and Mr. Nanny.

Personal life

Anoa'i married his wife Lynn in 1970, and have five children; their three sons, Samula "Samu", Afa, Jr. "Manu", and Lloyd "L.A. Smooth", all became pro wrestlers, and two daughters, Monica and Lynn. His Nephews also are wrestlers, Matthew (AKA Rosey, who passed away in 2017) and Leati Joseph (AKA The Tribal Chief Roman Reigns).