He is best known for his role in the CBS television series S.W.A.T., as Donovan Rocker, a SWAT team leader and decorated officer.
After suffering a career-ending knee injury as a walk-on linebacker for the 2007 Rose Bowl Champion USC Trojans, his focus immediately shifted to acting and improvisation.
Intensively studying the Meisner technique of dramatic acting and improvisational comedy at the Improv Olympic (iO West) and Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) in Los Angeles [citation needed], he soon landed national spots for Comcast (2013), Carl's Jr. (2014), Oscar Mayer (2015), Honda (2015), T-Mobile (2016), Mopar (2016), Navy Federal Credit Union (2016), Subway (2017), and Dr Pepper (2018), among others.
He has since landed numerous recurring roles on successful shows such as How I Met Your Mother, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Teen Wolf, The Young and the Restless, Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn, Mutt & Stuff, 9-1-1, and the series reboot of S.W.A.T.
[2] In 2023, Ferrigno starred in a recurring role as Ryan in the third season of the Netflix series Outer Banks.