Vinnie Jones | |
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Name: | Vincent Peter "Vinnie" Jones |
Birthplace: | Watford, United Kingdom |
Birthdate: | January 5, 1965 |
Active: | 1998–present |
Films appeared in: | Swordfish Blast Slipstream (2005) Submerged Hijacked Fire with Fire Escape Plan Extraction Checkmate Gridlocked Awaken Mercenary: Absolution Kill Kane Four Towers |
Role: | Marco (Swordfish) Michael Kittredge (Blast) Winston Briggs (Slipstream) Henry (Submerged) Joe Ballard (Hijacked) Boyd (Fire with Fire) Drake (Escape Plan) Ivan Rudovsky (Extraction) Lu (Checkmate) Ryker (Gridlocked/Toxin) The Sarge (Awaken) The Boss (Mercenary: Absolution) Ray Brookes (Kill Kane) [[]] (Four Towers) |
Vinnie Jones (born January 5, 1965) is a British actor and former professional footballer who played as a midfielder from 1984 to 1999 notably for Wimbledon, Leeds United and Chelsea. Jones has often been typecast in comedic or thug roles and has appeared in films such as Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch., Gone in Sixty Seconds (with Nicolas Cage), X-Men: The Last Stand (with Halle Berry, Famke Janssen, Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart) and Escape Plan. He has co-starred with the likes of Jason Statham, Michael Madsen, Val Kilmer, Luke Goss, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Casper Van Dien, Danny Trejo, Sean Astin, Hugh Jackman, Ving Rhames, Dolph Lundgren, C. Thomas Howell, Bruce Willis and Christian Slater.