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Vinnie Jones
Birth at
5 January 1965
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Vincent Peter Jones was born in Watford, Hertfordshire, England. In 1986, he began his career as a professional footballer, playing for the Wimbledon club. He went on to play for Leeds United, Sheffield United and Chelsea until returning to his home team in 1994. In 1998, Jones briefly played for Queens Park Rangers, and the following year officially announced his decision to leave the sport. During his football career, Winnie Jones played 384 official matches and scored 33 goals (mostly with Wimbledon).
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Vincent Peter Jones was born in Watford, Hertfordshire, England. In 1986, he began his career as a professional footballer, playing for the Wimbledon club. He went on to play for Leeds United, Sheffield United and Chelsea until returning to his home team in 1994. In 1998, Jones briefly played for Queens Park Rangers, and the following year officially announced his decision to leave the sport. During his football career, Winnie Jones played 384 official matches and scored 33 goals (mostly with Wimbledon). By this time he was already a sports star, leading a weekly column in the Sun newspaper and was a frequent guest on radio and television. At the same time, Jones first tried himself as a film actor, starring in Guy Ritchie's crime comedy "Cards, Money, Two Guns" (1999) as London gangster Big Chris. Tall, unusually physically developed Jones ideally suited to the image of "cool guy", which led to his participation in the next film Ritchie "Big jackpot" (2000), sustained in the same vein. A successful debut (at home, the actor was awarded several awards and received a considerable number of positive reviews from film critics, who noted his inherent peculiar sense of humor), allowed him to feel confident in the company of such Hollywood celebrities as Nicholas Cage and John Travolta in the films directed by Dominic Sena Gone in 60 Seconds (2000) and Password Swordfish (2001). And soon he played the first starring role in the comedy drama “Mean Machine” (remake of the famous film “Long Yard” by Bart Reynolds in 1974).
