Nickname:	/ The Axe
Known for:	Snatch., Two Smoking Barrels, X-Men: The Last Stand
Birth name:	Vincent Peter Jones
Birthday:	5 January 1965, Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Height:	6' 2" (1.88 m)

British soccer ace-turned-actor VINNIE JONES has launched a scathing attack on the Hollywood film industry - blasting movie bosses for seeing actors as disposable.The star gave up sport for a career as a thespian, scoring high profile roles in movies including Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrells, Gone In Sixty Seconds and X-Men: The Last
Soccer star-turned-movie tough guy Vinnie Jones is the frontrunner to land the lead in Guy Ritchie's movie adaptation of his The Gamekeeper comic book series. Jeff Parker, the acclaimed writer, who has helped turn the director's strong and silent hunter, Brock, into a comic book hit, is keen for Jones to take the lead in the film Ritchie is making with The Matrix mogul Joel Silver.


Actor VINNIE JONES was thrown out of a pub in Ireland - because he was overheard practicing lines for an upcoming gangster movie role.The former British soccer star was preparing for his role as bare-knuckle fighter Smasher in forthcoming film Strength And Honour - and his villainous accent was so convincing, he was ejected from
Hollywood hardman VINNIE JONES has blasted fellow British celebrities DAVID and VICTORIA BECKHAM for their hunger for fame.The Snatch actor can’t understand their desire for publicity, and insists they need to learn to live without the media.He says, "All the Beckham stuff - well, it’s b**locks, isn’t it? It really irritates me. "I have seen
Soccer star-turned-movie tough guy VINNIE JONES’s wife TANYA suffers from crippling kidney problems that puts a constant strain on the couple’s relationship.Tanya, 40, underwent a heart transplant 20 years ago when her heart collapsed whilst giving birth. She has since had a mini-hysterectomy, and last year (06) was struck with kidney troubles that forced her
LATEST: Soccer star-turned-movie tough guy VINNIE JONES has laughed off reports he’ll be hooking up with former rival DAVID BECKHAM when he joins him in Los Angeles.The former Welsh international is moving to the U.S. city later this year (07), just months after England ace Beckham arrived with his family (Jul07).But Jones is confident they’ll
Soccer star-turned-movie tough guy Vinnie Jones is selling his home in England to live permanently in Los Angeles in a bid to boost his movie career.


Soccer star-turned-movie tough guy VINNIE JONES is selling his home in England to live permanently in Los Angeles in a bid to boost his movie career.Since retiring from soccer eight years ago (99), Jones has appeared in blockbuster movies Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Gone In 60 Seconds and is now determined capitalise
Soccer star-turned-movie tough guy Vinnie Jones has renewed his wedding vows with wife Tanya in an Elvis-themed Las Vegas ceremony. Jones drove to the ceremony in a white Cadillac and purple Elvis suit to promise himself to his spouse-of-13-years all over again.


Soccer star-turned-movie tough guy VINNIE JONES fears the killer TV show featured in his new film The Condemned could soon become a reality.The actor star joins wrestling hero Steve Austin in the new film - about a reality show set on a desolate island, where condemned killers from all over the world fight to the
Movie tough guy VINNIE JONES has no interest in fellow soccer star DAVID BECKHAM’s plans to conquer Los Angeles - unless he agrees to play for the Gone In 60 Seconds star’s Hollywood celebrity team.Jones used to play against Beckham in England before he quit soccer to make movies, but insists the media is making
Former England soccer star PAUL GASCOIGNE has enlisted the help of the SAS to help him get in shape for his role in a new movie.Gascoigne will star alongside British actor RAY WINSTONE’s daughter LOIS in science-fiction film FINAL RUN, and hopes to follow in the footsteps of soccer player-turned-Hollywood star VINNIE JONES.Speaking to British
Soul singer JOSS STONE has confessed she has a surprise guest on her new album - former British soccer star VINNIE JONES.The 19-year-old Stone recruited the sportsman-turned-actor to speak during an interlude on her latest work, INTRODUCING JOSS STONE, and reveals he also displays his vocal skills on a hidden track.She tells MTV, "(I said
* Tara Reid is to play a temptress in her brother's new movie, opposite sporting hard men Vinnie Jones and former American footballer Eddie George. As the lead in “Honestly,” the actress will play a private investigator who tests husbands and boyfriends' fidelity by offering to sleep with them. Shooting will begin this summer.

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