Vincent Peter Jones(born 5 January 1965) is a British actor, presenter, and former professionalfootballer.
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Jones played professionally as a defensivemidfielderfrom 1984 to 1999, notably forWimbledon,Leeds United,Sheffield United,Chelsea,andQueens Park Rangers.He also played for and captained theWelsh national team,having qualified through a Welsh grandparent. Best remembered for his time at Wimbledon as a pivotal member of the famous "Crazy Gang",he won the1988 FA Cup finalwith the London side, a club for which he played over 200 games during two spells between 1986 and 1998. He played 184 games in thePremier League,in which he scored 13 goals.[1]Throughout his career, Jones gained a reputation for adding steel to a team, with his highly aggressive and physically uncompromising style of play, earning him a "hard man" image on and off the field, and on screen, where he is oftentypecastas violent criminals and thugs.
As an actor, his film and television career began withLock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels(1998), for his performance winning anEmpire Award for Best Newcomer,then inSnatch(2000), he won theEmpire Award for Best British Actor.Other notable credits includeGone in 60 Seconds(2000),Mean Machine(2001),The Big Bounce(2004),Extras(2005),X-Men: The Last Stand(2006),The Riddle(2007),The Midnight Meat Train(2008),Year One(2009),The Cape(2011),Fire with Fire(2012),The Musketeers(2014),MacGyver(2016),NCIS: Los Angeles(2019),Rise of the Footsoldier Origins(2021) and, against type,The Gentlemen(2024).
Early life
editVincent Peter Jones was born on 5 January 1965,[2][3][4]inWatford,Hertfordshire,[2][3][4]the son of Glenda (néeHarris) andgamekeeperPeter Jones. He attended schools in nearbyBedmondandAbbots Langley,and captained his school's football team, and played for his local football team in the village ofBedmond,in theThree Rivers DistrictofHertfordshire.[5]One of his grandmothers was Irish fromDublin,[6]and the other wasWelsh,which later qualified him to play forWales.[5]
Football career
editClub career
editWealdstone
editHaving begun playing as a teenager in local amateur football, a 19-year-old Jones was signed onsemi-professionalterms byWealdstoneof theAlliance Premier Leaguein 1984.[7]A young addition to the experienced Wealdstone team,[8]which was soon to become the first ever club to achieve the non-league "double" in the 1984–85 season, he was a non-playing squad member in the club's victory atWembley Stadiumin the 1985FA Trophyfinal. He combined playing football with working as ahod carrieron construction sites.[9]
Loan to IFK Holmsund
editHe played one season on loan withSwedishclubIFK Holmsundin 1986, helping to lead the team to theDivision 3 Mellersta Norrlandtitle.[10]
Wimbledon
editIn the autumn of 1986, a 21-year-old Jones became a full-time professional footballer when he was signed byWimbledonof theFirst Division,who paid Wealdstone£10,000 for him. He scored in only his second appearance for Wimbledon on 29 November 1986, in a 1–0 win overManchester United.He was a member of the Wimbledon team which won theFA Cup in 1988,beating league championsLiverpool1–0 in the final.[8]Wimbledon cemented their status as a formidable First Division side during this time, with Jones making his name as an enthusiastic and uncompromisingly tough midfielder and a leading member of Wimbledon's famedCrazy Gang.[8]
Leeds United
editJones was transferred from Wimbledon toLeeds Unitedfor a fee of £650,000 in June 1989,[11]and played in all but one league games as Leeds finished as champions of the Second Division, winning promotion to the First Division in 1990.[11]Jones proved he could thrive, and under the stewardship ofHoward Wilkinson,[4]he received only three yellow cards during the entire season.[11]
Sheffield United
editJones left Leeds United early in the1990–91 seasonafter losing his regular first-team place to youngstersDavid BattyandGary Speed.[4]His former Wimbledon managerDave Bassettsigned him forSheffield Unitedin September 1990 for a transfer fee of £700,000.[12]He played a total of 35 matches for The Blades in the First Division, scoring two goals.[13]
Chelsea
editJones was then sold toChelseaa year later on 30 August 1991, for a fee of £575,000.[14]Jones made his Chelsea debut one day after his signing in the 4–1 win againstLuton.[14]On 18 September 1991, Jones scored his first goal for the club in the 2–0 win againstAston Villa.[14]He went on to make 52 total appearances for Chelsea, scoring 7 goals and receiving only 3 yellow cards.[14]
Return to Wimbledon
editAfter just one season atStamford Bridge,he was back with Wimbledon in the early stages of the1992–93 season,[5]when thePremier Leaguehad just been formed.[5]He helped Wimbledon equal their best ever league finish in1993–94,when they finished sixth in the Premier League.Three seasons later,he contributed to another strong season for the club, who reached the semi-finals of both theFA Cupand theLeague Cup,and finished eighth in the Premier League.[5]That season he scored the winning goal as Wimbledon won 1–0 againstArsenalatHighbury.[15]
Queens Park Rangers
editHis second exit from Wimbledon came when he became player/coach ofQPRin early 1998, scoring on his debut againstHuddersfield Town.[16]He announced his retirement from football in late 1998 at the age of 34.
International career
editIn December 1994 Jones was named in theWelsh national squad,qualifying under FIFA rules via hisRuthin-born maternal grandfather.[17]He had previously sought to play for the Republic of Ireland due to eligibility through a grandparent. He made his international debut underMike Smithfor Wales on 14 December 1994, in a 3–0 home defeat toBulgariain theEuro 96qualifiers.[2]When Smith was replaced as Wales manager by Jones's former Wimbledon managerBobby Goulda few months later, he remained a regular member of the Welsh national squad. He was capped nine times for Wales,[2]the last of which came on 29 March 1997 in a 2–1 defeat toBelgiumin aWorld Cup qualifier,also atCardiff Arms Park.[2]
Jones' international call-up was however greeted with consternation by some and was even ridiculed byJimmy Greaves,who said, "Well, stone me! We've had cocaine, bribery andArsenalscoring two goals at home. But just when you thought there were truly no surprises left in football, Vinnie Jones turns out to be an international player! ".[18]
Playing style
editJones was known for his "hard man" image on the pitch.[19]He wassent off12 times in his career in an era when referees took a more lenient view of his aggressive and mistimed tackles.
He holds the record for the quickest ever booking in a football match, being booked after just five seconds for a foul on the opposition playerDane Whitehouse,in anFA Cuptie betweenChelseaandSheffield Unitedin 1992.[20]In his autobiography, he recalls: "I must have been too high, too wild, too strong or too early, because, after three seconds, I could hardly have been too bloody late!"[8]
In an incident in February 1988, Jones was famously photographed covertly grabbingPaul Gascoigneby histesticlesduring a league game for Wimbledon againstNewcastle United.[21][22]
Controversies
editHe also was the presenter of theSoccer's Hard Menvideo released in 1992, which featured archived footage of him and many other "hard men" of the game, and included advice for budding "hard men". After the release of the video, Jones was fined £20,000 and given a six-month ban (suspended for three years) for "bringing the game into disrepute". Wimbledon chairmanSam Hammambranded Jones a "mosquito brain". After this incident, Jones failed to stay out of trouble. After exceeding 40 disciplinary pointsthat season,he was once again summoned toLancaster Gate,the headquarters ofThe Football Association,but failed to appear. The FA banned Jones indefinitely. Jones explained that he had "mixed up" the date of the hearing, for which he received a four-match ban and was told by Football Association officials to "grow up".[23]Jones commented later: "The FA have given me a pat on the back. I've taken violence off the terracing and onto the pitch" – an obvious reference to thefootball hooliganismproblem which had blighted the English game during the 1970s and 1980s.[24]
Other football activities
editJones made an appearance forCarlisle United,coming on as a second-half substitute in 2001 in a friendly against Irish teamShelbourne,teaming up with friendRoddy Collinswho was manager at the time. In June 2010, he released a press statement stating that he was donating his 1988 FA Cup winners medal to the fans ofAFC Wimbledon,wishing the club the best for the future. The medal is displayed at the club's stadium.[25]He briefly served as club president of non-leagueSoham Town Rangers.[26]
In 2020, Jones appeared on theITVshowHarry's Heroes,It featured former football managerHarry Redknappattempting get a squad of formerEnglandinternational footballers back fit and healthy for one last game, vs aGermanyLegends team. Despite playing for Wales during his professional career, Jones briefly took part in Season Two and played for the England legends in one of their warm up games againstSan Marinoveterans.[27]
Acting career
edit
In 1998, Jones made his film debut inGuy Ritchie's crime comedyLock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels,in which he played a mob enforcer named Big Chris.[28]For his performance, he won theEmpire Award for Best Newcomerin 1999.[29]
He has since beentypecastin similar roles as criminals or villains, including the dapper gun-for-hire "Bullet-Tooth Tony" in Guy Ritchie's 2000 follow upSnatch,for which Jones won theBest British Actorat the6th Empire Awardsin 2001.[30]Jones became known to American audiences in the 2000 film remake ofGone in 60 Seconds,in which he played Sphinx.[5]Although this was a major role with significant screen time, he only had one line of dialogue because his character was a silent, tough brawler. He teamed up with directorDominic Senaagain the following year for the thrillerSwordfish,[31]in which he played one ofJohn Travolta's henchmen.[5]
Jones played Danny Meehan inMean Machine,a 2001 British remake of theBurt ReynoldsfilmThe Longest Yard.[5]He played a former captain of theEngland national football team,who is sent to prison and subsequently takes control of a team of inmates who play against the prison guards' team. In the 2004 Japanese filmSurvive Style 5+,he played a hitman from Britain. He played another football role as Mad Maynard, the leader of aManchester Unitedfootball hooligan firm, in the 2004 filmEuroTrip.[5]His next role was in the 2006 film,X-Men: The Last Stand,[5]as the comic book villainJuggernaut,alongsideHugh JackmanandHalle Berry.[32]He said that he would like to play Juggernaut in a spin-off. One of his lines in the film ( "I'm the Juggernaut, bitch!" ) was based on a pre-existing Internet parody.[32]The same year, he was featured in another football film,She's the Man,as the coach of the Illyria team. In 2007,[31]he played McStarley inThe Condemned,a film about death row inmates forced to fight to the death on a remote island.[33]
Jones was a housemate on the reality television showCelebrity Big Brother 7in 2010, and celebrated his 45th birthday while he participated.[34]He received loud cheers as he entered the house and was the favourite to win going into the house, but he did not maintain popularity with the public; the crowd chanted "get Vinnie out" on the final night and booed him as he left the house after he finished in third place. Speaking of his experience on the show, he said: "It was likeOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nestin there – and I wasJack Nicholson."[35]
Jones played a professional killer in the Kazakhstani filmLiquidatorin 2011.[31]His character is an elite assassin invited to eliminate the main character. Producers of the film dealt with the Kazakh-to-English language barrier by writing Jones' character as a mute who does not speak. In the same year, he played Zed in the movieBlood Out.He played a role in the Hungarian filmThe Magic Boysin 2012.[31]That same year, he voiced Freddie the Dog inMadagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted.[31]He co-starred alongsideSylvester StalloneandArnold Schwarzeneggerin the action-thrillerEscape Plan,[31]released in 2013, and was featured withDanny Trejoin the 2014 horror-thrillerReaper.[31]
In 2021, Jones competed in thethird seasonof theAustralian version ofThe Masked Singeras "Volcano". He was the first contestant eliminated.[36]
Pro Wrestling
editIn December 1998 Jones appeared as part ofWWF Capital Carnage,a UK exclusive pro wrestling pay-per-view where he served as a special guest enforcer during the show’s main event, being noted for his "hard man" image. Jones performed a live interview earlier in the show regarding his role in the main event, when asked if he was ready to get physical with any of the four wrestlers, Jones said “Us British mix it with anybody!” Jones got into a fight with fellow enforcer the Big Boss Man at the beginning of the main event, which saw him get ejected by referee Gerald Briscoe, showing him a red card in reference to Jones’ time as a footballer.[37]
Personal life
editHaving met Tanya Terry when they were both 12 years old and next-door neighbours inWatford,Jones later married her in 1994.[5]Tanya had a daughter by her first husband, footballerSteve Terry.Jones has a son, Aaron Elliston-Jones, with his ex-girlfriend Mylene Elliston. Aaron was born in 1991.
In November 2013, Jones received treatment after finding signs ofskin cancerbelow his eye.[38]At some point, his wife was also diagnosed with skin cancer, which thenspread to her brainby 2018. Jones was at her bedside during her death from cancer on 6 July 2019.[39]He discussed her death during an appearance onPiers Morgan's Life Storiesin September 2020,[40]and said that he does not plan to remarry.[41] Jones penned an autobiography calledVinnie: The Autobiography,[42]which was later revised and reprinted to include information on his first film appearance. Since 2021, he has divided his time betweenLos AngelesandPetworth, West Sussex.[43]In 2015, he described himself as a supporter of theConservative Party,saying that he was "very proud of beingBritish,verypro the monarchy,and veryConservative".[44]
Criminal charges
editJones was convicted in June 1998 ofassault occasioning actual bodily harmandcriminal damageagainst a neighbour in November 1997.[45]
Jones was convicted in December 2003 of assault and threatening behaviour on an aircraft for anair rageincident, during which he slapped a passenger in the face and threatened to murder the cabin crew while drunk on an aircraft. He was fined £1,100 (equivalent to £2,200 in 2023) and ordered to perform 80 hours of community service.[46]As a result of the conviction,Hertfordshire Constabularyrevoked Jones' firearms licence and seized the weapons listed on the licence.[47]
Career statistics
editClub
edit| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Wealdstone | 1984–85 | Alliance Premier League | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| 1985–86 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | |||
| Total | 38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 2 | ||
| IFK Holmsund(loan) | 1986 | Division 3 Mellersta Norrland | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | |
| Wimbledon | 1986–87 | First Division | 22 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 5 |
| 1987–88 | First Division | 24 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2 | |
| 1988–89 | First Division | 31 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 41 | 3 | |
| Total | 77 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 103 | 10 | ||
| Leeds United | 1989–90 | Second Division | 45 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | 52 | 5 |
| 1990–91 | First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 46 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 53 | 5 | ||
| Sheffield United | 1990–91 | First Division | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 37 | 2 |
| 1991–92 | First Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 35 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 2 | ||
| Chelsea | 1991–92 | First Division | 35 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5[a] | 2 | 45 | 6 |
| 1992–93 | Premier League | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
| Total | 42 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 52 | 7 | ||
| Wimbledon | 1992–93 | Premier League | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| 1993–94 | Premier League | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | |
| 1994–95 | Premier League | 33 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 3 | |
| 1995–96 | Premier League | 31 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 3 | |
| 1996–97 | Premier League | 29 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 3 | |
| 1997–98 | Premier League | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | |
| Total | 177 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 201 | 13 | ||
| Queens Park Rangers | 1997–98 | First Division | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 1998–99 | First Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 446 | 36 | 36 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 520 | 41 | ||
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Honours
editWealdstone
IFK Holmsund
Wimbledon
Leeds United
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels | Big Chris | Won -Empire Award for Best Newcomer[29] |
| 2000 | Gone in 60 Seconds | Sphinx | |
| Snatch | Bullet Tooth Tony | ||
| 2001 | Swordfish | Marco | |
| Night at the Golden Eagle | Rodan | ||
| Mean Machine | Danny Meehan | ||
| 2004 | The Big Bounce | Lou Harris | |
| Tooth | The Extractor | ||
| EuroTrip | 'Mad' Maynard | ||
| Survive Style 5+ | Killer | ||
| Blast | Michael Kittredge | ||
| 2005 | Slipstream | Winston Briggs | |
| Submerged | Henry | ||
| Hollywood Flies | Sean | ||
| Mysterious Island | Bob | TV film | |
| 2006 | The Number One Girl | Dragos Molnar | |
| Johnny Was | Johnny Doyle | ||
| She's the Man | Coach Dinklage | ||
| The Other Half | Trainer | ||
| Played | Detective Brice | ||
| X-Men: The Last Stand | Cain Marko / Juggernaut | ||
| Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties | Rommel | Voice role | |
| 2007 | The Condemned | Ewan McStarley | |
| 7–10 Split | Roddy Nightengale | ||
| The Riddle | Mike Sullivan | ||
| Strength and Honour | 'Smasher' O'Driscoll | AoFIFF - Best Supporting Actor (see awards) | |
| Tooth & Nail | Mongrel | ||
| 2008 | Hell Ride | Billy 'Wings' | |
| Loaded | Mr. Black | ||
| The Midnight Meat Train | Mahogany | 2 Noms - Best Supporting Actor (see awards) | |
| 2009 | (Untitled) | Ray Barko | |
| Year One | Sargon | ||
| Assault of Darkness | Mr. Hunter | ||
| The Heavy | Edgar Dunn | ||
| The Ballad of G.I. Joe | Destro | ||
| The Bleeding | Cain | ||
| 2010 | Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball | Finbar 'The Surgeon' McTeague | |
| Locked Down | Anton Vargas | ||
| Inversion | Doug | ||
| 2011 | Kill the Irishman | Keith Ritson | |
| Age of the Dragons | Stubbs | ||
| You May Not Kiss the Bride | Brick | ||
| The Liquidator | Killer | ||
| Blood Out | Zed | ||
| Cross | Gunnar | ||
| Not Another Not Another Movie | Nancy Longbottom | ||
| 2012 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | Freddie 'The Dog' | Voice role |
| Hijacked | Joe Ballard | ||
| Freelancers | Sully | ||
| The Diamond Heist | Jack Varga | ||
| Fire with Fire | Boyd | ||
| 2013 | Company of Heroes | Brent Willoughby | |
| Fractured | Quincy | ||
| Armed Response | Tillinghast | ||
| Escape Plan | Drake | ||
| Extraction | Ivan Rudovsky | ||
| Ambushed | Vincent Camastra | ||
| Blood of Redemption | Campbell | ||
| 2014 | Redirected | Golden Pole | |
| A Certain Justice | Bennett | ||
| Way of the Wicked | John Eliott | ||
| Beyond Justice | Vincent De La Cruz | ||
| Reaper | Rob | ||
| Gutshot Straight | Carl | ||
| The Calculator | Yust Van Borg | ||
| 2015 | The Enforcer | Renner | |
| Left to Die | Sarge | ||
| Mercenary: Absolution | The Boss | ||
| Rivers 9 | Ray Kaplan | ||
| Checkmate | Lu | ||
| 6 Ways to Die | John Doe | ||
| Gridlocked | Ryker | ||
| Bite | John 'Big John' | ||
| 2016 | Kill Kane | Ray Brookes | |
| Decommissioned | Michael Price | ||
| The Midnight Man | Pearl | ||
| 2017 | Cross Wars | Gunnar | |
| 2019 | The Gandhi Murder | Sir Norman Smith | |
| Madness in the Method | Vinnie | ||
| Cross: Rise of the Villains | Gunnar | ||
| 2020 | Ron Hopper's Misfortune | Ron Hopper | [52] |
| I Am Vengeance: Retaliation | Sean Teague | ||
| The Big Ugly | Neelyn | [53] | |
| 2021 | Rise of the Footsoldier Origins | Bernard O'Mahoney | |
| The Bezonians | Willard Greb | ||
| 2022 | Bullet Proof | Temple | |
| TBA | Overtown | Cutty | Delayed |
| Hypnotized | Completed | ||
| Cross 4 | Gunnar | Filming |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Gladiators | Himself | Episode: "Battle of the Gladiators" |
| Sean's Show | Himself | Episode: "Great Socks" | |
| 2003 | Top Gear | Himself | Series 2, Episode 1, "Star in a Reasonably Priced Car" segment |
| 2005 | Extras | Himself | Episode: "Ross Kemp & Vinnie Jones" |
| 2010 | Chuck | Karl Stromberg | Episode: "Chuck Versus the Three Words" |
| 2011 | The Cape | Dominic Raoul / Scales | 6 episodes |
| 2013 | Elementary | Colonel Sebastian Moran | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | Psych | Ronnie Ives | Episode: "Lock, Stock, Some Smoking Barrels and Burton Guster's Goblet of Fire" |
| The Musketeers | Martin Labarge | Episode: "The Challenge" | |
| Mind Games | Isaac Vincent | 2 episodes | |
| 2015 | Police Interceptors | Himself | |
| 2015–2016 | Galavant | Gareth | All 18 episodes |
| 2015–2018 | Arrow | Danny 'Brick' Brickwell | 9 episodes |
| 2016 | MacGyver | John Kendrick | The Rising (MacGyver) |
| 2018 | Deception | Gunter Gastafsen | All 13 episodes |
| 2019 | NCIS Los Angeles | Rick Dorsey | Episode: "A Bloody Brilliant Plan" |
| 2020 | Harry's Heroes | Himself | 1 episode |
| 2021 | Law & Order: Organized Crime | Albi Briscu | 8 episodes |
| 2023 | Tracked[54] | Himself | |
| 2023—present | Vinnie Jones in the Country[55] | Himself | All 6 episodes. Second series commissioned. |
| 2024—present | The Gentlemen | Geoff Seacombe | 8 episodes. Second series commissioned |
Stage
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024–2025 | Only Fools and Horses The Musical | Danny Driscoll | AtHammersmith Apollofrom 17 December 2024 to 5 January 2025[56] |
Music videos
edit- Westlife- "Bop Bop Baby"(2002)
- As Duke Vincent, the vilest man in the kingdom for money. The band members serve as Musketeers who are imprisoned in a dungeon by the Duke.
- Steve Aoki & LOOPERS - "Pika Pika" (2018)
- Originally filmed for Steve Aoki &Knife Party- "Piledriver", but the original video was unreleased and the footage was re-edited and reused
Discography
editStudio albums
edit- 2002:Respect
Singles
edit- "Wooly Bully"(1993)
Awards and nominations
edit| Year | Awards | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 4th Empire Awards | Empire Award for Best Newcomer | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels | Won | [29][57] |
| 2001 | 6th Empire Awards | Empire Award for Best British Actor | Snatch | Won | [30][57] |
| 2008 | Action on Film International Film Festival, USA | Best Supporting Actor | Strength and Honour | Won | [57] |
| Fright Meter Awards | The Midnight Meat Train | Nominated | [57] | ||
| 2009 | Fangoria Chainsaw Awards | Nominated | [57] | ||
| 2020 | UK Film Festival | Outstanding Achievement - Best Actor | The Big Ugly | Won | [57] |
| British Film Festival | Best Stunt Performing Actors (shared) | I Am Vengeance: Retaliation | Won | [57] | |
| 2021 | Lonely Wolf: London International Film Festival | Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | The Big Ugly | Nominated | [57] |
| Best Supporting Actor of the Year | The Bezonians | Nominated | [57] |
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- Vinnie Jonesat Soccerway
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- Vinnie Jonesat National-Football-Teams.com
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