- Jones has signed a six-figure deal to star in a Hollywood film opposite THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION star Morgan Freeman. (September 30, 2002)
- First earning renown in Great Britain as a star footballer, Vinnie Jones smoothly parlayed his physically formidable hard man sports rep into a second career as a charismatic movie tough guy.
- Is finding his new found heart-throb status with older ladies hard to handle.
- Has returned to his soccer hardman roots for his latest movie - a remake of the 1974 Burt Reynolds classic THE LONGEST YARD..
- Has landed a $210,000 deal to transform Bacardi into the drink of choice for would-be hardmen.
- During the scene where Sphnix and Mirror Man are stealing the HumVee 2-Door Pickup, it was not originally scripted for the police car to fall off of the ramp. Vinnie had pushed the stunt driver just a little off of the ramp but did not have enough room to drive the HumVee past. He gave it a little more gas and the HumVee smashed the car off the ramp. In the elevator afterwards Jones said to the stuntman, That'll teach ya! (GONE IN SIXTY SECONDS).
- He was a professional footballer in real life, most notably with Wimbledon FC. He won the FA Cup with them in 1988, and has the trophy tattooed on his right leg. He never played for England though - but was captain of Wales and has another tattoo for that on his chest (MEAN MACHINE (2001)).
- His character Bullet Tooth Tony in SNATCH. (2000) is about to forcibly remove an important object from a dog's stomach, just like his character Sphinx in GONE IN SIXTY SECONDS (2000).
- On his first day of LOCK, STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS (1998) filming, he had just been released from police custody.
- When he is introduced in SNATCH, he is slamming a man's head in a car door. Jones does the same thing near the end of LOCK, STOCK, AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS, also directed by Guy Ritchie.
- Longs to be a gamekeeper
- He played a year in Sweden on loan and was part of one of the greatest giant killings in Swedish history
Quotes- "Puffy faces, beer bellies - I can't afford to go that way. For the parts I play I've got to look respectable, lean and mean."
- "I bunked off school for eight days in a row to sit and watch Grease over and over."
Awards- Empire Awards: Best British Actor, SNATCH: PIGS AND DIAMONDS (2001)
- Empire Awards: Best Debut, TWO SMOKING BARRELS (1999)
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