Actor: Vinnie Jones

Vinnie Jones was a professional footballer known for extreme physicality before Guy Ritchie cast him in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, and the casting works because the reputation preceded him.

Snatch and Mean Machine continued the run, and X-Men: The Last Stand gave him Juggernaut and a line that became an internet fixture.

He has been open about depression following his wife’s death and has worked steadily in genre film, largely on the strength of a physical presence that needs no acting.