Vincent Peter Jones was born on January 5, 1965 in Watford, England. He first came to public notice as a professional footballer, playing in the English Football League. Noted as one of soccer's hard men, he leaped to fame when a photographer, at a match, snapped him "marking" Newcastle United's 'Paul Gascoigne' at London's Sci-Fi Film Festival.
Played 384 league games and scored 33 goals in his soccer career, most of them with Wimbledon. He was sent off more than ten times.
Was briefly player/coach of Queens Park Rangers football club.
Father, with Tanya Jones , of son Aaron Jones, born in 1991, and daughter Kayley Jones, born in 1987.
Holds the record for being the quickest player ever to be yellow-carded in a game of professional soccer. He was booked 3 seconds into the game.
Is banned from flying on Virgin Atlantic after causing a fight on a flight to Tokyo.
Shares birthday with Gone in Sixty Seconds co-star Robert Duvall.
Was a student at Chancellors School, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire.
Was originally set to play Skinner McGraw in Hero Wanted but couldnt due to filming commitments on Clive Barker s The Midnight Meat Train .
Guy Ritchie offered him a role in Revolver , but he turned it down for unknown reasons.
In 2002, he revealed that he is a supporter of the British Conservative Party.
Is friends with actor Jason Statham , and worked with him three times: first in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels , then in Snatch and in Mean Machine .
Invited by singer Joss Stone to participate in her 3rd album "Introducing Joss Stone". He is the male voice in the albums 1st track "Change (Vinnie Jones Intro)".
Vinnie formed a football team called the Hollywood All Stars Football Club (HASFC) in spite of the existing Hollywood United Football Club. HASFC beat United in their inaugural season and won the championship.
[November 24, 2013] Receiving treatment for skin cancer.
[the critics] say that about every film - that it will be my last one.
My next one, in Australia, will be my 30th.
I signed schoolboy forms for Watford when I was 12, but then my parents got divorced, and I never kicked a ball for three years. I rebelled, I left home, but getting back into football sorted me out. It was the second chance I needed.
For years in football I was angry with the game, angry with pundits and, a lot of the time, angry with the journalists writing about me. All that changed when I got my break in movies.
