Birth nameVincent Peter Jones Birth information5 January 1965, Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK BioVinnie Jones was born in Watford, England, on January 5, 1965. 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 leapt to fame when a photographer at a match snapped him "marking" Newcastle United's Paul Gascoigne by grabbing his testicles. He has played for Wimbledon, Leeds United, Sheffield United, Chelsea, and Queens Park Rangers. Internationally, he played for Wales, qualifying for that nationality through his grandparents. He made his first acting appearance in the British comedy/thriller Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) at the age of 33, although he had previous presented a video on football's hard men (for which he was censured by the Football Association.)He starred in the blockbuster, X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) as Cain Marko, also known as the Juggernaut. Prior to that, he played the scowling soccer coach illustrating both his likability and comedic side in Dreamworks' She's the Man (2006) with Amanda Bynes.Other projects include a lead role in Johnny Was (2006) starring Roger Daltrey, Eriq La Salle, and Lennox Lewis, and he also appears in the independent feature, The Riddle (2007), starring Vanessa Redgrave and Derek Jacobi.Over the years, he has received a number of prestigious awards, which showcase his accomplishments as a talented actor. In 1997, he won Satellite TV's Personality of the Year from Satellite TV Europe Magazine. In 1998, GQ Magazine named Jones Man of the Year. He was awarded Best Actor for Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels at the Odeon Audience Awards and also won the award for Outstanding New Talent from the Sir James Carreras Award Variety Club of GB. Jones won Best Debut in 1999 for Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) at Empire Magazine's "The Awards 1999" and was titled the Male Cigar Personality of the Year at the The Millennium Cigar Awards. In 2001, he was named Best British Actor for Empire Magazine's "The Awards 2001." In 2002 Jones received the award for Best Supporting Actor for Night at the Golden Eagle at the New York Film Festival, and in 2005 he was honored with Best Newcomer for Slipstream (2005) at London's Sci-Fi Film Festival.

Have a look at interview and film clips aplenty from Columbia Pictures' outgrageous comedy "Year One," starring Jack Black, Michael Cera, Oliver Platt, David Cross, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Vinnie Jones and Hank Azaria. Harold Ramis directs and produces as well as writing alongside Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg. The film sees theatres on June 19th and is rated PG-13. There are twenty one clips and the trailer up for grabs. See "The Year One" group for all the clips and images as well as cast and crew info and more. When a couple of lazy hunter-gatherers (Jack Black and Michael Cera) are banished from their primitive village, they set off on an epic journey

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Columbia Pictures has just provided us with eight new clips and two behind-the-scenes clips from the upcoming comedy adventure, Year One, which turns back the clock in theaters on June 19. Click below to take a look at this new slew of videos from the film.
Year One stars Jack Black, Michael Cera, Olivia Wilde, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Oliver Platt, David Cross and Vinnie Jones, and will hit theaters nationwide on June 19.

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We have new images in from Samuel Goldwyn Films' "(Untitled)" starring Adam Goldberg, Marley Shelton, Eion Bailey, Lucy Punch, Vinnie Jones and Zak Orth. Parker Film Company presents in association with Luber Roklin Entertainment and Bossa Nova Productions Jonathan Parker directs from the screenplay he wrote alongside Catherine di Napoli. Dinapoli produces the film alongside Matt Luber and Andreas Olavarria. Shot in New York, this smart, satirical comedy, a brooding avant-garde composer falls for the gorgeous owner of a trendy New York art gallery and the quirky...

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