Nathan Jones (wrestler)
Nathan Jones ( born August 21, 1970 in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia) is an Australian actor, strength athletes and former professional wrestler.
Life
Career as a wrestler
Nathan Jones was convicted in 1989 for eight-time armed robbery to 16 years in prison, which he had to serve only partially. He spent several years in a high security prison in Boggo Road Gaol ( Australia), where he was notorious for his physical strength and aggressiveness. During his detention, Nathan Jones began powerlifting and took after his dismissal as Australia 's Strongest Man 1995, Strongman Competitions, World Strength Championship and World Muscle Power Championship in Scotland part where Magnus Samuelsson him with a spectacular Armdrückwettkampf broke his arm. A year later met Jones and Samuelsson at the World 's Strongest Man each other again, which ended Jones 3rd place. Due to his impressive physique with 2.08 m height and 154 kg in weight Jones received on the Strong Man tour entitled " MegaMan ".
Later he worked as a bodyguard for Rene Rivkin, a wealthy Australians. At this time began his career wrestler. He was trained by the " Ultimate Pro Wrestling" under the direction of Mike Bell and made his debut in the ring on October 11, 1997 compared Koji Kitao, against whom he lost. Initially, Jones fought in the World Wrestling All-Stars ( WWA ). On April 7, 2002, he won the WWA Heavyweight Championship. When the WWA also held in Australia shows, he was hired and won the Heavyweight Title, which the World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE) noticed him again. After entry problems of the world had been taken, Jones competed in the WWE, but decided in December 2003 during a tour of Asia, to finish his career with this organization.
In October 2005 he appeared briefly on at World Series Wrestling, before he ended his career for good.
Title
- World Wrestling All-Stars
- Pro Wrestling ZERO1 -MAX
Career as an actor
The first time Nathan Jones to a wider audience may well be noticed in Troy (Troy ). The giant with the huge muscles had at the beginning of the film as Boagrius with Achilles, played by Brad Pitt, measure. Another film in which he participated, Revenge of the Warrior was - Tom Yum Goong, where he fought in a minor supporting role against the Muay Thai Fighter Tony Jaa. In Fearless, he also fights in a supporting role as Hercules O'Brien against Huo Yuan Jia, played by Jet Li, he had his first leading role in the Thai Action Comedy Somtum ..