Nathan Jones (wrestler)

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Ring name Nathan Jones
Additions to names The Colossus of Boggo Road
height 208 cm
Fighting weight 141 kg
birth August 21, 1970
Gold Coast , Australia
Announced from Australia
debut October 11, 1997
retirement October 8, 2005

Nathan Jones (born August 21, 1970 in Gold Coast , Queensland , Australia ) is an Australian actor , strength athlete and former wrestler .

Life

Career as a wrestler

Nathan Jones was sentenced to 16 years in prison in 1989 for eight armed robberies, only part of which he served. He spent several years in the maximum security prison in Boggo Road Gaol, Australia, where he was notorious for his physical strength and aggressiveness. While in custody, Nathan Jones began powerlifting and after his release as Australia's Strongest Man in 1995 he took part in strongman competitions at the World Strength Championship and World Musclepower Championship in Scotland, where Magnus Samuelsson broke his arm in a spectacular arm wrestling competition. A year later Jones and Samuelsson met again at the World's Strongest Man, which Jones finished with 3rd place. Due to his impressive physique with a height of 2.08 m and weight of 154 kg, Jones received the title "MegaMan" on the Strong Man Tour.

He later worked as a bodyguard for Rene Rivkin, a wealthy Australian. At this time his wrestling career began. He was trained by "Ultimate Pro Wrestling" under the direction of Mike Bell and made his debut in the ring on October 11, 1997 against Koji Kitao , to whom he lost. At first, Jones fought with the World Wrestling All-Stars (WWA). On April 7, 2002, he won the WWA Heavyweight Championship. When the WWA also held shows in Australia, he was hired and won the Heavyweight Title, which the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) again noticed him. After immigration problems had been resolved, Jones joined the WWE, but decided in December 2003 during an Asian tour to end his career with this organization.

In October 2005 he appeared briefly in World Series Wrestling before finally ending his career.

title

  • World Wrestling All-Stars
  • 1 × WWA World Heavyweight Champion
  • Pro wrestling ZERO1-MAX

Acting career

Press Conference of Revenge of the Warrior - Tom Yum Goong ; from left to right: David Asavanond, Petchtai Wongkamlao (with his back to the camera), Jonathan Foo, Xing Jing, Bongkoj Khongmalai , Johnny Nguyen and Nathan Jones.

Nathan Jones played his first more prominent supporting role in Troy ( Troy ), where he fights as Boagrius with Achilles , played by Brad Pitt . In addition to martial arts films such as Jackie Chan's Erstschlag or Fearless with Jet Li , he also played alongside Gérard Depardieu in Asterix and Obelix at the Olympic Games . He finally had his first leading role in 2008 in the Thai action comedy Somtum and was then repeatedly engaged for the role of the villain in Indian and Thai films. In 2015 he played a supporting role in Mad Max: Fury Road .

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alex Marvez's weekly look at professional wrestling ( Memento from October 18, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
  2. ↑ Nathan Jones on "mediaman.com.au" (English)
  3. ↑ Competition video on "YouTube.com" (English)
  4. ↑ Milo , October, 1995, pp. 37-42
  5. ↑ World's Strongest Man competition (English)
  6. ↑ http://bk.asia-city.com/movies/article/behind-scenes-nathan-jones
personal data
SURNAME Jones, Nathan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian wrestler and actor
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Gold Coast , Queensland , Australia