Let’s take a closer look at the life of footballer, actor, and all-round hardman Vinnie Jones as his new documentary drops on Netflix
The Hollywood hardman reflects on his early football career on Netflix.
Untold UK: Vinnie Jones has just dropped on Netflix and lifts the lid on the 61 year old’s rollercoaster life and career.
From his beginnings as a star defensive midfielder for the likes of Wimbledon FC and Leeds United to his iconic roles in TV and film, the famous Londoner has been a well-known hardman for decades.
The new Netflix documentary puts his career under the microscope and features exclusive interviews with Vinnie himself, as he looks back on his career including his key role in leading Wimbledon to victory at the 1988 FA Cup final and his controversially aggressive playstyle.
He has since become known for his roles in major British and Hollywood films and series, including his collaborations with Guy Ritchie in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Netflix’s The Gentlemen.
However, there’s one question fans will be asking that the Netflix series doesn’t cover: just how much as Vinnie earned over the course of his five-decade career?
What is Vinnie Jones’ net worth?
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Vinnie is worth an impressive $10 million (£8 million) as of this year.
This is thanks to his combined earnings firstly as a midfielder for various football clubs, including Wimbledon, Leeds, Sheffield United, Chelsea, and Queens Park Rangers. He also played for and captained the Wales national team, before his stardom was catapulted with roles in several popular films and TV shows.
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At one point, he was rumoured to have been paid £505,000 a week and was quoted by The Sun as blasting the backlash to footballers’ salaries as “nonsense”.
“You don’t say that Rod Stewart is getting paid too much at 75, 80, do you?” he said. “Madonna, is she being overpaid? She’s out there for an hour and gets X amount of millions.”
However, in his later football career playing for QPR he was reportedly earning around £10,000 per week.
His acting roles have been even more lucrative for the Watford-born hardman, as Vinnie’s sporting career took place in the 1980s and 90s before the huge boom in footballers’ wages.
For instance, for his supporting role in the John Travolta and Hugh Jackman-led gangster film Swordfish, he was paid £2 million for just 49 words of dialogue – a tidy £40,816 per word.
Vinnie was also reportedly paid £300,000 for sitting down with Netflix for his new Untold UK doc.
He currently resides on a 2,000-acre countryside estate in Petworth, West Sussex, half of which he leases. Fans can discover more about his impressive home in the Discovery+ series Vinnie Jones in the Country.
While details about the property’s worth is currently unknown, it’s estimated that the estate’s worth is also in the multi-millions.
Untold UK: Vinnie Jones is available to stream on Netflix.
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