Overview
- The new profiles, published Tuesday, revisit how the action star first chased elite diving then shifted to film after falling short of the Olympics.
- Raised in Shirebrook selling on market stalls, he joined Great Britain’s national squad and represented England at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in New Zealand.
- He placed 10th in the 10‑metre, 11th in the three‑metre and eighth in the one‑metre, a record he later called a sore point for missing the Olympics.
- Modeling work for French Connection, Tommy Hilfiger and Levi’s opened doors to acting, leading to breakout roles in Guy Ritchie’s Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch.
- He now lives in London with wife Rosie Huntington‑Whiteley and their two children after several years in Beverly Hills.