- Vin Diesel
Vin Diesel is an American actor, writer, director, and producer. Diesel is the founder of the production companies OneRace Films, Tigon Studios, and Racetrack Records. Diesel made his stage debut at age seven when he appeared in "Theatre for the New City," which was produced in Greenwich Village and directed by Thomas Hinkerman. He remained involved with the theatre throughout adolescence, going on to attend the city's Hunter College, …
- Lasith Malinga
Separamadu Lasith Malinga (born august 28, 1983 in Galle, Sri Lanka) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a specialist fast bowler with a rare roundarm action, sometimes referred to as a "slinging" acton, leading to his nickname "Slinga Malinga".
- Mario Etheridge
Mario Etheridge was a bouncer at 8 Mile Road's CCC Club in Detroit, Michigan who gained notoriety after becoming engaged in a fracas at his place of employ which ended in the death of Detroit rapper Proof of D12, real name Deshaun Holton, and Etheridge's cousin Keith Bender. Shots from Etheridge's weapon killed Proof but he was not charged with the rapper's murder due to the fact that he was judged to be acting in defence of his cousin, …
- Geoff Lawson
Geoffrey Francis Lawson (born December 7, 1957 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales) is an Australian journalist and former professional cricketer. Geoff, also known as "Henry" (after the bush poet), has an Optometrist degree and was a fast-medium bowler for both New South Wales and Australia. He made his debut for NSW for 1977 and made his Australian Test debut against India in 1980. He played 46 Test matches taking 180 wickets.
- Jimmy Adams
James Clive (Jimmy) Adams (born January 9, 1968 in Port Maria, Saint Mary) was a Jamaican cricketer, who represented the West Indies as player and captain during his career. He was a steady left-handed batsman, useful left-arm orthodox spin bowler and good fielder, especially in the gully position. He was also an occasional wicketkeeper when required.
- Joe Williams
Joe Williams (December 12, 1918-March 29, 1999) was a well-known jazz singer. He was born Joseph Goreed in Cordele, Georgia and moved to Chicago as a child. He was raised by his mother and grandmother. He grew on the south side of Chicago, surrounded by jazz, blues, and gospel music. In the 1930s, as a teenager, he was a member of "The Jubilee Boys" and performed in Chicago churches.
- Lenny McLean
Leonard McLean (April 9, 1949 - July 28, 1998), better known as "The Guv'nor", was a famed East End of London bareknuckle fighter, often referred to as "the hardest man in Britain". McLean made his name in the late 1960s and remained famous in the 1970s through to the mid 1980s. Mclean stated that he had been involved in between 2,000 to 3,000 fights in his life on the streets or "cobbles", in pubs and clubs and in the ring.
- Franky G
Franky G (born October 30, 1965) is an American film and television actor of Puerto Rican decent. He is arguably most famous for his portrayal of Xavier in "Saw II". Gonzalez, the middle of seven siblings, was born Francisco Gonzalez in Brooklyn, New York to parents who moved to NYC from Puerto Rico. He studied criminal law investigation at Northeastern State University in Oklahoma. Gonzalez worked at a strip-club, as a bouncer, a security guard, …
- Christopher Michael Langan
Christopher Michael Langan (born c. 1957) is an American autodidact whose IQ was reported by "20/20" and other media sources to have been measured at around 195. Billed as possibly "the smartest man in America", he rose to prominence in 1999 while working as a bouncer on Long Island. Langan is author of what he calls the "Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe" or CTMU (pronounced "cat-mew"), …
- Roy Gilchrist
Roy Gilchrist (28 June, 1934 - 18 July, 2001) was a West Indian cricketer who played 13 Tests for the West Indies in the 1950's. He was born in Saint Thomas, Jamaica and died of Parkinson's disease in St Catherine, Jamaica at the age of 67. Gilchrist's Test career might have been longer had he not been sent home halfway through West Indies' 1958-59 tour of the subcontinent after disagreements with captain Gerry Alexander.
- Ben Bailey
Ben Bailey (born 1971) is an American comedian and game show host for Discovery Channel's "Cash Cab". He classifies his comedy as mainly "surreal observational". Originally from Chatham, New Jersey, he went to Los Angeles in 1993. At six feet six inches he was offered a job as a bouncer for a comedy club after borrowing a cigarette from a man in a parking lot.
- Rick McCosker
Richard Bede McCosker (born December 11 1946, Inverell, New South Wales) is a former New South Wales and Australian cricketer. McCosker played in 25 Tests and 14 One-day Internationals in a career spanning 1975 to 1982 playing as a right hand batsman. He is probably best remembered for playing in the 1977 Centenary Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground after he had his jaw broken by a bouncer off Bob Willis in the 1st innings.
- Barnaby Joyce
Barnaby Joyce was elected to the Senate for Queensland in 2004 and commenced his six year term on July 1, 2005. Based in St.George, he has the most western-based Senator's office in the State. With the strong support of his family and constituents behind him, Barnaby is committed to his job of representing Queenslanders in the Senate. Barnaby knows what it's like to work hard to support a young family and to build a small business from scratch.
- Peter Dean
Peter Dean (born 2 May 1939, in Hoxton, London) is a British actor, probably most famous for his role as Pete Beale in the BBC soap opera "EastEnders". Other TV credits include 'Jeff Bateman' in "Coronation Street" (1980); Sergeant Jack Wilding in "Woodentop " (prequel to ITV police drama "The Bill"; 1983); "Minder" (1979); "Law and Order" (1978); "Up Pompeii!" (1971), …
- Horst Fascher
Horst Fascher (born 1936, Hamburg) was a German nightclub bouncer, and a friend of The Beatles during their days playing in Hamburg, Germany. A onetime professional boxer whose career was cut short (he had unintentionally killed a sailor in a street fight), Fascher found work in clubs along the Reeperbahn in Hamburg. When the Beatles (including original drummer Pete Best and bassist Stuart Sutcliffe) made their first trip to Germany in August 1960, …
- Nosher Powell
Nosher Powell (born 15 August 1928 in Camberwell, London, England) is known both as an actor, sometimes credited as; Freddie Powell, Frederick Powell and Fred Powell, and as a boxer. Powell has had an extensive, but mostly uncredited career in acting, and, in his biography "Nosher!", he is described as the ultimate hard man - a boxer, bouncer, minder, a stunt man, and a force to be reckoned with.
- Benno Fürmann
Benjamin "Benno" Fürmann is a German film and television actor. Fürmann was born in Berlin-Kreuzberg. At the age of 15 he lost both his parents. At 17, he had a serious accident while train surfing, and had to spend six weeks in the hospital as a result. Fürmann left school after his O-levels (roughly 10th grade) and after that worked as a waiter, bouncer, and drifter. In 1991 he went to New York and studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute.
- Laird Cregar
Laird Cregar (28 July 1913, Philadelphia - 9 December 1944, Los Angeles) was an American actor. Laird Cregar was the youngest of six sons of Edward Matthews Cregar, a cricketer and member of a team called the Gentlemen of Philadelphia. They toured internationally in the late 1890s and early 1900s. Laird Cregar's mother was the former Elizabeth Smith. Cregar supported himself as a bouncer early in his career. The formally-trained actor and son of a rich Philadelphian, …
- David Sheldon
David Sheldon was a professional wrestler who wrestled as Angel of Death in the Jim Crockett Promotions. David Sheldon also wrestled for WCCW, N.W.A Mid-South and Stu Hart's Stampede. He originally wrestled in California as part of a stable called Powerteam USA, which also featured a young Warrior and Sting. After the group's breakup, he followed Sting and Warrior to Bill Watts' UWF, based in Louisiana.
- Julius Harris
Julius W. Harris (August 17, 1923 - October 17, 2004) was an American actor who appeared in more than 70 movies and numerous television series in a career that spanned four decades. Before becoming an actor he worked as a nurse and later as a bouncer in New York City Jazz clubs. After hanging out with many struggling actors, he took a dare and auditioned for his first role- and was cast as the father in "Nothing But a Man", …
- Brent Jordan
Brent Kenton Jordan (born August 15, 1963 in Santa Ana Heights, California) is an American author, best known for writing a book about his 20 years working as a bouncer at such clubs as the infamous Cheetah's Topless Club in Las Vegas.
- Linda Rosing
Linda Rosing is a model and was a participant in the 2003 edition of "Big Brother" in Sweden. In the Big Brother house, she and another participant, Micke, became involved in a relationship which was followed closely by the producers. During the show, she had sex on live TV, making her an instant tabloid celebrity. Rosing released her debut single, "Summer Love", in 2004. In 2006, she released her autobiography, "Den nakna sanningen" ("The naked truth"), …
- Andre van Troost
Adrianus ("André") Petrus van Troost was a Dutch cricketer. A right-arm fast bowler van Troost represented his nation at ICC Trophy level between 1990 and 1997, taking thirteen wickets in nine matches at the bowling average of 17.38. van Troost played for Somerset in English county cricket and Griqualand West in South African provincial cricket. In 1995, whilst playing for Somerset, van Troost bowled a bouncer to West Indies captain Jimmy Adams, …
- Cliff Twemlow
Cliff Twemlow was a British actor, nightclub bouncer, horror paperback writer and library music composer. Twemlow was born in Hulme, Manchester, the son of a Merchant Seaman. He became a nightclub bouncer, or “Tuxedo Warrior”, in 1950s Morecambe before this occupation would take him to Scotland and back to Manchester.
- Lou Rowan
Louis Patrick “Lou” Rowan, was an Australian Test cricket match umpire. He umpired 25 Test matches between 1963 and 1971. His first match was between Australia and England at Sydney on 11 January to 15 January 1963, won by Australia with Alan Davidson taking 9 wickets, and Bob Simpson scoring 91 and taking 5 wickets in an innings. Rowan’s partner was Bill Smyth.
- Carol Hitchcock
Carol Hitchcock is an Australian singer and actor. Hitchcock was a recording artist for Mushroom Records in Australia in the late 1980s. She was well known for her very severe look; a totally bald head, nose ring and many many ear piercings. Before her recording career she was a model and also part time bouncer for various Melbourne nightclubs.
- Fadde Darwich
Fadde Darwich is a Swedish celebrity bouncer and also the boyfriend of Linda Rosing. He is often a topic of discussion in the leading Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet. Fadde filmed a documentary a couple of years ago for SVT before he became notorious for the relationship with Linda Rosing. Linda and Fadde are getting married in three months time it was revealed on April 4 2007. Fadde Darwich was arrested on the April 18 2007, …
- Keith Beauchamp
Keith Beauchamp (b. 1972?) is a filmmaker who investigated the murder of Emmett Till, fifty years after Till's death in 1955. Beauchamp's research eventually led him to create the documentary film "The Untold Story of Emmett Till", and the reopening of the case by the United States Department of Justice in May 2004. Beauchamp first encountered the Emmett Till story at age ten while looking through an issue of Jet magazine.
- Julio González
Julio González is a Cuban-born warehouse worker and arsonist responsible for the Happy Land Fire that killed 87 people in the Bronx, New York City, on March 25, 1990. It is one of the largest mass murders in United States history.
- Christopher Dale Flannery
Christopher Dale Flannery (1949 - missing and believed murdered ca. May 9, 1985) was an Australian hitman. Flannery was born in Brunswick. He left school at the age of fourteen and received his first criminal conviction later that year. At 17, he was convicted of housebreaking, car theft, assault against police, carrying firearms and rape. He was sentenced to seven years imprisonment.
- Larry Spriggs
Larry Michael Spriggs (born September 8, 1959 in Cheverly, Maryland) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6'7" forward from Howard University, Spriggs began his professional career in the minor-league Continental Basketball Association, where he earned 1982 Rookie of the Year Honors with the Rochester Zeniths. Spriggs later played in the National Basketball Association, most notably with the Los Angeles Lakers, …
- Franny Griffiths
Franny Griffiths (born Francis Griffiths, 1 July 1968, Liverpool, England) is a keyboardist, producer and remixer, who is best known for being a member of the band, Space. He also plays guitar, melodica and piano. His main influences are Kraftwerk, hip-hop, Can, various electro bands and Crass. Despite being a self-confessed dance music fan, he also admits to liking heavy rock bands such as System of a Down and Marilyn Manson.
- Herbert Elphinstone
Herbert Alfred Rhys (Herb) Elphinstone (or Elphinston) (born 25 February 1905 at Sydney, New South Wales; died 8 July 1966 at Sydney, New South Wales), was an Australian cricket Test match umpire. He umpired ten Test matches between 1948 and 1953. His first match was between Australia and India at Melbourne on 1 January to 5 January 1948, a match comfortably won by Australia with Don Bradman scoring a century in each innings.
- Yusuke Naora
Yusuke Naora (born January 9, 1971) is a Japanese video game art director, art supervisor, field graphic designer, game producer and character designer working for Square Enix (formerly Square. He served as the art director for "Final Fantasy VII", "Final Fantasy VIII", "Final Fantasy X" and "Final Fantasy VII Advent Children" as well as "Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII" as Art Supervisor.
- Forrest Satchell
I'm a masculine gay Rock-a-Billy guy complete with.
- Dave Marlborough
Social networking is nothing more than a single tooth on one of many cogs which drive global social awareness.
- Bonbon Bouncer
im gay.. ure gay.. lets all get gay...
- Bob The Bouncer
Well i can tell you all that I've been on so many blind dates lately that I should get a free dog... But seriously I am a law student, i used to be a lifeguard on the sunshine coast, but some blue kid got me fired, well his parents did anyway.
- Shawn Kwabena Bouncer
As most of you should know i am Bouncer. holding it for Greats cambridge in Tottenham. i lived in Tot'narm since i left north mid hospital and aint planning to move. i strongly believe in fam before anything. blood is thicker than water. leave a comment and add me. 1.
- Colin Bouncer