Cantona carved a new career for himself as an actor after retiring from Football in 1997.

Director Steven Soderbergh was so impressed by the Texan athlete's formidable skills at Muay Thai that he built an entire film with her.

John has successfully acted in films like 12 Rounds and comedies like Trainwreck.

Danza started out as a boxer and later went on to be remembered as the good-natured if slow-witted cabbie from US sitcom Taxi.

Lewis landed himself a role in Pixar's Cars franchise as a racing car called Lewis.

Johnson began his career in the ring and later switched his career as a Hollywood leading man.

Having been an infamous hard man on the pitch, Jones had no trouble projecting menace as "Big Chris" in 1998 crime caper Lock.

Having won a bronze medal for judo at the Beijing Olympics, Ronda landed herself a role in the third Expendables film.

Jason has worked in films like Expendables, Fast & Furious and Transporter franchises.

The American footballer went on to appear with Arnold Schwarzenegger in Predator and Adam Sandler in Happy Gilmore.