Name |
Gary Stretch |
Height |
|
Naionality |
English |
Date of Birth |
4-November-1968 |
Place of Birth |
St Helens, Lancashire, England, UK |
Famous for |
Acting |
Gary Stretch is an English boxer, male model and actor. During his time as a boxer, Stretch also worked as a model. His clients included Calvin Klein and Versace. A left-handed fighter, Stretch boxed most of his career as a light-middleweight, rising to become British champion in that division. Stretch's biggest fight came in 1991 when he challenged Chris Eubank for the WBO world middleweight championship in London, in a fight billed as "Beauty V the Best".
In 2004 Stretch was cast as psychopathic gangster "Sonny" in Shane Meadows' gritty cult thriller Dead Man's Shoes (2004), for which Stretch received a BIFA nomination alongside fellow English actor Paddy Considine. He went on to appear in the Oliver Stone film Alexander (2004). Stretch also starred in the UK film Freebird in 2008, directed by Jon Ivay. Appearing alongside Phil Daniels and Geoff Bell, the film followed three bikers across a drug fuelled ride in the Welsh countryside. From 1998 to 2001 Stretch was married to actress Roselyn Sanchez.