Lenny McLean

Birth : 1949-04-09, London, England, UK

Death : 1998-07-28

History

Lenny McLean was born in London in 1949. He was arrested for petty crimes while in his teens and served 18 months in prison. After his release he worked as a professional boxer and bouncer. McLean was again arrested in 1992 after a man he ejected from a club died of his injuries. After serving another 18 months he went into acting. He appeared as bootlegger Eddie Davies in the British television series "The Knock", and was featured in several films. He was diagnosed with cancer shortly after his autobiography, "The Guv'nor", was published and died four months later.

Profile

Movies

The Guv'nor

himself

A feature documentary about the life of Lenny McLean, as seen through the eyes of his only son, Jamie.

Bounce: Behind The Velvet Rope

Steven Cantor's award-winning documentary chronicles of the lives of bouncers - the burly boys who guard both sides of the door in nightclubs across America. The film takes an inside look at the mindset of these frequently ridiculed, but always feared enforcers of the night and examines whether they are skilled experts in security, hired to anticipate trouble, or just hired thugs meant to intimidate. Revealed within is a world of notorious nightclub bouncers, including New York's Terence "The Black Prince" Buckley and British legend Lenny "The Guv'nor" McLean who appeared in "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" Written by Sujit R. Varma

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

Barry the Baptist

A card shark and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after losing a sketchy poker match. To do this they decide to pull a heist on a small-time gang who happen to be operating out of the flat next door.

Bare Fist: The Sport That Wouldn't Die

About the fighter Lenny McLean (1949-1998), as seen through the eyes of his only son, Jamie. Lenny is also known as "The Guv'nor", was an English boxer, bouncer, criminal and prisoner, author, bodyguard, enforcer, weightlifter, television presenter and actor, and has been referred to as "the hardest man in Britain".

The Fifth Element

Police Chief

In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the key that will ensure the survival of humanity.

The Krays

Boxing Spectator (uncredited)

The Krays is a film based on the lives and crimes of the British gangsters Ronald and Reginald Kray, twins who are often referred to as The Krays and were active in London in the 1960s.

Box On

This is a movie about the alternate boxing circuit. Fighters who have lost their licences to box professionally mainly through injury carry on fighting illegally in big underground tournaments